1 00:00:09,043 --> 00:00:11,110 [Eivin yelling] Ow! [bleep] Damn it! 2 00:00:11,612 --> 00:00:12,411 [groans] 3 00:00:13,948 --> 00:00:15,013 [groans louder] 4 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:21,453 [Eivin] Okay. So, I just hurt myself. 5 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,522 Um, I was using my pressure washer 6 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,057 and my hand went in front of the beam. 7 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:28,494 Oh, it hurts really, really bad. 8 00:00:28,496 --> 00:00:30,129 [sighs] 9 00:00:30,131 --> 00:00:32,898 I'm gonna need to go into the hospital for this. 10 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:35,934 So, when I shot myself in the hand with a pressure washer, 11 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,037 it injected high-pressured water 12 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:40,239 and air into my hand. 13 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:44,410 It's super swollen in there. 14 00:00:44,412 --> 00:00:46,045 I think it's all full of water. 15 00:00:48,215 --> 00:00:49,948 Air, maybe, or something. 16 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,785 I feel all these little air bubbles popping and moving around. 17 00:00:52,787 --> 00:00:54,720 It's a very disconcerting feeling. 18 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:57,222 Because you don't really want air bubbles in your bloodstream. 19 00:00:59,126 --> 00:01:00,325 People die that way. 20 00:01:03,631 --> 00:01:04,930 I called my brother-in-law. 21 00:01:04,932 --> 00:01:05,931 He's a surgeon. 22 00:01:07,301 --> 00:01:08,500 He just told me that bas-- 23 00:01:08,502 --> 00:01:09,935 I sent him a photo of where it is 24 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:11,937 and he just told me that, based on where it is, 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,941 um, there's a chance it could've hit the nerve. 26 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,943 Cut the nerve, which is why it kind of feels numb. 27 00:01:18,045 --> 00:01:19,611 Which would be a major drag 28 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:22,614 and that would mean I would need to go to Anchorage to see a hand surgeon. 29 00:01:23,951 --> 00:01:25,184 Living on a homestead, 30 00:01:25,186 --> 00:01:27,352 we're constantly dealing with calculated risk. 31 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:31,423 And the things that we do on a daily basis are fairly dangerous. 32 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:34,259 Holy-- [sighs] 33 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:35,727 Ow, God! 34 00:01:36,831 --> 00:01:37,996 [Eivin] I drive a motorcycle around. 35 00:01:37,998 --> 00:01:39,698 We drive four-wheelers aroun 36 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,200 Driving snow machines. 37 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:43,034 [groans] 38 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:45,037 -When you're riding horses. -Whoa! 39 00:01:45,039 --> 00:01:46,305 Chasing cows. 40 00:01:46,307 --> 00:01:47,840 [woman] The black one. [yel] 41 00:01:47,842 --> 00:01:50,008 -[repeating] Easy! -Kelli, this horse is in the electric wire. 42 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:52,711 [winces, yells] Ow! [bleep] this! 43 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:54,346 [Eivin] Stuff happens on the homestead, you know, 44 00:01:54,415 --> 00:01:57,850 that's definitely more dangerous than just working in an office. 45 00:01:58,519 --> 00:01:59,351 Oh! 46 00:02:00,221 --> 00:02:01,687 [groans] 47 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:03,622 You know, I was holding onto the wand with one hand 48 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:07,759 and trying to pull a piece of plastic cowling on the four-wheeler, out of the way 49 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:11,930 And then, it slapped the end of the nozzle just right into my hand. 50 00:02:11,932 --> 00:02:13,097 [Eve groans] 51 00:02:13,099 --> 00:02:15,601 [Eve] If we've learned anything this year, 52 00:02:15,603 --> 00:02:18,737 it's that life can change suddenly. 53 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:22,708 So, when he gets injured, it's just scary. 54 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:25,644 I don't want you to have to have hand surgery. 55 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:28,514 Like, oh, just you without your hands is like. 56 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:31,250 Not good. 57 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:32,818 In the summertime, there's a million things 58 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:34,486 that need to happen on the homestead. 59 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:36,922 If I had to get surgery, it would shut down a lot of those things. 60 00:02:36,924 --> 00:02:39,591 And I would end up becoming kind of more of a hinderance 61 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:42,528 And so, if my dad's injury has taught me anything, 62 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:45,697 it's that it's super importa to teach my kids 63 00:02:45,699 --> 00:02:48,133 as many things about runnin a homestead as possible. 64 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:50,736 So, in the event that I were injured or hurt, 65 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:53,305 they would be able to help Eve and pick up some of the slack. 66 00:02:58,746 --> 00:03:00,512 [Eivin] So, they're gonna let me go home. 67 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:03,916 My hand, here. 68 00:03:03,918 --> 00:03:05,717 They bandaged it all up. 69 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:08,520 They did an ultrasound on my hand, 70 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:14,493 which showed, it didn't show any air bubbles inside of my circulatory system. 71 00:03:14,495 --> 00:03:16,127 Which was a major win 72 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:19,298 because you don't really want air bubbles in your bloodstream, obviously. 73 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,500 As it is now, super lucky 74 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:25,504 that I still have all the sensation in my thumb. 75 00:03:25,506 --> 00:03:29,208 A lot of people, they have the idea that they wanna go be a homesteader 76 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:31,210 and boy, does that sound romantic. 77 00:03:31,212 --> 00:03:34,513 But the reality of like, a day in and a day out, 78 00:03:34,515 --> 00:03:36,748 that is not easy to deal wit 79 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:37,849 Some people can't hack it. 80 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:39,851 Some people can. 81 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:42,854 Would I change my lifestyle Maybe slight things. 82 00:03:42,923 --> 00:03:44,756 But, for me, 83 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:49,628 [stammers] you know, the lifestyle is worth the risk. 84 00:03:51,031 --> 00:03:53,799 Oh, bummer. 85 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:57,703 -[siren blaring] -[Eivin] Previously, on Alaska: The Last Frontier.. 86 00:03:57,705 --> 00:04:01,940 [Eivin] My dad was crushed, almost to death, by a cow four months ago. 87 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:03,442 [cow bellowing] 88 00:04:03,444 --> 00:04:07,112 [Eivin] Every single animal that we encounter is well over 1200 pounds. 89 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,347 Dad, watch yourself. 90 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,616 [cow grunts] 91 00:04:10,618 --> 00:04:15,254 Oh, just Eivin came up with some pretty cool gadgets to help manage the cows. 92 00:04:15,322 --> 00:04:16,855 Now, we're starting a hemp farm. 93 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:19,424 So, when the day comes that I can't get on a horse, 94 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,226 we've got a backup plan. 95 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:22,661 Is that too cool or what? 96 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:24,630 [groans] 97 00:04:24,632 --> 00:04:26,064 This past year, 98 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:28,333 I had major shoulder surgery 99 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,168 [stutters] Little, little down at times. 100 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:31,203 Ha! 101 00:04:31,205 --> 00:04:33,138 Have water, will travel. 102 00:04:33,207 --> 00:04:36,608 One of the best ways to get over your own troubles 103 00:04:36,610 --> 00:04:39,111 is getting involved in other people's lives. 104 00:04:39,113 --> 00:04:40,646 [Eivin] Oh, they're jumping! 105 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:44,416 Alaska made me who I am, but I am more than Alaska. 106 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:48,453 And I need to go prove that to myself and prove that to everybody else. 107 00:04:48,555 --> 00:04:51,823 Really and truly, I don't see myself living on the homestead my whole life. 108 00:04:51,825 --> 00:04:54,559 There are some other things on my mind 109 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:57,329 that I might want to go out and do, yet. 110 00:04:57,331 --> 00:05:01,099 You're right at that age where you should start accumulating skills. 111 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:03,435 Right. There's a possibility that I could transition 112 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,203 to like, flying helicopters. 113 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:06,805 -Uh-huh. -That would be really, 114 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:08,407 -really cool. -Yeah. 115 00:05:19,053 --> 00:05:21,119 -I'm August. -Hey, August. Good to meet you. I'm Eric. 116 00:05:21,121 --> 00:05:22,454 -Nice to meet you. -Yeah, you too. 117 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:25,657 -So, you wanna know a bit about helicopters. -I do, yes. 118 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:27,826 [August] Eivin took me up to Red Mountain. 119 00:05:27,828 --> 00:05:31,129 It reminded me that it's tim to take steps to start doin something in my life. 120 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:33,799 [Eivin] I see that you've struggled a little bit with trying to decide, 121 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:35,400 you know, what to do. 122 00:05:35,402 --> 00:05:38,904 -Biggest thing is just findi something and trying it out -Right. 123 00:05:38,906 --> 00:05:41,907 [Eric] Have any other training like airplanes or anything like that? 124 00:05:41,909 --> 00:05:44,543 Uh, no. I have little to no training. 125 00:05:44,611 --> 00:05:46,611 But I do play a lot of flight simulators. 126 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:48,279 Okay, that counts. That counts. 127 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:51,216 [August] I went to college for a couple of years for engineering. 128 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:55,120 It turns out, I never learned how to study. 129 00:05:55,122 --> 00:05:56,555 [Eve] Do you want a hand, August? 130 00:05:56,623 --> 00:05:57,389 No. 131 00:05:57,391 --> 00:05:59,224 [August] And I came back. 132 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:04,730 And I've been trying to develop other skills as far as homesteading goes. 133 00:06:04,732 --> 00:06:07,699 [Otto] So, I'm really, really, really proud of what you've done here, son. 134 00:06:08,202 --> 00:06:10,035 I wanna live in it. 135 00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:12,938 [August] But as far as like trying to make a life and career out of it. 136 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:14,506 [yelling] Dad! 137 00:06:14,508 --> 00:06:16,708 There's a calf caught in the sliding door. 138 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:17,843 [Otto] Oh, my God. 139 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:19,611 [August] I don't think that that's for me. 140 00:06:20,047 --> 00:06:21,446 Hang on, hang on. 141 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,348 I'm gonna try to get him out of there. 142 00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:27,152 But I've come to the realization that I enjoy operating things. 143 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:29,521 How am I for vertical? 144 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:32,324 And my dad's injury triggere something in me. 145 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:35,961 Because, where we live in Homer, 146 00:06:36,029 --> 00:06:38,029 there's no dedicated Medevac 147 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:40,599 My dad was on the ground for two hours, 148 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:43,702 before trained personnel could get there. 149 00:06:43,704 --> 00:06:47,739 And so, I guess, the idea of being able to help other people, 150 00:06:47,841 --> 00:06:49,407 not just my dad. 151 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:52,210 Get the help that they need faster, I think, is really appealing to me. 152 00:06:56,617 --> 00:06:59,551 So, what am I... what am I looking at? 153 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:01,953 [Eric] A lot of this is all standard airplane stuff. 154 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,922 -Okay. -You have your altimeter. 155 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:04,956 You have your air speed. 156 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:06,925 This is your electric attitude indicator. 157 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:08,660 [August] I'm sitting in the co-pilot seat, 158 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:09,961 there's no controls over there. 159 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:12,497 But the thing that was most surprising to me 160 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:16,201 is there were a lot less gauges, dials and switches 161 00:07:16,203 --> 00:07:19,404 [chuckles] in that aircraft than I expected there to be. 162 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:20,806 As far as instruments go, 163 00:07:20,808 --> 00:07:22,641 there is maybe, only twelve 164 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:25,210 And as far as buttons, lever and switches, 165 00:07:25,212 --> 00:07:28,313 there was no more than 30. 166 00:07:30,818 --> 00:07:33,018 All right, well, that's it. I mean, uh, 167 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:34,453 I say we fire it up and go for a ride. 168 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:35,420 [both laughing] 169 00:07:35,422 --> 00:07:37,255 -I'd love to. -All right. 170 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,624 [laughs excitedly] 171 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:40,725 -Okay. -Okay. 172 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:41,726 [both laughing] 173 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,863 [laughs] What? 174 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:46,598 [engine starts] 175 00:07:51,138 --> 00:07:52,203 [inaudible over radio] ...departure. 176 00:07:55,509 --> 00:07:56,842 [Eric] All right. I think you're ready to go. 177 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,358 [Atz] I've brought these things to the table. 178 00:08:15,762 --> 00:08:17,295 I have to say, I was... 179 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:22,734 -Touched that you wanted to test your wilderness skills-- -Need to. 180 00:08:22,803 --> 00:08:26,338 Before you head off to college for the rest of your life. 181 00:08:26,373 --> 00:08:28,240 [fake sobs] 182 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:32,544 Every single Alaskan kid and or Kilcher has to go through a bit of a rite of passage. 183 00:08:32,646 --> 00:08:35,046 Just kind of go out into the woods by yourself. 184 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:37,115 And I know it's something m dad has done many times. 185 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:39,117 And it makes sense, before I go out to college, 186 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,652 on my own, to test myself. 187 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:42,754 I've gone out to the back country with my dad, 188 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:43,854 but never by myself. 189 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:45,056 And I feel like, if I can do this, 190 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:46,525 I can do anything on my own 191 00:08:47,394 --> 00:08:51,763 This little pack is my, uh, two-day. 192 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,798 I've seen that green pack for pretty much, 193 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,301 -my entire life. Yeah. -Yes. 194 00:08:56,303 --> 00:08:59,237 [Atz] Cultures have, you kno had rites of passage. 195 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:01,706 It means something different depending on where you live 196 00:09:01,708 --> 00:09:04,342 and luckily, the lifestyle we've raised, 197 00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:06,211 being as remote as we are, 198 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:07,812 you know, we can still have these opportunities 199 00:09:07,814 --> 00:09:10,115 to send our children on this kind of, rites of passage. 200 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:12,117 It feels like just yesterda that Etienne 201 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:14,519 showed interest to go rabbit hunting with me. 202 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:16,087 And it was a great experience for him 203 00:09:16,089 --> 00:09:18,657 and so, that's kind of what this is, in a sense. 204 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:21,326 It's not so much like, "hey, if you know how to do this, 205 00:09:21,328 --> 00:09:22,627 you'll do really good in college." 206 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:24,696 -It's more so you can have that time to reflect, -Mm-hmm. 207 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,398 out in the wilds and have that moment. 208 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,934 'Cause in silence, that's really when you find yourself. 209 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:31,136 Exactly. And there's nothing more silent than the woods. 210 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:32,037 That's true. 211 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:33,838 Yeah, it worked for grandpa Yule. 212 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:36,942 It worked for your grandpa Atz. 213 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:38,343 It's worked for me. 214 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,411 That's where it all began. 215 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:43,014 That was my first back country cabin. 216 00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:46,952 That was first cabin that I took you to as a little, little, little person. 217 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:49,054 [Etienne] Yeah, I'm gonna be going out to the hunters' cabin. 218 00:09:49,122 --> 00:09:52,257 It's extremely difficult to get to, especially in the Summer. 219 00:09:52,326 --> 00:09:54,259 The cabin's on the other side of the canyon. 220 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:56,962 And to get there, I have to cross really swampy location 221 00:09:56,997 --> 00:09:58,597 with not a lot of clear hiking trails. 222 00:09:58,599 --> 00:10:02,300 And in the Summertime, in anywhere where there's standing water, 223 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:06,705 there's hordes, just absolut clouds of mosquitoes coming after you. 224 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:10,141 Also, there's around 500 bears in a three-mile vicinity. 225 00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:15,213 [Atz] So, you have two options. 226 00:10:15,215 --> 00:10:17,315 If you were to just go as the crow flies, 227 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:19,150 it would be fastest. 228 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:21,353 -To dive right off of this canyon. -Gotcha. 229 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:23,855 [Atz] And go down the canyo and up the other side. 230 00:10:25,058 --> 00:10:26,758 It's five or six miles. 231 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:29,661 The biggest disadvantage is the fact that there are more bears 232 00:10:29,730 --> 00:10:34,232 in that canyon, than anywhere else on the entire lower Kenai Peninsula. 233 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:35,767 I would say so. 234 00:10:35,769 --> 00:10:38,703 -And then, if there was lik, a moose kill... -Yeah. 235 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:40,038 ...down in that canyon, 236 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,806 -Mm-hmm. -and the bear was being protective 237 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:43,508 and the bear ate you. 238 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,944 -That's a disadvantage. -[both chuckle] 239 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:48,146 -If you go around the canyon, -Mm-hmm. 240 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:50,515 -it adds another four miles -Wow. 241 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:53,218 There will be a trail to go through. 242 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:55,620 That's where you need to cut off to the hunters' cabin. 243 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,922 It's a bit nerve-wracking wh you send your kid out 244 00:10:57,924 --> 00:10:59,624 where they're trying to get from point A to point B, 245 00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:02,694 in the middle of nowhere, by themselves for the first time. 246 00:11:02,696 --> 00:11:05,363 If something goes wrong, the burden's gonna fall onto me. 247 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:07,832 But, at the same time you wanna encourage independence 248 00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:09,634 So, nothing else I can teach him, you know? 249 00:11:09,736 --> 00:11:11,436 It's just a matter of him finding it out on his own, 250 00:11:11,505 --> 00:11:14,506 now and hopefully, he'll just have a beautiful experience. 251 00:11:14,508 --> 00:11:17,108 -That's basically where you're heading. -Gotcha. 252 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:18,910 That muskeg, the "S" muskeg, 253 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:20,111 -Gotcha. -that extends down. 254 00:11:20,113 --> 00:11:21,713 All the way down. 255 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:23,148 -Good luck, man. -Thank you. 256 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:24,315 -Have fun. -I will. 257 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:25,950 Enjoy it. 258 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:27,519 -See you, man. Good luck. -See you. 259 00:11:27,521 --> 00:11:29,721 [Etienne] Alaska is a very special place to grow up. 260 00:11:29,723 --> 00:11:32,023 It kind of shapes your mind to a different kind of way 261 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:33,958 than, I would say, anywhere else in the world, really. 262 00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:37,228 I will just be forever grateful to it. 263 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:39,964 Okay. Just gonna follow the game trail for a little bit. 264 00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:42,300 Trying not to die. 265 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:43,835 Living off of the land, 266 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:45,937 being able to survive in the wilderness 267 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:48,807 is probably the biggest family tradition that the Kilchers have. 268 00:11:59,119 --> 00:11:59,918 [both laughing] 269 00:12:05,525 --> 00:12:06,357 [laughing excitedly] 270 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,899 But I'm also trying to, you know. 271 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:16,000 There's stuff I wanna know 272 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:17,235 I'm also trying to look at your instruments 273 00:12:17,304 --> 00:12:19,938 and see what's going on here, as well. 274 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:20,939 [Eric] This is left. 275 00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:22,340 Right. 276 00:12:22,843 --> 00:12:23,808 Forward. Back. 277 00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:26,311 This is very easy to control. 278 00:12:26,313 --> 00:12:27,312 Very, very light. 279 00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:33,918 Now, if you like machinery, it is so fun. 280 00:12:36,156 --> 00:12:37,722 [August] The best part about Alaska, hands down, 281 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:40,759 is the freedom that you get from all the space. 282 00:12:42,629 --> 00:12:44,829 Sitting in that co-pilot's seat 283 00:12:44,831 --> 00:12:46,798 was giving me a lot of good tingles. 284 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,232 [laughing giddily] 285 00:12:49,336 --> 00:12:52,737 [August] Looking out of the helicopter is really magical 286 00:12:53,740 --> 00:12:56,141 [Eric] As you burn fuel, you become lighter. 287 00:12:56,242 --> 00:12:57,942 Typically, you're gonna have this much fuel you take off. 288 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:00,612 Fully loaded with fuel passengers 289 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:02,781 correctly balanced to be in this envelope. 290 00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:04,349 Now, when we're flying around, 291 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:08,653 I do have to keep constantly recomputing our way of balance. 292 00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:13,324 We've got plenty of horsepower so we'll hover next to this waterfall. 293 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:15,093 You can never get in here with an airplane. 294 00:13:15,095 --> 00:13:16,060 -[August] That's right. -[Eric chuckles] 295 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:17,862 [August] This is inspiring. 296 00:13:18,532 --> 00:13:19,831 [Eric] Crazy beautiful, yeah. 297 00:13:20,634 --> 00:13:21,833 All right, let's head back. 298 00:13:21,902 --> 00:13:22,634 [August] All right. 299 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:27,405 My dad raised the boys 300 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:29,941 to kind of follow in his footsteps as cattlemen. 301 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:34,412 Growing up, we all went on cattle drives as a family 302 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:35,947 [Otto] There you go, August. Keep it moving. 303 00:13:35,949 --> 00:13:38,216 [yelling] 304 00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:41,519 [August] And my dad really depended on Eivin to be his right hand man. 305 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:42,720 [Eivin] Smack them in the ears. 306 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:45,423 Hit 'em like you mean it. 307 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:46,891 There you go. 308 00:13:46,893 --> 00:13:50,128 [Otto] It's part of my role as a parent now to teach Eiv 309 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:52,730 to take his role. 310 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:55,333 To take the reins, you know? 311 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:57,836 Hello, cows! 312 00:13:57,904 --> 00:13:59,804 [August] I think my dad was a bit disappointed 313 00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:01,306 when Eivin came to him and said, 314 00:14:01,308 --> 00:14:04,542 "Hey, cattle ranching isn't for me." But, I mean, 315 00:14:04,544 --> 00:14:08,012 I think I've stepped up to take on the role as dad's 316 00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:09,714 right hand man on cattle drives. 317 00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:11,316 [Otto] August, good job! 318 00:14:11,318 --> 00:14:14,719 But I know that cattle ranching isn't really for me either. 319 00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:18,957 Today it's really solidified that, 320 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:22,360 "Hey, being a pilot isn't a bad idea." 321 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:25,530 But I know it's a long, difficult process. 322 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:29,400 But, you know, I think it's... I think it would be worth it. 323 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:31,102 [helicopter hovering] 324 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:33,004 I think Dad knows, 325 00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:36,541 but I'm still gonna have to tell him that I wanna be a helicopter medic. 326 00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,546 -Eric, thank you so much. -[Eric] Glad you enjoyed it. 327 00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,115 [eagle whistling] 328 00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,054 [bellowing] 329 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:53,224 [Etienne] The adventure continues. 330 00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:58,229 [breathing heavily] Looking for bears. Just looking for bears. 331 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:00,932 [sloshing] 332 00:15:00,934 --> 00:15:04,602 We're officially in the large muskeg. 333 00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:07,538 [Atz] ...Canyon's edge is ki of a unique terrain. 334 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:10,808 'Cause we're up about anothe 1,000 feet in elevation from the homestead 335 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:12,810 and surrounded by muskegs. 336 00:15:12,812 --> 00:15:16,214 Muskegs are basically ancient glacial lakes 337 00:15:16,216 --> 00:15:18,950 that started drying up, making a muck. 338 00:15:19,052 --> 00:15:21,552 And then the muck started to grow some moss and grass 339 00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:23,655 and made a little film over the top. 340 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,523 And that's a muskeg. 341 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:29,227 But certainly tough terrain That path gets very, very muddy and wet. 342 00:15:29,229 --> 00:15:30,395 So, when you go through, 343 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,798 you better have on your waders because you can go deep. 344 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,001 [sloshing] 345 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:45,009 Making really steady progress. I got my landmarks over there. 346 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:47,645 There's a Sheep River valley right there. 347 00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:49,314 And things are going pretty good so far, 348 00:15:49,316 --> 00:15:54,052 haven't heard any like big, loud, bangs and crashes in the woods 349 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,620 or anything. 350 00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:56,821 So feeling pretty confident. 351 00:15:59,526 --> 00:16:03,728 Just trying to show you how sloppy it is in in here. 352 00:16:05,031 --> 00:16:08,299 There might be a hole in my boot. I'm not gonna lie. 353 00:16:08,935 --> 00:16:11,035 Very possible. Oh, god! 354 00:16:11,104 --> 00:16:12,804 Yeah, there's a hole in my boot. 355 00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:18,509 So, that's great. Now my foot's really wet. 356 00:16:20,547 --> 00:16:22,547 Getting out of the muskeg now. 357 00:16:23,917 --> 00:16:26,684 My dad told me to stick to the muskeg. It's a safer route. 358 00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:29,620 There's no bears and you can see your landmar a lot easier. 359 00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:34,325 But it is so slow walking through all this muck. 360 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:36,127 I'm gonna tread across through these woods, 361 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:38,229 it'd would be a faster rout over to the cabin. 362 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:47,005 We're officially in the forest. 363 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:49,707 This does not look like it's going to be fun to go through. 364 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:51,809 [breath heavily] 365 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:52,710 [twigs snapping] 366 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:54,412 What was that? 367 00:16:57,317 --> 00:16:59,584 -I think it was a squirrel. -[birds chirping] 368 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,520 When you're out there and you're alone and you're just thinking to yourself th 369 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:06,257 like, "This is how my dad used to live everyday." 370 00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:11,662 I've never been on higher alert before. 371 00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:14,699 It just kind of blew my mind like, "This is how my dad would get to school," 372 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:18,836 like, "This is how my grandpa was basically... this is everything he's ever known." 373 00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:23,107 [Atz Sr] You know, when you' out there in the wilderness 374 00:17:23,109 --> 00:17:25,243 you gotta know what's going on. 375 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:28,312 Being raised in a homestead 376 00:17:28,314 --> 00:17:30,715 It was just a part of growing up. 377 00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,783 [horse whinnies] 378 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:36,421 It's a constant, almost subconscious way of being. 379 00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:39,624 I remember as a kid growing up, 380 00:17:39,626 --> 00:17:43,528 you went outside and the fir thing you looked at was the trees. 381 00:17:43,530 --> 00:17:45,196 Is there an owl? Is there a hawk? 382 00:17:45,198 --> 00:17:48,132 Is there something up there waiting to come and get our chickens? 383 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,902 Rifles were always close by 384 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:54,439 I never made a conscious decision, "I wanna learn thi I wanna learn that." 385 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:58,209 You're raised that way, whether it's reading animal signs. 386 00:17:58,211 --> 00:17:59,911 Now there it is right there. 387 00:17:59,913 --> 00:18:01,679 Or knowing where to camp. 388 00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:04,449 What kind of wood to build a fire out of. 389 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:06,316 I'm gonna go take a little nap. 390 00:18:06,318 --> 00:18:11,622 You learn all those things and then you gotta see how you do on your own. 391 00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:15,359 Being alone, 392 00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:19,530 making do with what you hav is kind of like a rite of passage. 393 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,432 Like going to college. 394 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,202 Spend time out in the wilderness, 395 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:26,237 get a degree. 396 00:18:26,306 --> 00:18:29,340 It's just a part of growing on a homestead. 397 00:18:30,343 --> 00:18:31,409 [grunts] 398 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:35,913 Well, they're so damn thick. 399 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,819 [coyotes whining] 400 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,123 That is bear poop. 401 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:47,225 There has been a bear here. 402 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,963 Can't really see it, but... 403 00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,798 An active area for sure. 404 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:57,735 There's a rib cage down there. 405 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,804 Yeah. There is. 406 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,207 Something dead right there. [chuckles] 407 00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:05,843 I kind of looked down in the canyon and I just see a rib cage. 408 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:07,945 And there's nothing that ca get the adrenaline pumping 409 00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:11,249 more than just seeing a carcass in the middle of the woods. 410 00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:13,417 That does not smell good. 411 00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:16,053 That does not smell super old. 412 00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:18,923 Bears defend their carcasses and if you come anywhere near it, 413 00:19:18,925 --> 00:19:20,858 they will attack you. 414 00:19:20,927 --> 00:19:23,728 And you most likely won't survive, so. 415 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,563 Gonna try to get out of here little bit, 416 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,132 try to get to a more open area where I can see more, 417 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:29,600 try to get away from that carcass. 418 00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:34,505 This is why my dad told me to stick to muskegs. 419 00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:43,414 This is a little too sketchy for me. 420 00:19:44,384 --> 00:19:45,349 [grunts] 421 00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:48,819 -And now... -[howling] 422 00:19:49,222 --> 00:19:51,355 Oh, God. 423 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:04,101 Well, it was super solid last night. 424 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:06,504 [Charlotte] We started this whole hemp growing project 425 00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:09,307 to make CBD oil a couple of months ago. 426 00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,309 Now, of course, with this being Alaska, 427 00:20:11,311 --> 00:20:14,812 the summer growing months are much shorter than other places. 428 00:20:14,814 --> 00:20:17,415 In the day, the temperatures are warm, 429 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:21,419 but we're already seeing that the nights are getting colder. 430 00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:25,323 [Otto] Woah! Talk about a bunch of unhappy looking hemp. 431 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:27,325 [Charlotte] Yeah. 432 00:20:27,694 --> 00:20:29,126 [Otto] Whoa! 433 00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:30,528 [Charlotte] Help me just pull 'em out. 434 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,363 I left them going to the bitter end, 435 00:20:32,432 --> 00:20:36,601 but they've seen their last frozen night. 436 00:20:36,603 --> 00:20:42,306 [Otto] When I was in the hospital, I was give narcotics to endure the pain 437 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:45,509 And the side effects that those drugs gave me wa 438 00:20:45,511 --> 00:20:47,545 far worse than the broken ribs. 439 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,047 After taking some CBD oil, 440 00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:54,619 I was able to get myself of of the narcotics right quick 441 00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,455 Oh, man. This is so cool. [laughs] 442 00:20:57,523 --> 00:21:00,124 And we decided to grow our own. 443 00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:03,694 [Charlotte] I think next year what we gotta do is start the seeds a lot earlier. 444 00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:05,162 [Otto] Okay. 445 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:08,399 [Charlotte] So with Jason we were pulling off the biggest leaf 446 00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:10,001 and getting rid off it. 447 00:21:10,003 --> 00:21:13,037 -And just keeping more of the little flower clump. -[Otto] Mm-hmm. 448 00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:15,139 [Otto] Sticky and sticky fingers. 449 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,341 -Yeah, it is sticky. -I bet you that's good news, huh? 450 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:19,443 [Charlotte] Yeah. The stickiness is what you want. 451 00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:22,313 The stickier the plant is, 452 00:21:22,315 --> 00:21:26,217 it means the better the CBD oil content. 453 00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:30,154 And so even though we've almost killed these things with frost, 454 00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:32,690 we still might get a good harvest out of 'em. 455 00:21:32,692 --> 00:21:35,326 [Otto] Oh, man. Check this one out. 456 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:37,862 -[Charlotte] Oh, that looks good. -[Otto] Now there is a plant. 457 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,164 [Charlotte] Yeah. Some of 'em survived a little better. 458 00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:43,034 [Otto] Gonna have some medicinal value in that. 459 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:45,503 Yep. 460 00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:47,938 Charlotte, you ever been to the Great Lakes? 461 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,172 [Charlotte] No. 462 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:51,042 [Otto] I'd like to go to the Great Lakes, someday. 463 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,843 [Charlotte] How come the Great Lake? 464 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:56,113 -[Otto] I've got a friend in Michigan. -[Charlotte] Oh-huh. 465 00:21:56,115 --> 00:22:00,051 I got a friend who's got a ambulance for sale. 466 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:03,521 And I'm thinking, 467 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:06,624 what if we converted that into a motor home? 468 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:09,393 Started taking life a little less seriously. 469 00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:10,527 [Charlotte chuckles] 470 00:22:12,065 --> 00:22:15,232 [Otto] So part of my exploration here 471 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,201 is to keep heading towards minimizing. 472 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:19,203 I know I got a lot of equipment right now 473 00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:21,539 and I do a lot of crazy stuff. 474 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:25,443 But the goal here is to become more self-sufficient. 475 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,945 If I can make it on one cow 476 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:30,414 and one horse, why should I have 20? 477 00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,717 We need an ambulance on a homestead anyway. 478 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:35,519 -We're gonna make it so we can live in it. -[Charlotte chuckles] 479 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:37,722 -Live in the ambulance? -Right. 480 00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:41,058 [Charlotte] I think the herd of cows is our big stumbling, 481 00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:44,428 -block on any kind of food. -Well, maybe, 482 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:46,964 well, I just deserve 'em, we oughta just do that. 483 00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:49,566 I don't know. 484 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:52,937 Thinking about cutting back on my cow herd numbers a little bit. 485 00:22:52,939 --> 00:22:54,905 [Charlotte laughs] 486 00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:58,709 Otto's been talking about reducing the number of cows in our herd for quite a whil 487 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:01,746 We both felt like that woul be a really good idea. 488 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:05,416 Taking care of all these cows is just a huge amount of work 489 00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:06,851 and just constant. 490 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:09,353 -You gotta have a dream first, right? -Right. 491 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:18,829 [Etienne] Oh, God. 492 00:23:19,699 --> 00:23:22,333 I'm kind of turned around. 493 00:23:22,435 --> 00:23:25,503 [breathing heavily] We're fine. We're fine. Good positive vibes. 494 00:23:25,505 --> 00:23:27,338 We gotta have good positive vibes. 495 00:23:30,643 --> 00:23:32,610 [grunts] We're out. 496 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:34,111 Yes! 497 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:35,946 Yes! 498 00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,681 I'm succeeding! 499 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:42,753 I made it back to this clearing and got my bearings towards the muskeg 500 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,622 I'm definitely tired, 501 00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,024 but I feel like mother natur and the wilderness has been pretty kind on me. 502 00:23:52,832 --> 00:23:55,132 I'm gonna stop at some point 503 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:57,334 and possibly make a cup of tea. 504 00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:01,038 ...use what nature gives you. 505 00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:02,840 [grunts] 506 00:24:06,746 --> 00:24:09,079 Just made it up to the top of the hill. 507 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:11,315 If I am correct 508 00:24:11,317 --> 00:24:15,152 there should be a massive landslide. 509 00:24:16,422 --> 00:24:17,655 Wow-zer. 510 00:24:17,723 --> 00:24:20,391 This is the massive landslide. 511 00:24:20,393 --> 00:24:22,526 Feeling amazing, I mean, 512 00:24:22,528 --> 00:24:25,729 it has been glorious. Just me alone in the woods. 513 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,432 There isn't much that's better. 514 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:30,267 Honestly, there is nowhere else I would rather be. 515 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:37,741 I feel really truly blessed to be able to live in a place like this, 516 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:40,344 where I can actually go out and be completely alone. 517 00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:42,713 Kind of hit the reset button on my brain. 518 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:45,349 Hard to beat that view. 519 00:24:45,451 --> 00:24:48,419 It's just really important to be able to remember what's your main goal, 520 00:24:48,421 --> 00:24:49,753 what you really want out of life? 521 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,455 Can you do more? Can you... 522 00:24:52,325 --> 00:24:54,859 ...help more people? 523 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,229 And I think leaving is the only way that I'm gonna truly accomplish that. 524 00:24:58,231 --> 00:25:01,198 So, I'm incredibly, forever grateful 525 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,934 to this day and to this land for giving me 526 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:07,338 the tools I need to help the people that I want. 527 00:25:10,810 --> 00:25:12,710 This is really a hard decision for any kid to have to make 528 00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,312 and really a hard experience for everybody to go through. 529 00:25:15,314 --> 00:25:17,548 But I would say, especially at my situation, 530 00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:19,350 leaving Alaska was a little bit tougher. 531 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,886 Because not only am I leaving everything that I've ever known, 532 00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:25,055 but I'm leaving a homestead that needs kind of constant maintenance. 533 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:27,157 It needs people to be aroun it to keep it alive 534 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,426 and I do kind of feel a pull 535 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,228 something telling me to stay here. 536 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,830 Something telling me to work it out 537 00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:35,299 and just figure out how to homestead 538 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,401 and just really push for the legacy part of it. 539 00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:41,639 But I think the main thing my brain is telling me is to get the hell out of here. 540 00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:44,141 If you are meant to come back, you will. 541 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:47,011 Almost kinda, sort of halfway there. 542 00:25:47,813 --> 00:25:49,113 Let's get moving. 543 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:53,817 Tea beats coffee every time. 544 00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:00,824 [grunting] 545 00:26:03,329 --> 00:26:04,662 Ah, the camera! 546 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,432 Oh, my God! 547 00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:10,200 [grunting] 548 00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:12,603 I really just put this camera here, 549 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:15,039 walked away, feet are completely soaked. 550 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:17,241 I've been walking for hours upon hours. 551 00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:18,409 [blows raspberry] 552 00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:20,044 Bugs are horrendous. 553 00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:21,512 As usual. 554 00:26:21,514 --> 00:26:23,113 [grunting] Oh, my God. 555 00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:26,617 [continues grunting] Oh, my ankle. 556 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:28,852 Starting to hurt a bit. 557 00:26:28,854 --> 00:26:31,522 I successfully navigated through all the muskegs 558 00:26:31,524 --> 00:26:33,157 and all the sketchiness befo 559 00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:34,924 and I'm finally thinking lik 560 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:38,228 "Okay. Maybe, I just might be able to get to this cabi by myself." 561 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:40,064 Hopefully, we're almost done. 562 00:26:42,602 --> 00:26:46,103 Oh, so much mud here. My feet are so wet! 563 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,470 [whispering] I think we're doing it. 564 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:50,207 [out of breath] I think we're... I think we're doing it. 565 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:54,044 And there is a six wheeler. 566 00:26:54,714 --> 00:26:55,946 Finally! 567 00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:58,315 It has been a brutal expedition. 568 00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,051 Definitely a lot harder than I had anticipated. 569 00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:04,321 There was definitely some ups and there was definitely some downs. 570 00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:06,523 It's so nice that's here. Oh, my God! 571 00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:09,493 [out of breath] Guys, I'm not dead. 572 00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:11,128 [laughing] 573 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,496 I'm so happy to see you though. 574 00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:14,364 [Etienne] Yeah. So happy to see you, too. 575 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,500 This is one of the last time that I'm actually gonna be o in the bush 576 00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:18,301 with my father. 577 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,604 And being out in the woods, especially with him is just special to me, 578 00:27:20,606 --> 00:27:22,239 I mean, it's how I spent most of my childhood 579 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,708 and it's how I spent a lot of time growing up, so. 580 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:27,711 I just can't help but think that I'm just really gonna miss it. 581 00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,648 I've never been so stoked to see a cozy cabin. 582 00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,449 -[Atz] Let's burn it down. -Yeah! 583 00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:34,218 No matter where I go or what I do, 584 00:27:34,220 --> 00:27:38,222 I will always love and cherish the homestead with every fiber of my being. 585 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:40,424 [Atz] There might even still have a little snifter moonshine 586 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:41,925 in there waiting for us. 587 00:27:41,927 --> 00:27:43,927 Whoo! [chuckles] 588 00:27:43,929 --> 00:27:45,796 I think you definitely earned it after that. 589 00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:48,899 -I'm gonna find the key. Oh, there it is. Got it. -[exclaiming] 590 00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:52,903 I think the value of actually leaving your hometown/home state 591 00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:55,506 is immeasurable. 592 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:57,307 If you're meant to come back, you will. 593 00:27:57,309 --> 00:27:59,043 Sir. 594 00:27:59,045 --> 00:28:00,944 -[Etienne] We made it! -[Atz] Go ahead, go in. 595 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:03,714 [Etienne] Oh, my God, what? 596 00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:06,016 We did it! 597 00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:12,623 Wait. Why are we cutting it already? 598 00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:14,258 It's gotta grow bigger. What? 599 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,626 [Charlotte] Hey, August. 600 00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:18,128 Well, look at how sad it is. 601 00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:19,963 The frost just killed it. 602 00:28:19,965 --> 00:28:22,499 And so we figured, we gotta get it out of here 603 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:24,234 before it gets more damaged. 604 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:27,404 -You guys need some help? -[Otto] Yeah. 605 00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:30,040 [Otto] This stuff must be working, 'cause I can't feel my fingers anymore. 606 00:28:30,109 --> 00:28:32,710 [Charlotte laughing] I think that's the frost. 607 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,746 -[Otto] August. -Yeah? 608 00:28:35,848 --> 00:28:37,948 Tell me about your helicopter flight. 609 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:40,050 I liked it enough that I think I'm gonna... 610 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:41,919 [chuckles] ...maybe pursue it. 611 00:28:42,822 --> 00:28:45,522 That's a... that's something to do. 612 00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:46,990 [Otto] Wow. 613 00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:50,961 I'm thinking of dedicating some time and money for a flight school. 614 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:57,634 [Otto] It might appear that my sons want vastly different vibes 615 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:01,105 than as a cattlemen. 616 00:29:01,107 --> 00:29:05,142 It'd tickle me if one of them say they want to be a cowboy. 617 00:29:05,211 --> 00:29:08,278 That's not for me to say. That's for them to decide. 618 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,483 And the Alaskan homesteadin life is not for everyone. 619 00:29:12,485 --> 00:29:15,819 If this is August's dream, then we're gonna support him. 620 00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:19,323 You know, I love it that you're trying to think of cool 621 00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:20,958 things you wanna do. 622 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,226 And I wanna support you 623 00:29:22,228 --> 00:29:26,063 but I guess I'm a little, like, scared or something. 624 00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:29,133 -I'm having a mom reaction here. -[August] Fair. 625 00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:31,435 If we wanna compare numbers here. 626 00:29:31,504 --> 00:29:35,806 Helicopters have a much better track record than cows do. 627 00:29:35,808 --> 00:29:37,307 As far as killing people. [chuckles] 628 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,010 -I knew there were gonna be statistics involved. -Really? Really? 629 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:45,616 [August] Yeah, like aviation is almost a statistical anomaly just in general. 630 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:48,018 Helicopters I think bump up a little bit, 631 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,020 but cows kill a bunch of people. 632 00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:53,657 Oh... 633 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:56,560 And you're one to figure that one out in your early first dance. 634 00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:59,229 -I wanna see some of these statistics, son. -[Charlotte laughs] 635 00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,598 You're one of 'em! 636 00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:07,504 And that was the end of the hemp crop. 637 00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:09,106 There's that experiment. 638 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:11,708 [Otto] Maybe Katie wants my cows. 639 00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:13,710 [chuckles] 640 00:30:13,712 --> 00:30:16,046 [Charlotte] I don't think anybody wants our cows. 641 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,220 [Eivin] What would happen if a dog ran out right in front of the road? 642 00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:24,087 What would you do? 643 00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:28,025 -I don't know. -Hit the brakes. 644 00:30:29,728 --> 00:30:30,961 Where's the brakes? 645 00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:33,397 Oops. 646 00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:35,098 Yeah. Lot of brakes, huh? 647 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,501 Findlay and Sparrow and I are going to go the shop. 648 00:30:37,503 --> 00:30:42,039 It's a great time to teach the kids how to drive the side by side. 649 00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:43,607 Okay. Try it. 650 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:44,942 [tires screech] 651 00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:47,344 Good. So that was a really fast stop. 652 00:30:47,446 --> 00:30:50,047 Try it again this time but try it a little more gentle with the pedals, 653 00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:51,315 so you come to a slow stop. 654 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:54,017 -[Findlay] I'm still practicing. -Yeah. Yeah. 655 00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,119 [Eivin] I hurt my hand with a pressure washer 656 00:30:56,121 --> 00:30:57,621 and that kind of slowed me down. 657 00:30:57,623 --> 00:31:00,524 But ultimately I think that doing stuff with the kids 658 00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:01,725 and staying active 659 00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:03,861 teaches us even though there are difficulties, 660 00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:05,529 we can overcome them 661 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:09,700 and keep focused on the things that are ahead of us. 662 00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:12,336 And that is the best way to overcome hardship. 663 00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:14,238 Get ready for the brakes. Get ready for the brakes. 664 00:31:14,306 --> 00:31:16,006 Get ready for the brakes. It's okay. 665 00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:17,708 [crashes] 666 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:18,709 [chuckles] 667 00:31:18,711 --> 00:31:20,611 You hit the gas instead of the brake. 668 00:31:20,980 --> 00:31:22,546 [chuckling] 669 00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:25,916 I really do believe in enabling the kids to do bigger things. 670 00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:30,387 Even at a young age, I've learnt so much. My dad was always a great teacher. 671 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:33,323 I really feel like my dad tried hard to teach me 672 00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:37,828 everything that I needed to know in order to be a successful homesteader. 673 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:44,234 So, this is a anaerobic adhesive and it sets up with the absence of air. 674 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:46,503 They're not supposed to be touched on the pulley. 675 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:49,206 -'Cause this stuff will fan out. -Yeah, I know. 676 00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:51,408 You know? Where did you learn that? 677 00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:53,744 -From you. -Damn! 678 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,546 I did tell you everything then. 679 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,216 And that is something that I hold very valuable 680 00:31:59,218 --> 00:32:02,619 and a tradition and a value that I wanna pass on to my kids. 681 00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:04,521 What do you think, Mr. Wizard? 682 00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,058 Findlay, do you wanna drill one of the holes? 683 00:32:09,528 --> 00:32:11,962 -There you go. Good. -[whirring] 684 00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:14,698 The hole's drill easy through plastic, don't they 685 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:18,502 Definitely say that most grand adventure that we've embarked on together 686 00:32:18,504 --> 00:32:21,705 -is having kids and being parents. -Mm-hmm. 687 00:32:21,707 --> 00:32:23,106 -[Eivin] It's been the hardest. -[Eve] Yeah. 688 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:25,208 [Eivin] But it's also the most rewarding. 689 00:32:25,210 --> 00:32:27,044 -And the most fun. -Oh, my gosh. 690 00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:29,513 -And funny, too. -And... [chuckles] 691 00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:31,448 -Do you wanna smell the tea? -[thuds] 692 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:34,051 -Oh. -Oh! [laughs] 693 00:32:34,119 --> 00:32:35,551 It's funny, huh? 694 00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:38,822 [Eivin] It's an amazing thin to watch your kids grow up. 695 00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:41,525 Yeah, so you need to do that reel. 696 00:32:41,527 --> 00:32:43,527 And see yourself in them because 697 00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:46,463 it's like watching yourself from a different perspective you know. 698 00:32:48,701 --> 00:32:49,933 Yeah, come do this. 699 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:51,034 Here. 700 00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,904 Yeah, you do. 701 00:32:53,906 --> 00:32:55,939 Okay, turn it, the other way. 702 00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:58,942 And right now it's so important for us to make sure that our kids 703 00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:02,446 grow up to the point where they are self-sufficient on their own out in the world. 704 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:03,914 Very good. 705 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:06,316 -Okay. -And I can give them the skills to do that. 706 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:08,952 You know, I know that because of growing up in Alaska, 707 00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:12,055 they will always love Alaska and be passionate about Alaska. 708 00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:13,790 Maybe that means they'll live here. 709 00:33:13,792 --> 00:33:15,826 That was my motorcycle when I was a kid. 710 00:33:18,731 --> 00:33:19,730 [Eivin] It's all rusty. 711 00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:22,099 Rust isn't bad. 712 00:33:22,101 --> 00:33:25,802 But ultimately, I just hope that they're happy and, um, 713 00:33:25,804 --> 00:33:28,605 you know, the best way I can do that is by giving them 714 00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:31,541 our skills that we have and we know for success. 715 00:33:31,610 --> 00:33:33,210 You guys just can't look at the light, 716 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:35,612 it's too bright, it'll hurt or burn your eyes. So look away. 717 00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:44,421 Gonna be legendary. 718 00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:46,957 -Wrist cam. -Wrist cam? 719 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,291 -[Etienne] Wrist cam. -That's hardcore. 720 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:50,961 Out here on the homestead the world really is your oyster. 721 00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:55,098 And so I don't see anything better than going o with my cousin, 722 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:59,302 diving into a canyon with nine GoPros dropped between the two of us. 723 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:01,838 -[thuds] -...parkour. 724 00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,206 Parkour! 725 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:04,908 Parkour basically, 726 00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:08,278 it's just getting from point to point B as creatively as possible. 727 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,779 Parkour. 728 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:12,849 It's just running around and making absolute fools of ourselves. 729 00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:14,317 That's our parkour. 730 00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:16,553 -Beautiful. -Parkour. Parkour. 731 00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,288 One thing that I'm definitel gonna miss in college 732 00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:20,657 is just the opportunity to be able to step outside of our house, 733 00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,059 and just go on a full-blown adventure, 734 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,027 and you just can't do that anywhere else. 735 00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,662 [indistinct shouting] 736 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,364 -I'm gonna miss you, though. -I'm gonna miss you. 737 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,199 -It's gonna be-- -It's gonna be more. 738 00:34:29,201 --> 00:34:32,035 It's gonna be a bummer. I'm gonna be like, "Oh, I'm gonna go hop over this hay." 739 00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:32,836 Oh! 740 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,005 Where is my parkour pal? 741 00:34:35,007 --> 00:34:36,239 Oh, my gosh, run. 742 00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,311 [music playing] 743 00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:47,517 [Eve] Some finishing touches here. 744 00:34:48,954 --> 00:34:54,758 The plan, so we are hosting here at our campfire. 745 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,827 And, I'm working on some coals here. 746 00:34:56,829 --> 00:34:59,062 [Eve] And fish fry, 747 00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:02,099 Eivin and Jane caught tons of salmon. 748 00:35:02,101 --> 00:35:04,634 And, I mean, all these, 749 00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:07,604 other side dishes, baby carrots from the garden, 750 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:09,739 other people are bringing food. 751 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:12,242 -Hello, hi. -Hi, welcome, hey, you guys. 752 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,410 [speaking indistinctly] 753 00:35:13,412 --> 00:35:15,412 Yeah, bring it on over. 754 00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:18,348 It's been a hard year for everyone, 755 00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:22,119 and fall is starting, we're having some cooler day 756 00:35:23,188 --> 00:35:25,755 Start with this stuff. 757 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:30,660 I feel like we just all nee to get together, and enjoy this beautiful weather, 758 00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:34,030 as we move into the cooler time of year. 759 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,734 August, are you up here? Hi, Tela. 760 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:42,339 -Oh, my God, you got your high stepping jeans on. -Yeah, look at you. 761 00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:46,710 This year taught me that part of getting older is 762 00:35:46,712 --> 00:35:49,713 realizing more and more, it's like, holy crap. 763 00:35:49,715 --> 00:35:54,217 How many of the jobs that I've started, am I actually gonna finish yet? 764 00:35:54,219 --> 00:36:00,056 And this realization, that I, I'm sure everybody gets to at some point. 765 00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:04,060 You know, you can go and borrow money, you can go out and earn more money 766 00:36:04,997 --> 00:36:07,130 but time... 767 00:36:07,132 --> 00:36:10,133 -You can't go put more time in the bank. -You can't. 768 00:36:10,202 --> 00:36:13,136 Living every day, right now, is the most important thing. 769 00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:15,338 Thank you so much. 770 00:36:15,407 --> 00:36:18,308 -Hello, welcome, good job. -Hello, neighbor. 771 00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:20,911 -Ooh, I know what that is. -Hello. 772 00:36:20,913 --> 00:36:23,313 -Hi, I'm James. -Nice to meet you James. 773 00:36:23,315 --> 00:36:25,815 -Alysse. -Alysse, good to meet ya. 774 00:36:25,817 --> 00:36:27,817 -It's beautiful honeycomb. -Thank you. 775 00:36:27,819 --> 00:36:29,686 [James] It's the honeycomb from my new hive site. 776 00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:33,957 Moving our hives to a very different location was a huge risk. 777 00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:37,594 Thank you. 778 00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:41,031 There she is, the sample. 779 00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:42,432 But fortunately in the end.. 780 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,301 Holy cow! 781 00:36:44,303 --> 00:36:46,436 The honey that we produced was incredible. 782 00:36:49,942 --> 00:36:51,107 That is amazing. 783 00:36:52,144 --> 00:36:53,710 How many plants of peonies do you have? 784 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:57,347 I'd say, like, really good production plants, I've got 200. 785 00:36:57,416 --> 00:37:00,217 We've had a lot of support and people going out of their way 786 00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:02,953 to take care of us and I'm really grateful for it. 787 00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:05,088 -It's good to see you. -Yeah. 788 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:07,524 Yeah. 789 00:37:07,526 --> 00:37:11,628 [Eivin] I meet a lot of peop who say that they moved to Alaska recently and I think 790 00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:13,330 they're chasing their dream. 791 00:37:13,332 --> 00:37:16,132 You know, it's, um, it can be hard to find. 792 00:37:17,936 --> 00:37:19,603 [Eve] It's a hard life. 793 00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:24,708 People realize how importan your local community is. 794 00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:28,345 Alysse, if you want something to do, 795 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:32,515 you can fil that with water, and I'll give you another pitcher to fill with water. 796 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:36,419 I think had we known all the challenges we were gonna face 797 00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:37,821 in the first four years being here. 798 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,959 [woman] Off grid, off road. 799 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:46,429 May have swayed our decision, a little bit, especially with 800 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,365 doing this with a two-year-old at the time. 801 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,100 [Owen] Are we building our house together? 802 00:37:50,102 --> 00:37:52,602 -But somehow... we're doing it. -We're doing it. 803 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:56,706 [Owen] We started out with raw land, and we've com a long way in four years. 804 00:37:56,708 --> 00:38:00,010 Standing here, looking today at what we've accomplished in those four years... 805 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:02,812 it's amazing. 806 00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:08,184 ♪ Bring it in, right here Leave me hanging ♪ 807 00:38:08,186 --> 00:38:11,788 ♪ And give me some down low ♪ 808 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,858 Last year was, kind of, a condensed version of, like, 809 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:18,161 the last ten years really for the Kilcher family. 810 00:38:18,263 --> 00:38:21,564 There is stuff always been going on, it just happens to be in this last year 811 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:25,802 it all happened at once, I mean, we had Otto's experience, with his acciden 812 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:29,239 And then you have my dad with his accidents and operations. 813 00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:32,609 Rotator cuff's here on the bottom. 814 00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:34,344 Then you have a global pandemic. 815 00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:36,446 You got kids leaving, going to college. 816 00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:38,615 You got kids coming back and stepping up. 817 00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:42,519 I mean, it's just all been really, really intense and, uh... 818 00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:44,921 That can be a lot for anybod to take on. 819 00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:50,527 Look at my salad. It has flowers, blueberries, raspberries, tomatoes... 820 00:38:50,529 --> 00:38:53,530 -A broccoli slaw that I made. -Okay. 821 00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:56,733 And, a homemade raspberry vinegrette with fresh raspberries. 822 00:38:56,835 --> 00:38:57,934 Wow. 823 00:38:57,936 --> 00:38:59,402 [August] You know, we've been through a lot, 824 00:38:59,404 --> 00:39:03,340 especially this year, considering your grandpa, my dad... 825 00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:06,109 -Being laid out, really, and us trying to-- -[Etienne] Step up. 826 00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:07,610 Do our best to step up. 827 00:39:07,612 --> 00:39:09,846 [Etienne] We've been trained we've been groomed, 828 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:11,715 we gotta step up when others go down. 829 00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:12,482 Exactly. 830 00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,150 I gotta give the camera a hug. 831 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:16,986 -Oh, man. -Oh... 832 00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:18,922 -Nice seeing you. -[laughs] 833 00:39:18,924 --> 00:39:21,024 -How're you doing today, senior? -I'm doing good. 834 00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,325 It feels good though. 835 00:39:23,061 --> 00:39:24,427 We're managing. 836 00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:28,298 [Atz] For me, this last yea has been a year of aging. 837 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:31,034 But also family carrying on traditions. 838 00:39:31,403 --> 00:39:33,436 [clinking] 839 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:37,907 I just want to thank you all for coming to this harvest feast, 840 00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:41,745 and it's so good to see all your wonderful faces here 841 00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:45,215 and it's been awesome getting to know some of you better, 842 00:39:45,217 --> 00:39:51,721 and we should eat before the flies eat everything. [laughs] 843 00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,224 What I want to spend the res of my life doing... 844 00:39:55,227 --> 00:39:57,961 is being as close to nature as possible, 845 00:39:58,029 --> 00:40:00,964 sharing it with friends and family. 846 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,599 -Do you have a hovercraft? -Yeah. 847 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:04,334 Did you see it? 848 00:40:04,336 --> 00:40:06,469 To me that's what this Alaska show's been about. 849 00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:09,439 I don't know if anyone knew, but I caught all the fish myself. 850 00:40:10,409 --> 00:40:12,742 -And... -I'm calling 911. 851 00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:14,944 ♪ Mountain song ♪ 852 00:40:16,848 --> 00:40:18,415 ♪ Sings me home ♪ 853 00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:22,919 ♪ For too long ♪ 854 00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,890 ♪ I've been alone ♪ 855 00:40:26,892 --> 00:40:29,359 I think Findlay's going for Grandpa Otto's beef. 856 00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:35,031 -Been a long time since we've had all the family together. -Okay. 857 00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:39,035 To get your family and your neighbors together 858 00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:41,037 just gives me absolute joy. 859 00:40:41,106 --> 00:40:43,206 That's the community that my dad... 860 00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:46,342 that was one who could instill sense of community. 861 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,044 Nice to meet you both. 862 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:52,115 After he died, the homestead lost its rudde for a lot of years. 863 00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:54,818 But I feel like it's coming back, again. 864 00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:57,554 I feel just this excitement 865 00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:02,859 that there's some kind of community spirit creepin back in the homestead. 866 00:41:04,029 --> 00:41:07,530 It has, I think it was intended to be. 867 00:41:07,532 --> 00:41:09,799 -[man] It was delicious. -[woman] Thank you. 868 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:11,334 ♪ Where I belong ♪ 869 00:41:12,704 --> 00:41:13,803 ♪ I belong ♪ 870 00:41:16,107 --> 00:41:17,507 ♪ With love abounds ♪ 871 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,210 ♪ The child of the forest ♪ 872 00:41:21,947 --> 00:41:23,947 ♪ That time It came back around ♪ 873 00:41:24,449 --> 00:41:27,050 [indistinct chatter]