[Rain] Oh, there's nothing like the Alaska air.
It's so beautiful, so nice to just be able to, like, really breathe.
-Whoa! -That's you.
I figured you got too quiet for a reason.
[narrator] On this episode of Alaskan Bush People...
[Noah] I think we found the emergency fire exit.
[Raiven] Want to show Grammy what's in this box?
[Bear] Well, we have some pretty big news
we want to tell everybody.
-Raiven? -Come on, I said, you say...
You want me to do the whole thing?
That's what's in the box.
Oh, my goodness.
Goodbye.
[Noah] We have a long trek ahead of us to get to Petersburg.
This is next property in Petersburg.
It seems like it's just the perfect fit,
but we have a very small window
to be able to look at it.
-[Rain] Noah? -[Noah] What?
-Is the engine died. -It is not good.
[boy 1] Baby, baby, baby boat.
[Bird] Yeah, there's a boat...
Yeah. There's one.
Yeah, there's one there.
There's one over there.
This is why I have your eyes, Bird, because...
[Bird] You don't see those boats?
No. I see the big boat.
I see one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
What?
You're telling me there's 11 boats out there?
[Bird] Yes, in a distance.
[Rain] Where?
[narrator] On the open seas of southeast Alaska,
the Browns begin the third leg of their adventure.
It's probably going to get a little choppy
because if north wind is coming this fast,
it might not be quite as sunny all day as we had thought.
[narrator] And for brother, Noah, the pressure is on.
His quest to find new land now rests
on promising property outside the fishing village of Petersburg.
[Noah] Everything that we've heard about
the property and the pictures that we've seen,
it's kind of everything we're looking for.
Quite frankly, we talked about just going ahead and buying it,
but you can't buy something you haven't taken a look at first.
[narrator] With intel that there are multiple buyers interested,
Noah scheduled a walk through the following afternoon
and must make an offer quickly to have any chance of success.
This thing is a big, slow, difficult thing to move around.
That's why when I get my boat,
it's not quite going to be this.
We have a very small window
that we're going to have to be able to look at it.
And the property is first come first serve.
It's like kind of a long trip to get there.
So, it's like we need to just hurry it up a bit.
[narrator] At the helm, sister Rain captains
the Integrity on its 160-mile journey south.
The plan, first they must sail 120 miles to a cove north
of Petersburg, where they'll arrive
just at sundown to anchor for the night.
Then, it's a 40-mile journey to Petersburg at first light,
which should get them there in plenty of time
for Noah's appointment.
About how long till we get where we're going?
It's hours, right?
It's a while.
It's probably going to be like a 12-hour.
Okay.
I kind of like that, though.
You know, it's relaxing.
[Rain] This trip from Juneau to Petersburg is the longest.
I have skippered the Integrity through the roughest waters.
I'm feeling a little nervous,
but I'm trying not to let it get to me.
I'm trying to just stay calm and,
you know, stay in my zone like dad taught me.
[knocking]
Get inside without a life jacket.
What?
I'm fine.
You do not go and stand on the tippy tip of the bow
with waves coming without a life jacket,
Miss my stomach's hurt and I just had a surgery.
[Bird] I'm also not on the tippy tip.
[Ami] You know how excited I am, right?
I just... I could barely maintain
when y'all told me.
[narrator] On the mountain, there, Raiven and mother,
Ami meet to discuss the latest important expansion of Northstar Ranch.
And you, mother and I got to be the first to know.
Well, we have some pretty big news
we want to tell everybody.
Raiven?
Come on. I said you...
You want me to do the whole thing?
Okay. Okay.
She's pregnant...
-We're having a baby. -...with our next kid.
Yeah, we're expecting a new little one.
[Ami] I love babies, so.
Oh, no, you want one?
I know it is a baby and when is that baby
going to come and say hi?
[Raiven] Hopefully, it will take its time.
[Ami] I'm very excited for this grandchild.
I want it to come very fast because I want to hold that baby.
I couldn't really contain my excitement.
Of course, it usually comes with tears, but that's okay.
Y'all know it's boy or girl?
He did find out.
We were thinking about doing a reveal.
We were wanting to know if you wanted to participate...
Sure. Definitely.
We weren't sure, you know, if we'd have another one
and a little nervous adding another one to the mix.
I had a lot of problems in my pregnancy with River.
It was nerve-wracking to have another one,
but we really wanted to give him a sibling to play with
and grow up with,
and that was kind of important for us.
[Raiven] It's definitely nerve-wracking being pregnant on a mountain,
in general, I would say, I mean.
It's definitely farther from hospitals
and just kind of makes it a little more difficult,
you know, as far as feeling
that comfort of if I need help, you know.
I feel like it will be an adjustment,
you know, but I'm excited
to start feeling the kicks again.
Little scared, obviously, but.
[Bear] I couldn't be more excited to be
welcoming another kid into the world.
I mean, what is greater than the honor to be able
to be a dad to multiple children?
I never even thought that I'd have a kid
much less having two. That's pretty awesome.
You could, like, shoot me out of a canon
and I could hold a sign that says,
like, boy or girl as I fly by on it.
Always wanted to be shot out of a canon.
[Rain] Gonna stop here for a couple of minutes just to give us a breather.
It's really warm. It's a hot one today.
[narrator] Sixty miles into their voyage,
the Browns anchor to give sister Rain a momentary break from the helm.
And with sweltering temperatures rising,
Bird sees an opportunity she can't pass up.
So I was thinking in my chair,
dip me in the water like a tea bag... [mimics splashing]
...'cause I'm dying of heat right now.
-Wait. Say again? -Yes.
-She's not joking. -I'm on a swing.
If something happens and I'm just in the water,
I have a life jacket next to you that you throw in to me.
[Noah] We are on a tight time schedule.
I've calculated that we have enough time
for like a five-minute dunk.
As long as we're good from here on out
and they're satisfied with their stops, then we can do this.
Does have to make it quick.
[Bird] Good to go.
-[Noah] You sure? -[Bird] Yep.
Here we go.
Whoa.
[laughing]
Oh, here it goes.
Oh, my gosh.
Are you sure?
Whoa! Do it.
[Noah] Bye, bye.
-Bye. -[Noah] Say when you get back.
Whoa, I'm almost to the water.
Oh, my toesies are right at--
[Rain] Bird most definitely pushes herself too hard at times.
Birdy, don't let go that.
I feel 100% responsible for Bird's safety.
You know I've been the one protecting her
and taking care of her.
Oh, watch.
I'm a teabag.
[Rain] I know that she wants to have her fun in Alaska,
and I'm trying to let her, but I watched her go through
something really hard and I don't want to watch her go through that again.
[Bird speaking]
We got a problem.
The motor's burning out.
[Bird] Meaning...
[Noah] I'm not sure if we can get you back up.
It's starting to smoke when I use it.
[Bird speaking]
[Noah] If I had known that the hoist was going to burn out,
we wouldn't have stopped.
I'm not sure if it's like this for everyone in the bush
or just the Browns, but something is always going to break, yeah.
[Bird speaking]
[Bam Bam] Another day, another billion hay bales.
The horses eat a lot of food.
They go through a lot.
And then there's the goats as well.
And the longhorns.
So you can tell just how much everything eats
that like this is just for these horses.
It's a lot.
I would be thrilled if we were breaking even.
We're... we're... we're below breaking even with everything that
we're doing with the ranch at the moment.
It is my number one goal in life to make the ranch
financially sustainable, to make it
where it's making enough money to continue providing for itself.
There you go.
Uh, it's definitely a lot of money,
a lot of outgoing income, not a lot of incoming income.
If we could get to the point where we actually had
a hayfield of our own, that would be amazing.
That is the goal to eventually reach.
We have the grain silo up on the mountain.
We're feeding a lot of animals.
We go through a lot of feed.
But right now, a big step for the ranch
is to be have to grow our own food,
our own hay, our own alfalfa up on the mountain.
To have rotating pastures as well as having fields
that were growing our own hay.
We gotta to keep 'em fed.
I mean, that's the thing about not being a hunter and a fisherman.
If you're a farmer and a rancher,
your responsibility lies in taking care of the things
that you have obligated yourself to be taken care of.
[Rain] You can bring me in now probably.
All right.
[Noah] Well, the motor has burned out.
[narrator] With three hours until sundown,
the Browns are now behind schedule.
They must pick up the pace to reach the cove before dark.
At least, I got my dip.
I'm super cooled off.
Let's get underway.
[Noah] Luckily, the hoist being broken,
it doesn't affect the capability of the boat.
So at this rate, yeah, we're just going to go
straight to the cove and we're not going to stop anymore.
[engine whirring]
[engine struggling]
[engine stops]
[Rain] Noah?
[Noah] What was that?
Did you do that?
[Rain] No. The engine died.
[Noah speaking]
[Bird] What's happening?
The engine died.
Well, when the Integrity starts breaking down,
that's really stacking on the pressure
because if something goes wrong, it's on me.
It's not on anybody else.
It is not good to lose a motor ever,
especially when you're in the middle of running.
[Rain] Hey, Noah, you kind of need to hurry up.
[Noah] Yeah, I'm aware.
Right now, we're dead in the water.
[Bird] I don't like how close we're to the island,
especially not knowing how deep it is.
[Rain] Yeah, our depth sounder is still out.
[narrator] The youngest Brown siblings are stranded on the Integrity.
Still three hours from the cove.
They plan to anchor overnight.
Brother Noah must quickly diagnosed the issue.
Hey, Noah, do you have like a time estimate?
Yeah.
Longer if you keep bothering me.
This boat is quite old.
This was a World War II sub chaser.
There's a lot of things that could go wrong.
[Bird] I mean, I feel like he just really needs to focus
because I can tell he's...
he's a little stressed and all, but...
I would be stressed, too.
It sounded like a fuel-related issue.
So I'm just going to go through
from tank to engine and I'm just going to check it all.
Ooh, it could be the fuel filter, I guess
because there is some stuff in there.
Yeah, that is a dirty fuel filter.
It might be the fuel.
Out of fuel?
[Noah] No, I don't think so.
This is my fault.
I should have replaced the filter before we left.
[Rain] Water in the fuel?
[Noah] Just give me a minute.
So filling it up with diesel limits air bubbles.
There.
That's why we have the bucket.
Make sure it's in neutral?
What else would it be in?
Got to hit it.
[engine revving]
Is it good?
-Is it working? -[Noah] Wait.
Give me a rev.
Trying to make sure that the engine is working properly.
I can try the old school bush way by listening to it.
Give me a romp.
Wouldn't it have done--
Okay, we're good. Let's go.
[both] Yeah.
Oh, my goodness.
What was it?
Fuel filter was dirty.
[Rain] Get me away from this island.
We... before we go,
there was a thing in the water that looked like a, could be a bottle.
No, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
You had your fun. Let's go.
-No more stops. -But what if there's a message in the bottle?
[Noah] Let's go.
Message would be a message...
The last time we listened to you we broke down and broke the boom.
No, let's go.
All the delays and the engine trouble,
which could not have been foreseen,
we're behind schedule, and we are still quite a bit away.
What is it...
No, you're done making decision.
[Gabe] Already starting to work.
Doing a little maintenance on my boots.
It got a lot of wear and tear.
Pretty rough on my foot apparel.
And if I don't take care of them,
then they tend to just run off my feet.
These boots are really special to me.
Uh, these boots dad gave me,
the last pair of boots he got me.
So I'm really trying to take good care of 'em.
To do that, I'm gonna just put a layer of polish on 'em.
I find the best way to polish your boots
is to heat up the boot polish.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's starting to melt around the edges.
I better get ready with a rag.
It's one of Raquell's dish rags.
Last time I polished my boots like this,
I was back in Browntown.
Back in Browntown, we were doing a lot of work.
And it was really wet out.
And you have to do your boots pretty often.
With most of the guys up in Alaska,
it's a lot quieter here at the ranch.
It feels a little quiet today, a little melancholy.
So, I talked to Noah on the phone and he told me
that they have problems with the Integrity.
I definitely worry about him up there.
You know, ideally, they'd have nine people work in the Integrity,
you know, because it really takes all of us.
Uh, but right now, they're down to three
and one of them severely injured.
They're just really shorthanded.
Let's get to work.
Right on the boot.
I definitely feel protective of all my younger siblings.
If something were to happen and I wasn't there,
I'd feel terrible.
I have that feeling like I should go.
I've been on the fence for a while.
I am worried about us here on the ranch,
trying to do everything without the guys up in Alaska
and everybody in Alaska, I'm worried about them,
but it's just like I can't just sit here
and leave them up there if something happened, you know?
I don't know what to do.
That is one polish-filled boot.
Oh, yeah, they even feel better.
Will you look at that baby shine.
Take care of your boots and will take care of you.
That's what I always say.
[Bird] This boat goes slow.
So about how far out are we still?
Probably like seven, eight.
Oh, that makes us running all the way into the dark
-and low tide. -With all the detours
and motor trouble and everything,
maybe we should just wait it out.
So losing as much time as we did today,
the only way we're going to be able to make it
at a cove is we continue going,
end up running through the night.
But it's never ideal to run the boat in open water at night.
It can be very dangerous
because even if you have lights,
there's still going to be things you might not see,
especially with the engine having just not wanting to work.
I am a little worried.
I don't really feel super comfortable
driving through the night
and I think it's better to anchor out
and wait for sun up.
I mean, I just don't know if Noah's going to be for staying the night.
I think he'll be fine with it
because I think he's going to agree
because it's going to make us run into the night for a while.
And there was a super nice cove
that we passed.
[Rain speaking]
Well, I should probably go and tell Noah 'cause
he's going to figure out we're going the opposite way.
[narrator] Not able to reach their first planned stop before dark,
the Browns will backtrack to a cove off Admiralty Island
where they'll set anchor for the night.
But this means they now have nearly twice
as long of a journey to Petersburg in the morning
which could throw Noah's property walkthrough in jeopardy.
With all the delays, we have run out of time.
No matter how fast we go, this boat isn't fast enough
to make it to the docks of Petersburg to meet the realtor.
So, yeah.
Our only option really is to anchor for the night
and keep going in the morning.
[knocking]
[Bird] Drop it, we're good.
Okay.
[Bird] What do you all want to do?
I feel like crab could be yummy.
Well, I mean, I figured we're staying here tonight anyway.
Might as well.
I might as well have a little fun with it, right?
I know Noah had an appointment in Petersburg
that he is going to miss, and I know he's disappointed,
but anchoring in the cove
is going to give us some old-fashioned Brown-style adventures.
[Eli speaking]
[Noah] She's putting bait in it.
So there's a thing where it's a good luck to... to do this.
[Eli speaking]
It's a good luck.
-It's to help you catch the... -Are you gonna do that to all of them?
Oh, I figure one in each pot, probably, right?
[Noah] Okay.
[Eli speaking]
Again. [Noah laughing]
You like me biting the heads off?
[Bird] You want to try?
No.
-Are you sure? -Yeah.
[Eli speaking]
[Noah] She broke the fish.
[Bird] I broke the fish.
[spitting]
So while setting like crab pots,
it's supposed to be good luck to bite off the fish head.
And so I'll take it if it gets us more crab.
Okay. I think they're baited up.
-Y'all ready to go? -Let's load them up.
Bye, guys.
[Noah] It's not ideal to anchor for the night,
but the best thing to do is make what you can out of bad situation.
And one of the greatest things about it is that right now
I'm with my son.
I'm teaching him how to do some Alaskan stuff.
We're going to set some crab pots.
You're ready?
We're going to push it in.
-[Eli speaking] -Say catch crab.
[Eli speaking]
Good job.
And give her a kiss.
Good job.
Say bye-bye crab pot.
[Eli speaking]
[narrator] Coming up...
[Rain] Next stop Petersburg.
Let's do it.
Maybe by some chance no one has bought it yet.
And if so, it might be the one.
[Rain] Who's excited?
Me!
[Eli speaking]
[Rain and Eli] Yeah!
[birds tweeting]
[Rain] Hopefully, we'll get lots of crabs.
[narrator] It's a new morning in southeast Alaska.
[Eli speaking]
I got the crabs.
[narrator] After retreating to a cove to wait out the night,
brother Noah has come to a difficult realization.
[Noah] I've calculated, no matter how fast we go,
this boat isn't fast enough to make it
to my appointment with the realtor to check out the Petersburg property.
[Rain] Oh, we got quite a few, actually.
But failure's never an option.
So we're going to take the quick five minutes
to eat a snack and head to Petersburg.
Maybe by some chance no one has bought it yet.
You know, let's be hopeful, right?
I've catched some good crab.
I'm just saying, like these were so good.
Like, did you see how beefy these suckers were.
[Noah] Don't block your mouth, I'm putting it in your ear.
I'm getting your ear. Oh, oh... oh...
Oh, I almost got him.
[Noah laughing]
You know, every once in a while,
I see Noah with Eli.
And, you know, it definitely reminds me of decisions
that I have to make, because one of the decisions is kids or no kids.
Have you all realized how blessed we are right now
to have fresh crab and look at where we are.
Like, look at where we're sitting.
And it's so good.
You know, I think one thing that this trip has, you know,
told me so far is that if I did choose to have kids,
at some point, I would want them
to be a part of Alaska and I would want that to be part of their life.
-Hmm... -[Eli speaking]
-Okay. -You want something to drink?
Okay, daddy will go get you something to drink, okay?
[Rain] Bird, between you and I,
I never thought that I was going to be able
to do this with you again.
Why?
Because after the hospital and everything.
But I'm glad that I am.
Me too. I'm not going away.
Well, that's why I just want you to be careful.
[Rain speaking]
Dealing with Bird's health issues and protecting her
and taking care of her, it has made me push away
some of the things that I've been struggling with.
Bird is the most important thing in my life.
You know, I just wish that I could
wrap her in bubble wrap and put her in a little case
and make sure that nothing bad happens to her.
I just wanted you to know that it's not me
trying to tell you what to do. It's just 'cause I care about you...
No... For sure, come on.
...more than I care about myself.
I do worry that Rain she's had to deal with so much loss lately.
[Noah] Okay, we need to get to work.
Head to Petersburg.
[Bird] I don't see her dealing with it, really.
And she's just always so strong.
And I just feel like sometimes
I'm like, "You need to be vulnerable, you know?"
Coming to Alaska, I knew it was going to be difficult
because dad's not here anymore.
And I don't think she had anticipated that.
Let's do it.
Next stop, Petersburg.
[Bam Bam] So, that's fresh alfalfa, huh?
If Gabe were here, he'd probably be eating it.
Well, today, I'm up at McMillan's hay field,
and I'm talking to Alex about how they run their hay field.
We're trying to get set up, where we can grow our own hay up there.
I've studied a bit about, you know, rotating pastures
and hay fields and the best way to do these things.
But it's good to go get some hands-on advice
and just see how other people are doing it.
Like the amount of field you have here,
is this crazy labor intensive or can one guy like operate it?
Oh, one guy can operate it. I can show you one.
That's a good way, we need to just close the valve right here.
Right.
So leave the pressure go for a little bit
and then disconnect this part...
-Right. -...and pull stronger.
All right.
Once you move with the first, let the water just
run a little bit and then with the other one,
just continue with the water and the water and the water, 24/7.
Really, 24/7?
Dang.
The amount of water we're able to produce
at the moment on the mountain,
there's no way we could do that
for a hayfield of this size.
Uh, but if we can get really good working wells,
I think we could get to a point
where we could do this.
Are you cutting all of them this way,
or do you go long ways or...?
Well, we do some loop first and then we do some lines.
You want to go with me inside to the machine
so I can explain you some... something?
Yeah, yeah, show me how it works, man.
Definitely.
Let's cut some alfalfa.
This is the first time I've seen a machine like this in person.
I've driven a lot of machinery in my life,
but I've never driven one of these.
[engine whirring]
-There you go. -There we go.
I am eager to give it a shot.
It seems to operate pretty much like a, uh, a dozer.
This one controls forwards.
Forward power on your brake.
Let and right.
[laughing]
Yeah, tell me what you do with the handle right over there.
This guy?
-Yeah. That controls all the things. -There we go.
Oh, yeah.
Let's go. With more power, more.
You're ready now?
Are you ready now?
I think I got the hang of it.
There's always a little bit of a learning curve to that stuff,
but, man, I tell everybody, if you can play Pac-Man,
you can drive machinery.
I'm sure I can hack it.
[Alex] Go forward a little bit more.
-Yeah. -Turn it.
Yeah, yeah.
[Alex] Get that strong, handle going stronger yeah, really, man.
[both laughing]
It's spinning.
Turn it, turn it, turn, it, turn it... more, more, more, more...
There we go, there we go.
Got to show it who's boss.
Yeah.
And I am very excited.
If we had a setup like this with a hay field
and this kind of irrigation, I think we could easily have it ran by one person.
Not too bad for my first crop.
Yeah, bumping.
It would be a huge step for the ranch
to be self-sufficient.
That's fairly straight.
I bought... I...
weaving a little bit.
It's all about getting a feel for the new machine.
[Alex] Yeah.
[Gabe] I try to pack light, just the essentials.
Alaska is a pretty unforgiving place.
I definitely want to have a flannel.
[sniffing]
You know, I've been on the fence about it for a while,
and I finally made my decision.
I'm packing up my bags.
I'm loading up my gun and I'm going to Alaska.
Bird's not 100%.
And as bad as I'm going to feel leaving the ranch
with so much work to do,
I feel like it's necessary to go up there
and kind of help everybody out.
The most indispensable article of clothing you will ever have.
Long johns, a man's underwear.
I talked to Noah and he said that
they're going to be in Petersburg for a while
before they head out on the Integrity.
And I really want to rendezvous with them
there before they take off.
The last thing I'm ever going to need.
And the first thing I grab, leather.
I definitely think everybody's going to be happy to have me there.
But the help from anybody would definitely be welcome.
I'm expecting a lot of hero worship, a lot of,
"Oh, it's Gabe, he's here to save the day."
Alaska, here I come.
[Rain] Who's excited?
[Bird] Me!
[Eli speaking]
[all] Yeah.
[narrator] After a seven-hour journey from Admiralty Island,
the Browns finally make port in Petersburg, Alaska.
But for Brother Noah, their late arrival brings unfortunate news.
[Noah] It turns out that the people that saw the property,
that took the spot that I was supposed to have
put in an offer and the offer was accepted.
The property is gone.
I kind of feel like we lost out on something
that could have been really special with that property that we missed.
I'm not a positive person or a hopeful person.
Uh, I just run on the fact that if it's supposed to happen,
it will happen if you try your hardest.
We tried our hardest to make it.
We didn't make it in time to see the property.
We lost the property, so I wasn't supposed to have it.
However, the realtor had pointed out
there seems to be another property
that is supposedly really nice.
It's a small cabin.
She's a fixer upper.
This one does have a beach apparently,
it's on the water and it is close to Petersburg, but not too close.
[birds calling]
[Gabe] Oh, that sea air smells delicious.
And it's the best.
Let's go find the Integrity. Walking the docks in Petersburg,
and it's like walking through a memory like nothing has changed.
All the old boats are still here.
It still has that same smell, that same air.
Seagulls are still flying by.
Tons of memories from Petersburg.
When I got this tattoo,
um, I don't know if you can see it.
[Gabe speaking]
I don't know if I'm even going to recognize it.
You know, it's changed hands, and uh...
wait a second.
I recognize that anchor anywhere.
[Gabe laughing]
Ahoy!
What?
Howdy, strangers.
I made it.
[Eli] Uncle Gabe.
-Uncle Gabe. -Oh, don't go into the water.
[Bird] It feels really good knowing that Gabe
came all this way just to make sure that the trip
goes smooth and that everybody is safe.
It's going to be super handy having him.
Eli, I'm here.
Hey, little dude.
[Bird] Right now, I'm not, you know, tip-top.
He knew it was just Rain and Noah dealing with the boat,
so I feel like he's like, "No, they need one more person."
[Gabe] Wow. Whoa.
She's red.
She's blushing.
She's embarrassed that her name was changed.
Oh, my goodness. Riptide, huh?
Yeah.
I... I didn't know that the Integrity was red now.
Like, she's a very distinct looking boat,
no matter what color she is.
But, yeah, definitely threw me for a loop.
[Noah] All right, man. You arrived just in time.
There's a property I need to go look at,
you wanna come with?
Yeah. Definitely.
[narrator] A 15-mile skiff ride south of Petersburg,
the new property is on the west side of Mitkof Island,
the 30th largest island in the US.
Oh, I can't let you all have all the fun.
The more the merrier.
And just the feeling of helping Noah in Alaska
look for a new home is just,
I can't help but get, like, really proud of him.
Like, it's a, it's a great feeling
like Noah expanding out like that.
And in Alaska, no less, like it's, it's going to be cool.
Man, I'm tired.
You want me to drive?
You want to drive for a bit.
Let me drive.
[Noah] It's been a long time since Gabe's
gotten to steer the skiff,
so I decided to let him have a turn.
No.
Uh, that's a mistake I'm never going to make again.
I said no.
Gabe is definitely a demon.
I... I mean, a speed demon.
Yeah, that's what I meant.
I was unaware he had a death wish.
-Hold on! -Gave, this is not fun!
I know, he said he wanted to get there in a hurry.
He said he wanted to get there,
check it out and get back.
So, hey, this is all for him.
I'm trying to see the area, not be scared for my life.
Uh, Gabe, no.
[engine whirring]
That's it. I'm taking over.
All right.
I like to go fast, pretty much,
no matter what I'm driving.
So, yeah, I couldn't resist the urge to twist the throttle a little bit.
Looks like there's an old ship wreck over there.
We'll have to be careful 'cause of ropes and whatnot.
Wow, dang creepy here.
I'd like to dive on that.
Okay. I see the bottom now.
Yeah.
Okay, pulling it.
Yeah, Go ahead and pull it.
Go starboard.
Here we go. Land-ho.
Hey, let's check this place out.
What do you think so far?
[Noah] I like the ferns, a little old.
Yeah.
I'm really hopeful the property
that we're going to look at is just awesome.
Fingers crossed.
And knock on wood, that it is the one.
[Bird] Come on, we're going to make up a sea chanty, guys.
[Noah] Okay, well, I've been working on this one.
♪ After we eat the crab, we're gonna be on our way... ♪
♪ Crab, crab, we're gonna be on our way ♪
You have to sing too!
[Rain] You said after the crab, we're gone?
After we eat the crab, we're going to be on our way.
-[Rain] Oh, okay. -Okay.
[Rain and Snowbird] ♪ After we eat the crab ♪
♪ We're going to be on our way ♪
♪ After we eat the crab, we're gonna be on our way ♪
[Rain] Okay, I think we got it.
We got it now.
There needs to be more to it, though.
[laughing]
[Bird speaking]
Okay. I see the bottom now.
Okay, pulling up?
Yeah, go ahead and pull it.
[narrator] Following the disappointing loss of a dream property,
Noah and Gabe tour a backup.
Here we go.
[narrator] A remote five-acre homestead
with a three-room cabin.
[Noah] Gabe, tie this around the rock.
The entire plan for Alaska hinges
on the single fact of we need a piece of property.
Every day that we're traveling is a day closer
to literally the end of the Alaska trip.
It is a little bit of pressure to find a place before then.
What do you think so far?
I like the ferns.
Is this the cabin that's on it?
They said it had a blue tarp.
The structure looks all right.
[Noah] So I haven't seen any pictures
of this new piece of property, but the realtor paints it up nicely.
It's a small cabin.
She said a fixer upper, which is always what we're looking for.
Something you throw a new coat of paint on,
maybe some carpet.
And it's good to go.
I'm really hopeful that this place will be the one.
Well, it's just a little shaky.
Nothing you can't fix up.
I like that. You've got a chair.
Okay, okay.
You could work with this.
Seen better days?
-Probably. -It has a kitchen.
I do like the stove, sink thing.
This is cool.
Hey, Gabe. [mimics horror music]
The occupation of the last owners.
And the entire floor underneath you is bending.
Oh, my goodness.
Looks like this used to be a bathroom-sized kitchen.
Oh, yeah, there's a little bit of a hole there.
Oh!
Once you get past the hole, in here's pretty good.
Gabe, can you move that rug?
That's not a hole. That's a booby trap.
It looks a little booby trap-ish.
You know, Noah took one look at the hole in the floor,
and he thought it was a bad thing, but I don't know.
This could have some upside.
Yeah, I think we found the emergency fire exit.
Late night, you needed to go use the bathroom.
You didn't want to go out the front door?
I don't know, 100,000 uses for a hole in the floor.
Oopsie.
I don't want to mess this place up, you know,
I'm hoping if you break it, you don't buy it.
Well, everything you're putting your feet on
trying to get out is breaking.
Is fixing it up something you're interested in?
Well, a fixer upper, yes,
but I tear her downer and fix her backer?
No.
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to stick a fork in it.
This one's a no.
It's a fixer upper, But this one needs a lot of fixing uping.
Well, this definitely wasn't it.
So far, the trip and experience
of trying to find a house...
As I'm going, I'm finding exactly
what I don't want, which just narrows down what I do want.
So we're just going to keep going.
Uh, well, sorry
this one didn't work out.
I guess we keep looking.
We keep looking. Onto the next.
[Ami] What are you all doing up there?
[Bear] Just hanging around.
Can you say, "Hi, Grammy"?
Hi, River.
[kissing]
You want to show Grammy what's in this box?
-[Ami] What is this? -Can you show Grammy?
This is going to tell Grammy if you're having a sister or a brother.
Maybe it's twins.
It is not.
-[laughing] -Aw.
I'm very excited because I know in this day
and age that you can know the baby's gender.
I want to know.
I cannot tell you how much it means to have another grandbaby coming.
The more the merrier.
Keep them coming.
[Raiven] All right.
One, two...
It's gonna fall out.
...three.
[Ami] It's a boy.
Oh, my goodness.
Blue balloons for boy.
It's a little boy.
You're gonna have a brother.
-Yeah. -It's blue.
Oh, my goodness.
My mom is thrilled with the gender reveal.
She is just loving it.
She is so excited, anything to do with babies,
yet another grand baby and she is just ear-to-ear grin,
walking on air.
She could not be more excited.
Look, I mean, chills, look at that.
And my hair's standing on in.
A new baby's doing this to me.
-So crazy. -Oh, my gosh...
You're going to be the big brother.
[Bear] Yeah, I think he'll make a good brother.
Another new baby.
Yeah, mom, you never thought you'd have a grandkid.
Now, you got quite a few and more on the way.
They keep coming, I tell you.
Just keep it coming. I love babies.
You know how excited I am about this.
These are the most wonderful days you'll ever have in your life.
People may question how we raised our kids
because it's totally unconventional.
I think the proof is in the pudding,
as the old saying goes,
because they're quite grounded and...
and they know who they are.
Billy and I always wanted the kids to spread their wings
and become themselves, forging their own path.
I'm quite proud of them.
And I know Billy is too.
[Noah] Let's get back to Eli, get him from the girls.
Journeys teach you things, give you perspectives.
And from Haines, Juneau, Admiralty, and now Petersburg,
every failure is just another reason to keep going.
We only have a few more after this on the list.
I will find out what I'm looking for.
[Bird] You know, this has been a long journey
and we're still going.
We have many more places to go.
And the adventure has just started.
[narrator] On the next episode of Alaskan Bush People...
Buoy's off, get the line.
Hold on.
It's no easy feat to steer a boat this big through water this rough.
Whoa, dad, you're really testing me today, aren't you?
[Noah] So it's almost time for me to leave.
That puts a little bit more pressure
until I find the piece of property.
[Bird] Wow.
The next part of this adventure is Mosman.
"Dear Sweet Birdie, babe."
I'm hoping that it's where I find answers.