1 00:00:01,318 --> 00:00:02,543 Just be careful. I might start hauling boards. 2 00:00:02,619 --> 00:00:04,211 Okay. You watch your step. 3 00:00:04,672 --> 00:00:05,671 Stay strong, little tree. 4 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:06,922 Whoo! 5 00:00:06,999 --> 00:00:08,924 [narrator] On this episode 6 00:00:08,926 --> 00:00:10,718 of Alaskan Bush People. 7 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:12,845 Instead of going to town and getting lumber, 8 00:00:12,847 --> 00:00:14,722 I'm thinking a lot more about salvaging. 9 00:00:14,724 --> 00:00:16,306 If I wanna build a house. 10 00:00:16,308 --> 00:00:17,599 [Bam Bam] That thing is probably 11 00:00:17,601 --> 00:00:18,809 gonna get somebody hurt. 12 00:00:18,811 --> 00:00:20,936 The whole thing's starting to wobble. 13 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:23,605 [Raiven] That's not good. 14 00:00:23,607 --> 00:00:24,732 Bear! 15 00:00:24,808 --> 00:00:25,816 Get outta here! 16 00:00:25,818 --> 00:00:27,383 Stop! 17 00:00:28,738 --> 00:00:31,280 It's like an 80% chance that the tumors will come back 18 00:00:31,282 --> 00:00:33,949 and that they'll be, uh, cancerous. 19 00:00:34,026 --> 00:00:36,994 This whole ordeal has definitely not been easy 20 00:00:37,038 --> 00:00:39,371 I just wanna go to Alaska and clear my head. 21 00:00:39,448 --> 00:00:41,189 -Just... No. -[Rain] Put your... 22 00:00:41,191 --> 00:00:43,917 -[Snowbird] No. Stop. -[Rain] You can't lift yourself, Birdy. 23 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:45,252 Bird is going back Alaska. 24 00:00:45,329 --> 00:00:47,129 I'm not sure how that's gonna happen. 25 00:00:47,131 --> 00:00:49,256 [Noah] I definitely missed i more than I thought I would 26 00:00:49,333 --> 00:00:50,424 Just awesome. 27 00:00:58,684 --> 00:01:02,144 [mellow music playing] 28 00:01:02,146 --> 00:01:04,646 [Gabe] Spring cleaning, this creek's the best. 29 00:01:06,442 --> 00:01:09,234 Make sure I get a good lather. 30 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:11,111 Well, today, I'm trying to catch up 31 00:01:11,113 --> 00:01:12,613 on some of the chores 32 00:01:12,615 --> 00:01:15,032 of getting this mountain livable again. 33 00:01:15,076 --> 00:01:16,158 You know, we all had to evacuate 34 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,659 so fast during the fire, 35 00:01:17,736 --> 00:01:19,286 there's a lot of stuff that's been overlooked. 36 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:21,163 So just catching up on some dishes, 37 00:01:21,165 --> 00:01:23,540 doing some laundry. 38 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:25,125 You know, it's really hard with not everybody 39 00:01:25,127 --> 00:01:26,502 being up on the mountain. 40 00:01:26,504 --> 00:01:27,503 You know, Raquell and the girls, 41 00:01:27,505 --> 00:01:28,812 I miss them every day. 42 00:01:28,814 --> 00:01:30,464 We've lived up a mountain before, 43 00:01:30,466 --> 00:01:31,924 but we keep getting forced out 44 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,175 through strokes of bad luck 45 00:01:33,177 --> 00:01:34,802 and it's just killing me. 46 00:01:34,804 --> 00:01:36,261 I wanna get Raquell and the girls 47 00:01:36,338 --> 00:01:38,305 moved up to the mountain as fast as I can. 48 00:01:38,307 --> 00:01:39,932 But right now, there's no place for them. 49 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:41,892 That's the main thing in my mind. 50 00:01:41,936 --> 00:01:43,727 I need someplace, someplace safe, 51 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:46,313 someplace kind of nice to put Raquell and the girls. 52 00:01:47,358 --> 00:01:50,234 A good pair of boots, or tennis shoes. 53 00:01:50,236 --> 00:01:52,111 These puppies need to soak. 54 00:01:52,905 --> 00:01:54,655 Start clean... Oh. 55 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:56,073 One thing I didn't think of, 56 00:01:56,075 --> 00:01:57,783 now I'm gonna be washing all my dishes 57 00:01:57,785 --> 00:01:59,326 down from the dirtiest shoes 58 00:01:59,403 --> 00:02:01,286 you've ever seen in your life. 59 00:02:01,363 --> 00:02:02,788 Okay. You go further down. 60 00:02:03,958 --> 00:02:05,874 There we go. 61 00:02:05,876 --> 00:02:07,668 You know, when I think about the kind of home 62 00:02:07,670 --> 00:02:10,087 that I wanna build for Raquell and the girls, 63 00:02:10,089 --> 00:02:11,688 it's a very storybook. 64 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:14,216 I wanna build, you know, a log cabin in the woods. 65 00:02:14,218 --> 00:02:15,926 This place that I come back to 66 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:18,345 after a long day of work, see the smoke 67 00:02:18,347 --> 00:02:20,889 coming through the chimney and I walk in the door, 68 00:02:20,891 --> 00:02:22,975 all my little ones jump on me, 69 00:02:22,977 --> 00:02:24,518 you know, "Daddy's home! Daddy's home!" 70 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:25,769 And, oh, that's what I'm looking for, 71 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,480 you know, a cottage in the woods. 72 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:31,108 There's a lot to be done. I have to find a location. 73 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:32,776 I have to put in a foundation. 74 00:02:32,820 --> 00:02:35,487 I am very determined to build something on the mountain 75 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:38,073 that Raquell and the kids can come home to right now. 76 00:02:38,075 --> 00:02:40,534 You know, I'd like to get them up there yesterday 77 00:02:40,536 --> 00:02:42,911 and I think I can pull it off. 78 00:02:42,988 --> 00:02:45,873 This is it, you know, as soon as you come up here, 79 00:02:45,949 --> 00:02:47,749 you feel a sense of freedom. 80 00:02:49,003 --> 00:02:50,460 Yeah, definitely for a bush boy, 81 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:52,629 this is the only place you can be happy. 82 00:02:54,550 --> 00:02:56,133 [narrator] It's the beginning of sprin 83 00:02:56,135 --> 00:02:57,885 in Northern Washington. 84 00:02:57,887 --> 00:03:01,221 And with the final traces of winter fading, 85 00:03:01,298 --> 00:03:04,433 new life blooms on North Star Ranch. 86 00:03:04,435 --> 00:03:08,812 Look at you, handsome boy. 87 00:03:08,814 --> 00:03:12,691 Get that winter shed off you. 88 00:03:12,693 --> 00:03:14,735 [narrator] For some, the new season 89 00:03:14,737 --> 00:03:17,738 marks a fresh start on the mountain. 90 00:03:17,740 --> 00:03:22,910 For others, ambitions lie on a future back in Alaska. 91 00:03:22,986 --> 00:03:26,580 [Noah] I have great childhoo memories of Alaska. 92 00:03:26,657 --> 00:03:28,290 I wanna give that to my kids 93 00:03:28,292 --> 00:03:29,958 So we're going to head up to Alaska 94 00:03:30,035 --> 00:03:32,461 and we're going to buy a piece of property. 95 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:36,840 There's a lot of little town that I'm looking at. 96 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:38,467 It's called the South East End. 97 00:03:38,469 --> 00:03:40,928 We'd really like to be able to have a place 98 00:03:41,004 --> 00:03:42,137 in Alaska before winter. 99 00:03:42,214 --> 00:03:43,263 And if we're gonna do that, 100 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:45,057 we need to do it now. 101 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:47,726 But Bird hasn't fully recovered yet, 102 00:03:47,803 --> 00:03:50,020 and we've given her quite a bit of time. 103 00:03:50,022 --> 00:03:52,356 If she's not ready to go by the time we are, 104 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:53,690 then we're just gonna have to go. 105 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:55,901 So, fingers crossed on that one. 106 00:03:58,364 --> 00:04:00,155 [Bird] You wanna know why I didn't go to the doctor 107 00:04:00,157 --> 00:04:01,823 -from the beginning? -Why? 108 00:04:01,825 --> 00:04:04,451 I was afraid something was really wrong with me. 109 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:07,496 But that's when you go to the doctors, silly girl, 110 00:04:07,498 --> 00:04:10,249 so they can catch it quickly. 111 00:04:10,325 --> 00:04:11,833 [dramatic music playing] 112 00:04:11,835 --> 00:04:13,752 [narrator] Weeks after a major surgery 113 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:16,964 to remove dangerous tumors in her abdomen, 114 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,008 Bird recovers on North Star Ranch, 115 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:22,010 contemplating the life-changing 116 00:04:22,012 --> 00:04:23,345 decisions ahead. 117 00:04:23,347 --> 00:04:24,680 It's like an 80% chance 118 00:04:24,682 --> 00:04:26,223 that the tumors will come back 119 00:04:26,225 --> 00:04:28,558 and that there's like a higher than 50% chance 120 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,644 that they will be, uh, cancerous 121 00:04:30,646 --> 00:04:32,396 if they come back again. 122 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:35,148 I love you. 123 00:04:35,225 --> 00:04:37,192 -Yeah. -It's okay. 124 00:04:37,194 --> 00:04:39,152 Not really. You know, to an extent. 125 00:04:39,229 --> 00:04:40,696 It might be okay later, 126 00:04:40,772 --> 00:04:43,031 but to an extent, it's not really okay. 127 00:04:43,108 --> 00:04:45,033 -You know? -[Ami] It isn't. It isn't. 128 00:04:47,413 --> 00:04:49,997 It's been hard to watch her go through this. 129 00:04:50,073 --> 00:04:51,773 I'm into my health crisis. 130 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:53,834 It's different when you see your child going through it 131 00:04:53,836 --> 00:04:56,044 I would take it a thousand times 132 00:04:56,046 --> 00:04:58,005 to keep her from having to go through it. 133 00:04:58,007 --> 00:04:59,673 You know, they didn't give me very good options 134 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:00,948 of how do I fix it. 135 00:05:00,950 --> 00:05:03,677 There's a hormone treatment they can do, 136 00:05:03,754 --> 00:05:05,304 but they don't even know if that would work. 137 00:05:05,306 --> 00:05:06,638 And I know what the other thing is. 138 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,806 Uh-huh. Yeah. 139 00:05:07,883 --> 00:05:09,516 Hysterectomy. 140 00:05:10,561 --> 00:05:11,601 So... 141 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:13,854 Did she ask you about... 142 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:17,607 About what, Mom? 143 00:05:17,609 --> 00:05:20,068 If you ever wanted children? 144 00:05:20,070 --> 00:05:22,362 She did happen to ask that. Yes. 145 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:24,364 What do you think about that? 146 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:31,538 Well, those are decisions that, like, changed. 147 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:33,081 You know, how they change your life a lot. 148 00:05:33,158 --> 00:05:34,291 Yes, they do. 149 00:05:34,293 --> 00:05:35,876 And now it's like I have to do it 150 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:37,544 or I can't do it ever. 151 00:05:37,621 --> 00:05:39,212 -And it's like a big decision. -[Ami] I know. 152 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,674 With everything happening now, 153 00:05:42,751 --> 00:05:45,218 there is still a lot that goes into 154 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:48,263 if I decide that I ever want kids, 155 00:05:48,265 --> 00:05:50,682 you know, it has to kind of be a decision that I make now. 156 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:53,060 And there's a lot that can go into that, 157 00:05:53,062 --> 00:05:55,812 you know, of having to meet someone. 158 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:58,774 Dating and relationships is already complicated 159 00:05:58,776 --> 00:06:02,569 and you throw this situation that I'm in on top of that. 160 00:06:02,646 --> 00:06:04,946 Who wants to walk into that? 161 00:06:06,784 --> 00:06:08,617 I do feel horrible 162 00:06:08,619 --> 00:06:11,578 that we didn't get to go to Alaska right now. 163 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:12,704 Postponed it. 164 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,331 Not "didn't get to go." 165 00:06:14,375 --> 00:06:15,749 -We are still going. -[Ami] Uh-hmm. 166 00:06:15,751 --> 00:06:17,709 You have to recuperate though. 167 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:21,463 I'd be concerned about Birdy going to Alaska 168 00:06:21,465 --> 00:06:24,091 before she's fully healed because I have lived there 169 00:06:24,167 --> 00:06:28,178 a long time and just walking can be treacherous. 170 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:30,180 Birdy isn't even walking on her own right now, 171 00:06:30,182 --> 00:06:32,265 so to me, it is very much 172 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:34,393 too soon for her to be planning on a big trip. 173 00:06:34,395 --> 00:06:36,728 I can take it easy, you know? 174 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,438 And I think it'd be good for me to get out, 175 00:06:38,515 --> 00:06:40,273 walk in a creek, 176 00:06:40,275 --> 00:06:41,400 -see some bears... -That will get you excited. 177 00:06:41,435 --> 00:06:43,360 pet a bear cub, you know? 178 00:06:43,404 --> 00:06:45,362 You know you're not gonna pet a bear cub. 179 00:06:45,364 --> 00:06:46,613 [Bird] You don't know what will happen. 180 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:49,825 Noah's leaving in a couple of weeks 181 00:06:49,827 --> 00:06:52,285 and I'm really trying to heal up. 182 00:06:52,287 --> 00:06:54,037 Right now, it feels like I'll never be healthy 183 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:55,414 as long as I live. 184 00:06:55,416 --> 00:06:57,082 But hopefully, if I take it easy, 185 00:06:57,084 --> 00:06:58,792 I think I'll be good enough to go. 186 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:03,046 Look away one second, I'm just gonna cough in pain. 187 00:07:03,799 --> 00:07:05,382 [coughs] 188 00:07:05,384 --> 00:07:07,634 [country music playing] 189 00:07:07,711 --> 00:07:10,053 [Bear] This should be about the perfect spot. 190 00:07:10,055 --> 00:07:11,337 I just need to get it cleaned off 191 00:07:11,339 --> 00:07:13,432 before we can even start laying it out. 192 00:07:14,977 --> 00:07:17,310 [narrator] After successfull hauling his trailer 193 00:07:17,312 --> 00:07:19,187 up mountain days earlier, 194 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:23,024 Bear looks to expand his temporary living quarter 195 00:07:23,101 --> 00:07:26,445 so his wife and son can live more comfortably 196 00:07:26,521 --> 00:07:28,029 in their new environment. 197 00:07:28,106 --> 00:07:30,532 This is a gigantic tent. 198 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:33,285 Better to have more spare room 199 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:38,748 and better to keep your wife and kid comfortable in. 200 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:40,274 Because right now we have a trailer. 201 00:07:40,276 --> 00:07:42,836 It's a nice trailer but it's a little bit compact. 202 00:07:43,755 --> 00:07:46,131 Now, a tent out here, you really don't want it 203 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:48,341 without a floor, basically, because there are ticks. 204 00:07:48,418 --> 00:07:51,011 There are snakes. 205 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:55,682 So I'm just gonna try to ge a floor put in and a tent up 206 00:07:55,684 --> 00:07:58,143 Well, I've always been as extreme as possible, 207 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:00,604 but I have become a little bit less extreme, 208 00:08:00,606 --> 00:08:02,147 just because I'm doing more 209 00:08:02,224 --> 00:08:04,149 grounded stuff, more family stuff. 210 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:07,152 [Raiven] I did just put River down for a nap 211 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:08,636 -as well so... -[Bear] Perfect. 212 00:08:08,714 --> 00:08:11,490 we can try to take care of this while he's resting. 213 00:08:11,492 --> 00:08:13,200 Oh, let's get all this out the way, get it flattened out. 214 00:08:13,202 --> 00:08:16,828 Then we should measure it and put our corner posts in. 215 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,747 There are mice in this area right here. 216 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:22,959 I don't wanna build it over, like, mice, obviously. 217 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:25,170 But I'll just try to shoo them along their way. 218 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:26,505 That's why standing on this? 219 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:27,881 Yeah. 220 00:08:27,916 --> 00:08:29,156 There are fat ones. 221 00:08:29,158 --> 00:08:30,675 They're not the type that run up your leg. 222 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:33,428 That's more of the small ones. 223 00:08:33,505 --> 00:08:36,223 So now, I've got two thoughts, which is where are the mice 224 00:08:36,299 --> 00:08:37,849 that are gonna run up my leg 225 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:40,977 and I don't wanna be near the mice, 226 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:42,771 preferably not, you know, and this is one 227 00:08:42,773 --> 00:08:45,524 of the adjustments that we're at where, 228 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:46,858 you know, I'm willing to help, 229 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,236 but after the mice are removed. 230 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:54,407 [Bear] So it's gonna be 30 longways and then 16 wide. 231 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:56,826 I am the least builder 232 00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:58,537 of everyone in my entire family. 233 00:08:58,539 --> 00:09:01,164 I mainly just do destruction and roof work, 234 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:02,332 to be honest. 235 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:03,750 I've seen a lot of building, 236 00:09:03,827 --> 00:09:05,252 but I've never used these before. 237 00:09:05,254 --> 00:09:07,170 But I think that I know the method now. 238 00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:10,382 This tape is a 30-foot tape, so that's perfect. 239 00:09:10,384 --> 00:09:11,624 Exactly 30 feet. 240 00:09:11,701 --> 00:09:14,469 So that means there will be maximum tape, 241 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:16,179 huh, 30 feet. 242 00:09:16,181 --> 00:09:17,806 Here, you wanna walk up here with me, baby, 243 00:09:17,808 --> 00:09:19,307 and hold the end of this? 244 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,851 I think right about up here, probably. 245 00:09:22,813 --> 00:09:24,896 Okay. Just hold it tight, baby, 246 00:09:24,973 --> 00:09:26,589 -for 30 feet. -You hold it tightly. 247 00:09:26,591 --> 00:09:28,900 Now, the question, should it be in the middle or the edge? 248 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:33,446 I think the edge because 16 is the max length of it, so. 249 00:09:33,448 --> 00:09:35,282 Well, I definitely wanna show Raiven and River 250 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:38,368 that I can be reliable as the dad in the family, 251 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:40,120 that I can, you know, protect them 252 00:09:40,122 --> 00:09:41,705 and, you know, give them everything they need. 253 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:44,958 That didn't work. 254 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,334 Breaking stuff is one of my specialties. 255 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:48,378 I got it. I'll just unwind it. 256 00:09:48,422 --> 00:09:50,079 -I just don't wanna cut my fingers off. -[Raiven] Yeah. Yeah. 257 00:09:50,081 --> 00:09:52,215 You wanna turn it off before you stick your fingers in it? 258 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:55,510 Uh, good call, baby, by all sensible and logical like. 259 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,055 [Gabe] Good thing Bam didn't see that. 260 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,350 Okay. Here we are. 261 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:03,660 What do you think? 262 00:10:03,662 --> 00:10:05,937 [Bam Bam] Down here, you have a lot of land 263 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:07,063 to utilize actually. 264 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,898 [Gabe] I really like this. 265 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:12,694 [narrator] A half mile away Bam and Gabe 266 00:10:12,696 --> 00:10:14,738 scout a future cabin site, 267 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:16,823 sitting on 40 acres. 268 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,160 Gabe's land provides easy access to water 269 00:10:20,236 --> 00:10:22,203 and other natural resources 270 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:23,747 I definitely wanna raise the kids 271 00:10:23,749 --> 00:10:25,874 in the same kind of environment that I grew up in, 272 00:10:25,876 --> 00:10:28,293 with all a lot of the freedoms that the bush has to offer. 273 00:10:28,370 --> 00:10:30,420 It's important for me to find a nice house site 274 00:10:30,422 --> 00:10:32,589 where that's gonna be possible. 275 00:10:32,591 --> 00:10:35,925 [Bam Bam] Dude, you have a runoff river right here. 276 00:10:35,927 --> 00:10:37,177 [Gabe] Is that good? 277 00:10:37,179 --> 00:10:38,511 Yes, it's very good. 278 00:10:38,513 --> 00:10:40,196 [Gabe] I like to hear that. 279 00:10:40,198 --> 00:10:42,557 [Bam Bam] You have definitely been blessed with a gift here. 280 00:10:42,634 --> 00:10:44,809 -So what do you think? -[Bam Bam] It's great. 281 00:10:44,886 --> 00:10:46,144 I think this is it. 282 00:10:46,221 --> 00:10:47,937 [grunts] 283 00:10:47,939 --> 00:10:50,690 I have claimed my spot. 284 00:10:50,692 --> 00:10:53,026 Anyone will tell you if they're building their own house, 285 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:54,861 the hardest thing to it is getting the lumber. 286 00:10:54,863 --> 00:10:56,363 We have a lot of salvaged lumber 287 00:10:56,439 --> 00:10:58,657 from the burned trees that were on our property. 288 00:10:58,659 --> 00:11:00,825 And now we're gonna have to come up with a lot more, 289 00:11:00,902 --> 00:11:02,535 get as much lumber as we can. 290 00:11:02,612 --> 00:11:04,412 The name of the game right now is lumber. 291 00:11:06,208 --> 00:11:07,832 Instead of going to town, 292 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:10,085 I'm thinking a lot more about salvaging. 293 00:11:10,087 --> 00:11:11,711 Right. Like we're cutting down the trees 294 00:11:11,746 --> 00:11:13,229 -to mill as much as we can... -[Gabe] Yeah. 295 00:11:13,231 --> 00:11:15,674 seeing about getting an actual mill on the mountain. 296 00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:17,842 Yeah. On top of that, there's a lot 297 00:11:17,844 --> 00:11:21,137 of old establishments and things here, 298 00:11:21,139 --> 00:11:24,099 like some of the old flumes from the gold miners. 299 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:28,561 And there's a lot of good wood still left on them. 300 00:11:28,563 --> 00:11:30,980 You know, looking up at the sides of all these mountains, 301 00:11:30,982 --> 00:11:33,900 they've got gold sluices running all over them 302 00:11:33,977 --> 00:11:36,152 where they used to transport the gold 303 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:38,488 and all of these old mining wreckages and everything else. 304 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,824 Ever since we got here, I've been looking up at those. 305 00:11:40,826 --> 00:11:43,284 I'm like, "Wow. They're jus sitting there rotting." 306 00:11:43,286 --> 00:11:44,911 You know, I just think it would be incredible 307 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:47,497 to use that old wood in part of my house 308 00:11:47,499 --> 00:11:48,957 for my little family, you know. 309 00:11:49,033 --> 00:11:50,291 I think that Raquell and the girls 310 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:52,335 growing up in a house full of history, 311 00:11:52,337 --> 00:11:54,796 it just teaches everything that I wanna teach my girls 312 00:11:54,798 --> 00:11:56,798 You have to remember where you've been 313 00:11:56,833 --> 00:11:58,508 in order to keep going where you're going. 314 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,845 Okay. Now, when you say salvage, 315 00:12:01,847 --> 00:12:04,973 have you checked out to see how much is actually viable? 316 00:12:04,975 --> 00:12:08,059 Nope. All I have is the go ahead to go check it out. 317 00:12:08,136 --> 00:12:10,478 The main thing that we need to find out is, is it rotten? 318 00:12:10,555 --> 00:12:12,564 That's the number one thing. And then you go up and poke it. 319 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:13,881 Hold that thought. 320 00:12:15,277 --> 00:12:17,318 -You want one? -[Bam Bam] I am not hungry. 321 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,112 -Not hungry? -Not hungry. 322 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:20,822 -Not at the moment. -Sure you don't want one on a lick? 323 00:12:20,824 --> 00:12:22,323 Tempting, but no. 324 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,325 Well, cheers. 325 00:12:27,164 --> 00:12:28,580 When Gabey suggests 326 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:30,290 a salvage job that he wants to do, 327 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:33,543 it's usually not a small thing. 328 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:36,171 [Gabe] This could be like home sweet home if we fixed it up. 329 00:12:36,173 --> 00:12:38,923 [Bam Bam] It's usually something that's gonna be a bit of an endeavor. 330 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:40,800 [Gabe] We're literally floating an entire house 331 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,344 all the way back to Brown Town. 332 00:12:43,346 --> 00:12:45,764 Gabey is not just known for taking large bites 333 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:47,849 when he tackles a project, he's known for unhinging 334 00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:50,268 his whole jaw and trying to swallow it whole. 335 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:53,104 We'll check it out first, see if it's rotten, 336 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:54,773 and then we'll see about pulling it apart, 337 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:55,899 and cutting it apart, stacking it up, 338 00:12:55,901 --> 00:12:57,734 and seeing what we can get. 339 00:12:59,362 --> 00:13:01,654 Whenever you're finished with your spam. 340 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:03,740 [intense music playing] 341 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:05,675 [narrator] Coming up... 342 00:13:05,677 --> 00:13:08,119 That thing is probably gonna get somebody hurt. 343 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:10,580 [Gabe] Surprisingly, Bam is skeptical. 344 00:13:10,582 --> 00:13:11,706 I can't wait to prove him wrong. 345 00:13:11,783 --> 00:13:13,416 Yeah, this is cool. 346 00:13:13,418 --> 00:13:15,251 [Bam Bam] No, this is insane. 347 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:16,711 [Gabe] Whoo! 348 00:13:19,049 --> 00:13:20,840 [country music playing] 349 00:13:20,917 --> 00:13:22,217 [Bam Bam] Is this the place? 350 00:13:22,293 --> 00:13:24,135 [Gabe] Yeah. This is it. 351 00:13:24,212 --> 00:13:27,388 You can see pieces of it up there already. 352 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:28,473 [Bam Bam] Lead the way. 353 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,725 [narrator] While half the wolf pack 354 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:33,269 prepped for a delayed Alaska trip, 355 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:36,648 brothers Bam and Gabe begin their lumber salvage 356 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:38,525 10 miles down mountain, 357 00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:40,652 hoping to acquire materials 358 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:43,029 for Gabe's future home. 359 00:13:43,031 --> 00:13:44,280 [Bam Bam] Well, just step around this thing. 360 00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,032 It's a long way down. 361 00:13:46,034 --> 00:13:47,700 The possibility of finding, you know, 362 00:13:47,702 --> 00:13:49,410 good lumber that we can start 363 00:13:49,487 --> 00:13:51,496 building my house with is really exciting. 364 00:13:51,573 --> 00:13:53,456 It's been a long time comin 365 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:55,124 and that's one of our main fights right now, 366 00:13:55,210 --> 00:13:56,251 is just the lumber for it. 367 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:57,710 So, who knows? 368 00:13:57,712 --> 00:14:00,046 We may have just stumbled onto a gold mine of lumber. 369 00:14:01,091 --> 00:14:03,049 It's all this here. 370 00:14:03,802 --> 00:14:05,844 And it looks like it goes on for quite a ways. 371 00:14:05,846 --> 00:14:08,596 I can tell you I'm already seeing good wood. 372 00:14:08,598 --> 00:14:10,390 [Bam Bam] Well I can tell you I'm already not. 373 00:14:10,466 --> 00:14:12,058 [Gabe] What do you mean? Look at these. 374 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:13,726 I like that. I mean, do you realize 375 00:14:13,803 --> 00:14:15,562 what you're gonna pay for that in a store? 376 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:19,023 I think there's some good usability in here. 377 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:21,109 I think trying to tackle that thing 378 00:14:21,185 --> 00:14:23,027 is probably gonna get somebody hurt. 379 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:25,613 I'm hearing there is a chance it'll pay off. 380 00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:28,283 Surprisingly, Bam is skeptical. 381 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:29,993 That's actually not a surprise. 382 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:32,912 You know, he's thinking abou all the possibilities. 383 00:14:32,914 --> 00:14:33,779 That's why I brought him, you know. 384 00:14:33,781 --> 00:14:35,114 He's got a mind for this thing 385 00:14:35,116 --> 00:14:36,916 and he's kind of being the voice of reason. 386 00:14:36,918 --> 00:14:38,543 And I hope he keeps that approach, 387 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:40,628 but I can't wait to prove him wrong. 388 00:14:41,339 --> 00:14:43,548 Yeah, this is cool. 389 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:44,674 [Bam Bam] No, this is insane. 390 00:14:44,676 --> 00:14:46,384 Whoo! 391 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,344 [Bam Bam] Realistically, I don't have the time 392 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,221 to take you to the hospital, so don't get hurt. 393 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:52,307 [Gabe] It doesn't look that bad from up here. 394 00:14:52,309 --> 00:14:53,808 [Bam Bam] You're gonna become more and more unstable 395 00:14:53,885 --> 00:14:55,894 as you start pulling pieces off, too. 396 00:14:55,970 --> 00:14:58,771 It's a little rickety, but it feels all right. 397 00:14:58,848 --> 00:15:00,857 I mean, I really think it's a bad idea. 398 00:15:00,892 --> 00:15:02,817 [Gabe] Let me see if I can pry one off. 399 00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:05,570 [Bam Bam] I don't wanna disappoint Gabey. 400 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,530 I was really excited that there might be some 401 00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:09,657 usable lumber up here, and there still could be. 402 00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:11,701 Dude, dude. 403 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:14,329 That board you're stepping on is not stable. 404 00:15:15,123 --> 00:15:17,415 My concern is that it's very old. 405 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:18,875 It's very precarious. 406 00:15:18,877 --> 00:15:20,293 There's no telling which boards 407 00:15:20,295 --> 00:15:22,003 are rotten and which ones aren't. 408 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:23,796 There's gonna be more put into it 409 00:15:23,873 --> 00:15:24,964 than we get out of it. 410 00:15:26,301 --> 00:15:28,009 Tell me that's not a good board. 411 00:15:28,086 --> 00:15:30,345 Sure. That might be an okay piece of board, 412 00:15:30,347 --> 00:15:33,014 but I don't think it's worth the time and energy. 413 00:15:36,728 --> 00:15:38,227 Oh, yeah? 414 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:42,565 My efforts can be better used elsewhere, man. 415 00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:43,816 For me, it's just... It's hard to see 416 00:15:43,818 --> 00:15:46,903 all of this wood go to waste. 417 00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:49,989 Well, I made a mistake getting Bam to come look at the job. 418 00:15:49,991 --> 00:15:51,574 I should have roped him into it first. 419 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:54,619 He took one look at it and he's, like, pass. 420 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:57,121 I'm like what? Pass? 421 00:15:57,999 --> 00:15:59,540 All this lumber? 422 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,918 All right. Well, I'm gonna take a sample board with me 423 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,170 to show anybody who, you know, 424 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:07,465 somebody less intelligent and more ambitious. 425 00:16:07,542 --> 00:16:09,592 You know, there's risk to every reward. 426 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:11,761 I definitely think that this wood is worth salvaging 427 00:16:11,763 --> 00:16:13,388 Even if I'm a man down, 428 00:16:13,390 --> 00:16:15,598 I still think there's usable material here. 429 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:18,685 [Bam Bam] I don't see anybody that doesn't have 430 00:16:18,687 --> 00:16:20,353 -massive stress cracks. -[Gabe] We're gonna have 431 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:22,522 some cracks in them. 432 00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:26,776 [Bear] I'm gonna put some down in the middle. 433 00:16:26,778 --> 00:16:29,112 Right now, I just need to put a couple of these down, 434 00:16:29,114 --> 00:16:31,447 get those, put them in, cut them off. 435 00:16:31,449 --> 00:16:32,573 I'm gonna get these boards laid. 436 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:33,866 I'll need you to hold one end. 437 00:16:33,943 --> 00:16:37,370 Babe, like one task at a time. 438 00:16:37,372 --> 00:16:39,163 [Bear] Okay. 439 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:41,207 Right now, we're trying to get a tent up. 440 00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:43,084 We wanna keep it as sealed as possible. 441 00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,961 And in order to do that, we need a floor. 442 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:47,338 So to build the floor, we need a foundation. 443 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,549 You just tell me what you need me to do. 444 00:16:49,625 --> 00:16:51,426 Stand there and look pretty. No. Just joking. 445 00:16:51,461 --> 00:16:53,052 I'm gonna need you to hold the boards, okay? 446 00:16:53,129 --> 00:16:55,638 If you don't mind holding that as steady as you can. 447 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:57,223 Well, some of my youngest memories 448 00:16:57,225 --> 00:16:59,809 are actually of dad building our houses, 449 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:02,020 and he would literally build them from the ground up. 450 00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:04,522 He would dig the holes, cut the trees, 451 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:06,524 put the pilings in, build the roof. 452 00:17:06,601 --> 00:17:08,359 Dad would literally just do everything. 453 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:09,444 And so I'm trying to do the same. 454 00:17:09,446 --> 00:17:10,753 And that just leaves me 455 00:17:10,755 --> 00:17:13,072 with some really big shoes to fill. 456 00:17:13,149 --> 00:17:15,033 Uh, I guess you could say I feel the pressure 457 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:16,292 a little bit of trying to do it. 458 00:17:16,294 --> 00:17:18,202 I really wish I paid closer attention. 459 00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:22,582 I literally saw my dad practically by himself 460 00:17:22,658 --> 00:17:24,459 build multiple houses 461 00:17:24,535 --> 00:17:26,377 and I can barely put in a floor. 462 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:29,213 No, you're putting in a floor. Look. 463 00:17:29,290 --> 00:17:30,673 [Bear] Yeah. I said barely... [chuckles] 464 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,425 It is working so far though. 465 00:17:32,502 --> 00:17:35,219 [tool grinding] 466 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:38,431 [dramatic music playing] 467 00:17:40,101 --> 00:17:41,559 [Raiven] Okay. I think I did it. 468 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,437 To be honest, I didn't think that Raiven 469 00:17:44,439 --> 00:17:46,397 could be any more beautiful. 470 00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:51,069 But when I saw her holding that drill, 471 00:17:51,071 --> 00:17:52,904 holding those boards... 472 00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:55,990 she takes my breath away. 473 00:17:56,067 --> 00:17:58,242 She is one beautiful lady. 474 00:17:59,496 --> 00:18:01,329 Yeah. I think, really, the closest 475 00:18:01,331 --> 00:18:02,872 I've ever used tools for 476 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:05,166 is like putting up a curtain rod. 477 00:18:05,168 --> 00:18:07,502 It's important for me to ge out there and do my part. 478 00:18:07,504 --> 00:18:11,255 You know, the goal is to be able to do 50/50 up there. 479 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:13,257 So this is just kind of the beginning 480 00:18:13,334 --> 00:18:14,425 of learning how to do that. 481 00:18:14,844 --> 00:18:16,594 No. No, no. 482 00:18:16,671 --> 00:18:18,805 [tool grinding] 483 00:18:18,807 --> 00:18:20,673 [Bear] You sound like a pro, baby. 484 00:18:20,675 --> 00:18:21,974 -Don't you dare put your... -You sure you've never done this before? 485 00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:23,601 finger by the screwdriver. 486 00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:27,730 [Bear] Yeah. That looks better than mine. 487 00:18:32,487 --> 00:18:34,320 [Rain] Here's your pillow. 488 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,406 I got you. Put in weight. 489 00:18:37,408 --> 00:18:38,440 Yeah. 490 00:18:39,494 --> 00:18:40,910 -[Snowbird] It smells. -What? 491 00:18:40,912 --> 00:18:42,411 [Snowbird] That's what. 492 00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:43,913 -Ugh. -[Snowbird] That's okay. 493 00:18:43,915 --> 00:18:46,124 I'm just gonna put it on your feet. 494 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,000 Bird and I are each other's rocks. 495 00:18:48,002 --> 00:18:50,461 When one of us is down, the other and has to step up 496 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,922 and be strong and take care of them, 497 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,133 but I've never actually done it before. 498 00:18:55,209 --> 00:18:56,884 What's happening right now? What are you doing? 499 00:18:56,961 --> 00:18:59,470 -What is that? -I'm giving you fruit juice. 500 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:00,763 -Okay. -It's just not in a cup 501 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:03,349 because you asked for water. 502 00:19:03,426 --> 00:19:06,602 You know, Bird has always been the one to take care of me. 503 00:19:06,637 --> 00:19:09,105 So this is definitely new to me. 504 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,734 It's gonna work like that. 505 00:19:13,736 --> 00:19:14,944 I'm choking. 506 00:19:14,946 --> 00:19:16,362 [Rain] Well, you need to sit up. 507 00:19:16,364 --> 00:19:19,824 One, two, three. 508 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:23,177 Let go. 509 00:19:23,179 --> 00:19:24,537 And quit trying to do it yourself, Bird. 510 00:19:24,614 --> 00:19:26,080 I can do it. I'll use my arms. 511 00:19:26,082 --> 00:19:28,124 [Rain] No, you can't. 512 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:30,334 You shouldn't be moving yourself back like that. 513 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:32,461 It really hurts. 514 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:34,422 You have... You have to listen to me 515 00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:36,424 and you have to let me take care of you. 516 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:38,301 Look at me. 517 00:19:39,470 --> 00:19:42,138 I know you're used to always doing everything 518 00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:44,432 and you're used to always being the one in charge, 519 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:47,226 but you can't be right now, Bird. 520 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:50,188 [Snowbird] It is very hard to have to rely on Rain. 521 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:52,481 If I had to rely on anybody, I'm glad it's her. 522 00:19:52,483 --> 00:19:54,650 But I'm her big sister. 523 00:19:54,652 --> 00:19:56,569 You know, I've always taken care of her 524 00:19:56,571 --> 00:19:58,529 since the day she was born. 525 00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:03,201 Do you want to see the sandwich I made you? 526 00:20:03,277 --> 00:20:05,828 -It's a heart. -Oh, it's shaped like a heart. 527 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:08,372 Oh, wait. There's Miracle Whip? 528 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:10,291 -[Rain] Yeah. -Hmm. 529 00:20:11,002 --> 00:20:12,543 It doesn't hurt when I eat it. 530 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:15,296 Well, it's hard to hand that torch to her 531 00:20:15,298 --> 00:20:16,881 and be like, "You have to take care of me now. 532 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:18,466 I cannot help you." 533 00:20:18,542 --> 00:20:20,343 Uh, and that hurts, too. 534 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:22,845 And so that's one of the hardest parts. 535 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,890 All right. I do have to give you an A-plus on the sandwich, 536 00:20:25,967 --> 00:20:27,450 because there's so much Miracle Whip, 537 00:20:27,452 --> 00:20:30,019 it's like oozing out, and that's just how I like it. 538 00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:31,854 Extra cheese, extra milk whip. 539 00:20:31,856 --> 00:20:35,024 Mmm-hmm. So good. 540 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,526 [Rain] This is gonna be rough for her. 541 00:20:37,528 --> 00:20:39,487 And in my head, I'm thinking, 542 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:42,073 "How's Bird gonna go to Alaska?" 543 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:44,784 But, uh, if it's one thing I know, 544 00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:46,577 Bird's never gonna quit. 545 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,913 She's literally the toughest person that I've ever met. 546 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:56,045 [tense music playing] 547 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:57,338 [Bam Bam] Are we close? 548 00:20:57,415 --> 00:20:59,257 It's not much further. 549 00:20:59,333 --> 00:21:01,008 All right. That's it. 550 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:02,843 Ugh. Oh, that's it, eh? 551 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,804 Your mission, should you choose 552 00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:07,181 to accept it, is to dismantle this thing. 553 00:21:07,183 --> 00:21:08,266 Did you bring any rope? 554 00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:10,643 No. 555 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:13,020 [narrator] Miles from their ranch, 556 00:21:13,022 --> 00:21:15,231 Gabe remains determined 557 00:21:15,233 --> 00:21:18,985 to salvage lumber from a 100-year-old flume site. 558 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:20,611 I wondered why Bam 559 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,738 was peeling out of that. 560 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,573 Now I know. 561 00:21:24,575 --> 00:21:26,784 After Bam backing out of the deal 562 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,036 of a salvage job, I was definitely glad 563 00:21:29,038 --> 00:21:30,830 that Bear is, like, I'll do it, you know? 564 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:32,707 I'll come take a look at it. 565 00:21:32,709 --> 00:21:35,042 For me, this is an impossibl to pass this up. 566 00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,336 I can't pass this opportunity. 567 00:21:37,413 --> 00:21:38,921 So, you come around the corner 568 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:41,340 and there's like a ton of lumber for free, 569 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:43,801 it's kind of an easy decision. 570 00:21:43,878 --> 00:21:45,511 You know, it's one of the biggest things 571 00:21:45,588 --> 00:21:47,096 about living in the bush. 572 00:21:47,098 --> 00:21:48,889 That's the first lesson you learn. 573 00:21:48,891 --> 00:21:51,017 Don't waste anything. 574 00:21:51,019 --> 00:21:53,811 I'm thinking let's just take a few boards off. 575 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,147 Get enough for a load stacked up, 576 00:21:56,223 --> 00:21:57,481 -the ones on the ground. -The good ones... 577 00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:58,607 -No. -are these here. 578 00:21:58,651 --> 00:21:59,567 We're taking this apart. 579 00:21:59,569 --> 00:22:00,609 -That's-- -The whole thing. 580 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:02,111 That's the job, okay? 581 00:22:03,614 --> 00:22:05,323 Oh, first glance at this whole 582 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:07,825 wooden menagerie put up in the walls, 583 00:22:07,902 --> 00:22:08,826 I knew immediately when I saw it 584 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,786 why Bam didn't wanna do it. 585 00:22:10,821 --> 00:22:13,456 Destruction and heights are my two favorite things. 586 00:22:13,499 --> 00:22:15,416 So, I am the perfect person for this job. 587 00:22:15,793 --> 00:22:18,336 Batter up. [grunts] 588 00:22:18,338 --> 00:22:20,463 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 589 00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:22,048 Or don't. 590 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:23,758 -Just drop... -Just it. 591 00:22:23,834 --> 00:22:25,468 I'm about seven or so minutes. 592 00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:26,677 Watch your footing. 593 00:22:26,754 --> 00:22:29,597 Being high up is just fun. 594 00:22:29,673 --> 00:22:32,183 It lets you know you're alive. 595 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:34,393 The air smells better. It's crisper, it's cleaner. 596 00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:36,604 [Gabe] You have any other good ones? 597 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,439 [Bear] Uh, yeah. Two right here. 598 00:22:38,441 --> 00:22:39,857 Watch out, watch out. Watch out, watch out. Ah. 599 00:22:39,934 --> 00:22:41,817 Next, bro. 600 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:44,028 Any small slip, it's just a rush. 601 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:46,530 It's the true rush of living is when you're close 602 00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,949 to dying or something like that. 603 00:22:48,951 --> 00:22:50,201 One, two, three. 604 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:51,869 Watch your eyes. 605 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:53,662 That one's not gonna work. It's split. 606 00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:55,164 -[Gabe] Yeah. -Bye-bye. 607 00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:56,499 Just throw it off that end. 608 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,042 [Bear] Oh, every board we take off, 609 00:22:58,044 --> 00:22:59,835 the looser this thing becomes. 610 00:23:01,798 --> 00:23:04,256 The whole thing's starting to wobble a little bit. 611 00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:06,425 I'm surprised it's standing up right now. 612 00:23:08,012 --> 00:23:09,428 We're just gambling at this point 613 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:11,222 that this thing will hold us 614 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:13,391 as we dismantle it on top of it. 615 00:23:13,467 --> 00:23:14,558 Don't fall. 616 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:15,893 Whoo! 617 00:23:15,970 --> 00:23:17,103 All right. 618 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:18,479 I think that's a pretty good. 619 00:23:18,481 --> 00:23:20,022 Flip. Yo. Ooh. Shh. 620 00:23:20,024 --> 00:23:21,524 Watch yourself, man. 621 00:23:21,526 --> 00:23:23,359 How do you wanna get them out of here? 622 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:24,726 Haul them out. 623 00:23:24,728 --> 00:23:26,529 We might need to come up with something else. 624 00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:29,824 [rock music playing] 625 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,868 [Rhain Alisha] Okay. So after this fence, 626 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:34,787 I got to go and outrun the horses. 627 00:23:34,864 --> 00:23:37,039 Do the horses, do the water, feed the puppies, 628 00:23:37,041 --> 00:23:38,833 the parakeets, then the ferrets, 629 00:23:38,909 --> 00:23:40,251 then the fish. 630 00:23:40,327 --> 00:23:41,502 Don't forget the chickens. 631 00:23:41,579 --> 00:23:44,130 [chicken clucks] 632 00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:47,216 [Noah] So, Bird hasn't fully recovered yet. 633 00:23:47,218 --> 00:23:49,218 If she's not ready to go by the time we are, 634 00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:51,929 then we're just gonna have to go. 635 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,889 With all the new life on our piece of property 636 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:55,349 here in Washington, 637 00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,059 it's kind of all hands on deck. 638 00:23:57,061 --> 00:23:59,228 We were expecting to be back from Alaska by now, 639 00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:01,522 but things got delayed. 640 00:24:01,599 --> 00:24:03,441 [narrator] In the past 10 days, 641 00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:05,359 Noah and Rhain Alisha 642 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:07,153 have welcomed a baby horse 643 00:24:07,155 --> 00:24:09,572 and a surprise litter of puppies, 644 00:24:09,574 --> 00:24:11,407 adding new responsibilities 645 00:24:11,409 --> 00:24:14,869 days before their departure to Alaska. 646 00:24:14,871 --> 00:24:18,164 [Rhain Alisha] So I've been thinking... 647 00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:19,498 [Noah] What? 648 00:24:19,575 --> 00:24:21,959 [Rhain Alisha] I think there's too much to do. 649 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,711 [Noah] I know. That's why we're getting it all done. 650 00:24:23,713 --> 00:24:27,840 [Rhain Alisha] The puppies alone is a chore. 651 00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:29,717 We have all these other chores, 652 00:24:29,719 --> 00:24:30,968 adding that one 653 00:24:30,970 --> 00:24:33,053 in the last days before we leave, 654 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:38,267 I just think that I shouldn't go to Alaska. 655 00:24:38,269 --> 00:24:40,644 [tense music playing] 656 00:24:40,721 --> 00:24:45,524 The thought to not go to Alaska has hit me a lot. 657 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:48,110 I was ready to go 658 00:24:48,112 --> 00:24:50,779 right before poor Bird got sick, 659 00:24:50,823 --> 00:24:54,658 and just more things kept popping up. 660 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:55,826 I came down to the hard decision 661 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:58,329 that I can't... I can't go. 662 00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:04,877 I think it'd be better if I held down the fort here. 663 00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:06,921 [sighs] 664 00:25:06,956 --> 00:25:09,381 The only thing that would make it easier 665 00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:11,091 is if you take Eli. 666 00:25:13,054 --> 00:25:15,304 If I can take that workload off of me, 667 00:25:15,348 --> 00:25:17,473 I can work during nap time. 668 00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:21,185 But then you're going to miss his first trip to Alaska. 669 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:22,645 [Rhain Alisha] I know that. 670 00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:25,606 But tell me how I can leave the puppies. 671 00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:31,570 [Noah] First, Birdy has medical stuff going on, 672 00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:33,948 and might not be able to go to Alaska. 673 00:25:33,950 --> 00:25:36,575 And now, my wife won't be going to Alaska. 674 00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:39,411 It's, like, it's, like, we're dropping like flies. 675 00:25:39,488 --> 00:25:41,455 The main reason I was looking forward 676 00:25:41,532 --> 00:25:43,415 to this trip was because 677 00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:44,959 it was going to be with my wife. 678 00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:47,878 We had this grand adventure planned. 679 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:50,130 Now, if I'm going alone, it just kind of makes it 680 00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:52,675 to where it's just a mission, not a journey. 681 00:25:52,677 --> 00:25:54,343 What... So I'm supposed to just 682 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:57,555 go back and enjoy myself looking at properties, 683 00:25:57,557 --> 00:26:00,182 and trying to pick a home for us up there? 684 00:26:00,184 --> 00:26:01,809 -Yes. -Without you? 685 00:26:01,811 --> 00:26:04,853 Honey, you know what I like. 686 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,398 [rock music playing] 687 00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:14,863 [Raiven] North, what are you doing? 688 00:26:14,865 --> 00:26:17,533 What you laying down in there for? 689 00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:19,493 I don't like when horses lay down. 690 00:26:22,290 --> 00:26:23,747 There you go. 691 00:26:25,126 --> 00:26:27,960 I'm pretty sure there's a bear over there. 692 00:26:29,589 --> 00:26:31,880 That's not good. 693 00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:33,382 Babe? 694 00:26:33,384 --> 00:26:35,509 I'm not quite sure where he is. 695 00:26:37,305 --> 00:26:39,263 Babe, there's a bear 696 00:26:39,265 --> 00:26:41,307 I'm pretty sure by the ostrich pen. 697 00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:43,517 A bear? 698 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:44,768 Kind of by the feed over there. 699 00:26:44,845 --> 00:26:45,811 -I don't know-- -Over that way? 700 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:46,937 [Raiven] Yeah. 701 00:26:47,014 --> 00:26:49,398 You wanna just stay close to the camp. 702 00:26:49,442 --> 00:26:50,941 If it's a baby, there could be a mother. 703 00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:52,860 Mmm-hmm. 704 00:26:52,936 --> 00:26:55,029 The little bear cub isn't really the dangerous one. 705 00:26:55,031 --> 00:26:56,488 I mean, you don't want them chewing on your leg, 706 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:57,865 but they're not really dangerous. 707 00:26:57,941 --> 00:26:59,199 But if there is a cub 708 00:26:59,276 --> 00:27:01,118 that hasn't already left its mother, 709 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:03,037 that means that there is a mother bear nearby. 710 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:05,331 Get out of here. 711 00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,999 Stop. 712 00:27:07,076 --> 00:27:08,459 Get out of here. 713 00:27:08,461 --> 00:27:10,502 Stop. 714 00:27:10,504 --> 00:27:12,588 That's one thing that you don't wanna mess with. 715 00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:14,340 That's a mother of any species, 716 00:27:14,342 --> 00:27:16,133 much less a mother bear. 717 00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:19,345 Keep going. 718 00:27:19,347 --> 00:27:20,721 Get out of here. 719 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:23,515 Go. 720 00:27:25,519 --> 00:27:27,269 Now look at him run. 721 00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:29,271 Okay, Mr. Ostrich. 722 00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:30,898 Winter just let out so the bears 723 00:27:30,974 --> 00:27:33,442 are all coming down, and stretching, and yawning. 724 00:27:33,444 --> 00:27:35,069 Bears are always more hungr 725 00:27:35,071 --> 00:27:37,154 when they first wake up from hibernation. 726 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:38,864 You wanna just stay vigilant basically, 727 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,065 keep your eye out for them 728 00:27:40,067 --> 00:27:41,400 and scare them off if you see them. 729 00:27:41,402 --> 00:27:43,077 They're definitely hungry, and looking for any source 730 00:27:43,153 --> 00:27:44,703 of food that they can find. 731 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,664 First, I thought you were calling me, 732 00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:47,539 because I heard you say "bear." 733 00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:48,791 I was, like, "What? 734 00:27:48,793 --> 00:27:50,751 I said, "Bear, there's a bear." 735 00:27:50,786 --> 00:27:52,461 And I thought there might be some confusion there. 736 00:27:52,463 --> 00:27:53,921 [Bear] Yeah. Just for a second. 737 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,548 Seeing a bear up mountain 738 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:59,301 is definitely just solidifying the fact 739 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:02,221 that we are up mountain, and we are in the bush. 740 00:28:02,223 --> 00:28:05,474 And this is a different lifestyle. 741 00:28:05,476 --> 00:28:07,518 Kind of seeing, you know, a bear up there 742 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,688 is definitely just that reminder that it is real. 743 00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:13,148 This is the reality of our daily life 744 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:16,068 from this point and adjusting 745 00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:19,029 to that being our normalcy. 746 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:21,323 [Bear] We should definitely keep our eyes out. 747 00:28:23,786 --> 00:28:25,119 [country music playing] 748 00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:26,995 -[Bear] Ready, set, go. -[Gabe] Go. 749 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,373 Ah. Backwards. 750 00:28:29,450 --> 00:28:30,374 Whoo! 751 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:31,750 Oh, missed. 752 00:28:31,752 --> 00:28:32,876 -Yes. -[laughs] 753 00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,253 Okay. Back to work. 754 00:28:34,329 --> 00:28:35,963 [narrator] With the foundati 755 00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:38,215 for his new structure in place, 756 00:28:38,217 --> 00:28:40,259 Bear calls on brother Gabe 757 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:42,428 to assemble and hoist the tent 758 00:28:42,430 --> 00:28:44,513 into its final position. 759 00:28:44,515 --> 00:28:46,849 Well, looks like we have some directions right here. 760 00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:48,100 I'm saying, if it has directions 761 00:28:48,135 --> 00:28:49,226 since we're probably gonna need them. 762 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:52,229 Yeah, tons of directions. 763 00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:53,564 Maybe too many. 764 00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:56,316 Looks more like the funny pages. 765 00:28:56,351 --> 00:28:58,110 Yeah, it does kind of resemble that a little... 766 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,613 Now to pay me back for helping Gabe with that old, 767 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:03,574 broken down flume, I asked if he could help me 768 00:29:03,650 --> 00:29:06,160 put up this menagerie of a tent, 769 00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:07,494 but it looks like his instructions, 770 00:29:07,571 --> 00:29:08,746 half of it is for something 771 00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:10,456 that we don't even have so my... 772 00:29:10,458 --> 00:29:12,207 I'm not entirely sure how to get this tent up. 773 00:29:12,209 --> 00:29:14,460 [Gabe] Come on, bring it in. 774 00:29:14,462 --> 00:29:15,461 A little more. 775 00:29:15,537 --> 00:29:17,212 Missing the third Stooge. 776 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:18,380 [Gabe] A little more. Whoa. Not so much. 777 00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:19,715 All right. 778 00:29:19,717 --> 00:29:21,091 Ah. I don't know how this is gonna work. 779 00:29:21,168 --> 00:29:23,177 I think the main issue that we're having, 780 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:24,970 it's made to go into the dirt. 781 00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:26,722 What do you want me to do? 782 00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:29,099 Just stand there at the moment. 783 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,727 There are some questionable stains in here. 784 00:29:31,729 --> 00:29:33,979 This specific tent is made to be built 785 00:29:34,056 --> 00:29:37,149 into the dirt, not on a wooden platform. 786 00:29:37,226 --> 00:29:39,234 To be honest, this tent will work out a lot better 787 00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:40,903 if I had Noah to help, 788 00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:42,905 he'd like, take a toothpick and a Swiss Army knife 789 00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:45,199 and shave something down and somehow make it work. 790 00:29:45,275 --> 00:29:48,160 But Noah, he is planning a trip for Alaska. 791 00:29:48,237 --> 00:29:50,412 So, Gabe's all I have, and Gabe's good with muscle. 792 00:29:50,414 --> 00:29:54,458 But neither of us were really the tent putter-uppers. 793 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:57,836 Are we ready to try to make it stand? 794 00:29:57,913 --> 00:30:00,130 [Bear] Let me stick the fat pole through. 795 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,924 All right, going up. 796 00:30:01,926 --> 00:30:04,384 [grunts] 797 00:30:04,386 --> 00:30:06,053 That about the same height as yours? 798 00:30:06,129 --> 00:30:08,055 -[Gabe] I can't see you. -[Bear] No? 799 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:10,098 Thing weighs a ton. 800 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,100 Dude, in this wind, I don't think it's gonna work. 801 00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:15,479 Also, it's like a giant sail, man. 802 00:30:15,556 --> 00:30:17,564 I just don't think it's gonna be safe enough 803 00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:19,566 or secure enough to have my little boy and wife in there, 804 00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:21,235 especially we get some really, 805 00:30:21,311 --> 00:30:22,986 really strong wind on the mountain. 806 00:30:23,063 --> 00:30:24,571 We're right by where the windmill is. 807 00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:25,906 -Stand clear man. -[Gabe] Hold it. 808 00:30:25,908 --> 00:30:26,990 -It's coming down. -Hold it. 809 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:29,368 Stand clear. 810 00:30:29,370 --> 00:30:30,494 Okay. 811 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,663 Well, what do you wanna do? 812 00:30:32,739 --> 00:30:35,791 Let me look more closely at the schematics and stuff. 813 00:30:35,835 --> 00:30:36,875 We'll have to tackle a different way. 814 00:30:36,877 --> 00:30:38,293 [Gabe] Right. 815 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:41,964 This tent's a giant fiasco. 816 00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:48,512 [country music playing] 817 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:52,266 [Bear] You start hauling them, 818 00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:53,225 I'm gonna rig the line. 819 00:30:53,227 --> 00:30:54,259 Okay. 820 00:30:54,261 --> 00:30:55,727 -Just watch your steps. -Yes, sir. 821 00:30:55,729 --> 00:30:58,605 [narrator] The next morning Gabe and Bear 822 00:30:58,607 --> 00:31:01,525 team up once again at the flume site, 823 00:31:01,527 --> 00:31:05,237 hanging 1,000 feet in the ai on the side of a cliff. 824 00:31:05,239 --> 00:31:08,407 The siblings have hatched a new plan to transport 825 00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:11,493 the salvaged lumber back to North Star Ranch. 826 00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:12,703 What do you think? 827 00:31:12,705 --> 00:31:14,663 From this tree down to that one? 828 00:31:14,665 --> 00:31:16,373 -I think so. -Think we have enough rope? 829 00:31:16,450 --> 00:31:18,166 Maybe. 830 00:31:18,168 --> 00:31:20,502 You know, my first idea to get the boards down 831 00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:21,962 was just pick them up and haul them down. 832 00:31:21,964 --> 00:31:24,673 But it is quite a way. It's pretty steep. 833 00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:26,800 And then Bear came up with a really cool idea. 834 00:31:26,877 --> 00:31:28,427 He's thinking maybe a zip line. 835 00:31:28,503 --> 00:31:29,778 Careful. 836 00:31:29,780 --> 00:31:32,222 Bear is gonna anchor it down on one side. 837 00:31:32,299 --> 00:31:34,391 Run the line down to the other side 838 00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:36,059 in between two trees. 839 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:37,377 And then hopefully we'll be able to attach 840 00:31:37,379 --> 00:31:39,605 the boards onto that and just send them on down 841 00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:41,356 just like you would a garbage chute. 842 00:31:41,358 --> 00:31:43,525 You have enough rope? 843 00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:45,402 [Bear] Yeah, it looks like it. 844 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,195 [Gabe] Just be careful. I might start hauling boards. 845 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:48,572 [Bear] Okay. You watch your step. 846 00:31:48,649 --> 00:31:52,951 [Gabe grunts] 847 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,539 We're a little precarious up here. 848 00:31:57,541 --> 00:31:58,707 I'm looking down, 849 00:31:58,709 --> 00:31:59,917 and there's a pretty good drop. 850 00:31:59,993 --> 00:32:01,752 I'll try to get a little bit of a swoop. 851 00:32:01,828 --> 00:32:04,171 -Ah. -So give me a test board. 852 00:32:04,173 --> 00:32:06,006 We are just balancing on the edge 853 00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:08,175 of this stacked up old lumber 854 00:32:08,177 --> 00:32:11,303 on the very tip of the cliff. 855 00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:13,013 Stay strong, little tree. 856 00:32:13,090 --> 00:32:16,183 Reaching up above our heads with the giant board, 857 00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:18,894 trying to get it clipped on and it's not easy. 858 00:32:18,896 --> 00:32:20,479 But, uh, it'll be worth it 859 00:32:20,481 --> 00:32:21,897 if we can get the zip line working. 860 00:32:21,899 --> 00:32:23,565 I'm ready. Okay, here we go. 861 00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:24,691 Awesome. 862 00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:25,734 Cool. 863 00:32:25,736 --> 00:32:27,027 Extreme. 864 00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:30,030 [Gabe] Oh. 865 00:32:30,107 --> 00:32:30,989 -We'll have to... -I should have seen that. 866 00:32:30,991 --> 00:32:32,174 move that one out of the way. 867 00:32:32,176 --> 00:32:33,492 No, I thought it might hit that one. 868 00:32:33,494 --> 00:32:35,911 Let me go down there and move that branch. 869 00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:38,080 Can you reach the board? 870 00:32:38,082 --> 00:32:39,480 [grunts] 871 00:32:39,482 --> 00:32:41,458 -[Bear] Watch your head. -[Gabe] There it goes. 872 00:32:41,535 --> 00:32:42,918 [Bear] Okay. Get back up there. 873 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:43,835 I'm gonna grab the lines. 874 00:32:43,912 --> 00:32:45,337 All right. 875 00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:51,343 -[Bam Bam] Hey, man. -Hey, what you doing here? 876 00:32:51,345 --> 00:32:53,512 Bam, you came. 877 00:32:55,933 --> 00:32:57,975 I knew you couldn't stay away. 878 00:32:57,977 --> 00:32:59,559 I think most spot we could use your help 879 00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:02,062 would just be down here, untying these ropes. 880 00:33:02,097 --> 00:33:03,981 Well, it's definitely a good idea 881 00:33:04,057 --> 00:33:05,565 to get the boards down the way they're doing it. 882 00:33:05,567 --> 00:33:07,317 Of course, there are a few adjustments 883 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:08,527 I would definitely make 884 00:33:08,603 --> 00:33:10,195 to make it a little more efficient. 885 00:33:10,197 --> 00:33:11,697 But it is a good idea. 886 00:33:11,773 --> 00:33:13,782 And they were safe about the way they were doing it, 887 00:33:13,784 --> 00:33:16,868 which I'm glad to see that, that when I'm not around, 888 00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:18,286 they are actually respecting the danger. 889 00:33:18,288 --> 00:33:20,372 All right, then, let's hit it hard 890 00:33:20,374 --> 00:33:22,666 this last hour, and see how many we can get done, 891 00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:23,983 and then we'll all break off. 892 00:33:23,985 --> 00:33:25,318 Yeah, that works for me if it works for you. 893 00:33:25,395 --> 00:33:27,087 This way, you don't have to climb down every time. 894 00:33:27,089 --> 00:33:28,755 Y'all just send them down, I'll unhook them, 895 00:33:28,832 --> 00:33:30,048 and we'll see how many we can get down. 896 00:33:30,125 --> 00:33:31,758 [Bear] Sounds good. 897 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,677 It means a lot to me to see Bam. 898 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,637 He'd do anything for his little brother. 899 00:33:35,639 --> 00:33:37,472 That's the gooey center 900 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:39,307 we always talked about, you know. 901 00:33:39,309 --> 00:33:41,727 Bam is not outwardly sweet, but inside, 902 00:33:41,803 --> 00:33:43,979 there is a heart of gold in there. 903 00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:46,231 All right. Send it down. 904 00:33:48,444 --> 00:33:49,693 Awesome, bro. 905 00:33:51,030 --> 00:33:52,070 And stop. 906 00:33:52,072 --> 00:33:53,655 That was nice. That was good. 907 00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:55,323 Definitely saving time. 908 00:33:55,325 --> 00:33:56,533 Get the next one ready if you can. 909 00:33:56,610 --> 00:33:58,368 [Bear] All right. 910 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,370 Well, even though everybody has different plans 911 00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:01,747 for building their house, 912 00:34:01,823 --> 00:34:05,000 we're still all really doing the same dream. 913 00:34:05,002 --> 00:34:06,501 [Gabe] Here it comes. 914 00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:08,295 [Bam Bam] All right, send it down. 915 00:34:08,371 --> 00:34:09,963 Nice and easy. 916 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:11,715 [Bear] Whoo! 917 00:34:11,792 --> 00:34:13,633 The same dream that my old man had, 918 00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:15,052 we're just carrying that on 919 00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:16,261 to build up the North Star Ranch 920 00:34:16,338 --> 00:34:18,096 to be a completely self-sustainable ranch, 921 00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:20,682 and a home for generations of Browns to come. 922 00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,642 [Gabe] This was all Bear. 923 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,895 -[Bam Bam] Yeah? -[Gabe] Yeah. 924 00:34:24,971 --> 00:34:27,147 Yeah. Just don't let him ride it down. 925 00:34:27,224 --> 00:34:30,067 [Gabe laughs] 926 00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:31,610 [narrator] Coming up. 927 00:34:31,612 --> 00:34:33,528 [Snowbird] If you think it's okay to even go, 928 00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:35,322 like, should I just call it off? 929 00:34:35,324 --> 00:34:37,074 So with my current condition 930 00:34:37,076 --> 00:34:38,742 going back to Alaska, it has to kind of 931 00:34:38,819 --> 00:34:40,243 be a decision that I make now. 932 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,060 [tense music playing] 933 00:34:43,499 --> 00:34:44,539 [country music playing] 934 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,458 [Noah] Hey, kids. 935 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:48,168 -[horse neighs] -Really? 936 00:34:48,245 --> 00:34:51,213 Really? You wanna play? 937 00:34:51,256 --> 00:34:53,215 We have a new little filly named Peyton. 938 00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:57,094 Right now, I'm trying to desensitize her, 939 00:34:57,096 --> 00:34:59,012 to halter and lead. 940 00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:00,764 Oh, does that feel good? 941 00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:02,224 Yeah, it does. 942 00:35:02,226 --> 00:35:03,809 Right there, is that the spot? 943 00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:07,270 It helps, though, that I don't have 944 00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:10,732 the chemicals coming off of me that are fear. 945 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:13,360 Horses understand that. 946 00:35:13,436 --> 00:35:16,071 It looks very beautiful on you. 947 00:35:16,073 --> 00:35:17,364 So you tell her. 948 00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:18,907 So far, I've been able to get it 949 00:35:18,909 --> 00:35:21,451 around her nose without her freaking out. 950 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:23,578 So I'm just, like, slowly edging 951 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:25,122 further and further to getting the halter on, 952 00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:26,623 not trying to push it down, 953 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,041 don't want her freak out or anything. 954 00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:29,626 That's fine. 955 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,129 By tomorrow, I'll probably have the halter on and strapped. 956 00:35:33,173 --> 00:35:35,340 Are you coming to say goodbye? 957 00:35:35,342 --> 00:35:36,967 [chuckles] Oh, thank you. 958 00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:38,260 Kisses? 959 00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:39,027 What would my wife think? 960 00:35:41,590 --> 00:35:43,348 [tense music playing] 961 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:46,226 [Bear] Pull it in so that it's completely straight. 962 00:35:46,228 --> 00:35:47,435 [grunts] 963 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:49,521 -I broke it. -[Bear] You broke it? 964 00:35:49,598 --> 00:35:51,439 Gabe, cinch, not destroy. 965 00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:53,859 [Gabe] I'm gonna blame the wind on that one. 966 00:35:53,894 --> 00:35:55,902 [narrator] It's been a momentous two weeks 967 00:35:55,904 --> 00:35:58,446 for the Browns, with brother Gabe 968 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:02,033 successfully reclaiming lumber for his future cabin 969 00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:05,328 and Bear continuing to expand his home front. 970 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:07,455 [Bear] This tent has been killer hard to get up. 971 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:08,915 It's like one thing after another. 972 00:36:08,917 --> 00:36:10,208 But it feels pretty good 973 00:36:10,243 --> 00:36:11,585 to finally be having this baby up. 974 00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:13,170 Looks good to me, man. 975 00:36:13,246 --> 00:36:14,588 It's a lot more space. 976 00:36:14,664 --> 00:36:16,923 I'm gonna call that a job well done. 977 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,425 -I'm gonna agree with you. -Ah. 978 00:36:18,427 --> 00:36:20,051 Whoo. 979 00:36:20,128 --> 00:36:21,845 [narrator] And while Noah prepares 980 00:36:21,922 --> 00:36:23,805 for his upcoming journey north, 981 00:36:23,849 --> 00:36:25,765 the time has come for sister Bird 982 00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:28,143 to make a difficult decision 983 00:36:28,145 --> 00:36:31,563 stay in Washington and finish her recovery, 984 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:36,067 or risk injury with a return to Alaska. 985 00:36:36,144 --> 00:36:39,112 [dramatic music playing] 986 00:36:39,189 --> 00:36:42,157 So with my current condition going back to Alaska, 987 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:44,326 it has to kind of be a decision that I make now. 988 00:36:46,330 --> 00:36:49,039 Life really hit me hard. 989 00:36:49,041 --> 00:36:50,582 I would be lying if I said 990 00:36:50,584 --> 00:36:52,667 there weren't times that I wanted to give up. 991 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:55,003 But, uh, honestly, I wasn't even 992 00:36:55,005 --> 00:36:56,838 gonna postpone it the first time. 993 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,757 But at this point, there's no amount of pain 994 00:36:58,833 --> 00:36:59,999 that's gonna stop me, 995 00:37:00,001 --> 00:37:01,343 and make me postpone it a second time. 996 00:37:01,345 --> 00:37:02,702 Not happening. 997 00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:07,891 I definitely think it is worth the risk, 998 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,017 even though I'm not fully recovered. 999 00:37:09,061 --> 00:37:10,852 The truck is ready. 1000 00:37:10,854 --> 00:37:12,437 [Snowbird] I am just about ready. Hold on. 1001 00:37:12,439 --> 00:37:15,941 One, I'm not gonna be fully recovered for a long time. 1002 00:37:16,017 --> 00:37:17,692 And two, I need it right now 1003 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,237 even as much as the physical pain is. 1004 00:37:20,313 --> 00:37:23,031 There's a lot of mental stuff that I just need a break. 1005 00:37:23,033 --> 00:37:24,491 [Gabe] Are you excited? 1006 00:37:24,567 --> 00:37:26,243 Very. Yeah. 1007 00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:28,495 A little nervous. A little excited. 1008 00:37:28,571 --> 00:37:30,121 What? 1009 00:37:30,198 --> 00:37:32,165 You're not taking a watermelon. 1010 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:33,250 I am taking a watermelon. 1011 00:37:33,252 --> 00:37:34,084 Don't you touch my watermelon. 1012 00:37:34,086 --> 00:37:35,418 Bird. 1013 00:37:36,672 --> 00:37:38,755 I wouldn't say that it surprised me 1014 00:37:38,832 --> 00:37:40,465 that Birdy has found the strength to go. 1015 00:37:40,467 --> 00:37:41,883 Has she recuperated? No. 1016 00:37:41,885 --> 00:37:43,510 She should be going? No. 1017 00:37:43,512 --> 00:37:45,720 Bird wasn't gonna let anything, 1018 00:37:45,722 --> 00:37:48,932 not even surgery, stop her from going back to Alaska. 1019 00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:52,560 [Ami] You all better be careful. 1020 00:37:52,646 --> 00:37:53,895 I don't need to tell you how dangerous it is. 1021 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:55,463 [Snowbird] No, for sure. 1022 00:37:55,465 --> 00:37:57,774 You know how I used to pick up sticks on the beaches 1023 00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,442 that were shaped like guns for y'all? 1024 00:37:59,519 --> 00:38:00,735 Bring me a couple of those. 1025 00:38:00,821 --> 00:38:02,337 -Oh, okay. -Okay. 1026 00:38:02,339 --> 00:38:04,406 And the main thing, just bring yourselves back, you know? 1027 00:38:04,408 --> 00:38:08,034 You guys be careful out there, and just have lots of fun. 1028 00:38:09,454 --> 00:38:12,622 [Ami] The youngest three of my kids are leaving. 1029 00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:13,773 I don't like it. 1030 00:38:13,775 --> 00:38:14,749 I don't like being separated from them. 1031 00:38:14,751 --> 00:38:17,127 Okay, guys. 1032 00:38:17,245 --> 00:38:18,503 [Bam Bam] All right. Calm seas and fair weather. 1033 00:38:18,580 --> 00:38:20,422 [Ami] Birdy is still recovering 1034 00:38:20,424 --> 00:38:23,091 from her surgery, so I'm very glad that Raive 1035 00:38:23,135 --> 00:38:25,844 is gonna be there to keep Bird safe. 1036 00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:27,045 -I love you. -Okay. I love you. 1037 00:38:27,047 --> 00:38:28,596 -[Gabe] All right. -Don't forget your letter. 1038 00:38:28,598 --> 00:38:29,931 -I will. -[Gabe] You guys have fun. 1039 00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:32,809 I hope and I pray 1040 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:36,646 that the kids find what they need. 1041 00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,648 It may not be what they're looking for, 1042 00:38:38,725 --> 00:38:40,191 or what they think they'll find, 1043 00:38:40,268 --> 00:38:41,651 but what they need. 1044 00:38:41,728 --> 00:38:42,736 Godspeed. 1045 00:38:42,812 --> 00:38:44,045 -[chuckles] -All right, dude. 1046 00:38:44,047 --> 00:38:45,739 -We'll bring lots of rocks. -Be safe. 1047 00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:47,657 -[Ami] I love you. -[Gabe] More to us. 1048 00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:49,117 [all] More to us. 1049 00:38:53,123 --> 00:38:57,208 [country music playing] 1050 00:39:01,298 --> 00:39:04,841 [narrator] After traveling 1,000 miles from Washington 1051 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:08,053 the Browns have finally arrived in Haines, 1052 00:39:08,055 --> 00:39:10,889 the first destination on their Alaskan journey. 1053 00:39:10,891 --> 00:39:13,016 [Snowbird] The Alaska air smells so good. 1054 00:39:13,093 --> 00:39:15,935 It smells just like dirt and trees. 1055 00:39:16,012 --> 00:39:17,479 There isn't anywhere that I've ever been 1056 00:39:17,481 --> 00:39:18,646 that smells like that. 1057 00:39:21,068 --> 00:39:23,818 [country music playing] 1058 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,612 There's a lot that I'm looking forward to doing 1059 00:39:25,614 --> 00:39:26,905 while we're here in Alaska. 1060 00:39:26,907 --> 00:39:29,240 We're actually here in Haines. 1061 00:39:29,317 --> 00:39:31,326 I haven't been here like 19 or 20 years. 1062 00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:35,038 Birdy was born here in Haines. 1063 00:39:35,073 --> 00:39:37,123 And we spent the first 10 years of my life here. 1064 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:40,335 When Bird and I think of home, this is the place. 1065 00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,213 [Rain] I never thought that I would be able 1066 00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:44,455 to come to Haines. 1067 00:39:44,457 --> 00:39:48,843 Getting to experience it is just so mystical. 1068 00:39:51,223 --> 00:39:52,555 There's a lot that I'm looking forward 1069 00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:54,391 to doing while we're here in Alaska. 1070 00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:58,978 If we can actually find a piece of property, 1071 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,564 then it can turn from being just taking a trip 1072 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:04,567 to actually being permanent 1073 00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:08,488 and being able to give my sons what I had, 1074 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:10,156 at least a little bit of it. 1075 00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:12,242 That's just worthwhile. 1076 00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:16,204 [Snowbird] It's definitely my goal for Alaska 1077 00:40:16,206 --> 00:40:18,456 to try and find some answers. 1078 00:40:18,458 --> 00:40:20,625 What I want my future to hold, 1079 00:40:20,702 --> 00:40:22,752 where I want it to be. 1080 00:40:22,829 --> 00:40:24,796 If I wanna have kids ever, 1081 00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:29,843 figure out who the future Bird is. 1082 00:40:29,919 --> 00:40:32,679 I think following mom's and dad's old footsteps, 1083 00:40:32,681 --> 00:40:35,974 I think that will help give me clarity. 1084 00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:39,102 [country music playing] 1085 00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:43,440 [narrator] On the next episo 1086 00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:44,941 of Alaskan Bush People. 1087 00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:47,360 [Noah] White caps says never a good sign. 1088 00:40:47,437 --> 00:40:48,778 -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. -Okay, we have a problem. 1089 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,029 Just go with it. 1090 00:40:51,158 --> 00:40:53,074 It feels so good to be back in Alaska. 1091 00:40:53,076 --> 00:40:55,702 Honestly, you don't know how excited I am. 1092 00:40:55,704 --> 00:40:57,996 [Noah] I am focusing on the future 1093 00:40:58,072 --> 00:40:59,456 The future of Alaska. 1094 00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:01,291 Dang, all right, this is nice. 1095 00:41:01,367 --> 00:41:04,127 But a lot of things have kind of gone sideways. 1096 00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:06,546 Whoo! 1097 00:41:06,548 --> 00:41:08,423 That was a howl. 1098 00:41:10,010 --> 00:41:11,676 [Bear] Right up there, we have an old mine shaft 1099 00:41:11,678 --> 00:41:14,304 where bears have been seen coming in and out. 1100 00:41:14,306 --> 00:41:16,598 -[bear growls] -[Gabe] Well, go slow, slow. 1101 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:17,932 Hold. Hold. Hold. 1102 00:41:17,934 --> 00:41:19,017 [yells] 1103 00:41:19,019 --> 00:41:20,477 In the excitement, 1104 00:41:20,479 --> 00:41:23,271 I may have overdone it a little bit. 1105 00:41:23,273 --> 00:41:25,064 Was it a good idea for you to take 1106 00:41:25,141 --> 00:41:27,192 the whole trip and come here? 1107 00:41:27,194 --> 00:41:27,775 [tense music playing]