Alaska Cabin – The story of how I built a cabin in Alaska

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Homesteading in the time of Covid-19

shane
posted on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020
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I have been a prepper in some way my entire life. Having grown up in western Colorado and coming from a working class home in a rural area, I learned about hardship as I saw my parents lose their

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Building my first tiny cabin in Alaska

shane
posted on February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
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When I first arrived to Alaska in 2014, I soon bought a piece of property in Caswell Lakes, about 20 miles north of Willow, AK. As I began to work on clearing the space for my cabin, I would stay out

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Clearing Land for my Cabin in Alaska

shane
posted on February 14, 2020February 27, 2020
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It was June 28th, 2014 the first time I saw the land where I would one day build my cabin. I was living in Girdwood, Alaska with my family after moving up here earlier that year. I quickly started to

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My Experience Buying Land from the State of Alaska

shane
posted on February 12, 2020February 14, 2020
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The State of Alaska offers non residents the ability to buy land directly from the state. When I was first looking for potential homestead land back in Colorado, I stumbled upon an amazing

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My Dog Aspen

shane
posted on February 9, 2020February 12, 2020
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This is my dog Aspen. The first place I took her when I got her was out to my cabin land in Caswell Lakes, Alaska. She loves to play in the snow! She is 3 years old and is with me everywhere I go

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My Alaska Cabin Adventure Begins!

shane
posted on February 9, 2020February 12, 2020
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Welcome to AKCabin.com! This is the story about how I bought land using just cash and built my own cabin in Alaska, using mostly only hand tools. My name is Shane, and I moved to Alaska from Colorado