First Night in the Cabin (I Bailed…) 

Your health comes first. Glad you bailed and are feeling a bit better

Really nice to be able to sit back and reflect on all the work and laughs you have with your Dad, no one can take away these memories. Everywhere you look is you and your Dad. Cheers!

Your dad is so Awesome. Sorry you got ill hope your wife gets feeling better to. What an adorable cabin. Love nature’s concert in the back ground. First time watching, I will be returning. Stellar awning. Love that old porch light. Brooks, Oregon.

That's what we like about you , honesty. It's not just about the video, it's about real life and stuff does happen when you can't go on. We need to realize that we are human and life happens while we are making other plans. Keep up the great content, hope your wife is feeling better. Cheers Bill

I could tell that you weren't feeling it. Especially when you hit the hay. Just had that look. I'm glad you're feeling better now! Your pops is a gem, btw! Cheers guys.

You made the right call. If you are sick, you need to be where you can assistance and maximum rest.

You have quite the animal orchestra going on in the background. I love it. The awning is perfect. I agree, you would lose important sitting and hanging out space if you moved it plus the front door would be blocked. Great job

This was still an enjoyable watch even if it didn't go as planned. That you made a point of being up front about the time lapse and detailed the reality of your situation demonstrates the integrity of this channel. Your character really shines through in your content. Glad you're feeling better. Good luck with the road project. Cheers!!!

I agree, food poisoning is extremely painful! But normally you are supposed to consumed minced beed in the 24h after it has prepared, once it's out of the fridge you have to cook it or throw it away... But I imagine the lesson's learned! Give a hug to your dad for me would you Love from France

It would be nice if you buy screens that hang with velcro and open & close with magnets (Harbor Freight). Keeps all bugs, mosquitoes and gnats out! Love the cabin! Yes hamburger meat can grow bacteria quite quickly when not refrigerated properly or on an ice bed while cooking (& covered).

Sorry you fell ill, and I'm very glad you were HONEST. We need a lot more of that all over these days. Best to your wife and hope she is feeling okay now.

One of the few channels I always hit the like button before I actually see the video. Keep it up and thank you.

Good to hear you are feeling better. We all understand that stuff happens. Continued good health Mike. See you soon.

You look great TA and I really thought you were going to talk about seeing Bigfoot. 🤣

Sorry to hear you were ill Mike. That's no fun when you're away from your home.

Sorry to hear you weren’t very well but glad you were better for the Bushcraft Show, it was fantastic to meet you and your dad there.

Thank you for showing the reality of woodland ownership: even road construction and maintenance are required. It was fine to see your father again, at the end of the video.

Glad you're feeling better. I love the woodland series. Please keep us posted on how the live fencing is doing. Thanks

Just glad it's not something like Lyme disease. I've gotten it the past two summers for going out into the woods. I would add checking for bites, burrowing, and bullseyes if you're ever sick like that outdoors.

You must live in a nice beautiful area or very close from the pastures, and wooded area. I've wondered if any of the land you build on is family owned. The various styles of cabins and living quarters would be extremely interesting and great for people to come and look at all the work that went into build close up. The overall concept of what you and your dad have done together is a bond and memories must feel great. I never had parents that did anything with me, not even fishing. I had woods right across the street and use to spend all day in them. Trying to build things with just wood , trying to use grass, vines what ever to tie things together. I'm 66 and still to this day would love to be able to know how to build and live off the land. Behind my home is a wooded ravine which I had made into a wildlife sanctuary. I see deer, fawns beauties to see their healthy coat shine in the sun and how black and shiny their hooves are. Wild turkeys from young to older following each other, raccoons, which they use to come up to me and allow me to feed them corn.mThat was years ago, they use to come up on my back deck. Id turn the light on open the sliding glass door and they would just stay there eating the corn off the cobs. One night I was out and the one that always came up on my deck was outback with 6 baby racoons where following her and I went outside they turned around to come to me. The mother just stopped looked at me, I wanted to pick one up but since she and I had a relationship I didn't, i told her she had beautiful little ones and went back to the deck. She stayed there wasn't watching me anymore just waited for her little ones to come back to her. She use to sleep in a tree out back for s number of years. She would lay in the Y shape of the tree in the morning then go up into the hole that I could see. Have possums, sometime the racoon and possum would growl at each other over corn, so I'd throw out another and one of them would go to it, usually the possum. The are Bald Eagles out back there are 2 nest close by. I've seen a red tail fox, numerous other types of eagles and other birds. I don't feel like I was a good father. I didn't do much with my kids. I was in a accident and recieved damage to back and neck had to have surguries. Being disabled made me depressed, anxiety real bad. I wanted to get out in my mind I wanted to get outside. I was healthy muscular always hiking, bird watching, well just animal watching. I look though the woods and catch movement and then try to get people to see them. I love what you doing what type of animals come around and do you see. How old is your dad he seems so knowledgeable and sure does his share of work that's for sure. Do you know about plants you can eat and medicinal use. Your dad at the end was talking about all the trees new growth. Any botanist or just love of Mother Earth and what she has to offer. We the people of the world sure have taken advantage of and abused her so bad we can never undo it, but She'll do it on her own.

Glad you're feeling better, hope your family either doesn't have the same problem or gets over it quickly. Best wishes.

Aw sorry to hear this mate! Glad you are better and keep doing an awesome job on your channel!

Don't blame you for going home mate, nothing worse than a bad stomach etc when you're out, definitely a good choice to go home! It was also lovely to meet you at the bushcraft show, and now I'm a proud owner of TA Axe 069 :) looking forward to getting the sheathe for it!

What you described was symptoms of Alpha-Gal, about an hour to two hours after eating red meat, a stomach ache and feeling really sick. of course I do not believe you have that. But then again I spent months explaining all of my symptoms… stress, stress is what I was blaming everything on. Now that I’ve said this, if you spend a lot of time in the woods, you need to be aware that this is an all continents except for Antarctica. Japan, Mediterranean, and over towards England. In the United States, it is the Midwest and the east. Alpha-Gal is spreading rapidly, wherever the tick lives. In Europe and Asia I believe they said there was something like 4 or 5 ticks, maybe 6 that carry it. in the US, at this time, to the knowledge of the last report that I read, only the lone star tick carries Alpha-Gal; and they are rapidly spreading.

Yes your cabin need quite abit of cleaning or putting things into place. If possible have a place for everything and when finished using it put it back where it goes. Saves you from looking for things but most of all when you return to your cabin everything is in place so you can do the chores needed and settle in to enjoy the night. It's great to hear the animals and the birds singing during the evening and when waking has to be a wonderful thing to wakeup to.

Thank you Mike for a great channel in every way.

I love your honesty, thanks for great videos over the years.

That's part of what makes your channel so interesting : the honesty of showing when things don't go as according to the plan. Thanks for sharing all of this with us.

What you should do for the road is use the clay. You're essentially, wasting your time. Space logs down three to four feet apart. Then fill in between logs with medium sized rock, like (fist) sized. Then repeat the process overlaying the the gravel instead. Roll over the road with an excavator. Let the logs and gravel set for 5 to 6 day's. And add where it's needed or is the weakest. This what we used to get to tree's that needed removed before building the foundation and framing. In North Carolina the area is always in red clay. Real mushy muddy nonsense that turns into much. So try this? It almost always works for us

I'm glad you are feeling better, Mike! Being ill is definitely no party, and having to drive while you feel like you're going to be sick is just awful .

I am so glad you are feeling better.

Argh!!! Sorry to hear that you got ill. Glad you made a quickish recovery.

Glad your ok man 😃

I hope you and your wife and family are feeling better. I love your channel

I love your little cabin. Good on ya. Hi from Ireland 😊

I'm glad you're feeling better.

That's a nice setup you have there.

I had the same bug! Had to bail from work, which I've never done in 40 years. It was brutal. Glad you're doing better!

Glad you are doing better

Just happy to be here

I wish you and your family good health ... bless you ❤

Next time, grab a small piece or two of charcoal from the fire pit. Preferably cold and chew it up and wash down. It'll absorb whatever is in there and out it comes. Works great. Kid you not. Charcoal capsules are also great to take in your kit when traveling overseas. Trust me on that one.

Sorry to hear that you got sick but good now you got better. Very brave to camp yourself. At least u can hear the sound of nature its cool mate

Sorry you were sick. I would love to see your road when it's done.

Was awesome to meet you, your father and the family at the bushcraft show this year Mike. Didn't evan realise you went through this. Glad you're all good. Here's to next years show and hoping to buy more gear from you.

Your a good guy ! I am am sorry you got so sick ! I hope you are better and continue to do your videos!

Mike I’m glad you are ok I’m sorry you got sick. Be safe and be happy.

Food poisoning. I have had it a multitude of times. It always hits me within 30 minutes of consuming bad food.

You don't need a load of hardcore to make a good bit of road, you can just pile up earth to have a raised road and make sure it has a camber so the rainwater just runs off of it. The pile will need to be reasonably wide of course.

There so much greenery around that you can actually kinda see it on your skin in many of the shots. I'm glad you're feeling better!

Sorry that were sick. Glad u r better. Hope that ur wife feels better soon

You are on the right track with drainage and driveway, I work in landscaping/construction and that's how we do it. The young iron gut eat whatever passes with age, i used to eat many meats etc that where probably off. Wash the slime off , cook and eat. Stopped doing that in my late 30's / 40's. After giving myself food poisoning a few times, im careful now.

Glad you have recovered Mike. Excellent episode.

What you had is a type of flu. I work in a kindergarten and we have several rounds of this flu every year. It starts suddenly, vomiting, stomach pain, sometimes diarrhea and fever at the same time. It lasts about 1 to 3 days and is extremely contagious!

Glad you made it to the Bushcraft show despite all that Mike. It was good to meet you and your family on the Saturday.

I loved seeing Gpa carrying Jax. Always a pleasure to watch you guys.

For the road, I'd invest some money to grade it down, scrape out a draining ditch on each side, and most importantly lay down a good layer of gravel.

Glad you got home in time and feel better. I also appreciate you putting this out and show that recording RU-vid videos is not always straight forward. Love the cabin!

Your dad is so Awesome. Sorry you got ill hope your gets feeling better to. What an adorable cabin. Love nature’s concert in the back ground. First time watching, I will be returning. Stellar awning. Love that old porch light. Brooks, Oregon.

Glad you took the right decision and went back home for the night!

Sorry to hear you were ill. You were so excited about staying in the cabin overnight! That posed 'I'm despondent' thumbnail though.... please don't become an algorithm-pleasing fake. Stay genuine as you always have done and avoid the clickbait. Your content speaks for itself.

Mike, sorry you got sick. But hey, it happens. I've got one of those awnings, and when I have to pitch it myself, I always attach the side poles first. This makes it "stiffer" when it's time to put down the vertical poles. Glad you're better now, and there's always another opportunity to spend time in the woods.

Glad you're better!

Hi, just responding to your light out there. I have antique lamps, and I can put a led lamp in them. Though for some reason the led lamps burn up really fast, no where near the promissed hours, depending on the antique lamp, a few months up to a year, maybe. With the costs of those led lamps, maybe you best change the fitting/cable, or something, maybe just do a bit of research yourself. I don't know much about it, but it has something to do with how the electricity is going through the old fitting and things irregular, if I got that right. That was no problem with the old light bulbs, but led doesn't seem to take that well. I live in the Netherlands, so I don't know or it is same in the U.K. (I'm not going to give them up for it though, I love those antique lamps, they don't make them like that anymore, and they are absolutely beautiful. I just try to find the cheap leds now, for the expensive ones die as fast.)

Yeah i just got over a 4 day horrible stomach bug. Still feel weak though

20:26 I bet that outdoor light would have been handy here. 💖🌞🌵😷

Sorry you got sick but glad you are better. Love your videos otherwise. God Bless you.❤❤❤❤

In the bush even the best laid plans can change on a dime. Just last week I had planned a 3 day trip in the bush but got a serious migraine (from an old neck injury) on the drive out. So instead of making the 8km hike to a new spot, I changed route and went to an older established camp much closer. Set up my hammock, ate a mouthful of ibuprofen, and went to bed, lol. Woke up in the am much better and then continued on.

Mike, you really did not look well BEFORE you ate. Glad you were able to recover. Hope your wife and kids are doing well.

I love your show you talk about safety not worth staying if your sick good thing to do go home in case of emergency family there for you mike help you. Stay safe keep up the good work God bless.

Sorry you were ill mate! As always thanks for the content!

Glad you are feeling better!

It's a bummer that what started as an overnight adventure ended as it did. I can attest that raw meat and room temperatures don't mix. Food poisoning is definitely no fun. It was smart that you headed home. Hope all is well with the wife and family. Cheers for better times ahead! An overnighter with your Dad would be a fun episode. He's quite the character.

Living simple and to get away from city or town living and to live like this even if for a shorter period of time is heavenly

Glad you made it home just in time. Great decision, and video

Love the cabin. Did a nice job.

Mate, I appreciate your honesty and frankness in letting us know what actually happened. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being smart and cautious when you're ill.

Always well cook knackered meet! Lol! Sorry you got sick, you're a good man! Be safe!😁

We are glad you made the right decision or you may ended up in an ambulance! When you mentioned about no bug in your cabin, I think of you could make two Mesh scene for both window in the cabin with Velcro on the edge of the mesh. An easy solution to keep bug from getting inside while your cabin have a good air flow.

Change the awning to red with a red light. Some insects see green and yellow light, the rest see in ultraviolet and blue. None can see red light. Your awning being green will attract insects, and the yellow in the orange light will also attract them. I just thought I would mention it. Off meat can be very dangerous. I'm very glad you are ok. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger :)

Glad that you recovered. Food poisoning is not fun at all. Your dad is great, such enthusiasm for living! You are both good examples of joie de vivre!

Here in America, the FDA (Food And Drug Administration), a regulatory body, is very adamant about cooking ground meats to well done. With steaks or chops, referred to as whole muscle meat, if the outside is contaminated, brief contact with a hot skillet, flame, or grill will quickly kill the bad stuff. Those bugs get folded from the exterior to the interior of ground meat as it is mixed up and, at that point, the whole thing has to get heated to 140 - 145 F to kill them. If you ate your burger well done (no red meat or juices) the burger probably wasn't the cause from eating it, but maybe from handling it and not having hot soapy water available to wash up with. Add some anti-bacterial wipes to your cabin supplies and use them after you handle any suspect food or just be prepared to wash with hot water and soap, which can be a pain.

Sorry to hear you fell ill buddy, pleased you got better for the show. Was awesome to meet you again and to meet graham for the first time. New TA patch added to my pack 🙂 Hope the show went well for you and the axe's sold well. Laters buddy. ⛺️🔥🤙🏻

Beautiful place, Love the video!

17:53 French drain to move the water from the roadway.

Lovely cozy cabin for 2 to 3 m8❤ especially love the birds and shade about it not the cries of lambs so much alike kids or girls screaming in pain lol

Screens for windows and door would be nice to add.

Years ago I was given a custodial posistion in a local school district. May I just say, I have never been stricken by colds and the flu in all my life as l was then for the year- and -a- half , as I was then....NEVER! IT WAS INSANE!! Peace to All...💜🩵💜🩵💜🩵💜

Don't let meat get above 40F 5C for more than 2 hours. If the environment is hot (+80F 25C) or in direct sunlight, 1 hour. This time limit does not reset. In other words, don't leave it out for 2 hours, back in fridge for six hours, back out for two hours.

You have a beautiful view! Thank you for sharing it with us.

I can just hear all the Vegans gloating 😂...glad your feeling better...great to see the cabin getting some use 👍

Thank you for talking on what you are doing. Some do not and it is hard to learn what they are doing.

Good to see you back on your feet. And beeing honest about a bail out. Have fun at the bushcrat show coming week(end).

When we're in Canada we got our Tipi in the woodlands, realy cozy.😎

I wouldn't call that bailing. Good video. Get to feeling better.

Please, please, please make a video of just the sheep and birds just being themselves. Love watching your videos and seeing all you, your dad and Jax do but listening to the sheep and birds was just so relaxing.

A sheep and goat lullaby to sing you to sleep. You can hear them and count them as you fall asleep

Mike. It may not have been the video you wanted to do but at least it was honest. Hope everyone is doing better. Now I'm off to your dad's channel, lots of catching up to do. 😀👍

was great to meet you at the bushcraftshow glad you felt better and made it

Sorry that you were Not feeling well. i Love watching your videos. praying for you to be healed and safe. Amen