Our most requested video! Follow along as we go in-depth about who we are and why we moved to Alaska. Thank you for supporting our channel! Katie & Chris
Keep in mind many of us are living vicariously thru y’all so what you may think is boring is interesting to us to watch what is involved in day to day life to survive the winter and off grid daily life.
I would like to see the RV restoration video. We are doing a Skoolie and I like getting ideas on what to do about storage areas. Great video Thanks for sharing
Hey! We did check out your skoolie build months ago when you let us know about it, how Is your progress coming along with the bus and moving to Alaska? Hope all is going well. We did a conversion on a Goshen bus many years ago using a free camper that we demolished for all the cabinet doors, and most of the utilities inside to keep the project low budget. It is a big undertaking starting from a shell. We found it took a lot of planning and can get expensive fast. The only reason we sold our bus was that it had the nonlockup 545 Allison transmission which is not good for hauling heavy trailers in the mountains. Otherwise, we might have brought it to Alaska to live in temporarily. We have a video coming out today about the RV restoration, hope you enjoy it!
Good to see you both back and healthy, thank you Katie and Chris for answering all of our questions. Really looking forward to the spring garden and cabin videos.
Nice to see you back. Simple Living Alaska is a good channel for building some things e.g sawmill structure, chicken coop, Quonset building, enclosed garden (at their last home in Willow, they haven’t built their own home though). Maybe just some ideas. Looking forward to seeing how your build is going. Have you built past the floor yet. Any walls?
Love your channel and you two are amazing .Keep the videos coming and you guys have a beautiful property. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. You two have done what a lot of us wish we could do,relocating and having a beautiful piece of land with great freedom. Have a prosperous week and stay safe you two.
You guys are very blessed to get to do this but also there’s not a better time to do it while you’re still young and can enjoy the entire journey. Thank you for taking us along on this journey.
I wandered all these things, but never asked. I respect privacy, but totally enjoy watching all this channel puts out. AS for the age, I was thinking about 7 years younger for both of you. You have achieved much for your young life. I pray for your safety and a long season to get your projects and gardening done. It is beautiful there! WE have traveled out to Montana for years and loved it there, and thought we would like to retire there, but like you, we found what little property that was for sell, was so expensive. Alaska is still on our bucket list to visit, we had a 11 day excursion booked when covid hit :( WE lived in PA for 4 years and I had my second son there, It took a year to make friends, but then it was so hard to leave. Traveling up to New York state was one of our treasured memories with the boys. So beautiful. WE just moved to our forever place, and looking forward to starting gardening on our 10 acres. Enjoy every day to the fullest in Alaska!
Feel free to ask anything in the comments we do our best to be open. We do keep some things private like our location and social security numbers for safety 😅 but we share what we can. We both wish we were 7 years younger! Time goes by so fast. Congratulations on settling into your new forever home! We hope you still get to take a vacation to Alaska sometime. The pictures and videos don't do a lot of justice for the amazing views, you would enjoy experiencing it in person someday.
I am also from PA. We bought raw land in Alaska and built a house (well, septic, house, road access) too. We drove up with a skid steer. We sold the house and bought the fixer upper next door and are renovating it. We have 20 acres and plan to build another new house once we are done with renovations. Being a PA gal, Alaska feeds my soul. And I also appreciate the freedoms. Bear and moose are frequently on the porch or driveway. Stay safe!
Thanks so much for your update-we’ve missed you folks-something I would have enjoyed doing when I was younger-your reasoning of doing things is just the way I think that’s why I like your content
Yeah, Alaska is an awesome place to live. I wouldn’t change living here for anything, it’s not crowded compared to Lower 48 states, and I love the freedom Alaska has to offer to those who want to put sweat and equity into it.
Maybe you’re not too old. I’m 65 and going to attempt to build our retirement home with my son in law. Of course, you are possibly correct and I may not succeed here … haha
Thank you for sharing your story,always wanted to move to Alaska, since I was around eighteen(I'm sixty four now) but I'm disabled now and can't live that dream I had a total hip replacement left side now I need right side operated on,which is no walk in the park,six months of hell for that to heal completely,still I love seeing anything on Alaska, good luck to you and hope to see more videos ,watching from N.C. 1:04:28 1:04:28 1:04:28 1:04:28 1:04:28 1:04:28
Chris and Katie … thank you for sharing your videos with us . I have enjoyed watching your videos and than you for sharing more about who you guys are and what made you leave the busy city life for a more enjoyable life style . Keep those videos coming and can’t wait to see what else you two have in store .
Glad you are enjoying our videos! We have so many plans, that I doubt we will ever run out of content to share. As the weather, time, and funds allow we will put out new videos 🙂
Thank you for sharing and letting us get to know you. You have a beautiful journey ahead and it's lovely (and exciting!) being able to see it. Posting shorter videos would be great too - multi part stories. Looking forward to whatever you share.
I've wondered where you two were, thought you might have stopped doing videos or just staying warm inside. I must say I've enjoyed your channel for awhile and look forward to the home build. I would enjoy watching the renovation of the motorhome. The spring box is still working, awesome! Thanks for sharing your life story and updating us. See ya when I see ya...😁❤✌🙏
Glad to hear you have been enjoying our videos! It was a long winter of mostly living recovering from injuries and moving snow 🙂. The weather was not cooperative for building projects, we tried a few times but between tools being frozen and not working properly, not being able to feel our fingers with work gloves on, and losing tools and things in the snow we decided it was not worth the aggravation. Spring is almost here so we will be jumping back into a lot of interesting projects that we can share. We did post a video of the RV restoration today maybe you will find it interesting 🙂 the spring box is going strong! It has saved us a ton of time from not needing to haul water. We do have plans to improve the water situation further this year too with the spring! Thanks for your support.
Thx for the video, I am glad for this history lesson. Don't feel like you have to show everything, but your building the house, coop, solar array, etc. - yes! I am 70 years old but travel and build homesteads through other people's videos! Thx again. God bless you and your adventures. BTW, my dear wife of 50 years is from York PA.
Wow small world! We have connected with a lot of other people from Pennsylvania in these comments. We are happy to be able to share our experiences here with you 🙂
Welcome to Alaska! We are kindred spirits in many ways. You were smart to do this while you are young. Alaska is no country for old men; my knees will testify. We did the move with three kids, 2 dogs, one wife, and no felony convictions.
TYVM for taking the time to tell us your story. My short and sweet comment about you two is that you both are just delightful!! I'm looking forward to your upcoming projects, mainly your house build.
You are welcome, we are happy to share it! Thank you for your kind words! We are looking forward to the warm season's projects as well, I promise no one is looking more forward to the cabin build than us! 🙂
Great video update ! A lot of travels to get where you are but you both look very happy so far with the choices you have made together, Katie & Chris we wish you good health so you can move on to the next steps in your like !
Thank you for the well wishes! Do you happen to have a RU-vid as well? I believe your name has been on my suggested videos page or at least one similar!
Thanks, very interesting. I live in a climate completely different, no snow. We get heat waves of up to 40 degrees Centigrade. Cheers from South Australia.
Great Video. I understand how things work in Alaska more each time I see a video. You two make great videos and I look forward to seeing more in the future, thanks
Just found your channel and binged all the episodes....you guys are great and I can't wait to watch your progress!!!! Thanks for sharing your adventure!!!!
Yes, I would love to see your RV restoration! Thanks for today’s explanation of why you chose to move to AK. We are taxed pretty high here in WA state, too!😉
You are welcome for the explanation, so many folks were curious about a lot of this information. You may have already seen but we do have a new video out about the RV renovation if you are still interested! Thanks 🙂
Thank you for the bio. Very interesting to understand the motivation to move to Alaska. I am old now and know I am fixed where I am and glad of it however it’s a pleasure to see such endeavour by a lovely capable couple and naive you are not!🤓Good fortune for your home building!👍. Phil, Suffolk, 🇬🇧
Greetings from Perth, Western Australia (basically a desert). No matter how boring and dark your videos seem to be, they are ultimately consumable and loved by people who don't have what you have. Just be yourselves and vlog your lives... you have a great formula; capable young people who don't whinge about hardship.
Hello! I can see that, we often find entertainment in things that are much different than our reality. Great perspective. And can agree on the whinge, or complaining/ begging about hardships instead of doing something about it. That would be very off-putting content. Thank you for your support!
Make a suggestion for you. With your solar panels, put them on a pivot. All you then all you do is pivot them to vertical to get the snow off. Easy solution for quick clean.
We just came across your channel, and found it very personable. We just sat on the couch and listened to your story. It was great. Stay warm and safe. Scott and Janet from PEI Canada
Moose are entering the mating season this time of year and males do get very territorial during that time. That is also the time to harvest one of them for your food throughout the year if you have means of preserving it.
Hi there! Moose mating season is late September - early October where we are and hunting season is in September. That's typically when the bulls get even more aggressive, but just before we made this video, one was very territorial in our area. They are unpredictable. We are getting into the season for baby moose to come around any time now.
Pleasure to meet y’all, Rev. Paul,Eustis Florida. My family moved to Alaska to Anchorage from Florida Ft. Pierce in 1959 just months after it became a State. 6 kids & both parents, in a brand new 1959 Cadillac. Y’all will love it kids, so ,much to do, go, & see. Any questions just ask:)
Just found your channel and started just watching your playlist through from the start. I decided to skip to this one just to see how you ended up in Alaska and this was perfect! Really enjoy your channel/videos so far as im about 15 or so in. You 2 seem to be doing great and have a nice place going for sure! As for videos you think are too boring or we may not care so much about just remember, your in Alaska and most of us are not I would guess. I would watch you clear snow for an hour or clearing brush. I wish i was where you 2 are not in this pit of hell (weather wise) called Florida 😁. Any respite i can get that has snow/cold I take and enjoy immensly! So if you have it and wanna post it I know Ill watch it as will many other! Thanks so much for taking the time/effort it takes to make/post these videos as I have been living vicariously through this type of channel for many many years! Eric and Ariel from Simple living Alaska are my favorite show to watch and have been for a LONG time now so you 2 are added to that list!
Fantastic journey. I’m glad you’re getting it on video. Your kids will love it. You got to use your mechanical talents on your trips. Think what that would halve done to your budget to buy a big transmission and then hire a garage to install it for you. Well done. Can’t wait to see what you’re going to build. I’ve lived in an RV now for three years. I just started building this spring. Good luck. Later
When you were filling your water jugs I thought of something, you should install a deep P-Trap in the line coming from your spring box. The P-Trap stays full with water all the time thus preventing insect, spiders, even small rodents from getting to your spring box. I would drop down and come up 12" so there is plenty of water to discourage any pests from trying to gain access and contaminating your drinking water. I am looking forward you see how you finish off the water system for your cabin and the cabin build. I prefer the long long format videos, I am sure lots of other do as well.
Good suggestions, we did have small slip-on screens over them at the beginning of winter and on the overflows that do not have water exiting, they completely frosted over into ice from the warm air escaping. So we had to remove them. Once we begin working on the insulated spring house both of these pipes will go directly into the cistern inside. There will still be a new exit that may benefit from a p trap at the end, maybe it should be inside of the insulated spring house as well for freeze protection. We are looking forward to finishing it up. We are still having weather in the teens here, the ground frost doesn't thaw out completely until almost June. Spring should be here soon but we have already had 3 false spring thawls. We also plan to cap two other springs in the same general area for redundancy and connect them to the original spring box, since we rely on it heavily. We estimate that will give us about 4000 gallons per day which is not necessary but if one spring seep has an issue in the wintertime when we can't dig for repairs the other two spring seeps should keep us going. We may have enough content from this for 3 interesting videos.
Congratulations on your move which took a lot of smarts and fortitude. You made the right decision at the right time of life. I understand all of the positive reasons and the negative motivating factors. You and your kids will live a life that is safer and free from many of the negative factors changing the culture in the former USA. Will look forward to construction of your home and outbuildings. I would also love to see utv trails throughout your woods. The peace of mind you will have from this lifestyle has great value beyond money. I would love to have you two for neighbors.
Thank you for sharing your story with us all!!! It’s great to see authentic content. Keep doing what you’re doing and sharing your journey the way you are for as long as you are able!
I may have already commented on you guys videos. I just watched the one where you guys explained things. Again everything you guys do is great you're probably one of the best ones on RU-vid. You do a great job on everything you do and you're very good at video just keep up the good work. You are a very cute couple and you seem to get along very well. God bless you and keep it up
Thanks for posting. I really enjoy your channel. It was nice to hear your story and your adventure to the north. You guys are living your dreams and making us wish we had your courage to do the same. So we are living some of our dreams through your videos keep them coming
