seven years we've been traveling the world and living nomadically well 2020

sure changed that after spending the past three months in self-isolation

we are finally venturing out again this time staying close to home and getting

to know our own backyard Canada is home to insurmountable beauty and over the

coming months we're going to help you discover some unusual accommodations and

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hello hello hello guys traveling again I know I am so giddy this is our first

trip yeah over three months yeah over three yawns yeah no longer than three

months three months because we've been under quarantine for three more a long

time and we weren't traveling for a while before that okay so you see that

right now this is the quarantine beer so that gives you an idea of how long we

have been yeah sitting ducks it's been so long since we've traveled it's like

it's like we're we forgot how to do it almost we forgot like half of our camera

gear yeah like a few essentials but you know what we're like getting our feet

wet again I'm so happy to be here where are we we are in an off-the-grid cabin

mm-hmm on a farm yes so we rented an off-grid cabin in Schaumburg mm-hmm so

we only drove about 45 minutes north of home yeah and what a different world

like the sounds of nature like if we're just quiet for a minute it's so peaceful

no no it's it's such a massive property that we're we're actually staying we

can't see our neighbors I mean there are some other cabins but they're all very

secluded we have a personal pond a private pond like right at our yourself

with a little deck and everything I have a little private trail which we'll show

you later we've got lawn chairs we've got a

barbecue we've got a barbecue pit I mean we've got everything we need to enjoy a

couple cozy nights out here yeah in the wilderness of Canada so pumped yeah

we're just gonna be hiking canoeing and really chilling out and enjoying nature

in case you guys are wondering where this is in terms of geography we are in

the province of Ontario in Canada and this is just a little bit north of

Toronto yeah like between Toronto and Barry so it's the perfect City escape

from Toronto if you're looking to get away for a couple of days yeah yeah this

place is great yeah we're gonna love it we're gonna love it here now we're gonna

give you a tour fury ER and then maybe we'll start

cooking dinner sounds great to me and marshmallows

after dinner for dessert

hello there off-grid cabin welcome welcome but let's not forget

let's keep those flies out those mosquitoes it's not quite mosquito

season but I mean it is the start of summer so we don't want to invite them

in so yeah welcome welcome here we are it's basically one room one

space yeah but super cozy what do you think

it's incredibly cozy yeah it's so so nice I'm so excited to be here so why

don't we begin our tour kind of in this dining area shall we

sure so basically we have like this nice wooden picnic table with two little

benches and then over here we have all our pots pans cutlery plates anything

we're gonna need to prepare our meals we don't actually have a proper kitchen

like there's no sink here no stove no fridge nothing like that but outside

we've got a little barbecue so we're gonna be cooking up some sausages yeah

we also have a fire pit as well for roasting marshmallows as well in our own

personal pond upon wish here is our tea party

yeah basically if you want to boil water we have to use the barbecue there's like

an element on the side and we turn it on and that's where we're gonna boiler Wow

yeah it is fully equipped like they've got wine glasses they've got even have a

cheese cream you're up there I just notice I've yes fancy with some pasta

there and then over on this side we've got a little stove I guess this is more

if you're visiting like spring autumn winter right now it's summer I really

don't think we have the opposite problem we're trying to stay cool

unlikely but if we needed to we've got some logs over here there's like some

newspaper kindling to get the fire going so that's it you've got our little

living area some nice couches samos hanging out here earlier

oh so comfortable yeah well you know what you know what I'd like you to show

it's the the artwork here this is a familiar top there oh yeah we have some

artworks for sure especially that one yeah this is quite familiar is it not

that brings back memories of Peru and Bolivia it's something that you can find

in both countries and then over here some books we've got some coffee table

books humans of New York I follow this Instagram account so I'm gonna be

checking that out later also weird Canada this sounds

interesting I feel like we could learn some strange facts yeah they have an

interesting publisher take a look at that it's something like something like

toilet you can learn Canadian history or other interesting little tidbits and

facts this will be very interesting I'm gonna keep that yeah and we also have

board games in here if you need some evening entertainment oh look at that

yeah well quittin cards oh that's all mengapa I feel I feel like I could beat

you at monopoly for here we've never played Monopoly have we it's cozy but it

is small it's not queen or king this is just double yeah I I'd say too small

double yeah yes yeah we fit up we fit on there you're gonna be toasty yeah then

all that's really left to show you guys is the toilet so a little light on here

there is a fan running so you're gonna hear a little bit of humming in here

yeah but basically it it's a compost toilet um so

there's no running water or anything you basically do your business they told us

it's fine to pee or they told him you can go out in the bush like yeah Libre I

love that and they said if you go number two it's got this little bucket here

uh-huh with like wood shavings and things yeah

so you just throw a cup on top yeah and then there's like the system running

what you hear apart from the fan there's like this thing rotating inside the

toilet and basically mixing up your poop yeah with like the woodchips and wood

shavings so that's what's happening in here naturelle Oh natural for sure so

that's the toilet there is no shower but we do have several ponds to choose from

our own private pond right outside our doorstep then there's another one down

the hill that's slightly bigger and one across the road or we can actually take

the canoe yeah so if you need to freshen up splash a little bit you certainly can

and I do believe that is it for the cabin you've seen everything there is to

see in here have you not indeed I did miss one thing actually I want to tell

us well this place is powered by solar panels solar and wind solar and wind

yeah so yes he was saying that our host was saying today that it's perfect

because we had so much Sun today mm-hmm and apparently we're gonna get a

bit of wind tonight so we're just maximizing our we're charging up nicely

so what's cool over here I'll just show you quickly is that this is the master

system you turn this on actually I just turned it off and when you turn it on it

goes on green and then you have access to these lights here there's a couple

electrical outlets and that also powers the toilet as well so what's interesting

if you come into the bathroom here I'll turn back on the light and we have a

monitor up here and oh it's great because we turned it off we took a

little nap yeah and she was at twelve point seven so the higher the better

she said if it gets down to twelve point zero look at even 13 just hit 13 thank

you sunshine shine so if it gets down to 12 we might

hear an alarm and that means that we basically just need to unplug turn off

the power for yeah to be honest we're planning on just shutting off the master

system whenever we're not using anything and we're probably going to be spending

most of our time outside yeah we actually left our computers behind my my

the best thing off-the-grid living just love it we have this private area to

ourselves there's nobody else here we could skinny dip in the pond that no one

would see us oh my god yeah yeah hello hello well normally your dad would be

the girl master right hmm we're in less qualified hands sausages in Vice yeah I

also just check that out plump juicy what we're planning to do is basically

make a chili dog so we've got beans I'm gonna heat those up on here we've got

some buns it's a perfect camp food isn't it it sure it is I'm hungry I've worked

up an appetite and these are called connect horse gosh I got the the German

sausages that's how it was I'm special yeah so we're gonna enjoy those yeah and

this is pretty easy it's a gas barbecue so we didn't even know we were using you

were gonna like okay like 7:00 it's 5:30 yeah hungry so I'm starting now so this

chili it's gone chunks the bacon maple leaves Mel the maple hurt here mm-hmm

you're looking good if you don't know the bean song let me introduce you

beans beans the musical fruit the more you eat the more you toot the more you

toot the better you feel and maybe I'll have the whole cabin to myself if i

tooted enough what let's have beans with every meal exactly this is really messy

food this is not the kind of food you eat and expect to have pristine hands

afterwards but we have a pond so you can just jump in there and bathe my friend

yeah we can save some for breakfast there you go for tomorrow's tomorrow's

chili remember that's enough we are sharing a small cabin so it is so hot

right now I know we're having my gosh having hot food Australia barbecuing

when it's like over 31 degrees man that's a challenge we toasted the buns

mmm we put lots of beans cheddar and mozzarella cheese and salsa how is it oh

yeah I'm so loaded I love how do you see the sausages and I think maybe it took

us like 15 minutes to prepare my food it was super quick I'm later in the day

when the Sun starts going down and can roast our marshmallows mm-hmm yeah I

haven't had those in a really long time they just marshmallow s'mores Sam made

us a fire well no it's in the early stages so

we've got a little wait for it to catch a bit more and then we're gonna have

some s'mores what are the three key ingredients dream crackers which are

like a cookie then you've got the marshmallows the most important thing

Hershey's chocolate comes in a kit yeah I did buy a fun fact

don't leave your her she's out in the kit in the Sun like we did in the car no

yard we weren't able to salvage it by even throwing it into the we have a

little bit of a cooler that doesn't work that great but it it's solidified again

but it's very much deformed yes yes pour chocolate or chocolate

I haven't made very many s'mores so what's first chocolate how does this

even work yeah you put your chocolate down then you yeah

then hot marshmallow on top look at the chocolate deformed

melty chocolate yep and then we make a sandwich of sorts come to mama

she's ready for ya I should wait for the chocolate to melt or just dig on in

it should start that should be melting from the heat of the marshmallow

slightly how's that that's pretty good super sugary oh yeah like super

everything everything sugary every ingredient so ultra sweet would you like

some yes please guys how can you tell the tombs already

been eating s'mores check out that three-month quarantine beard covered in

our smell Oh Marshall half of the marshmallow ISM is it inhabiting in my

beard devoured no no it's not paying rent though so I'm gonna have to evict