Wild and Free- Interior Alaska

10/27/2026

So what really happened this short summer and fall at our off grid remote cabin in Alaska? We like to think a lot, and that we accomplished a lot of projects that needed to be done before snowfall, but with the extra wet summer, there is still plenty we didn’t get to that will wait again. We did manage to do some major projects we set out to do on our workshop/shed/shower house, gutters and harvesting rain water and upgrades to our log cabin!

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10/19/2026

It is always a rush to wrap up projects before winter comes in our very short season of summer and fall, we have a lot to cram in. We were once again on a race against our shoulder season and snowfall, so it was essential that we took care of some very important tasks around our property before closing it up for winter. Are these the best fixes? Likely not, but given the time we have left, something was better than nothing. We accomplished a lot in preparation for our long harsh winter and I feel pretty good about it.

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10/12/2026

Once again it is shoulder season, meaning too much snow for wheeled vehicles, not enough for snow machines so you get to enjoy our hard work during fall to wrap projects up before we found ourselves in this situation. We have just about finished the majority of our shower room and workshop, finally! We did need to use some interesting tactics to get to this point because little did we know, had we not, we wouldn’t be able to return for a bit of time and when you are over 100 miles from a store, you have to get creative.

10/05/2026

I know this isn’t the most exciting, but it was important that we made forward progress on our shower room before snowfall strikes. During late fall/ early winter we have this shoulder season where there isn’t enough snow for snow machines and too much snow for wheeled vehicle and that time is now. We are in a rush to wrap up our fall projects, little by little, that we are sharing during this shoulder season. Insulating our shower room so in theory it can hold in some heat for a warmer experience getting out of the shower at -20F or colder is quite important.

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09/28/2026

Part 2 of our saga installing our Toyo stove at our off grid remote cabin involved several more lessons learned throughout this process that we hope is helpful as we share with you all, in case you find yourself installing something similar. This was our first time, and hopefully the last? It has already proved to be a useful tool and I am definitely looking forward to some supplemental heat during winter while the wood stove brings the frigid well below freezing cabin up to proper temperature.

09/21/2026

It isn’t without failure and lessons learned along the way, of course, when it comes to us learning how to do things we have never done before. I hope if you find yourself installing a Toyo stove (or something similar) you can learn from our lessons and cut down your installation time. Now, I could have removed all of that and you see the perfect installation for part one, but what fun would that be. We do not know everything and everything we do generally does not involve an instruction manual or someone doing it before us, so happy to share our trials and tribulations to get this far in our Toyo stove install on our off grid cabin.

It isn’t without failure and lessons learned along the way, of cour...

09/07/2026

After having started this journey with our off grid cabin build in remote Alaska, and getting an outhouse built 9 weeks into this, we finally have an “indoor” shower after 3 years! Sure, we have only been working at getting this project done for a year, but the desire to have a warm space to shower has been lingering for quite some time now. It is far from complete, but the structural portion of the shower and room is now complete!

After having started this journey with our off grid cabin build in ...

08/31/2026

I know we have talked about it long enough and you have seen us build the loft to make the space for our “indoor” shower in our workshop/shed, and now we finally get started on making this vision come to life! It is a work in progress and a long time coming to get indoor “plumbing” but we are making it happen. Do we have plans we are following? Nope. Do we have things done to code? What is that?! Would you hire us? Absolutely not. Can you learn what to do differently from us? More than likely!

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08/24/2026

Even though it’s not exciting for everyone, it sure is for us! This is a long time coming project that we have been wanting to complete for a year now, but the long brutally cold winter slowed down our initial intended progress. I am happy to report the loft, as miserable as it was, is done! It truly has freed up a lot of space in our cabin and work shop and still a lot of future storage will be in there.

Even though it’s not exciting for everyone, it sure is for us! This...

08/22/2026

Caribou hunting has began!