The Raney family adventures began in 1974 in the logging camps of Southeast Alaska. Their first home in Alaska was not only off-grid, it was off land: a floating logging camp off of Prince of Wales Island. The family often lived without power, water, plumbing, or heat. One year later, Marty and Mollee found themselves on a 160-acre homestead in Haines, Alaska. Their homestead was off-grid, 100 miles from town. A few years later, they moved to yet another off-grid floating logging camp, 100 air miles from the small, coastal fishing town of Sitka, Alaska.

Some would call this “roughing it,” but make no mistake about it, it builds character. Living without modern conveniences inspires creativity, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and an innate appreciation for all things simple. It bonds families.

Subsisting off the land is an integral part of the Raney lifestyle. Dipnetting salmon, and annual moose, caribou, and sheep hunts, are done as a family.

After 49 years in the 49th state, the Raneys returned to life off-grid, building their log home across a Class IV+ river, in the remote Alaskan wilderness.