The Boonies

People who move away from society most generally do not want to be movie stars. I know a few families including ourselves who lived and raised they're kids in Northern Idaho and NW Montana. kids peddled a stationary bicycle every Saturday morning to generate electricity so they could watch cartoons. And no, they were not skinny and under-nourished, you would have to be a real fool to starve in this country with the deer, elk, moose, porcupines, squirrels,game birds, fish..... Im happy this show aired and wish it was still on, Clearwater river and valley is a site to behold let alone the little mtn man guy, who is basically just a local living in a tee pee rather than a house! Maybe Bear grils will come and make you guys the kind of show you crave! lol...Mr.x

Watched The Boonies the other night on NatGeo and was pleasantly surprised, though I probably shouldn't have been being that it is a National Geographic production. The photography and the scenery were simply beautiful.

The series follows the lives of four people who live off the grid and away from society in general. Bear Claw lives the life of a mountain nomad in northern Idaho. Dan Burton and his family live on an island in the middle of Lake Michigan. Doc and Jeannie Leverett live in north-eastern Washington State above the ground in a tree house. And Joe Ray lives in the underground caves in northern Arkansas. Each of the parties, unique in their own way, weave a story of true American spirit and survival against the odds.

The first episode established the living arrangements and a brief back story for each of the series' regulars, setting the stage for the development of an interesting and exciting storyline.

Looking forward to following the series to see how successful these folks are living off, under, above and beyond the grid!

Disregard all the armchair survival experts who are slamming this program. It never claimed to be an educational program on how to survive in the wilderness.

Like almost every other program on TV, it's entertainment, and it does a dang good job of it. Watch it, if this is your kind of thing, you'll enjoy getting to know the interesting characters who you'd expect to be living in The Boonies.

Am curious to know who owns all the properties comprising the places these folks have set up as home? Do they own it?

This is an entertaining show. But literally the only reason I'm leaving this review is to ask/exclaim: Why do these people seem to think they own the land that they occupy?! No one is "trespassing" due to the fact that YOU DO NOT OWN THIS LAND. Merely using and occupying an area does not make it yours. That's one of the differences in living off of the grid and participating in the rat race. If you want to be able to keep "trespassers" away, you'll need to purchase that land buddy. That is all.