Off-Grid Backcountry Adventures

Definition of "Off-Grid": Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities.

Definition of "Off-Grid": Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities.

Happy Saturday Everyone! I'm having a blast building my workshop/ATV shed and wanted to share my progress so far. I'm not really measuring or cutting any wood, instead I'm trying to fit everything together like a puzzle. So far, so good! I love the way things are turning out. Hope you enjoy this progress video, have a great afternoon! ~ Brian & Sierra Definition of "Off-Grid": Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities.

It's been a LOOOOOOONG day but I want to show you all what I've been able to build so far. Hope you can tune in! ~ Brian & Sierra

This is a compilation of the 5 videos I posted from Jan 19th - Feb 10th, 2021. I removed the paid sponsors and also the Patreon Shoutouts so you can go directly from one video to the next. The time stamps are as follows... 0:00 0 Living In a Tent w/ Wood Stove: Back in the Saddle w Full-Time Winter Camping, AZ Ranch Update 8:57 - Living in a Tent w/ Wood Stove: Day 1 of 7 Current Snowstorm 22:41 - Winter Hot Tent Camping w/ My Dog: Getting Ready For LOTS OF SNOW - Forecast Calling for TWO FEET! 35:19 - AZ Winter Snowstorm Hot Tent Camping: Forest Service Asked Me To Move Camp, Cookies in the Cast Iron 46:57 - Hot Tent Winter Camping: STUCK in the Snow, More On The Big Horn III Tent Breakdown Process

Happy Sunday Everyone! Winter camping season is rapidly approaching so here's some footage from the last 2 years to get us ready for cold weather adventures. Hope you all enjoy this windy, snowy footage! I can't wait for the snow to start flying...should only be a few more weeks. Thanks for tuning in ~ Brian & Sierra ________________________ Interested in joining my Patreon? I just started up the weekly Patreon Only livestreams again on Tuesday evenings. Come say hello! https://www.patreon.com/offgridbackcountryadventures - Included in my PATREON SHOUTOUT at the end of each YouTube Video. - Patreon Only Livestream - I cover details of current events in my endeavors. - "You Know First" - I bounce ideas and opportunities off the group to see what everyone thinks. - "Rig Review" video conferencing - I'm generally available to check out your rig to offer advice/ideas before you venture out for part/full-time travel. _______________________ Traxxis TRX-4 - https://amzn.to/2OQi7fd (looks like the Defender model is currently available) _______________________ Website: https://offgridbackcountryadventures.com __________________ Nomad Vehicle Registration in South Dakota: https://offgridbackcountryadventures.com/journal/nomad-vehicle-registration ___________________ COMMUNICATIONS Unlimited Mobile Hotspot - https://unlimitedville.com GPS Two Way Texting & SOS - Garmin inReach+ Explorer Plus - https://amzn.to/2sR0MaF _________________ BATTERY BANK/SOLAR PANELS Bluetti AC20P0 - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/bluetti-ac200p-2000wh-2000w-portable-power-station Bluetti EB150 - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/bluetti-eb150-1500wh-1000w-portable-power-station Bluetti EB240 - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/blutti-1500wh-portable-power-station Bluetti EB70S - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/copy-of-bluetti-eb70-716wh-700w-portable-power-station Solar Panels - Bluetti PV200W - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/bluetti-pv200-200w-solar-panel Bluetti PV120W - https://www.bluettipower.com/products/bluetti-pv120-120w-solar-panel ___________________ FILMING EQUIPMENT DJI Mavic Air 2 - https://store.dji.com/product/mavic-air-2 GoPro 9 Black - https://amzn.to/2UGPrFz Canon G7X Mark iii - http://bit.ly/canong7xmarkiii ___________________ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OFF-GRID AND SELF SUFFICIENT HOMESTEADING Definition of "Off-Grid": Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities. Self-sufficient homesteading means needing no outside help in satisfying one's basic needs, especially about the production of food, and homesteading means living a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. So by those definitions, the key to homesteading is learning to be self-sufficient.

**This tent is the Big Horn III from Cabela's but they discontinued it in 2019** Hey Everyone, I'm really excited for winter camping to get here. This season is going to be a special one considering what Sierra is going through. I plan to adjust our schedule as needed according to how she's feeling. If she's not feeling well then we'll jam back to the ranch so she can rest in the camper. However, if Sierra is ready to rock then we'll be out in winter storm conditions. I hope you enjoy the collage of past clips which I made into a video. Enjoy the start to your weekend ~ Brian & Sierra

Bluetti is having Black Friday Sales each Friday from now until the 26th - check out the following link for great deals on solar power stations - https://www.bluettipower.com/pages/black-friday-2021. Hey Everyone! Hope you've had a great week, things have been hectic here at the ranch so I'm happy to have the weekend for a little R&R. Tonight I want to chat about off-grid power so we'll spend about the first 30 minutes covering this topic and then we'll switch gears to personal stuff. I'll be giving away a Bluetti EB70 solar power station so tune in for more details. See you this evening! ~ Brian & Sierra

Looking like a few more weeks until my truck is ready so me and Sierra are just hanging out at the ranch getting some work done. My short term goal is to clean up all the debris from my trail cutting efforts, I made a "dump" pile area in a section of the ranch I don't foresee using so it's nice to put this stuff out of the way. The wood stove water heater is working GREAT, I absolutely love this thing! It's nice to have hot water ready to wash my face and hands after waking up from a good nights rest. Wood Stove - Trekker from Kni-Co - https://www.kni-co.com/trekker_stove/trekker_deluxe **Package includes a wood stove water heater** https://offgridbackcountryadventures.com

Woke up early again so I figured we could catch the sunrise this morning while chatting next to the wood stove. Hope you have a nice start to the day ~ Brian

Well, this was meant to be posted up this morning but it literally took me 13 hours to complete the upload (solar flare to blame?) so I'm setting it up as a premiere. Hope you all can tune in! ~ Brian & Sierra

Hey Everyone, Hope you all have had a great week. I needed some time to unplug as this has been an extremely stressful year with all the stuff with Sierra (and me too). I've been running on empty for months so I decided to take a much needed break. It's been great and I look forward to bringing you all up to speed with what's going on around here. Thank you for tuning in. ~ Brian & Sierra

Sierra is doing great, hope you can tune in! ~ Brian

Ahhh, there's nothing quite like the ambiance of a wood stove. In the video I show how I installed my wood stove using only welding blankets as a DIY heat shield and stove jack. The supplies to install this stove and make the stove jack only cost $40.00. I've now installed another layer of welding blankets to give an extra layer of heat protection. I'll be sure to talk about that in the next video. Thanks for tuning in, have a great weekend! ~ Brian & Sierra 0:53 - First morning with the stove 4:29 - Quail egg breakfast 6:02 - How Sierra starts her day 9:51 - Walking the property 12:04 - Rock garden area 12:39 - DIY Stovejack and Heat Shield

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Some storms could be severe, with large hail and damaging winds. High near 69. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming south. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Happy Sunday Everyone! Hope you all have had a nice weekend. All is well here, Sierra is enjoying her down time in the camper and I've been getting lots of ranch chores done now that I'm back in AZ. Had such a great time with Phil and Tim, hope you all enjoy the footage of us hanging out. Thanks for tuning in, have a nice afternoon/evening! ~ Brian & Sierra https://offgridbackcountryadventures.com

Hey Everyone! Here is the second video of my time spent with @Down2Mob Overland and @Truck House Life wandering the high country of Colorado. In this video, we spend a few days rolling around the San Juans and end up in Crested Butte where Timmy has a breakdown at an elevation of 12,000 ft near Paradise Basin along a 4x4 trail. Luckily, we picked up supplies for White Russians for campfire drinks to ease the stress so we'll go over the repair efforts in the next video. Hope you all enjoy this window into our world as full-time 4x4 nomads. Thanks for tuning in! ~ Brian & Sierra Livestream link referenced in this video: https://youtu.be/4L7RSgGIqK8

Look forward to chatting with you all from the camper! Rain is forecasted throughout the day so hopefully we'll have a good downpour during our chat. Hope you can tune in ~ Brian

Glad to be back to my place after a LONG frustrating ordeal with my truck. Tim from @Truck House Life gave me a ride all the way from SW Colorado to Flagstaff...can't thank him enough! ~ Brian

Hey Everyone! I have HOURS of video files to pour over...it's been an insane week. We've been mostly out of cell range for the better part of 7 days. Crazy mountain passes, great dispersed camping spots, autumn colors, truck breakdowns/frustrations...we've had it all. Can't wait to tell more of this story and my apologies for not having fish close ups. I honestly forgot I was wearing the chest cam. Hope you all have a great start to the week! ~ Brian & Sierra

Come join us for a chat on the side of the road!

Bacon breakfast burritos!

Definition of "Off-Grid": Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from residential homes to small communities.

Here's the Sierra Siesta Shack tour you've all been waiting for! Very pleased with how this camper is working out. It's NICE to have storage and Sierra seems to really enjoy napping while I get chores accomplished around the property. It's going to be great having this as somewhat of a home base while I continue truck camping in the American Southwest! Thanks for tuning in, hope you have a good day. ~ Brian & Sierra

Happy Tuesday Everyone, I hope your holiday weekend was a good one! Here is another 360 video from the truck topper, my new camper, and Phil's Mad Max Jeep Gladiator walk around. Sierra is doing GREAT (see camper clip) and continues to regain her old form as the days go by. We are meeting with our new doctors today in Flagstaff to get the chemo regiment in place. Hoping those appts go well. Looking forward, the next video will be a tour of my camper and the changes I'll be making to it. I'll have that video up by tomorrow. Thanks for tuning in! ~ Brian & Sierra