Tune in for season finale with back-to-back episodes featuring Josh & Rachel Jackling and Ted Baker
New Berlin, WI -(Ammoland.com)- In the season finale of America Unplugged exclusively on Sportsman Channel, July 10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, viewers join two couples who make living off the grid seem like paradise.
On Thursday’s back-to-back episodes, the first episode follows Josh and Rachel Jackling of Perris, California, who own and operate Protective Bunkers Survival Center. Their bunkers are a “home away from home” with all the comforts anyone would need during an apocalyptic event.
In the second episode, Ted Baker of Chavies, Kentucky shares how he lives a full life on 300 acres with energy provided from his own natural gas surface mine. Both men must continuously improvise to survive almost, if not completely, off-grid.
Josh Jackling is particularly worried about earthquakes and the threat of nuclear war. That’s why he started Protective Bunkers Survival Center. The Jacklings learned how to build bunkers after the 2011 Japan earthquake, their home in California is only one mile away from a major fault line. In addition to building bunkers, the Jacklings can help potential survivalists create anything they need for a good “bug-out” bag. They teach self-sufficiency and tactical skill classes on everything from goat and rabbit butchering to HAM radio skills to sniper rifle training.
Ted Baker has been living on his 300-acre plot for nearly 30 years – creating a cabin from the ground up with solar panels connected to 28 batteries designed for golf carts. The most unique attribute to his property is the hybrid power system, with a generator hooked up to the on-property natural gas well, which employs several of his neighbors. Ted lives off the land and, even during the harshest times, has been able to avoid leaving his home for supplies. “One winter I went out two times,” he says. “That was the best year of my life.” He grows, hunts and cultivates much of his own food and will be able to show viewers how to survive no matter the obstacle.
America Unplugged airs exclusively on Sportsman Channel on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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