Everyone should have a James & Doreen in their lives! Actually, all of the friends you showed in this episode were the kind of people we all need in our life!
The community you’ve surrounded yourselves with in such a short period of time is just so amazing to me. This was all so meant to be for you both and I feel so lucky I get to watch it happen. Thank you!
Hey Barron & Elsa, All those years of frugality has finally paid off for you guys. Not only did you experience joy of traveling throughout the U.S., you've made friends along the way and have many beautiful memories stored up. It is very rewarding watching y'all building your own house on your own land. Each time I tune it to watch one of your newly posted vids, I am so happy to see your progress. Y'all have so many plans coming into fruition soon. Looking forward to seeing your garden eventually. 😀 Few more months and Barron, will be itching to go hunting...then the real homesteading begins! Elsa, I see you making gloves, a jacket or two, boots, pouches, throw rug, etc. from the furs/hides. Y'all will be self sustaining in a few years. Congratulations on all your hard work and sacrifices to achieve your dream goals. Nice having family/friends helping build your new house. Upon completion, I see a huge, BBQ and dance shindig, for sure!! Stay safe. God bless ✝️! 🫂 🤗 to the 3 of you. CarrieJo 73 ys. of age but mentally only 45! 😁 😆
Know what the most amazing thing is about watching you guys turn your dreams into reality? The community of kind people willing to pitch in and help. A great reminder that there are still good people out there.
Ahhhhh! So exciting to see the progress! As a long time watcher, I feel a weird proudness of you guys and how far you've come. And congrats on the truck it looks like a fun project!
It's been so exciting watching the whole progression of you guys buying the land and now building on it. So proud of how far you both have come and can't wait to see what the future holds! It's such a blessing that you guys have James and Doreen to help guide you through this project because I know it's a HUGE undertaking. The truck is beautiful by the way!!
We dry laid our blocks when we built our house 40 years ago. We parged both sides of the block with B-Bond. It is a rich cement with tiny pieces of fiberglass. It is flexural strong, just not vertically. You can't build high story homes, but worked out great for us. No issues in all these years, no cracks, nothing. We used the rebar, and filled the holes with concrete as well. At that time there was another product called Sure-Wall.
You guys are so very BLESSED to have James & Doreen’s guidance. It’s so awesome how other people come into our lives at just the right moment. Congratulationsbh on the F-150….I’m with you on wanting the old. They are much better made than these new vehicles …… made to last longer. I loved watching Kamp so content in your lap looking out the window enjoying the breeze! Colorado is such a diverse beautiful state. We love visiting there. The best to you both, plus Kamp!
17:28 The cement concrete is suitable for resisting compressive forces but are weaker in tension, to resist tensile forces TMT bars are used as due to reversal of winds it may generate on any side.
Pro Civil Engineer also came on to chime in about this question :)) concrete is great for compressive forces, steel bars better for tensile forces. Now your walls have more integrity in flexion thanks to the bars.
Its refreshing to see young people follow through with their dreams. So many dream and talk about it but never follow through, You both are working very hard in the heat, Be careful and dont let yourself get burnt out on it, Rome wasnt built in a day, Wishing you both the very best, I have been following you on utube for the past 3 years, I am always looking foward to your next video,
Hey Elsa and Barron,I have watched your channel for a couple years now and I never comment. I am super stoked for the both of you !! Congrats on the build of your new home ,I'm really excited to see the completion of it. Love from kansas
Cement houses are the most common in my country where it's tropical. Our cements are not that thick though so we had to make sure that our rebars are really strongly connected to the foundation and that we fill cement in each level of concrete first before we move on to another level to make sure that it's filled with no air gaps. It also earthquakes here a lot so we make sure that each corner has a thick pillar to hold the weight of the walls.
Good neighbors who become good friends are a true blessing! I lived in a block house growing up in northern Florida. Never worried about hurricaines! It's very interesting watching your progress!
I love how all your friends/neighbors come together to help one another. If more communities did this what a great place it would be. I love the new vintage pickup. I love vintage/antique vehicles. The more convenience items on a vehicle the more things that can break. I love your home have a blast building it.
I bought a '69 F250 back in '96... $2k... it was like joining a club... and maybe put 50k into it over the years... I have used no mortar block stacking on several projects...an outdoor cooking fireplace and a very solid bridge across a 6 foot deep ditch that runs with water over half the year... and used waste plastic cores from rolls that were used to hold lumber load covering paper instead of rebar and cement... it has held up without budging for years... old well casings from the property were used for the water passageway under the bridge wide enough for the riding lawn mowers and carts to cross... the only cement was in the railing bases... considered rebar and cement core filling, but had the waste plastic tubes that just fit the holes in the blocks. As a suggestion consider a future project of a solar cooker... lots of them in the sunny states where you are living... learn the concepts and you can do a DYI version of maybe a large box oven... I have built and designed funnel cookers for less than $50 ... I have cooked stews of about 2 quarts in a couple hours in Puget Sound region... building a larger box cooker would be a nice project. And less fuel used in cooking.
Wow what an exciting journey you are on with so much to learn along the way as you progress towards a sold sustainable home. As the climate gets warmer this build it perfect for your needs. Congrats
I absolutely am enchanted with you both! I am also jealous.. I am 57 years old and if I could do it all over again I would live my life resembling your. You both should be very proud of yourselves… I love your content, I love your values.
Love the new truck! I have a ‘95 Ford F-150 that’s a great farm truck my grandpa bought me when I was in 7th grade (I’m almost 23 now). We rescued it after the owner had died 5 yrs prior and had been sitting ever since up in the mountains. My grandma has a ‘96 Ford F-150 V8. My grandpa bought it new and it now has over 362k miles, original engine and automatic transmission. My gram just had the steering rack and gas tank sending units replaced. She also has a ‘91 F150 V6 that has over 163k miles. Both are awesome with 4x4 and have proven to be very reliable workhorses! And it is so worth it to fix an old truck considering the insane cost of a new vehicle!
Another great video guys! I'm really enjoying watching the house come along. To answer your question about the rebar/cement Elsa. Cement is very strong under compression, but comparatively weak under tension. Rebar is added to give it additional strength when in tension. This helps reduce cracking in the cement as it goes through expansion and contraction with changing temperatures.
My goodness, the first video I saw of you two, you were living near a river with snow in the middle of winter, eating Ramen noodles with kale and Everything but the Bagel sprinkled in it. A neighboring camper dropped off a box of food as she broke camp. I felt so sorry for you. 😂 Now we know you were studying hard, making plans and saving your money to buy land and to build a home. Congratulations! So very proud of you both and also congrats on your Fjallraven association. Such fun & exciting adventures ahead with them. My daughter (your age) loves their products as well and her work (as a conservation film maker) has taken her to 6 continents- the best!
The absolute joy I get from watching you guys build your dream.... it's beyond words. Congratulations! Barron you're so full of knowledge, even more so with the help of James and Doreen. Elsa, you're a straight badass stacking blocks and bending rebar.. I've never felt so much pride towards complete strangers before. Pure joy.
Would love a cost break down of all this specifically from a technique standpoint. It looks so strong and economical at the same time. And goes up pretty fast. What a great idea. Thank you for sharing your build!!! Love it!
So wonderful. Foundation and walls. Wow. So many smiles. 😀 Love watching. Y'all don't hurt yourselves and be careful. Hardwork and fun and friends. Everyone is doing a great job. Kamp is supervising I see. He loves the new truck. He was so comfortable sitting in his mamas lap just riding around. Old trucks are great. See y'all later. 🐕😊💖
That came together SO fast! Congrats on Fjallraven and that slammin' truck too. I have to admit, I am most jealous of the truck at the moment, looks like you got a great deal.
"We'll definitely take two of those windows." If they have more, get them. They won't go bad on the shelf, and you will have them when you are ready to add a wing. Always good to have some spares in your back pocket... BTW You'll know you're there when you buy a tractor that costs more than your truck. (And then have to build a pole barn as an equipment shed.)
This video has me so emotional! I've been watching you guys for years. Watching you travel in the scamp, to buying your own land and now building your dream home. Seeing your dreams come true gives me so much joy. 💙
It's amazing how far your projects as a whole have come. To think how it wasn't that long ago you were constantly on the go in new places. Now your settling down roots to grow from. The fact your making it such a community effort in your circle of friends and family, makes it so much better. I can't wait to see how your property transforms as time goes by.
I've followed you guys for a while and I am just so happy for you! Every piece seems to be falling right and you look lmjust so happy! Can't wait to see how the house is when it's done. Wishing you all the best from the Netherlands!
so excited for the three of you. I have been watching your journey from the beginning. Can not wait for it to be done and you to move in and have coffee in the morning light! thank you for sharing your journey with us.
The truck has Kamps stamp of approval.congrats guys… I love seeing the progress on the house and what you guys buy is none of our business.. I wish you guys nothing but success 💜
You guys are amazing humans!!! Congrats on Fjallraven , new to you Truck and progress on your house. You guys rock!!! You guys always have awesome content. I love that you guys are always in forward motion you both are so genuine and put so much good energy into the universe. I am so happy for ya'll !!!!!! I am so happy that ya'll found an awesome community with so many wonderful people that are now your friends. Thank you for sharing your journey!!!!!
I love the tight nit neigborly thing you all have going on! You have great friends and everyone needs great friends like that! You guys are doing such a great job on the house! I can't wait to see the finished product!
SOOOOO happy for you!! 🎶🎵 “These are the BEST times to be alive. These are the good old days…..you can say what you will …..these are the best times…”🎶🎵
I watch numerous videos of this type - Isabel Paige, Hannah Lee Duggan, One Woman's Wilderness, Wild Wonderful Off-Grid, etc, but I think you guys have the overall coolest lifestyle. Living out on the plains like this just awakens something inside me and makes me want to pack my bags up and move out there. P.S. I love my 2009 Ford F-150 STX. Good purchase, guys.
Good to see you doing this work so well...in my area it’s a normal use, however the helpers, people contracted to do it don’t do it as well, they make a mess with cement and sand everywhere. Well done, plus even more so is having such wonderful friends helping you and making it be a much more pleasant work. I lived in Del Rio, TX and another wonderful thing was how they built a larger river in the frontier with Mexico, so it became normal for the housing also make themselves some water around their area with tread and branches to provide some shadow in the summer time..so darn hot...very common 125-30C...and very more pleasant in the winter, very seldom snow, but cold winds, the trees were also helpful. 🤗💫😎 also your question, the summer and winter winds are strong, and also so dangerous tornados does happen in open areas, Texas had that problem ever so often, so the house wall being stronger endures the storms better
So happy for you both! And how amazing it is for you to be documenting it for us and for you to look back on in the future! Such a treasure for sure! Btw I love how you've transitioned your life through these videos! I'm all for growth and change with your channel!❤️
Dreams coming true. What could be better than that! Been watching for a good while now and to see this happening is FANTASTIC! I love it when we have never done something before and we just jump in and do it! Great spirit.
I think it is so awesome that you guys choose to keep older vehicles and put money into them. That’s the way my family has always done it and it is a great way to be eco-friendly and more budget friendly. Way to go love you guys!!
This is how we built houses in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we literally worked building the home just Saturdays and Sundays he would make us girls do the cement mixing while they did the rest it brings memories.
My grandmothers home had a all around balcony in cement too . And they really stood well against harsh weather like hurricane storms and pretty well insulated too.
Your content progression from scamping to land buying and now home building is so impressive and entertaining. I am here for the ride continuing into gardening, hunting, canning, and one day growing a family on your homestead. Thanks for bringing us along on this wild adventure. Congratulations & good luck!
soo soooo excited...... when i saw your vlog come up on the screen .....so happy the walls are going up .... new truck as well .... its all happening! take care and looking forward to the next progress......
I've watched every video you've ever made and I'll never forget the day you got your land. Strange as it may seem, I actually cried because I was so happy for you both. What a deserving couple! I love the smile that comes over my face every time I watch a new video of the incredible progress you are making with your home, how much you are learning and how much fun you are having doing it. You are both so inspirational and great role models for this upcoming 5D world and I'm proud of you both! Thank you for teaching me another way to view things and for sharing so much of yourselves and your lives with us. ♥
The concrete in and of itself is brittle. The rebar acts kind of like a rope holding a bundle of wood together. If the rope is tied the bundle stays tight. As soon as you undo the knot it the bundle loses it's integrity. It is so awesome to see your house take shape. Y'all picked a great spot with great neighbors
I own a cinder block home in Arizona. The downside is that the cinder block heats up in the summer causing the AC to work twice as hard just to keep the house cool. The walls remain warm to the touch from baking in the Arizona sun. In the winter months, the walls remain cool and the heater has to compensate as well. Get a good HVAC system to manage these issues and you should be fine. Happy building. 🥰
YAAAY!!! WALLS..!! That's a nice little truck, it's great to have a backup vehicle. I look forward to seeing the progress of your tiny house build. Awesome video...
You guys are HANDS DOWN our favorite people on the internet. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences with all of us. Ur amazing at all u do and you are such beautiful humans. We just love ya ❤️
The truck has WINGS! I miss wings on cars. They really added a lot of ventilation. Good purchase on the truck, I seriously doubt you'll need to put 20k in it though. Maybe another 3k to bring it up to perfect.
WOW! FORD 150, you all got it going on now. My favorite of all times. The best on the roads. I'm so excited to see the house come together! Great job you two.
What you guys are doing is exactly what I want to do with my house...it'll be a little bit different of a layout but still... what you're doing is... it's beautiful... I love how you also show the oops's and how to fix the oops. The friends that you've made are exactly what I would love to have happened... unfortunately I've seen alot of people who've got horrible neighbors...you guys got really lucky, really really lucky with your land and your neighbors. I hope to have the same luck.
THANK YOU so much for letting us follow your adventure!!! The truck was a wonderful find, and you will need it alot. You have made fine progress on your build as well as taking time to help your neighbors. Keep up the great work 👍. Take care of all.
The house is shaping up beautifully!! I'm so excited for you guys!! You're lucky to be a part of such a caring and sharing community and they are lucky to have you both too.
As impressive as it is that you have such good, experienced neighbors who are so willing to share their knowledge, is the fact that you recognize thier wisdom and listen to and learn so much from them, instead of being like so many younger folks (i can call you young, because i’m 59…lol) act like the older generation is clueless and have nothing to offer…nice to see you guys value them for all they know and have been happy to help you with.
The Fauxdobe House 🏡 Sounds like a good name to call it.
😂😂😂
Lol 😂
totally agree - as soon as she said faux adobe, I made that jump too.
@@siouxgerowsays "clap-clap" !!
Wise to keep away from the bang and bling technology of new or newer trucks.
Everyone should have a James & Doreen in their lives! Actually, all of the friends you showed in this episode were the kind of people we all need in our life!
True that👍🧙♂️!
So very true. We all need to be good neighbors. Helpful supportive kind
We’re so, so fortunate and grateful!!
@@ElsaRhae you’re going to owe them brownies until the end of time!😜
Yes,we all need to be kind and help each other,this is one of the mantras by which I live.
I’m so excited for you guys. James & Doreen are just the best neighbours you really couldn’t have found better land,friends,help and advise.
The community you’ve surrounded yourselves with in such a short period of time is just so amazing to me. This was all so meant to be for you both and I feel so lucky I get to watch it happen. Thank you!
I believe they attracted each other...
Hey Barron & Elsa, All those years of frugality has finally paid off for you guys. Not only did you experience joy of traveling throughout the U.S., you've made friends along the way and have many beautiful memories stored up. It is very rewarding watching y'all building your own house on your own land. Each time I tune it to watch one of your newly posted vids, I am so happy to see your progress. Y'all have so many plans coming into fruition soon. Looking forward to seeing your garden eventually. 😀 Few more months and Barron, will be itching to go hunting...then the real homesteading begins! Elsa, I see you making gloves, a jacket or two, boots, pouches, throw rug, etc. from the furs/hides. Y'all will be self sustaining in a few years. Congratulations on all your hard work and sacrifices to achieve your dream goals. Nice having family/friends helping build your new house. Upon completion, I see a huge, BBQ and dance shindig, for sure!! Stay safe. God bless ✝️! 🫂 🤗 to the 3 of you. CarrieJo 73 ys. of age but mentally only 45! 😁 😆
You sound even younger than that!
Great ideas there too.
Know what the most amazing thing is about watching you guys turn your dreams into reality? The community of kind people willing to pitch in and help. A great reminder that there are still good people out there.
All in all it's just another brick in the wall. Cheers Elsa, Barron and Kamp!
This is such an exciting update! "You need to do that before you forget" James and Doreen are such wonderful neighbors.
It’s so cool seeing it all come together!
And Elsa’s learning how to drive ALL of the things out there 👏🏻👏🏻
Lol “I want a little truck like Kim used to have” is what I’ve said to Barron maaaany times. Finally living my dreams 😂😘
Ahhhhh! So exciting to see the progress! As a long time watcher, I feel a weird proudness of you guys and how far you've come. And congrats on the truck it looks like a fun project!
I was saying it out loud here at my apartment. "I am so proud of you guys." It's like watching your own family accomplish something amazing. LoL
Thank you so much, Justine!
Elsa lifting cement blocks over her head and stacking them like dinner plates is impressive. 💪
Watch what you life when you are older you might be paying the price for it with a uterus problem.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for james and doreen!
Heaven sent! So many helpful and caring people coming into your lives. Nice truck! 😊
I've done some building like that. It's fast, strong and more affordable than stick built. That F150 was a real sweet find.
Huge congratulations on your home build! It’s going to be a magical place when you’re done with it. And double hooray for James and Doreen not moving!
It's been so exciting watching the whole progression of you guys buying the land and now building on it. So proud of how far you both have come and can't wait to see what the future holds! It's such a blessing that you guys have James and Doreen to help guide you through this project because I know it's a HUGE undertaking. The truck is beautiful by the way!!
Thanks so much for watching!
We dry laid our blocks when we built our house 40 years ago. We parged both sides of the block with B-Bond. It is a rich cement with tiny pieces of fiberglass. It is flexural strong, just not vertically. You can't build high story homes, but worked out great for us. No issues in all these years, no cracks, nothing. We used the rebar, and filled the holes with concrete as well. At that time there was another product called Sure-Wall.
You guys are so very BLESSED to have James & Doreen’s guidance. It’s so awesome how other people come into our lives at just the right moment. Congratulationsbh on the F-150….I’m with you on wanting the old. They are much better made than these new vehicles …… made to last longer. I loved watching Kamp so content in your lap looking out the window enjoying the breeze! Colorado is such a diverse beautiful state. We love visiting there. The best to you both, plus Kamp!
I love Elsas "can do"-attitude! It's like.. no challenge or task is to difficult, you just take it all on and with a smile. It's inspiring
ElsaRae you are rockin the rebar much respect for you and Baron. ❤️🇦🇺👍🥰🥰
17:28 The cement concrete is suitable for resisting compressive forces but are weaker in tension, to resist tensile forces TMT bars are used as due to reversal of winds it may generate on any side.
Agreed, I was going to comment the same 😂.
Thanks for the information!
Pro Civil Engineer also came on to chime in about this question :)) concrete is great for compressive forces, steel bars better for tensile forces. Now your walls have more integrity in flexion thanks to the bars.
Its refreshing to see young people follow through with their dreams. So many dream and talk about it but never follow through,
You both are working very hard in the heat, Be careful and dont let yourself get burnt out on it, Rome wasnt built in a day,
Wishing you both the very best, I have been following you on utube for the past 3 years, I am always looking foward to your next video,
Hey Elsa and Barron,I have watched your channel for a couple years now and I never comment. I am super stoked for the both of you !! Congrats on the build of your new home ,I'm really excited to see the completion of it. Love from kansas
Thanks for watching!!
The truck is an amazing find. Thanks to the friends helping confirm its a good truck for your needs. So glad to see the house progress.
Cement houses are the most common in my country where it's tropical. Our cements are not that thick though so we had to make sure that our rebars are really strongly connected to the foundation and that we fill cement in each level of concrete first before we move on to another level to make sure that it's filled with no air gaps. It also earthquakes here a lot so we make sure that each corner has a thick pillar to hold the weight of the walls.
Good neighbors who become good friends are a true blessing! I lived in a block house growing up in northern Florida. Never worried about hurricaines! It's very interesting watching your progress!
It has to be built correctly to withstand winds over 90 mph
I love how all your friends/neighbors come together to help one another. If more communities did this what a great place it would be.
I love the new vintage pickup. I love vintage/antique vehicles.
The more convenience items on a vehicle the more things that can break.
I love your home have a blast building it.
I bought a '69 F250 back in '96... $2k... it was like joining a club... and maybe put 50k into it over the years... I have used no mortar block stacking on several projects...an outdoor cooking fireplace and a very solid bridge across a 6 foot deep ditch that runs with water over half the year... and used waste plastic cores from rolls that were used to hold lumber load covering paper instead of rebar and cement... it has held up without budging for years... old well casings from the property were used for the water passageway under the bridge wide enough for the riding lawn mowers and carts to cross... the only cement was in the railing bases... considered rebar and cement core filling, but had the waste plastic tubes that just fit the holes in the blocks.
As a suggestion consider a future project of a solar cooker... lots of them in the sunny states where you are living... learn the concepts and you can do a DYI version of maybe a large box oven... I have built and designed funnel cookers for less than $50 ... I have cooked stews of about 2 quarts in a couple hours in Puget Sound region... building a larger box cooker would be a nice project. And less fuel used in cooking.
Wow what an exciting journey you are on with so much to learn along the way as you progress towards a sold sustainable home. As the climate gets warmer this build it perfect for your needs. Congrats
Awesome progress! This old granny loves watching how you two live your life. Makes me want to be young again, so thanks for sharing.
I used to be a McKee….my relatives were in Oklahoma.
Rebar is the bones, Elsa, and the concrete is the muscle. This is looking awesome.
I absolutely am enchanted with you both! I am also jealous.. I am 57 years old and if I could do it all over again I would live my life resembling your. You both should be very proud of yourselves… I love your content, I love your values.
That truck is dope. It's good that it's older because it something you can work on yourself. Less things to break being older. Easier to fix
Love the new truck! I have a ‘95 Ford F-150 that’s a great farm truck my grandpa bought me when I was in 7th grade (I’m almost 23 now). We rescued it after the owner had died 5 yrs prior and had been sitting ever since up in the mountains. My grandma has a ‘96 Ford F-150 V8. My grandpa bought it new and it now has over 362k miles, original engine and automatic transmission. My gram just had the steering rack and gas tank sending units replaced. She also has a ‘91 F150 V6 that has over 163k miles. Both are awesome with 4x4 and have proven to be very reliable workhorses! And it is so worth it to fix an old truck considering the insane cost of a new vehicle!
Wow guys it’s coming along beautifully
The views from your home are going to be just stunning, i found myself looking past the walls at the beautiful mountains, so calming!!
Another great video guys! I'm really enjoying watching the house come along. To answer your question about the rebar/cement Elsa. Cement is very strong under compression, but comparatively weak under tension. Rebar is added to give it additional strength when in tension. This helps reduce cracking in the cement as it goes through expansion and contraction with changing temperatures.
What cracks me up is James cracking up with pure joy ....
The rolling window had me sold! I love the simplicity and reminds me of the "good old days" for our generation. Good find!
My goodness, the first video I saw of you two, you were living near a river with snow in the middle of winter, eating Ramen noodles with kale and Everything but the Bagel sprinkled in it. A neighboring camper dropped off a box of food as she broke camp. I felt so sorry for you. 😂
Now we know you were studying hard, making plans and saving your money to buy land and to build a home. Congratulations! So very proud of you both and also congrats on your Fjallraven association. Such fun & exciting adventures ahead with them. My daughter (your age) loves their products as well and her work (as a conservation film maker) has taken her to 6 continents- the best!
Aw man you two are the best couple. And I’m enjoying this new journey you both are having. Stay safe.
The absolute joy I get from watching you guys build your dream.... it's beyond words. Congratulations! Barron you're so full of knowledge, even more so with the help of James and Doreen. Elsa, you're a straight badass stacking blocks and bending rebar.. I've never felt so much pride towards complete strangers before. Pure joy.
Would love a cost break down of all this specifically from a technique standpoint. It looks so strong and economical at the same time. And goes up pretty fast. What a great idea. Thank you for sharing your build!!! Love it!
I love older vehicles like that. So much character and personality. Your progress is amazing. Congratulations!
That shot of your doggo sitting on your lap while in the truck = priceless
So wonderful. Foundation and walls. Wow. So many smiles. 😀 Love watching. Y'all don't hurt yourselves and be careful. Hardwork and fun and friends. Everyone is doing a great job.
Kamp is supervising I see. He loves the new truck. He was so comfortable sitting in his mamas lap just riding around. Old trucks are great. See y'all later. 🐕😊💖
Great job Barron and Elsa you guys have Excellent friends that are helping you and teaching you how to make that I’m so happy for you two
I'm glad you didn't get rid of the Forester. my favorite! good luck with the truck.
That came together SO fast! Congrats on Fjallraven and that slammin' truck too. I have to admit, I am most jealous of the truck at the moment, looks like you got a great deal.
"We'll definitely take two of those windows." If they have more, get them. They won't go bad on the shelf, and you will have them when you are ready to add a wing. Always good to have some spares in your back pocket... BTW You'll know you're there when you buy a tractor that costs more than your truck. (And then have to build a pole barn as an equipment shed.)
This video has me so emotional! I've been watching you guys for years. Watching you travel in the scamp, to buying your own land and now building your dream home. Seeing your dreams come true gives me so much joy. 💙
It's amazing how far your projects as a whole have come. To think how it wasn't that long ago you were constantly on the go in new places. Now your settling down roots to grow from. The fact your making it such a community effort in your circle of friends and family, makes it so much better. I can't wait to see how your property transforms as time goes by.
I've followed you guys for a while and I am just so happy for you! Every piece seems to be falling right and you look lmjust so happy! Can't wait to see how the house is when it's done. Wishing you all the best from the Netherlands!
The 80's montage music with the truck footage was everything!!!!
Great job 👍 so fun to watch your progress!
It's really happening be! I'm so happy for you guys, you are realizing "the dream" .Strength and good fortunes to you both.
Love your excitement at every phase. Having fellow like minded neighbours and friend is a real gift!
so excited for the three of you. I have been watching your journey from the beginning. Can not wait for it to be done and you to move in and have coffee in the morning light! thank you for sharing your journey with us.
The truck has Kamps stamp of approval.congrats guys… I love seeing the progress on the house and what you guys buy is none of our business.. I wish you guys nothing but success 💜
You two are AMAZING!!!👍👍👍
Wow! Great progress guys! Nice of your neighbors to help.
Barron is like the most non-toxic man's man ever. He seems so principled, it's really inspiring!
I am SO excited for you!!! I am loving watching the process!!!
You guys are amazing humans!!! Congrats on Fjallraven , new to you Truck and progress on your house. You guys rock!!! You guys always have awesome content. I love that you guys are always in forward motion you both are so genuine and put so much good energy into the universe. I am so happy for ya'll !!!!!! I am so happy that ya'll found an awesome community with so many wonderful people that are now your friends. Thank you for sharing your journey!!!!!
Really proud of you! Congratulations! You deserve it!💕
Appreciating all your extremely hard work. Good job and God Bless.
I love the tight nit neigborly thing you all have going on! You have great friends and everyone needs great friends like that! You guys are doing such a great job on the house! I can't wait to see the finished product!
Scout Approved!!!!! Old Ford trucks are great! I had a ‘65 F100 from my grandfather that I had for 35 years- so easy and cheap to repair!
SOOOOO happy for you!! 🎶🎵 “These are the BEST times to be alive. These are the good old days…..you can say what you will …..these are the best times…”🎶🎵
Nothing more exciting than building your own home. 🏠👍
I watch numerous videos of this type - Isabel Paige, Hannah Lee Duggan, One Woman's Wilderness, Wild Wonderful Off-Grid, etc, but I think you guys have the overall coolest lifestyle. Living out on the plains like this just awakens something inside me and makes me want to pack my bags up and move out there. P.S. I love my 2009 Ford F-150 STX. Good purchase, guys.
Well this means a lot more than you know. These are all really incredible channels and I’m honored to be lumped in with them!
Good to see you doing this work so well...in my area it’s a normal use, however the helpers, people contracted to do it don’t do it as well, they make a mess with cement and sand everywhere. Well done, plus even more so is having such wonderful friends helping you and making it be a much more pleasant work. I lived in Del Rio, TX and another wonderful thing was how they built a larger river in the frontier with Mexico, so it became normal for the housing also make themselves some water around their area with tread and branches to provide some shadow in the summer time..so darn hot...very common 125-30C...and very more pleasant in the winter, very seldom snow, but cold winds, the trees were also helpful. 🤗💫😎 also your question, the summer and winter winds are strong, and also so dangerous tornados does happen in open areas, Texas had that problem ever so often, so the house wall being stronger endures the storms better
So happy for you both! And how amazing it is for you to be documenting it for us and for you to look back on in the future! Such a treasure for sure! Btw I love how you've transitioned your life through these videos! I'm all for growth and change with your channel!❤️
Dreams coming true. What could be better than that! Been watching for a good while now and to see this happening is FANTASTIC! I love it when we have never done something before and we just jump in and do it! Great spirit.
I think it is so awesome that you guys choose to keep older vehicles and put money into them. That’s the way my family has always done it and it is a great way to be eco-friendly and more budget friendly. Way to go love you guys!!
This is how we built houses in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 we literally worked building the home just Saturdays and Sundays he would make us girls do the cement mixing while they did the rest it brings memories.
We noticed this and we’re super inspired in Puerto Rico to build this way!
My grandmothers home had a all around balcony in cement too . And they really stood well against harsh weather like hurricane storms and pretty well insulated too.
Your content progression from scamping to land buying and now home building is so impressive and entertaining. I am here for the ride continuing into gardening, hunting, canning, and one day growing a family on your homestead. Thanks for bringing us along on this wild adventure. Congratulations & good luck!
That trucks gonna be the ultimate adventure vehicle. I still think we need a subaru and sport 150 run down video
soo soooo excited...... when i saw your vlog come up on the screen .....so happy the walls are going up .... new truck as well .... its all happening! take care and looking forward to the next progress......
I've watched every video you've ever made and I'll never forget the day you got your land. Strange as it may seem, I actually cried because I was so happy for you both. What a deserving couple! I love the smile that comes over my face every time I watch a new video of the incredible progress you are making with your home, how much you are learning and how much fun you are having doing it. You are both so inspirational and great role models for this upcoming 5D world and I'm proud of you both! Thank you for teaching me another way to view things and for sharing so much of yourselves and your lives with us. ♥
The concrete in and of itself is brittle. The rebar acts kind of like a rope holding a bundle of wood together. If the rope is tied the bundle stays tight. As soon as you undo the knot it the bundle loses it's integrity. It is so awesome to see your house take shape. Y'all picked a great spot with great neighbors
Barron, it's really great to see you addressing the viewers more. You both are awesome humans. Keep up the great work!
Love seeing you kids so happy. Way to go Elsa on driving the truck. So Glad you have the Friend that helps you when you need help.
I own a cinder block home in Arizona. The downside is that the cinder block heats up in the summer causing the AC to work twice as hard just to keep the house cool. The walls remain warm to the touch from baking in the Arizona sun. In the winter months, the walls remain cool and the heater has to compensate as well. Get a good HVAC system to manage these issues and you should be fine. Happy building. 🥰
The look of Camp's face was Priceless!!!
Blessings!!!
YAAAY!!! WALLS..!! That's a nice little truck, it's great to have a backup vehicle. I look forward to seeing the progress of your tiny house build. Awesome video...
I had a manual 2002 Ford Ranger with 4WD it was one of my favorite vehicles! They’re versatile and so so useful!
You guys are HANDS DOWN our favorite people on the internet. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences with all of us. Ur amazing at all u do and you are such beautiful humans. We just love ya ❤️
I love the village you have. So many kind people who really are invested in you guys. Love watching these videos.
The truck has WINGS! I miss wings on cars. They really added a lot of ventilation. Good purchase on the truck, I seriously doubt you'll need to put 20k in it though. Maybe another 3k to bring it up to perfect.
Love that you two live by looking at the "bigger picture" ! And the Kamp seal of approval for your F-150 is too sweet.........❤️
WOW! FORD 150, you all got it going on now. My favorite of all times. The best on the roads. I'm so excited to see the house come together! Great job you two.
THIS is exciting!!
VERRRRY GLAD that James and Doreen are your neighbors again 💓!!!!!
Omg you guys are making your own house all by yourselves 😱😱😱all the best
Thank you for sharing your journey. I look forward each week for your videos and progress. You both seem like family. God bless you.
What you guys are doing is exactly what I want to do with my house...it'll be a little bit different of a layout but still... what you're doing is... it's beautiful... I love how you also show the oops's and how to fix the oops. The friends that you've made are exactly what I would love to have happened... unfortunately I've seen alot of people who've got horrible neighbors...you guys got really lucky, really really lucky with your land and your neighbors. I hope to have the same luck.
That truck fits y'all like a glove! Dig it!
THANK YOU so much for letting us follow your adventure!!! The truck was a wonderful find, and you will need it alot. You have made fine progress on your build as well as taking time to help your neighbors. Keep up the great work 👍. Take care of all.
The house is shaping up beautifully!! I'm so excited for you guys!! You're lucky to be a part of such a caring and sharing community and they are lucky to have you both too.
As impressive as it is that you have such good, experienced neighbors who are so willing to share their knowledge, is the fact that you recognize thier wisdom and listen to and learn so much from them, instead of being like so many younger folks (i can call you young, because i’m 59…lol) act like the older generation is clueless and have nothing to offer…nice to see you guys value them for all they know and have been happy to help you with.
Elsa, I gotta say that I love your eagle shirt - 'MERICA!