We Bought An Abandoned Alaska Homestead

I grew up in Ontario and many winters -40 -50 F . I can say whenever people donated anything to us after our dad left,we were so grateful. People don't really understand what it means. I remember a lady bringing me my first orange. I was 5 yrs old, and I still remember the taste,I remember how grateful I was, I must have thanked her 5 times. I was driving around town on a very cold winter day when I saw a mom with 4 kids wearing windbreakers and sneakers for boots , I understood. i drove home and grabbed 5 huge garbage bags and filled them up with my children's snowsuits,boots,hats, etc, and I found her walking and stopped to ask her if she'd be interested in used clothing. The look on her face was pure joy. I dropped them off, and that Christmas, our children decided to do our yearly donation. Our children wanted to forfeit their gifts and spend the money on food for this single moms Christmas dinner, and so we bought stockings ,filled them up,and bought everything to cook a beautiful supper. My son and daughters lifted the boxes of groceries/ cookies we made onto her porch.. We watched from afar as my son ran back to our van as the mom opened up her door and read our note. Shock and disbelief as she looked around. We kept it anonymous, but it was the best Christmas ever.

Im getting older and I can really see how an elderly woman could walk away. There was too much for an older person to do alone. I hope she didn't have regrets, and that she's safe and loved where she went.

Very interesting. I feel bad for her, leaving everything, just walking away 😢 I thought a saw a walker in the house, she probably just couldn’t live alone anymore. 😔

Incredibly sad someone would walk away from all that homestead, you folks must know the story. Hoping the best for the woman who walked away. Thank you for the interesting video 🥰❤️❤️‼️‼️

Thank you for the videos. I have copd and arthritis. I leave my house about once a month to go to the doctors. My 2011 car has 7,000 miles on it, usually from a niece borrowing it. When content providers like yourself, upload decent videos,it brings the outside world into our homes for those of us that can't get out much. The closest thing I had to what you did was the fact I had an 85 yr old aunt pass away and I walked into her house and literally gave everything away. She had really nice stuff but it wasn't my style or taste. Locally, I have been trying to find a hoarder house that I could buy and go in and take my time and sort through stuff. Everything to be donated that could be or trashed. Then I could hire someone to remodel it and put it up for sale. Giving away stuff to those in need is just about the greatest gift someone could give another. I talk a lot, sorry. One last story: When my aunt passed away she had a champagned colored Haywood Wakefiled bed and two dressers. A friend told me that was worth about $3,000. Two houses down from me a guy and his 12 yr old daughter moved into a rental house. My neighbors told me that his wife met someone online and ran off. So he rented that house but they had clothes and not much else. They had two lawn chairs they slept in I told them I had furniture they could have for free. I gave them a kitchen table and four chairs. I gave them glasses, pots and pans, dishes, silverware, etc etc. I asked him to come into the bedroom. I showed him that bedroom set. I asked him if he wanted it for his 12 yr old daughter. He said he couldn't afford it. I told him that if he got it out of the bedroom and into his house, he could have it for free. That little girl just about cried her eyes out when she saw what her dad was bringing for her. My point was..... it takes zero effort to give someone something they need in life. Life is too short and I felt bad that nasty woman left her own child to be with a guy. That took a lot of time and traveling to donate what you did. You can be proud of yourselves for helping others.

Those Heavy Metal books are classic, and Valuable

Bless you for taking the time to donate instead of dump.

This is fascinating to me! I can see how someone would walk away, but oh how hard that must have been for her! Congratulations to you!

I can't imagine how hard it was for the lady who left her home. So overwhelming for just one person. Congratulations to you both on making it your new home

The house is actually in good shape, and the 60s van in the yard is awesome. There are so many cool treasures to look through

The Bravery it required for the person to leave so clearly and definitively was massive. I hope the best for you as well and pray the other person is ok. Both parties are Brave to step into a new life.

I can see where she was just so overwhelmed that she felt the need to take off. That's a lot. This has a lot of potential.

That's great you will live close to your folks in their latter years, I'm sure they are happy about it too. And now you have your own antique car and truck collection 😊 good luck with the projects.

Growing up in SC Alaska, not that far north of your new home, one thing you learn very quickly is, if you’re self heating your home, the front door should only be open long enough to pass through! The house has really good bones and a great starting point. If KSRM still has their local sell program, (I forget the name), it would be a great place to advertise selling off those cars. As most of them are classics, you may be able to recoup quite a bit of your purchase price. Brenden @ Custom Automotive Refinishing Service in Sterling may be interested, too. The little sit-down coffee shop in Homer is frequented by a lot of local homesteaders that are very friendly and have a plethora of tips to help you survive being “off-grid”.

What a find! There's no telling what you'll find under all the snow once it melts. Looking forward to all your adventures!

Wow, dying to know the real story. How incredible for her to be able to pack a bag and never look back. Not even take photos. You have quite the journey through someone else’s story to close up.

Love the way you were so respectful for the previous owner. 🙏🏽Prayers up for all of you💖The Lord bless you✨

First video down! Excited to be apart of the journey!

Rip to the wonderful old man, that passed away before literally getting to enjoy his wonderful home.

This will be fun! I loved living in Alaska! From 1970 to 1975 we lived in Anchorage. My husband was stationed at Elmendorf AFB. Moved from Anchorage to Tucson Arizona! Still in Tucson! Would love to be living in Alaska! But, our house is all paid for. And in our 70’s now.