HOW WE AFFORD TO OVERLAND AND LIVE OFF-GRID FULL-TIME // EFRT Q&A 

After retiring from the US Army after 28 years of service. I went on a year and a half, 36 country backpacking trip that led me from Finland and ending in the Philippines and doing it under 10k. That experience has led me to do some amazing things like hopping into a cage with a very large White Siberian Tiger where I was able to pet him. That was one of the greatest moments of my life. Now, because of videos like this one, I have a new goal/passion. Overlanding and seeing more of this world. Thank you, and I hope to meet you out on the trails someday.

I really appreciate this video for several reasons... but the main one that I take away from this and I hope others will as well is that you can always make more money, but you can’t make more time. And this is so important for families with kids because you only get 18 years before that child goes off to do great things on their own and that time goes by so quickly...

Glad I found your channel. As a traveling nurse I’ve been trying to decide n figure out how I want to travel/live off grid as well. Just bought a jeep with intent pulling a camper but after seeing your channel it’s opened up many other possibilities now

I’m glad I found your channel. I am binge watching.

Loving a video with Carol diving into the mix. No doubt Mom is the unsung hero of this terrific family.

maaan, had I known you were here back then! have just discovered you guys............. Greetings from Kazakhstan! :) I am a Kazakh American organic farmer who's totally head over heels over you guys. you rock!

I’m so glad I found this video! Being single with no kids at 38 I’ve been planning to do something similar (just without kids lol) but I learn so much from u all and love watching your journeys! Keep up the great videos!

Hello from Mongolia, I love watching your contents and you guys are like living in my dream :)) Very warm welcome to Mongolia. I will be happy to help your trip to Mongolia. Cheers!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience . I love. Your goal as a family and sharing experience is important for the kids. We are a homeschool family and we also like to travel as mu ch as we can. The life experience being together and exploring places make the difference to our family. May God Bless you in your journeys.

Such a great story and really good advice. Thank you for sharing. There really are a lot of us that would like to do something similar.

We’re are just going to try and travel America. Alaska to the East Coast South Carolina and everywhere else north and south. That will be a lifetime for us.

Thank you for sharing this information! I hope to one day be able to travel like this!

I’m 36, no kids and wish to do the same soon. Love your videos.

You are so lucky to have a great mother,and farther to spend Quality time with the whole family.

I think money is the scariest part of taking the plung to get out there on the road or big vacation. There are plenty of times when I’m ready to just sell everything and get out of here but I know that’s not practical. Thanks for sharing with us, cheers Johnathon

You as a couple and as an entire family are such an inspiration - your spirit and energy is addictive! Your positivity and courage are wonderful and probably key to this dream you're living. We love to watch your journey and it's amazing to see you grow together. Time is so much more worth than money and it gives us hope to maybe one day be able to roam free, too. Thank you for fueling our dreams :) Keep up the great work! Thank you for sharing your time with us! :) XX

Experiences are definitely of more value than things... I love your channel

From Michigan love your video

I really Love EFRT, I do have a question though. How do your kids deal with not being able to go hang out with their peers, or for the older ones, how about dating, or having a boyfriend, or girlfriend relationship? Do they ever get upset in that sense that they are missing out on that part of growing up?

really great vid. Yall really are living the dream in all aspects, family, adventure, experiences, etc

Thanks for sharing this great video.

Enjoy your videos. Great insights.

Great video and advice. I come from a sailing background where my late wife and I had a 37’ sailboat that I had updated and prepared to sail to Mexico and beyond in 2018. Well, unfortunately she past away in Sept of 2017. I sailed solo to Alaska for 6 months and during that trip I decided that this was not going to work without my Snugs. Sold the boat and bought a RH drive 3rd gen Toyota Hilux, tricked it out as I did with the sailboat and now do photography trips to the Mojave and back country of BC. Looking to now head to South America when this COVID is over with. So, my message is to Not Wait. Because tomorrow may not always be there for some people. Live for today and make the best of this ride called Life. Keep the great videos and inspiration coming...maybe see you on the trail.

I agree with Rose, this is a great video. I applaud your adventurous spirit and confidence in what's around the bend. Stay safe

You may have answered this in another video I haven't found, but my question is this: How do you plan for health care? Ongoing medication costs? Its not mentioned in most of the channels I've sampled.

Put the Philippines on your list!

Incredible family.... Lot to learn from you all. Love to watch you guys

Just saw your video. I am from Mongolia and live in Mongolia. Heard you say you wanted to visit our country. If you ever do decide to come I would be happy to take you around.

I watched all your videos wow so amazing !! Love and Respect here in California Anaheim God bless ur family and be safe always!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sure like your philosophy for getting the most out of life with your family. Time is our most valuable asset, once it is gone, it is gone forever. Impressive how all 5 of you seem to maintain perfect harmony with each other, beautiful.

You’re spot on about being able to always make more money, but not more time! I’m a couple years into traveling nearly full time and don’t want to give it up. Cheers!

Thank you for sharing your adventures. I see you have been to White Sands. Did you stop at Bisti Badlands and Valley of Dreams. You would love the totally alien landscape. It is like no where else. It is south of Frmington, NM.

I love ur family adventures and I'm always looking forward for new videos updates

I totally get it. Our kids are grown with families of their own now. It would have been fun to have raised them this way. I wish you great luck with whatever you pursue. Thanks for the great videos. You are going to do great things with this attitude and gumpsion you have. Sorry, that's my ky mountain talk coming out. Attitude and energy!

Great video guys.. and what a beautiful Road you're on there ,all the pretty colours

Love the truth in your videos. Thank you for sharing

You have such a beautiful family, you are all an inspiration. I look forward to every video!!!

Haii epic family_" you got new friend from Kerala , india" My name is Benjamin Benny from Kerala, well known as God’s own country, India. if you guys have interested to visit . lam happy that you are coming to Kerala. Kerala is famous especially for its ecotourism initiatives and beautiful backwaters. Its unique culture and traditions, coupled with its varied demography, have made. Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Any help you may need will be here . we are Keralites. "Guest is equivalent to God”.😊

Come to India, it's amazing, the culture, the languages, the cuisine - the diversity is amazing and so are the people!

My father used to say that time is our most precious commodity. I never realized it until my latter year's. Once again sound advice. By the way I was thinking what a great shot of Pete and Carol they must have a really nice camera! I didn't know it cost you a kitchen.. Safe Travels, Perry

Very informative, probably answering some of the much asked questions. Great to hear about the true worth of material things, and 'real/quality' time, with family and outdoors :-).

I’ve been a fan of your videos for a little while now and I wanna thank you for your insight today and just want to comment that you have an amazing family great kids!!!

Thank you for the good insight! Enjoy!

You are so lucky to have taken the chance as life is short and before you know it your getting old.love the channel .

Love your channel and your journey, very inspiring Thankyou for the inspiration god bless you and your family 🙏🏻

Interesting thoughts, thank you for sharing... My wife and I are not Jeep owners yet, hopefully soon... The other day my wife flew from Tucson to Portland. She made a comment that I just love “ honey I saw so many little dirt roads from the plane we need to get a Jeep so we can explore more”... We’ve considered renting out our home furnished and traveling to Portugal as well as different parts of the US. There are so many possibilities it’s just mind boggling.

Hi my name is Dave i live in New Zealand love your videos. Thank you for showing me my own country its made me want to buy a jeep and hook into travelling my own country. Im 54 and never been to the south island crazy i know so thanks to you im gonna hit the road. I was saving to go to Canada for holiday but since covid thing decided to see NZ.cheers Dave.🙂

Your videos are so inspiring. I have stuff and it does not make me happy. I have job that is so stressful and soul sucking. I have a bronco on order, going to take the leap and get on the road and stop sitting on my ass and waiting. Thanks for the great videos.

I'm from India. I'm 20 but i see your videos and I'm inspired very much by you. When I will become financially stable I will explore like you on a small scale and always be happy that you have a friend in India. I'll try my best to be like you and when you come to India I'll take you on a tour all over India and keep you contented and accompanied all the time. Please do come to india after 7-8 years or so. 😊

Only recently started watching you guys! Love the scenery and of course the vehicles! When Africa comes onto your list remember to visit the Garden Route on the southern side. Keep up the great videos!

What a great advice. U a real travelers!!! Our family getting into Overloading too. I'm trying to build my GX460, and its hard. Im originally from Mongolia but i live in Chicago. I still have my relatives who lives in Mongolia. If you guys decide to do overlanding there I can help you. I can provide with my home to stay and give you some tips as well. We should do one trip together. Have a good adventures.

Wondered how you financed your "excursions." Enjoyed your story of how this lifestyle came about. If I may I'd like to tell you a little about my lifestyle, not to usual from yours, just went about it a little differently. My life of 35 years of military and government service gave me many opportunities to not only visit, but live in foreign countries. I went in the US Armed Forces in 1968, before years end I was in Vietnam til 1971. During my military career I moved (starting in 1968) 50 times until I finally retired in 2012. Now believe it or not, I live in the house I grew up in....imagine that!!! I've lived in numerous Asian countries a total of 20 years or so that included military and government service. Had the opportunity to visit Ukraine twice and spent 3 weeks in Russia. Always wanted to go to Russia. Went to Communist China twice, even played gold at Beijing International Golf Club. Imagine the Great wall in the background of your approach shot to the green. once in a life time experience. My "excursions" were doing duty in a foreign country and as I was traveling I was still receiving my military retirement and civil service salary. Guess I'm sharing this to say we did the same thing but differently. At 71 years old now, 100% disable American Veteran, I still have the "wonder lust" as I call it, especially during this lock down of a pandemic. I spent much time as a US Marine in a military tent in the cold and snow of Korea and I really have NO desire to go "camping" anymore, especially at my age. It's for you younger folks. My live now consists of spending my days at home with my 3 year old Jack Russell Terrier. My biggest dream even at my present age is to have a cabin, off grid at a lake environment.....wow, much like your cabin. But I have neither the strength nor capability to build one myself even if I had help.I'm pretty much debt free and GOD has provided me with a rather comfortable life in a small town ion the deep south. Need to stop, got carried away, I'm sorry.

Great video, what I don’t understanding is why your you tube channel have not more subscribers????? Your channel must have at least 200.000 !!!! Keep up the amazing work 👍 and live your dream 🇳🇱❤️🇨🇦🥇✌️

You guys are so inspiring!

7:04 The moment you realize you forgot the kids on the roof =) Not a big deal, i see people do this with a cup of coffee all the time haha.

Great videos and great family. God Bless and stay safe.

I just starting watching your channel. The 1st one was installing the solar battery's at the cabin. Curious do the kids want to go to college & ever get married to be on their own. Blessings

Your trip videos are great

This my be a paranoid question but how did you prepare for self defense situations? I am from NYC and just think like that.

KUDOS 👍👍👍👍 Love your Videos and happy for your family able to do this Awseome Dream... keep posting so we can dream..

Seriously how do the kids get along?!?! Also the kids are getting older, do they have boyfriends or girlfriends? Are they ready to move to that next stage of life, like moving in to a courtship. Or do they plan on staying with the family for awhile

This is a very good channel but a couple of Video editing upgrades, maybe a little longer stories(Current ones are like trailers for a very good movie) and a good mic for a better soudn would be great. I think these will increase your subs and you could earn with ads.

Good. Make a video of DO and DON'TS. So those who want to blog.

Looking forward to the RU-vid Mistakes Made video!

Amazing Video :)))

Good luck with all your projects!

Come to Georgia (caucasus). me and my family will personally invite you.

Me and my wife have 4 kids and both have jeep wranglers we are setting up for adventures like this my question is what is your total monthly expense for this life style on average?

what about education for the children ? how are they managing school work ?

Best couple good understanding both. Best wishes for your successfful fruitful life 💐💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏👌

Hi guys, love the series from Australia. Just wondering about your kids, their ages, their education, their work, what is their future , regards Rob

We would love a tips and advice and what not to do in order to have a successful RU-vid channel. My wife and I, recently married, got into off-road and overlanding adventures because of RU-vid channels such as yours and Lifestyle Overland. We recently started a RU-vid channel and are not very good with the videography and editing and all that.

Hey there! I am currently entertaining the idea of taking my life in the nomad direction. This has always been a dream of mine since I was younger. So it’s pretty cool to me that this lifestyle is becoming more socially accepted. Not like I cared anyway but that’s nice. Essentially there are two main factors left in deciding to pull the trigger. One being financial, but the one I’m looking for advice on is the legality of this. So obviously you can’t just set up camp any old place, but what other laws revolving around activities such as this, exist? Does anybody know if the legality of this lifestyle is threatened in any way?

Nice video, keep the videos coming 👍

Lots of love ❤ from india 🇮🇳

Just discovering you all, I love everything about what you are saying, I get it, but I have a 17year old and a 19year old...How much time of the year are your kids not solely with you?

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Thank guys. What do you do for health insurance? I guess that would be my concern

Me gustan mucho sus vídeos 👌👍 Agreguen subtítulos en español para sus seguidores latinos por favor 👍 Saludos desde Sonora México ✌️

Hi guys. I am from Mongolia. You guys shoul go to euroasian continent. Totally different. Cheers

What camera did you use?? Super nice!!!

Great family and inspiring videos , We can escort you through parts of India 😀

Why not traveling to Europe and Greece?

I pray everyday to find a female to do this with

Epic Family!

When are you coming to UK?

lol >>>miliion dollar house in Toronto is a shack !

There are not many safe and lucrative investments. What is your secret for investing?

So, if you don't want to watch the video to find the answer to that question, it's "be rich."

Please buy a microphone Absolutely love your channel but it’s so hard to hear when your in the Jeep

The song in the beginning is so off time

Ibad Patel 🙂😊😀

Argh, wish y'all had lapel mics 🎤 😒

I love watching your videos but I have to admit that this video is just a sweet story which no one in their right mind would believe. It is quite disappointing to see that all these words are said with a straight face and you expect us to believe them... A Jeep Rubicon ($50K or more) + heavily modified Jeep Limited (around same price) + Mercedes RV with base price of $140K + 5 Specialized bikes (no less than $5k for all 5 together) + snowboards and surf boards for whole family + 2 very expensive tents + MacBook Pros (several of them - each one going for minimum of $2200) + large screen gaming consoles + various pull-trailers cost an amount that is much larger than what most people have in their banks at retirement age. Needless to try calculating all the flights (enormous amount given that 5 people are flying) and ski resort tickets (which even families with very decent income struggle to cover for more than a 5-day trip). And...people on a budget don't go for Arcterix jackets... Again - really cute videos but please don't lie in the face of your viewers because we are all well aware that with 70K RU-vid subscribers and the tiny number of views the videos get it is impossible to fund a 5-year long trip around the world even after selling a house. Unless it was a 10+ million dollar house that has already been paid off (which also points to significant income).

With all due respect, you lost me at "our business was acquired...paid off our house...we had enough $ to keep going...". Congrats on that but that's the moment I knew we wouldn't connect: our dream means are not intersecting. Enjoy.

Hablan demasiado y no dan con las aventuras, aburren mucho