Cool video. Prettier when it's all green. I'm about to build out there. On the diversion canal. I always launch at st James, we wakeboard that river. Always so calm.
Hey Joe, just curious if you see a lot of ducks in this area? I would assume it's loaded during the winter months and also guessing the duck season in LA is in Dec and Jan? Hope to see you video a duck hunt there sometime.
When Melissa lived down there she always talked about the big mosquitoes and how many there are. I have been down there maybe 50 times and sometimes for almost 2 months at a time. I always told her "Your mosquitoes really are not big at all and they are bad but not really bad". She of course told me I was full of shit. Lol. Then she moved up here...... Now she tells her friends and family down there that the mosquitoes are nothing down there compared to up here. Haha. BUT.... We have 6 months of the year when it is too cold for any bugs at all so that makes up for it.
I love your videos up northern Minnesota, can't get enough of them actually, but the swamp land in LA is not at all appealing to me. Yuck. Glad you and Melissa enjoy it so much but I swear I can smell and feel the gross humidity through my computer screen. :)
Hi Joe. These are all new to me. All right. I love a well narrated adventure. By the way, what is the name of your music and nature CD collection? The tent lake is so amazing with sound.
Grant, will you email me this question and the video you are referring to? I rarely have ever put music in any videos so I think I know which one you mean but you are asking a Tent question in a Louisiana video as I read this from the Northern Seclusion Farmhouse. haha. I need to make sure. joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com
You have your place plus the tent cabin up north to do things with your kids,her place in Louisiana now looking at another place to build. Wow you are energetic! Plus your construction business.....
I love owning property and I dislike banks. Property values seldom do anything but go up except when we had the big crash. We are just investing our money wisely.
@@grantrichardson1215 this comment is old but I am going to respond because the mere IDEA of gators, water moccasins, snapping turtles, bull sharks and whatever else is lurking there TERRIFIES ME and I like the outdoors! But I like my outdoor "friends" FRIENDLIER. Like not trying to kill me.
I could live with an air boat like at the end, & a shanty along a river only accessible by boat would be fun...... But the bugs, poisonous snakes, spiders and that gray moss crap in the trees.... think I'll stay in MN.... our maybe move to AK. Nothing wrong with Nowthen Joe ;D
do they have electrical power run out there ? saw recreation equipment along the waterway and some of it needed power to pump water. does everybody use generators?
Randy J Most of that river, where you see the camps, There is a power line running behind them in the swamp. In some places its hung off cypress trees going to the camps. Some run on generator I saw also. Thanks Randy. Joe
Just remember with all the water and low grade property flooding could be a issue. Also as someone who lived on the water in the south watch for water moccasins they are every where and can get into the craziest places.
is it just me or is anybody else thinking "squeal like a pig" while watching? lol i definitely would not go there alone or without plenty of firepower!
davidgriffin14 you'd be wrong to think that....if your boat broke down there...anyone from any if those camps would lend you a hand...thats how it is in the bayou
davidgriffin14 you got it all wrong. I'm from a few miles from there and the people that live in those camps would risk their life to help you and they'd invite you in for a drink and something to eat. The most danger you'd be in would be from being over fed.
+Mark Stanton Up in Minnesota where I live and where I brought this boat down here from, you can buy these all day long cheap on Craigslist etc. Hardly anyone has the flat bottomed boats up there like you do sown here (I am in Louisiana right now) I have 2 other ones like this up in MN and one of them I had for sale last year and couldnt sell it because no one wanted it because there are so many to choose from. Thanks Mark. Joe
Thanks for great video. What kind of trees are growing there? Deciduous, yes, but what kind...? I am a kind of Wood "horder" and always keep eyes open for branches, fallen trees etc to get a piece...
Will post on my tree house in the swamp videos some pictures of ancient Cyprus Pre Ice Age that we farmed out of a pit 20 feet below sea level made beautiful Table tops combined with Cyprus bases.
What's all that liquid stuff? Oh, right its called water. Haven't seen much of that lately in liquid form up here at the north pole, lol. Enjoy Joe, John
If thats the Land notice the water level on the trees that is how it will look in three months . A tree house or floating camp will work . I know because that's what my property does every year . So thats how Tree House in the Swamp #1 through 8 came about Thus far.
Artaxerses1945 If and when we build a camp down here it would be 5 feet up on pilings. Most of the time you would not have land to stand on out there. Even at high tide it would be wet. Could you email me, I have questions about pilings, if they are needed etc. Also what do they do for an outhouse? joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com
Try a composting toilet home made of course that's what I am going to use in my tree house. I've seen your woodwork you probably could come up with a pretty neat indoor outhouse Ha! Thanks far mail I'll contact you
I half expected "Mud" Matthew McConaughey to pop out and say "all-right....alll-right...allll-right!" you can have this here property but I'm gonna need a favor..
+Mark Stanton Yes I did. You can buy them here in MN all day long cheap. I never really see that type down in Louisiana just the flat bottom boats. Thanks Mark. Joe
I was shocked to read these fish camps had electricity! Looks like a nightmare for the power company to troubleshoot outages! What % of these houses you passed are full time homes? Do the insides look like the outsides?
I don’t know why anyone would want to live there. The heat the humidity yuck! I get enough of that during the summer at the jersey shore, and it’s nice here on the beach.
Ron Jones Im here for about 2 and a half more weeks and I will be "back on the water". Ice fishing part one will be up on Joe and Zach survival later this week.... to be continued....
Therese Wood I have the catfish lines set and that video is filming. Caught 2 so far. Melissa leaves for work in about 10 minutes and then im going to hook up the boat and go fishing. Video coming.
Louisana swamp cant stand to look at it. Bugs..snakes..crocks... the smell no way. I'm used to crystal clear Michigan lakes and rivers. You bought land to build a camp? Lol Too each his own.
Richard Bolton Funny you say that, the one that was all destroyed we talked about how I could take it all apart and use the lumber to build a new one there. Thank you. Joe
George SEYmoUR Ok, then you are allowed to bitch a little. LOL. This may have been a longer video, but we put an offer in on the one lot I walked. We have not heard back yet because they are trying to figure out how they will mark the corner posts (they can not find the original plat map state registered) I did a full price offer so they are scrambling because the only stipulation I had was that I wanted my corner posts legal and marked. If we end up getting the lot I will have the cabin build up north at the tent and following that I will build an elevated camp down here for the winter. If the lot goes through this video will be just one in a series so I had to get all the camps in the video. Your the first to know about this besides family members.
This was a good video Joe .
enjoyed the video Joe God bless and as always have a great day
Cool video. Prettier when it's all green. I'm about to build out there. On the diversion canal. I always launch at st James, we wakeboard that river. Always so calm.
Didn't know there was another Blind River besides Blind River Ontario. Cheers Joe. Eryk
Hey Joe, just curious if you see a lot of ducks in this area? I would assume it's loaded during the winter months and also guessing the duck season in LA is in Dec and Jan? Hope to see you video a duck hunt there sometime.
Great boat ride, thanks for taking us along.
Very cool to see how the terrain is so different.
Regards
backcountrypipe Its like something out of the movies. Its weird to see it all for real.
Best fishing and gunning anywhere. Except fot th ef ginormous misquitos and humidity, I loved it there.
When Melissa lived down there she always talked about the big mosquitoes and how many there are. I have been down there maybe 50 times and sometimes for almost 2 months at a time. I always told her "Your mosquitoes really are not big at all and they are bad but not really bad". She of course told me I was full of shit. Lol. Then she moved up here...... Now she tells her friends and family down there that the mosquitoes are nothing down there compared to up here. Haha. BUT.... We have 6 months of the year when it is too cold for any bugs at all so that makes up for it.
I love your videos up northern Minnesota, can't get enough of them actually, but the swamp land in LA is not at all appealing to me. Yuck. Glad you and Melissa enjoy it so much but I swear I can smell and feel the gross humidity through my computer screen. :)
Hi Joe. These are all new to me. All right. I love a well narrated adventure. By the way, what is the name of your music and nature CD collection? The tent lake is so amazing with sound.
Grant, will you email me this question and the video you are referring to? I rarely have ever put music in any videos so I think I know which one you mean but you are asking a Tent question in a Louisiana video as I read this from the Northern Seclusion Farmhouse. haha. I need to make sure. joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com
You have your place plus the tent cabin up north to do things with your kids,her place in Louisiana now looking at another place to build. Wow you are energetic! Plus your construction business.....
I love owning property and I dislike banks. Property values seldom do anything but go up except when we had the big crash. We are just investing our money wisely.
Man......just a hand full of nice homes....but some of those shacks looked like they are ready to collapse
or have already collapsed
They are mostly used for camps there may be a few that love there all the time but a lot just go on weekends ect
Hi Melissa and Joe. I saw a slide on one of the docks on the blind river. Aren't there gators in all the waters down there?
Yes there is. You have to keep an eye out. Lol.
@@NorthernSeclusionI've lived in SE Florida for over 40 years and where gators go, I don't.
@@grantrichardson1215 this comment is old but I am going to respond because the mere IDEA of gators, water moccasins, snapping turtles, bull sharks and whatever else is lurking there TERRIFIES ME and I like the outdoors! But I like my outdoor "friends" FRIENDLIER. Like not trying to kill me.
I could live with an air boat like at the end, & a shanty along a river only accessible by boat would be fun......
But the bugs, poisonous snakes, spiders and that gray moss crap in the trees.... think I'll stay in MN.... our maybe move to AK.
Nothing wrong with Nowthen Joe ;D
do they have electrical power run out there ? saw recreation equipment along the waterway and some of it needed power to pump water. does everybody use generators?
Randy J Most of that river, where you see the camps, There is a power line running behind them in the swamp. In some places its hung off cypress trees going to the camps. Some run on generator I saw also. Thanks Randy. Joe
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
J.C.
What road was that you went under? Looks a little like a stretch of I-10 I've traveled before
+Jamie Barnett It is I-10. I see that some people run there boats in right under that bridge vs going to St James boat club. Thank you. Joe
Just remember with all the water and low grade property flooding could be a issue. Also as someone who lived on the water in the south watch for water moccasins they are every where and can get into the craziest places.
So what are we thinking here,some pontoons on the high\low camper ?
is it just me or is anybody else thinking "squeal like a pig" while watching? lol
i definitely would not go there alone or without plenty of firepower!
davidgriffin14 you'd be wrong to think that....if your boat broke down there...anyone from any if those camps would lend you a hand...thats how it is in the bayou
davidgriffin14 you got it all wrong. I'm from a few miles from there and the people that live in those camps would risk their life to help you and they'd invite you in for a drink and something to eat. The most danger you'd be in would be from being over fed.
davidgriffin14 SHE SHORE GOT A PRETTY MOUTH TOO !!!!!!!!!
davidgriffin14 more like Southern Comfort. C’mon Casper.
davidgriffin14 we are good people down here every one here helps one another no need for all that
Hey i like that Lund boat u have. They r hard to find around here. Nice area.
+Mark Stanton Up in Minnesota where I live and where I brought this boat down here from, you can buy these all day long cheap on Craigslist etc. Hardly anyone has the flat bottomed boats up there like you do sown here (I am in Louisiana right now) I have 2 other ones like this up in MN and one of them I had for sale last year and couldnt sell it because no one wanted it because there are so many to choose from. Thanks Mark. Joe
Is that the property you two still own down there?
Yes, we still own the river property.
@@NorthernSeclusion I am going back and watching some of your older videos on both of your channels that I have not had time to watch.
Thanks for great video. What kind of trees are growing there? Deciduous, yes, but what kind...? I am a kind of Wood "horder" and always keep eyes open for branches, fallen trees etc to get a piece...
Cyprus and Tupelo mostly
Thanks - perhaps not the most exclusive wood for woodworking? But Cyprus can look quite nice...
Will post on my tree house in the swamp videos some pictures of ancient Cyprus Pre Ice Age that we farmed out of a pit 20 feet below sea level made beautiful Table tops combined with Cyprus bases.
+Artaxerses1945 Cypress trees w/ Spanish moss and nasty snakes and gators lots of crawdads
Black Tupelo also only 1 15 foot gator
ty Joe, for the video.
What's all that liquid stuff? Oh, right its called water. Haven't seen much of that lately in liquid form up here at the north pole, lol. Enjoy Joe, John
My daughter and her husband lived in LA and they told her the state bird thee was a mosquito...lol
Love the idea of a camp but not so much the snakes!
CCR:
BORN ON THE BAYOU!
How do you get the Hog in front of your boat
If thats the Land notice the water level on the trees that is how it will look in three months . A tree house or floating camp will work . I know because that's what my property does every year . So thats how Tree House in the Swamp #1 through 8 came about Thus far.
Artaxerses1945 If and when we build a camp down here it would be 5 feet up on pilings. Most of the time you would not have land to stand on out there. Even at high tide it would be wet. Could you email me, I have questions about pilings, if they are needed etc. Also what do they do for an outhouse? joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com
Try a composting toilet home made of course that's what I am going to use in my tree house. I've seen your woodwork you probably could come up with a pretty neat indoor outhouse Ha! Thanks far mail I'll contact you
Hey Joe you need to check out how farmers in louisiana harvest sugarcane it's pretty awsome
Melissa has showed me quite a bit about it. I have been there when they are harvesting. It is amazing.
Did you get the river lot?
It so cold, I've got steam coming off my river today in WI.
I'll trade ya.
123tanners it was 34 here this morning. its getting to only 54 today but I am headed to the river to go fishing.
What's your email Joe? I think you are right. I start watching your channels and they all just meld into a giant entertainment marathon.
joe@homeandcabinconstruction.com Thank You.
You're trading the cold, northern Mississippi for the warm. southern Mississippi. Same watershed, different part.
I half expected "Mud" Matthew McConaughey to pop out and say "all-right....alll-right...allll-right!"
you can have this here property but I'm gonna need a favor..
cetuspa No Sale.... LOL LOL
How did you find that Lund? Bring it with you?
+Mark Stanton Yes I did. You can buy them here in MN all day long cheap. I never really see that type down in Louisiana just the flat bottom boats. Thanks Mark. Joe
They start in late September and finish in january
that's my place with my family the 4:56 mark
Very pretty area. We have property miles up Blind river real close to the Blind River Bar.
Man, I bet there are water moccasins everywhere. Be careful walking there even in the winter on a warm day! Maybe gators too!
lappf I have seen both down here. I wear my tall rubber boots and watch everywhere I step. Thank you.
Watch out for the wild boar.
I was shocked to read these fish camps had electricity! Looks like a nightmare for the power company to troubleshoot outages! What % of these houses you passed are full time homes? Do the insides look like the outsides?
+P.S. Koger There is only one person that lives full time on that river, everything else is just recreational use. Thank you. Joe
you in my back yard here
swampland I know right that’s my second home lol
I don’t know why anyone would want to live there. The heat the humidity yuck! I get enough of that during the summer at the jersey shore, and it’s nice here on the beach.
Hey Joe . . . hope Northern Seclusion (and Joe and Zack Survival) don't turn into Southern Seclusion.
Ron Jones Im here for about 2 and a half more weeks and I will be "back on the water". Ice fishing part one will be up on Joe and Zach survival later this week.... to be continued....
Hello Joe.I enjoy watching you evolve from a young father,divorced single Dad.
Why is the water so murky, can you swim in it, snakes alligators oh my !!
Joe please can you make a fishing video
Therese Wood I have the catfish lines set and that video is filming. Caught 2 so far. Melissa leaves for work in about 10 minutes and then im going to hook up the boat and go fishing. Video coming.
Man....I could have swore I saw some giant turds floating by at 6:17
Most of those houses look unoccupied.
Louisana swamp cant stand to look at it. Bugs..snakes..crocks... the smell no way. I'm used to crystal clear Michigan lakes and rivers. You bought land to build a camp? Lol Too each his own.
That sucks if you actually live in Michigan. I would not live there for anything with that stupid governor you have. I would move if I were you. Lol.
@7:40 that’s where I fish ahahaha
I could just hear you saying I could restore that house and live there wile you ran up that river
Richard Bolton Funny you say that, the one that was all destroyed we talked about how I could take it all apart and use the lumber to build a new one there. Thank you. Joe
So Joe when are you and your Beautiful Melisa going to get married..
Better buy extra shotgun shells.....
Lol. Yankee stat home
+William Martin Sorry dude. We bought camp property, I will be in MN most of the year but the winters I am here. Im here right now in fact.
joe does Malisa have any sisters?
You need to shoot, trap, or kill and cook some nutria bro.
M. Everett Munson I have not seen one yet but I know they are here and hear they are good to eat.
Why would you want to live in the swamp? Snakes and gators,no thanks
Not live there but having a "camp" there would be nice.
About 10 minutes to long. Cant get that time back.
George SEYmoUR Looks like you wasted my time having to read this comment also. Thank you.
Love your videos normally. Keep up the good work. You are in the top two people I follow love the tent vids.
George SEYmoUR Ok, then you are allowed to bitch a little. LOL. This may have been a longer video, but we put an offer in on the one lot I walked. We have not heard back yet because they are trying to figure out how they will mark the corner posts (they can not find the original plat map state registered) I did a full price offer so they are scrambling because the only stipulation I had was that I wanted my corner posts legal and marked. If we end up getting the lot I will have the cabin build up north at the tent and following that I will build an elevated camp down here for the winter. If the lot goes through this video will be just one in a series so I had to get all the camps in the video. Your the first to know about this besides family members.
Can't wait to see it as it's built. I am interested in that area when I retire next five years.