About a year ago I became infatuated with watching a You Tube show, Tyler and Todd and have yet missed an episode, which they generally do every Sunday. Tyler and Todd Gibbon-Thorne met online at the ripe young age in 12th grade online, and have been together ever since, through college and beyond. They were the young married couple, had great jobs, and lived in a four-bedroom house in Alberta Canada, where they were accepted and supported by their friends and family. Come 2019 they ditched it all to hit the road in a 1996 recreational vehicle that they bought for $7,000. And lived they have since. Their initial show surrounded their travels in the vehicle and their camping exploits with their two dogs Charlie and Eddie...and then when COVID hit, their current project -building a home on ten acres in the wildness of Nova Scotia came about as they decided to live completely off the grid. I was so jealous. The series is beyond fascinating, as we see the candid ups and downs and definitely huge learning challenges they can go through and meet head on with in a weeks' time.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that they are both so fricking adorable! I have to give them credit for doing this, as I know, I wouldn't even know where to start. But I'm very romanticized by the idea of living out away from everything and everyone, as in these times I can't stand most of the news, people's behaviors and the current climate of things. And Im a huge nature lover as your aware. I've long thought I may be destined to become the next Little Edie. I just adore glamping in the summer when in the Pocono Mt...and could just easily stay in my little swank vintage camper, but then where do the houseboys stay? I would love to do what they have done and have the balls to do it, but honey, do I look like a queen who beats her laundry on a rock? None of this is in my wheelhouse. I could only do it, if it was all done for me, or I move in with Tyler and Todd. They just blow my mind with what they have done, and STILL love each other. And I'm here to tell you they do it all, with very little help. They even grow most of their own food, found and created their water sources, and recently finished their Geo Dome home that they now live in. Yes, I think these two are on to something. I'm so intrigued week after week. Although my living off the grid might be me going to live in a monastery. Here are two clips. One of the first get to knows and why they live off the grid, and their most current from this past Sunday.
I was glad they did this past episode on Sunday. You can sort of sense the wear and tear, the wear down of the elements and the stress of all these different projects they have. I often wondered if they would take a break and escape it all.
