"We're not good at anything, but we are alright at just about everything!" OMG! This is so adorable and true with you two. So funny and sweet.

Alaska truly is a wild place. This is our experience from our short time living here. We hope this video will answer questions you may have had, feel free to ask others if we missed a topic you're interested in! Big thanks again for watching and commenting :)

Just getting out of California was a big step in the right direction. You 2 are always worth checking in on.

Amazing what can be accomplished working together as a team. Binge watching all of your videos. Please keep them coming. 😁

Awwww its so precious to see little Eric & Ariel! Also very inspiring to see how far you've come. This is my fav channel, please don't ever stop sharing!

That was funny at the end. Eric with his pouty face "Babe that really hurt" lol.

You guys are doing a great job. I've lived in AK for 37 years. ( I'm 59 YO) I just bought 140 acres outside of Big Lake.. 4 mile from the end of the road. I'm just getting started with off grid. I've watched a lot of people try and live the off grid life over the years.and fail .. Mostly due to lack of common sense. Maybe we'll run into each other in Wasilla? I'm living in Anch. full time for now..weekends at the cabin. Until I can retire. 1-2 years. Have a cozy cabin and all that I need at this point. but always another project..... You guys will be just fine!

You guys are great!!! I can't get enough of your videos!! Thanks for sharing your lives with us... and DON'T STOP POSTING THE OUTTAKES!!!!

Y'all need to video the Northern lights for us! P.s., I'm an Oregon girl!

Excellent and informative Q and A Ariel and Eric. I particularly loved the outtakes at the end, so funny and it shows the love and laughter between you both. Michelle

I loved this video! Nice job, so impressed by you both!

Great attitude and teamwork! Way to go!

I so love you guys! Thank you as always for sharing your lifestyle! Just incredible....

Hello Eric and Ariel, I send greetings from South Africa, I am so impressed and admire your combined resolve. You remind me of those pioneers of long ago. Giving up the not so easy life for a better one. I admire and respect how you work together to achieve your mutual goal. I look forward to following your adventures with great interest. Best regards for the future and I wish you great success.

Keep up the great work ! My favourite channel by far !

I’ve been binge watching and enjoying every second of it. ❤️

Great job on the Q&A video. It was a nice change. Really liked the out takes at the end. Can’t wait what you guys have coming up this spring and summer. Stay safe.

I so love your openness in sharing your life with us

great video thanxs for all the helpful info on ak and off grid living

You have done it all!! Im so happy from the future!!

Hey, thanks for answering my question . You guys ROCK!!! I like how you guys are so motivated and humble. Great questions and great answers. Thank you for sharing with us. Love your channel. BigDirty out

You two are just incredible!

Very nice Q and A you two! Absolutely keep it simple and just enjoy your time. That's what it's all about.

I love watching you two grow...And a cook book with all that you pick wild and what you do with it. I for sure would buy one.

Great video! Very informative. I really enjoy being with you on your adventures there! Please keep the videos coming, as I do look forward to them! Thank care and blessings your way

I’ve been following y’all for a while. You’ve accomplished a lot already. Can’t wait to see what y’all do in the future

Very interesting watching this in the future, when you've accomplished all of those "to-do's"! You guys rock!

Great video! Thanks for sharing all of your great life.

The end bloopers are the best you two! Keep it up👍

Loved the outtakes at the end of the video. I truly appreciated when you said that this is your way to give back to the online community by sharing your experience.

Thank you for sharing your life with us. I always have wondered what Alaska was like..Thank you. Love your blopers to.

Your review of what it takes to move to Alaska and to live a similar life I thought was very enlightening. I wish you two all the best and look forward to your videos. God bless

We also live off-grid yet we can learn so much from you. Especially, your gardening skills and canning food. So, thank you😁

So funny! And awesome! Binge watching earlier stuff

Thank you for giving.... and looking forward to more from you both!!! The best part of "Simple Living Alaska" is.... you two!!!

Just watched this now best video ever you make my day. Thank you. ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

You guys are an inspiration for sure! Love your videos! Many great ideas for newbies moving to AK.

Good stuff you guys. Looking forward to seeing bees and chickens at your place. First chicken that I processed I had a youtube video on my phone. I had already watched it 10 times but I still referred to it a couple times while cleaning the bird. Your out takes gave us a good laugh. Have a good one.

Good info, guys! I just found your channel and have been binge watching. You might not think you are good at anything, but I’ve been SO impressed! You have a huge skill set and are basically experts at a lot of things! Keep living your best life. We can all learn a thing or two from you.

Love watching your videos. I was amazed at how many times you mentioned slowing down and doing less. Youre kidding! You two are constantly working and planning new projects. Im thinking that keeping busy IS how you relax. Im glad its working out for you. Be safe and take care. 🌹

Great job, ya'll. I like how you work as a team. Great choice in boots!

You two are great I love watching your video clips and wishing to move to Alaska go off grid!

You two are awesome. But I have to disagree on one point. You say you are not great at anything, yet your results prove your skill sets are highly advanced. You are great at trying and doing.

I’m coming up on my two year anniversary of moving from a townhouse in the Philadelphia suburbs to the side of a mountain homestead in New England. It’s encouraging to go back and watch these older videos and to hear you did this for 4 years before making this move. It gives me some grace in my learning curve. But necessity breeds creativity and I’ve been amazed at how much I can do with sticks and jute twine!

Hi art from alberta. So enjoy your videos. It is so enjoyable to se a married couple that are real friends. I understand the seasons being a Canuck and having worked for 2 years in the arctic islands the only month I was not there was July. I grew up on a grain farm in Alberta and my working life in the oil patch retired and living in Alberta. Enough about me. Having grown up on a farm I love and appreciate your struggles by living of grid. Eric and Arieal I so admire your work ethic. Arielle I think you are wonderful photographer. Thank you both for sharing your life with us.

Eric is a super handyman and great cook too. These 2 work very hard. 👍👍. They make it looks easy and fun but I know it is a hard physical life ❤️❤️

Great Q&A! I keep laughing at your effort to “do less and enjoy more”. Your definition of doing less is definitely a whole other than most of us would define, 😂. But you DO enjoy it and it keeps showing! You two are great together!

Thankyou, you two teach me almost every vedio. Great ideal of buying vehicle instead of a uhaul! I've wanted to live in Alaska most of my adult life. Off grid in Oklahoma and I love it but realize Alaska would be a big upgrade in everything especially cutting firewood. I still do at my age but really it would double or triple. I cant tell you how blessed you are to have each other and you working together in joint effort. Alot of couples work against each other or one has to bear the lion's load alone. I pray for constant love and unity and strength & divine protection over you two, your animals and all home, buildings & equipment.

Great Q/A, love living in Alaska

Rock on. Your Alaska Material... Sourdoughs for sure. Been there done it. Moving back home summer 2024. Off the grid this time

Funny. I was watching you r vids till 5 am the other day and after heading for bed I stopped in the kitchen and turned on the water in the sink and thought “oh, we have running water!” We live 1/2 hour out of Eureka, CA but still have elec but have a well and used wood for heat until last year when we put in a mini-split to keep,my wife warm. She is 81 with dementia and needs to be warm. I am aged myself and have been to AK 4-5 times in the Coast Guard and visiting and loved it. Cheers.

Love the bloopers!

New subscriber here! I am just catching up with your videos. Watching all the way from the Philippines! Love your channel.

I think u guys are so cool I wish when we were younger we cud have moved to Alaska and do the things u do but that dream has passed so u guys have an awesome time and be safe

Great Q&A!!!

Gotta love those outtakes!! lol :)

yes iam binge watching too ,love it

I would love to do what you have done. If we was younger. Love watching you.

I like your motto. Mine is " I the willing , led by the unknowing am doing the impossible. I have done so much with so little for so long , I am now qualified to do anything with nothing " . I live in a climate that like yours is demanding. Stores are miles away , shipping is tough, . Temps. get to -50 . ATB

You two are amazing!

Hey so one of the things I love is foraging mushrooms. I will marinate them and smoke them like jerky . Best snack ever . Just dry out after smoking for like two hours .

Lmbo your bloopers are a great addition to your videos

Start oh my God I'm back at the very beginning I get to go through the whole thing that is so neat

You guys are great I always would have liked to see Alaska

U guys are great... keep up the good work

KZfaq University rox! You appears to be embracing the challenges and rewards in stride. Blessings of abundance and wisdom

You two have a beautiful life.

Haha! The end is hilarious! I just found your channel and I am enjoying watching you discover Alaska! As a life long Alaskan it's fun to watch as you learn and share. We are lucky in Alaska to have hunting and fishing and lots of land. I wish you luck on your journey. I have met many people through the years who have come and tried to make a go of it. I think your advice on taking it one step at a time is spot on. I am working my way through your videos and I am sure I will learn much in your gardening videos. Thanks for sharing.

Saw the Northern Lights in Norway, would love to see them in my home country

Cute QA..... you should put in more of them bloopers :)

U guys are awesome!!

I just discovered KZfaq and you guys! Love your show! I also really like a lot of the music you use on your programs especially one guy that was singing while you were showing aerial shots of snow covered trees. Some how I'd love to find out who that is....stay cool you two (not temperature wise lol)

I gotta get my wife to watch this one!! She has the same fears about Idaho!!! Great vid guys!

Hahaha, love your motto! By the way, I think you are awesome at everthing you do, especially food :)

omfg 😂😂😂! 17:20 "This is you, ehhhhh!" I am in tears right now

Great content, Thanks!

Damn....just found your channel and you guys are awesome.

Hah! Great video guys. Very informative. The bloobs at the end, classic 😂cheers!! Hopefully we can help you out with putting some fish on your plate with some of those hand tied jigs - coming soon!

😁thanks for sharing 😁best wishes on your next adventure 😁😎🤗

Ha! Loved the out takes :)

I would recommend installing a wind mill to supplement your solar panels in producing you electrical needs. This wind mill will make power during the night and during the days without sun.

I just found you and I’m so excited to watch more! Thank you! I plan to drive to Alaska on my own in August!

I love your motto Eric.

I enjoyed that !

I am a new subscriber, I just love your channel!💖💖

Congrats on 2k subs guys!

Also use a rc motor hooked to a 100 amp chevy alt. Hooked to my batt. Bank to charge my batt. in winter

Good stuff you two... TFS

You should add feeders to your two properties. You can grow wild livestock herds without all the work.

You guys are a cute couple, i enjoy watching your life and Alaska seems awesome though tough at times.

I realize at the time this video was made, theres snow, but I learned, always take a flash light to the out house, one night, there was a copperhead eating a mouse at the door, and where I worked there was an out house, and the chickens would get down in the hole, and when you set down, its not what you would want to happen

Hey you two! Great Q&A. I am looking forward to what is to come over the next months....

Y’all r so sweet

I’ve herd some things won’t ship there.. (not an option) that sucks sometimes I’m sure. Plan ahead right. Well said. I feel that way. I’m alright at a lot. LOL. Only get what you need.. Bees, Cool.. little steps, your there for a while right. No hurry. Great advice..!! Have a great night you two..!!

New subscriber here. LOVE your vlog and watching your journey! Would love to see how you make your Kefir.

Another great video. I heard you when you said, Just do it !! As a Canadian, I think the Yukon would have to be my choice. Worked up there many years ago, for a few months. Beautiful country.

Thank you!

Hi, You should built Yourself a sauna. it is a customary here living in Northern Europe to have one and the wood seems to be in good supply in Alaska :)

Great Q&A---and I have watched a ton of them on KZfaq. Sincere, honest, funny, and inspiring. I see both of you still have your topknots so being cooped up hasn't had you going after each other with scalping knives! I haven't read all of the previous comments but: (a) how will you store any meat/fish you happen to harvest: Smoke, freeze??? And where will you store those treasures: (b) Your growing season is, I believe, around 3 months at the outside---is canning how you are going to preserve your bounty? and (c) are you planning on expanding your current house sometime or are you going to concentrate on the Greenhouse and your other property? Thanks. . .

Big Dirty for the win👍 That’s how the PFD was for us too. Almost two years we had to wait. Well said, it’s like a life long camping trip. Good motto. Great Q&A 👍 all great points and interesting facts. Also congratulations on 2k👍👍 that’s awesome. Bloopers were awesome😂 Make the trip, I guarantee you will see both bears and whales.