I took my 2 year old on his first survival camp out along the banks of Kenai lake in Alaska and well...the rest of my family wanted to come along. So in the end, my wife camped in a campground. My sister did some car camping and me and Jacob went on a walk and slept under a shelter we built on the banks of the lake.
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00:00Luke here at the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and today I am going to be doing some survival camping here in Alaska
00:09How can you say no to that okay Luke and Jake here at the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and today
00:15We're going survival camping here in Alaska
00:24Luke Tom Nate and Jake here at the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and today we're going survival camp
00:29Okay, you can come to Becca all right Luke Tom Nate Jake and Becca here with the Outdoor Boys
00:38Okay, you can sleep in your car fine Luke Tom Nate Jake Rebecca and my sister Melanie here with the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel and
00:45Today we're going camping and some of us are going survival camping in the wilderness of Alaska
01:28This is Kenai Lake here
01:58I
02:06Think if I hop on that seesaw you're gonna die
02:19Yeah
02:22Should we make a bridge
02:59Oh
03:13There we go hey guys all right guys you want to go across
03:28All right guys shall we explore
03:37Come on I need to find a spot to camp
03:47Well we've got lots of firewood lots of building material, I think this looks like a good place to build our shelter look at this
03:55An old door hinge, it's the heel to a boot that looks like a bit of a saw
04:08Come on boys
04:09We're gonna do a little camping here and my wife and sister are gonna be joining us
04:14Which is a special treat so I reserved some sites for them
04:18So we're gonna go ahead and get the campsite set up and get the boys fed
04:21And when they show up, then we are gonna go down the shores of the lake and do some survival camping
04:34Start gathering up firewood and put it in the back of the car
04:51See this see these chunks, and that's this cottonwood bark these burn really good
05:16All right, we got these diamond willows here we need to find a willow switch for hot dogs here
05:21Oh, there's a there's one
05:31I've got some ketchup
05:39There you go eat that up buddy
05:42Well we got a late lunch out of the way now I got to start making dinner got something special here
05:51Oh
06:10That fires kind of smoky I think I need a fan in a little bit
06:21Oh my goodness, there's a Nathan up there you're gonna be so covered in pine tar
06:36I've discovered over the years that diapers and pull-ups make excellent hot pads
06:41Mmm. All right, that looks perfect. That looks absolutely perfect
06:51Those tears are real people
07:11You guys show you a little bit of a diversity of approaches to camping here
07:15so I'm gonna try to go do the survival stuff Becca's gonna sleep in a tent with a cot and
07:21My sister Melanie is making an art form out of car camping. So you've got a Kia Soul here
07:26Which is I think a compact car
07:31You got these boxes these storage boxes
07:39Yeah, once I put my weight on it it's pretty flush
07:45My sister's six foot two and she can sleep stretched out in the back of a Kia Soul with a system
07:51So a couple boxes go a long way. We got a little foam mat
07:57You got an air mattress on top of your foam
08:01So you just barely under inflate a full-size air mattress and it fits just right. We'll check it out
08:07She's got this mosquito netting that goes over the doors so you can roll the windows down keep the bugs out
08:12a nice little lamp here
08:15Nice play room to sit a little pouch for her stuff. Well, it's pretty slick. This is pretty slick
08:42Quarter this thing up
08:45All righty, all right guys who wants some chicken
09:00Well, it's time for dessert and I brought marshmallows, but my sister also brought marshmallows
09:07Which one do you want?
09:11What do you guys got for dessert
09:13Hersey's I also brought lemon cookies
09:22Look at the difference in those one's a small planet and the other ones a marshmallow
09:31Did you just eat that entire chocolate bar
09:36Here's a lemon cookie for you
09:38Oh
09:42Yeah, you like that
09:46It's going inside is that your lemon cookie s'more it is
09:57Well guys we got about an hour before bedtime and I'm gonna go see if we can't pick some watermelon berries before bedtime
10:03Oh you find some Tom
10:05Well, that one's right. Definitely
10:09No, not many plant another berry bush. Oh my goodness
10:14Pretty sparse pickings. Look at right there. See that bush
10:20There's a bunch of them on there
10:22There's a watermelon berry plant right there
10:25We would not survive off of our foraging skills today. They got maybe 10 12
10:32I love you, baby
10:33Got some of this shelf life milk last a couple months without refrigeration until you open it at least
10:41There we go. Got some milk for Jacob
10:43Well, it's getting late and me and Jacob are gonna head off and go build our survival shelter now poor Jacob has
10:50Always wanted to come on these campouts and so very rarely gets to come
10:54So this is one where I think I can bring him pretty easily. So Jacob and me are gonna go out camping you excited, buddy
11:04All right, Jake you ready follow me
11:12All right, buddy you ready to cross the bridge
11:14All right. Let's see if we can do it
11:17So this one's gotten deeper
11:20There we made it. Oh
11:26You found it you found a fishing bobber
11:34What do you think can we camp here
11:48One bad thing about sleeping on beaches bears love to prowl up and down beaches, especially at night
11:53So we're gonna keep the bear maze handy
11:56First thing we do we measure the space we need
12:08Inflate the air mattress first, so I know what size to make the shelter. That's my template
12:25I
12:55Think we got room got a little shelter bill. Jake seems to be digging it time to get into your jammies
13:01Well tonight, we're gonna try out a new sleeping quilt. I got the boys. It just arrived in the mail
13:06I think enlightened equipment makes this thing
13:08But it's really soft and it's super light and we're gonna see if Jacob likes it
13:13I think he's gonna love it. He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it
13:17He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it
13:20He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it. He's gonna love it
13:22It's super soft and it's super light and we're gonna see if Jacob likes it
13:27Okay
13:29Got these adhesive hand warmers here
13:31We're gonna slap those
13:33Thank you
13:35There you go
13:37Yeah, you look cozy
13:39There's tickle holes in here
13:41Look at this, this is great
13:48Jacob are you having fun?
13:50You are full of energy
13:52How many marshmallows did you eat?
13:54You ate a ton of marshmallows
14:00It's bed time
14:20Well gosh darn it Jacob did pretty good last night
14:22He woke up around 2 complaining about something
14:24And I think it was the adhesive warmers
14:26I don't know
14:28I don't know
14:30I don't know
14:32I don't know
14:34I don't know
14:36I don't know
14:38I don't know
14:40I don't know
14:42I don't know
14:44I don't know
14:46I don't know
14:48I think it was the adhesive warmer on his back
14:50Got a little too hot
14:52So I took that off and snuggled him up
14:54And he seemed to do really well after that
14:56But it's kind of cold
14:58It's about 40 degrees right now
15:00That fire feels really good
15:02What a beautiful morning
15:04I wake up in my sleeping bag and open my eyes
15:06And I see this
15:08I hear loons calling
15:10Occasional trout jumping right off there
15:12Got a roaring fire going
15:14To keep the cold away
15:17Man this is nice
15:19This is really nice
15:21I'm just going to sit and take this in for a bit
15:46I'm just going to sit and take this in for a bit
16:16I've got some steel cut oatmeal here
16:18This is the good stuff
16:47If you're not a fan of oatmeal
16:49It's probably because you're eating instant oatmeal
16:51Try real steel cut oatmeal
16:53You'll never go back
16:58Now I could be cooking this
17:00By just laying it straight on the coals
17:02But when you want to simmer something
17:04And adjust the temperature a little more
17:06Something like this works pretty darn well
17:16I'll get some more
17:28Well there's something substantial
17:30Making noise in the woods behind me
17:32Just to keep that close
17:38Now the squirrels are going bonkers
17:40Yeah now the squirrels are making their little warning chatter
17:42They don't do that for moose normally
17:44They don't do that for moose normally
17:50I'm not too worried about the bears that can see us
17:52It's the bears that get surprised that scare me
17:54I can hear sticks snapping
17:56Pretty big ones over there
17:58Now it's moving over there
18:10There we go
18:12Good
18:16Alright nice dab of butter
18:18There we go
18:40Hey Jake
18:42Hey Jake
18:48I got a fire over there
18:50You want to warm up by the fire?
18:52Come on out of the tent
18:54And I'll get you some food ok?
18:56I got some oatmeal for you
18:58Well he's not coming out
19:00Gotta go in after him
19:04Hi Jake
19:06Sit down
19:08That's nice and warm isn't it
19:12You like that?
19:18Did you get your spoon dirty?
19:20Yeah
19:22You want me to wash it?
19:24Yes
19:26Let me see your spoon
19:28I'll go wash it
19:32There you go
19:34You want to go see mama now?
19:36Alright let's pack up
19:38Put the fire out and go see mama
19:42Let's go
19:52Alright Jacob let's go get mama
19:56Should we cross the bridge?
20:02Yeah that was close
20:12Oh you came back home
20:14And your diaper came off
20:16Your diaper came off
20:18Good morning Melody
20:20Alright guys did you have fun?
20:22Yeah
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