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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6350938
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I heard they were going to give her the boot. But she threatened to sue them over the snow machine incident. So they kept her on.


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6350982
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The Kilchers might want to think that they supplement their food source by hunting and fishing, but my bet is that they eat a lot of beef and whatever is for sale in the Super Walmart just over the other side of the hill where they live.
Their lack of shooting technique says a lot about that.
I'll bet deceased grandpa Kilcher was the real deal.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351008
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I met Grandpa Kilcher in 1981. I used his homestead for a basecamp for 3 months while climbing in the Kenai Range. Would kayak across Kachemak Bay.

Yeah, I think he was the real deal. Hard working son of a gun. He played hard too. I have pictures of him rolling around the yard inside a round stock feeder he had modified with handles on the inside. It was a real hoot to watch. He'd eat puschki and nettles. I remember him dancing with girls at Alice's Champagne Palace in Homer.

Really fun and it brings back memories for me when I watch the show. I slept a couple nights in that octagon structure. He called it the Yoga or Meditation House back then. It was a nice break from the tent for sure.

Moosetrot

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: Moosetrot] #6351010
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Originally Posted By: Moosetrot
I met Grandpa Kilcher in 1981. I used his homestead for a basecamp for 3 months while climbing in the Kenai Range. Would kayak across Kachemak Bay.

Yeah, I think he was the real deal. Hard working son of a gun. He played hard too. I have pictures of him rolling around the yard inside a round stock feeder he had modified with handles on the inside. It was a real hoot to watch. He'd eat puschki and nettles. I remember him dancing with girls at Alice's Champagne Palace in Homer.

Really fun and it brings back memories for me when I watch the show. I slept a couple nights in that octagon structure. He called it the Yoga or Meditation House back then. It was a nice break from the tent for sure.

Moosetrot

Well THAT is cool!


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: The Beav] #6351079
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Originally Posted By: The Beav
I heard they were going to give her the boot. But she threatened to sue them over the snow machine incident. So they kept her on.

I thought the story was she was going to sue because she said she was deprived medical attention from the accident and then figured out she would be kicked off the show if she sued and decided not to.


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: ShawneeMan] #6351152
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Originally Posted By: ShawneeMan
Originally Posted By: Moosetrot
I met Grandpa Kilcher in 1981. I used his homestead for a basecamp for 3 months while climbing in the Kenai Range. Would kayak across Kachemak Bay.

Yeah, I think he was the real deal. Hard working son of a gun. He played hard too. I have pictures of him rolling around the yard inside a round stock feeder he had modified with handles on the inside. It was a real hoot to watch. He'd eat puschki and nettles. I remember him dancing with girls at Alice's Champagne Palace in Homer.

Really fun and it brings back memories for me when I watch the show. I slept a couple nights in that octagon structure. He called it the Yoga or Meditation House back then. It was a nice break from the tent for sure.

Moosetrot

Well THAT is cool!
That is cool!


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351376
10/19/18 09:54 AM
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We were in Homer about a month ago and decided to look for the Kilcher Homestead.
We looked it up on google maps and took off.
It is not that far out of Homer. Someone was paving the road to the kilcher houses the day we were there.
They are just down the road from a small golf course.
Plenty of neighbors around them to.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351484
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Grapestomper, they were not paving the road. That's a Kenai peninsula Borough maintained road and they were just doing an upgrade on it. Widened it out, put in new culverts, better ditch drainage, and about a foot lift of gravel on it. Still just a gravel road, no pavement on it. But yeah, things are not exactly as portrayed on TV,
lol.

Atz, Otto, and all their siblings, did see some hard times growing up there in the '50's and 60's, as did homestead families all over Alaska during that time.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351497
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You guys burst my bubble.....jk


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351532
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With a couple million net worth each family...their lifestyle portrayed is a glorified hobby, almost a vacation. Yeah, I'm a little bit jealous Hahaha! I don't blame them that much.


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: Moosetrot] #6351547
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Originally Posted By: Moosetrot
I met Grandpa Kilcher in 1981. I used his homestead for a basecamp for 3 months while climbing in the Kenai Range. Would kayak across Kachemak Bay.

Yeah, I think he was the real deal. Hard working son of a gun. He played hard too. I have pictures of him rolling around the yard inside a round stock feeder he had modified with handles on the inside. It was a real hoot to watch. He'd eat puschki and nettles. I remember him dancing with girls at Alice's Champagne Palace in Homer.

Really fun and it brings back memories for me when I watch the show. I slept a couple nights in that octagon structure. He called it the Yoga or Meditation House back then. It was a nice break from the tent for sure.

Moosetrot


That is very interesting would of loved to explore the Kenai Range.


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6351568
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I can't believe there Is a once of fat on any of those cows. That's all they do Is drive them from one point to the next point and It's on every episode. LOL


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Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: Spek Jones] #6351649
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ok, upgrade to road. They are one of my favorite shows to watch on tv.
I am sure it was no piece of cake there early on.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6352058
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yep I am always asking why when I am watching that show. But I do like the scenery they show. Otto can be funny quite often.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6352369
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It's a lot better than most of what is on tv.

Re: Alaska: The last frontier. [Re: elkaholic] #6352594
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I now a dairy farming family around me who are just like the Kilchers. They grew up during hard times, but while times aren't as hard as they used to be, they still have all of their upstanding morale values intact.

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