Going off grid... changing our grind

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. - John Muir

Wandered Off

Chris & Brandi

Hey hey everyone!! We are your typical GenX couple with grown kids and a couple grandkids trying to live life to the fullest. In early 2019, Chris suffered a brain hemorrhage with only days to live, just to be sent home three weeks later and told to live a stress-free life. We are both in the construction industry which is anything but stress free. Fast forward, we bought our fifth wheel in early 2020 and left the Florida Keys and headed to Tahoe where Chris just wanted to hike out his remaining days. Two years later we moved back to the Keys to chase the grand kids and continue living life. We raised our kids traveling, camping, hiking and enjoying life not worried about a budget. Life's challenges prevented work at times and now that we are in our early 50s, we are thinking about retirement. Tired of paying interest, taxes and insurance on something we will never own, we sought out alternatives. We spent two years looking for land to build out on our own. And here we are... going off grid. Stick around... this is going to be fun and challenging!! Subscribe to our channel to follow our journey.

Debt Free Homestead

We are paying cash for everything with the full intention of having zero debt when we retire in 9 years, if not sooner. We share how much we are spending in our videos on our YouTube channel - Wandered Off

Sustainable Homestead

We plan to grow and raise our own food. We will water haul and set up rain catchment as our water sources and live off solar and possibly wind for energy.

Our last project - our forever generational homestead

We bought our land in 2024. We installed septic and cleared the land in 2025. This will be a slow process for us until we can leave Florida and head to Arizona full time to start the build out ourselves - our goal for 2026.

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