Moving to ak to live off grid lifestyle (Kodiak, Tok: RV park, living)

[wildchild_to]

Originally Posted by kay4ford

Solar is not full proof by any means a generator either but we are off grid family already if we watch tv we watch it on r 12 volt tv are light are also all 12 volt are tent has held up to 60 mph plus winds the tent its self aint water proof but the flys usually are. also we have a camper
Colorado has it fair share of cold winters
And to note that there is no discouraging from anyone we are a stong family that has left everything in colorado to move to the last frontier we have been planning this for years before all the tv shows that make us want to be there even more. not to get rich or anything but to live free

Check out uni-solar and powerfilm thin flexible solor panels. I had them even put off a small charge in just the moon light, plus you don't have to worry about the glass on them, the are light and can mount anywhere. A nice Honda EU2000I would be great on gas and very reliable.

If looking for a nice tent check out the 10 man Artic Military tent with a stove how and with the white liner, keeps you warm, dry and bright in the tent with the liner.

Good chains saw, and some good winter wear.

[stiffnecked]

Why couldn't you just stay in Bellingham and live off the grid? You'd save on gas and travel since you are already there.

[kay4ford]

winter gear we have lots of thermals, parkas, winter boots, gators always working on more
also we hope to stay in the camper not the tent if we can hope to find property
We realize that lots of people say they want this kinda life and dont make it

[kay4ford]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

Why couldn't you just stay in Bellingham and live off the grid? You'd save on gas and travel since you are already there.

Bellingahm sucks We did not give up everything in colorado to stay in washington no elk no moose not the wildlife that ak has and people who live off are one of a kind and we want to live near people who livew like we do

[Marty Van Diest]

Originally Posted by kay4ford

Bellingahm sucks We did not give up everything in colorado to stay in washington no elk no moose not the wildlife that ak has and people who live off are one of a kind and we want to live near people who livew like we do

If you are seriously coming up you should check on a few things. First, there isn't a lot of wildlife in Alaska. Places like Montana and Idaho have a lot more wildlife per square mile than does Alaska. You often have to travel a long ways to find the game. If you notice the link about "stranger" he travels a lot by boat and snowmachine to get his animals. He lives about as much of a subsistence lifestyle as anyone.

There are only about 6000-8000 moose killed by hunters in Alaska every year. Compare that to a population of 700,000 you can see that most people do not subsist on moose meat.

Of course, predators do live on moose, eating more than 80,000 of them every year.

[AKStafford]

Keep us updated on how it goes... It seems like we never hear from those who come to "live off the grid" again.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by kay4ford

winter gear we have lots of thermals, parkas, winter boots, gators always working on more
also we hope to stay in the camper not the tent if we can hope to find property
We realize that lots of people say they want this kinda life and dont make it

How are you going to heat the camper during the winter? If you use propane, at least in the interior of Alaska, the water vapor freezes in a short period of time, so soon enough you will be ice-skating inside the trailer. Maybe you would have to use a wood stove since wood dryer the air inside the trailer (?).

[Marty Van Diest]

If these guys are what they say they are they will be able to pull it off. I don't want to dis every person who says they want to move to Alaska and live rough. It's been done by a lot of people, including me.

It's usually a wake up call about the latter part of November in the interior when you wake up in your wall tent and notice that the thermometer is reading -30 degrees....INSIDE. But many people have lived year around in a wall tent. Usually after one winter they want a better cabin for the next go around however.

So let them come up...if they are tough stock they will do OK. If not they will leave with their tail between their legs.

To the OP. I would rather live in your wall tent than in your camper in the winter. I'm assuming you have a good wood stove for it. If you don't that should be the one of the first things you get. It needs to be a lot larger than you would guess because you will be running it red hot in mid winter.

[gobrien]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

How are you going to heat the camper during the winter? If you use propane, at least in the interior of Alaska, the water vapor freezes in a short period of time, so soon enough you will be ice-skating inside the trailer. Maybe you would have to use a wood stove since wood dryer the air inside the trailer (?).

I was going to say that but Ray beat me to it-propane gets froze up in the Interior winters.

You should read this book about a family who lived in a tent in Tok during the winter while they built a cabin.

Alaska-WinterCabin - Tent in Tok

[tidelines]

Thanks for posting that link, gobrien. I'd run across it, oh, seems like years ago, and didn't remember enough about it to find it again.