Pics From Around My Homestead. . . .

I've had a lot of requests from members to post some pics from where I live.

While I'll not give away my exact or even approximate locale, I am posting some summer and winter pics.

Here they are:

Trail to My Cabin (About 4 Miles To Cabin)

Local Pond & Beaver Dam

Looking S.W. From The Knoll Behind My Cabin

Coming To The Beach In Front Of My Cabin

Ahhh Winter. . . .I Love It!

More Winter

Just Before Sunset

So, there you have it. Some summer and winter pics.

Please don't drool on your monitor, you might get shocked! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Loooks like marone bells colorado

Great pics. Thanks for letting us have a look.

My blood pressure went visibly down as I looked at those pictures.
You've got yourself a real nice place nativedude.

You are blessed to be able to wake up every morning to such a sight.Count your blessings while we suffer in smoke and dust.

I just love the picture of your beach.

Just fantastic pic's thanks, gives hope to those that want something better.
I can't complain myself, and I do enjoy see the results of the lucky ones.

Pictures just don't do it justice. The sheer scale of Alaska has to be experienced. You just can not capture the scale in pictures. Very nice, ND. You are a blessed man.

Absolutely wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

"Please don't drool on your monitor, you might get shocked!"

Too late:crying::bawling::drool::drool::drool::drool:: drool:

very nice. Beautiful!

Very nice, I'm jealous.

Very nice. One day I will have another place similar to that. I don't regret selling mine, as it gave me a few more years with my Grandparents (health issues), but I do miss it.

awesome...thanks for sharing.

Absolutely stunning. :) You are so very lucky!

You know, nativedude, there have been so many acts of selfless kindness on this forum lately, that I think it's my turn. My poor poor friend, the isolation must be killing you, driving you mad at the very least. Let me just make this small sacrifice for friendship's sake. You just send me an address and I will come and take that horrible property off your hands so that you can get back to civilization. I know people, don't applaud me, I'm just trying to help out a friend here....

trax, what a guy!

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Originally Posted by hunter63

trax, what a guy!

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what can I say? Just trying to help a brother out

If'n that works - you're gettin company.

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trax wrote: "You know, nativedude, there have been so many acts of selfless kindness on this forum lately, that I think it's my turn. My poor poor friend, the isolation must be killing you, driving you mad at the very least. Let me just make this small sacrifice for friendship's sake. You just send me an address and I will come and take that horrible property off your hands so that you can get back to civilization. I know people, don't applaud me, I'm just trying to help out a friend here...."

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You know Trax, I really appreciate your offer. You really lookout for the other members on the forums. But since when did you turn into a 5'6" - 5'9" Blonde woman whom wants to live in the remote wilderness? :lol:

I will however add you to the long list of people whom want me to bequeath my homestead. . . .Will that work?

ND, Is that a window on the peak of the TP?

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Originally Posted by Nativedude

You know Trax, I really appreciate your offer. You really lookout for the other members on the forums. But since when did you turn into a 5'6" - 5'9" Blonde woman whom wants to live in the remote wilderness? :lol: I will however add you to the long list of people whom want me to bequeath my homestead. . . .Will that work?

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I dunno, will it get me that homestead?:blushing:

oh yeah, and is 6'3" ok?

Go ahead and put me on the list, too. I'm taller than 5' 4" but I will wear a blond wig if it gets me that property. Did I mention my thong?

Yeah, show him the thong Rick (in a PM, please) that oughta up my chances of getting the place.

Maybe not. He's been out there a long time, you know.

...eewwwww.....

Yeah - if'n he likes it, that might be good to know before any others venture out there.

I know there are those that would love to have my place, but burning out my retinas with thong pictures ain't gonna do it. I can find my way around blind or blindfolded! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

And, I may have been out here a long time, but a blonde wig ain't gonna do it either! Y'all are just a bunch of posers I tell ya! :clap: :sneaky2: :clap: :sneaky2: :clap: :sneaky2:

Caution: Be VERY AFRAID!!!! It makes me wonder about Trax tagline under his name. "Somewhere behind you in the dark" :creepy: :creepy:

Yes Hunter, it is a window flap in the top of the tipi.

Thong. Blond wig. Well, there's two off the list. Shame too, 'cause that thong shows off my best asset.

ND, tell me that is dosen't have a screen.............

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Thong. Blond wig. Well, there's two off the list. Shame too, 'cause that thong shows off my best ***et.

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Good to know!

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Originally Posted by Nativedude

I,,,,,,, It makes me wonder about Trax tagline under his name. "Somewhere behind you in the dark" :creepy: :creepy:....

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Oh you're safe (for now):sneaky2::sneaky2:

Nice pics Nativedude and you mention a cabin so it would also be great to see at least one pic of your cabin.

No matter how fancy or crude looking it may be I am sure it is better than my underground cabin/bunker as I have shown in a pic thread that is still around somewhere. And here is one pic of my bunker showing the rock wall on the left, plywood covered window, camo shed on right, concrete & log roof and stovepipe with a dead tree on top for camo >


http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1265265141



And here is the link to the pic thread of my mtn retreat just in case some have not seen it yet >

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=9812


Always nice to see pics of what people do regarding survival, camping or even their lifestyle...

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Originally Posted by trax

Oh you're safe (for now):sneaky2::sneaky2:

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Ndude, I'd still keep my ears open.

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hunter63 wrote: "ND, tell me that is dosen't have a screen............."

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No Hunter, no screen. Kind of like a moon roof.

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BENESSE wrote: "Ndude, I'd still keep my ears open."

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Oh I intend to keep my ears and eyes open. . .WIDE OPEN!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I've decided that this summer, I'm going to build an earth shelter.

I have 2 options and not yet sure which one I'll do.

Option 1: Is to build into the side of a hill where there's a vacant bear den which gives me a great head start. The den is a former winter haunt of a 500# sow grizzly and her 2 - 200# cubs. It is as big as an average size living room.

Option 2: Is to put a log front on a nearby cave that I stay in sometimes (just for the fun of it). The cave is good, except for the fact that there is no way to get natural light inside but from the front opening (the cave faces south). No other way to use passive solar for lighting.

I'm considering using the cave as a cache for my supplies (it's not too far from where the old bear den is located). I won't start until mid to late June on building. Once I have the earth shelter completed, I am going to dis-assemble the cabin and use it for firewood.

Could you reconstruct the cabin onto the front of the earth shelter? Or keep the cabin for storage? I don't how far the two are from each other.

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Originally Posted by Nativedude

I've decided that this summer, I'm going to build an earth shelter.

I have 2 options and not yet sure which one I'll do.

Option 1: Is to build into the side of a hill where there's a vacant bear den which gives me a great head start. The den is a former winter haunt of a 500# sow grizzly and her 2 - 200# cubs. It is as big as an average size living room.

Option 2: Is to put a log front on a nearby cave that I stay in sometimes (just for the fun of it). The cave is good, except for the fact that there is no way to get natural light inside but from the front opening (the cave faces south). No other way to use passive solar for lighting.

I'm considering using the cave as a cache for my supplies (it's not too far from where the old bear den is located). I won't start until mid to late June on building. Once I have the earth shelter completed, I am going to dis-assemble the cabin and use it for firewood.

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I would go with Option 1 mainly because that is what I did, although I didn't have a bear to do most of my digging. But I suppose the grizz won't come back to take over your digs once you build a nice earth cabin?

And with digging into a hillside you can dig further in and expand whenever you feel like it. With a cave probably would be much harder if not impossible if that cave is solid rock.

If you take some pics during your building process and post them would be nice and maybe help and inspire some others to do something similar someday. :thumbup:

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Rick wrote: "Could you reconstruct the cabin onto the front of the earth shelter? Or keep the cabin for storage? I don't how far the two are from each other."

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I am going to continue to live in my cabin while I build my new digs (pun intended :online2long:). And I don't want to keep the cabin nor use it for a cache. It's time for a change. The cave is a perfect spot for my cache. I will use some of my cabin logs for the front of the cave (to keep critters out).

I've been thinking about doing this for the last 2 years. This winter I decided this summer is the time to do it!

I have some logs already cut. They've been drying for the last 2 years, so now they're ready to use.

I am going to re-use the rocks from my current fireplace for my new earth shelter fireplace.

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Mtnman Mike wrote: "I would go with Option 1 mainly because that is what I did, although I didn't have a bear to do most of my digging. But I suppose the grizz won't come back to take over your digs once you build a nice earth cabin?

And with digging into a hillside you can dig further in and expand whenever you feel like it. With a cave probably would be much harder if not impossible if that cave is solid rock."

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The cave is solid rock, no digging there. I do have to dig the old den out to make deep enough for me to stand up in. It is about 4' now, so I have about 3' of digging to do, and I am going to dig about another 5 or 6 foot back to make it a little roomier. I have decided that I will use the timber from my current cabin for shoring/partitions in the earth shelter.

Nativedude - I'd love to see pictures of your cabin and how you have it set up. Your drying racks, home made fridge, etc. Since you're a over 200 miles away from others security shouldn't be a concern. I think we could all learn a lot seeing how you have things set up. You know - that picture / thousand word thing. Thanks in advance for posting them.

My house is pretty small. My living room is 13' x 17'. I wanna see pic's of a bear den that is the size of a living room.