[Gabe] Wow. She's ready.
[Snowbird] Welcome. Welcome
The roof looks a little different.
It's a little different. Over here is way different.
Can you still get through the hatch?
Not here. It's in the bathroom.
In the bathroom.
What if you're downstairs and you need to come upstairs.
You come up...
-...and someone's in the bathroom? -No.
Every time I'm in the bathroom,
I'm like, putting my foot on the hole.
I'm like, you know, trying to make sure
nobody can come up it.
[Gabe] I don't want to nit-pick designs.
[narrator] This year,
the Brown siblings spread their wings
more than ever before.
You're not going to bring Bird back.
You're going to bring a wild animal.
[narrator] Pursuing new chapters in their lives
I want to be able to stand on my porch butt naked
and put off a couple of rounds into my target.
[narrator] But every step brings hurdle
Oh, bro.
I'm dying.
[narrator] And on this episo of Alaskan Bush People...
...lost footage and new insight
reveal more challenges and fun family moments...
I've had more concussions than most boxers.
[narrator] ...that made their journey even sweeter.
-It's weird. -Let's do this.
So I'm bringing up some automated feeders
for while we're gone.
Gone?
So it goes through and feeds everything
while we're in Alaska.
Alaska? You're going to Alaska?
Uh, Rain and I
have been looking for a piece of property in Alaska.
[narrator] It's a period of growth and change
for the Brown family,
as each member of the wolfpack
looks to take big strides in their own lives.
[Gabe] I think this year, more tha a lot of other years,
we... we had our sights that really high, like,
we all were really trying to accomplish something grandiose.
How good does it feel to be on the ocean again?
[Snowbird] It's very surreal.
Everyone separately had their own things
they were trying to accomplish.
And I think that's...
that means you're good, though.
[narrator] But not without their fair share of setbacks
-Hold it. Hold it. -Stay clear.
Coming down. Stay clear.
[Ami] Sometimes big challenges, things can go wrong.
Sometimes?
It's hard for us for that to happen.
But then when you overcome those challenges
and you find a way to continue doing
what you're doing, to me,
it brings more satisfaction when the job is finished.
Welcome to all who have gathered here
to share this marriage ceremony of Raiven and Solomon Brown.
[narrator] The year began with an important milestone for the family,
the marriage of Bear and Raiven.
And while the ceremony went off without a hitch...
Do you, Solomon, take Raiven
to be your lawfully wedded wife
till death do you part?
I do.
[narrator] ...lost footage
shows the morning of the big day
nearly begins disastrously.
Hello?
We're halfway up the mountain and we didn't have enough fuel.
I'll... I'll get up as quick as I can, baby.
[Raiven speaking]
[Bear] Maybe an hour.
Sorry, baby.
-[Raiven speaking] -More.
You know, with weddings, everybody's rushing.
You got a deadline to me.
And then you add the fact
that the wedding was on the top of our mountain in the property,
I just pushed it a little bit far with the Suburban, and it just died on me.
Touche, getting y'all guys' help with this.
-Running late. -Yeah.
There's nothing like taking a hike in a skirt and...
Can say y'all guys are dressed to kill.
When Rain and I got to the Suburban,
you know, he wasn't actually very far up the mountain,
so, you know, it broke down real quick.
But all Rain and I did, we just brought gas.
We were like, you know what?
Let's try gas before anything else.
It's a good pit crew.
Yeah, I came up, I was trying to haul the stuff,
and I thought she had enough fuel to make it,
but she didn't.
So here we are.
Y'all guys didn't bring me too much fuel,
but I think it should be enough to... to make it.
It's something, so...
I mean, it wouldn't be a Brown wedding
if we weren't falling a little behind.
Of course, it's something.
You know, we're getting ready for a momentous, joyous occasion.
Of course, you know, the Suburban is going to break down on the way up.
That's just par for the course.
[engine starts]
-Okay. -She's good.
Saying to service tires, but I think that can wait.
Fuels a little bit above E.
Not even just the Suburban breakdown,
he had all the supplies for the wedding and everything inside it.
[Gabe] Yeah, yeah.
All the decorations, the cake.
-The dress. All of it. -The dress.
Okay. Y'all excited?
Y'all guys nervous for me?
-A little, yeah. -I'm excited.
The question is, are you nervous?
[Bear] A little bit nervous.
Just that I want everything to, you know, be just perfect,
you know, fairy tale style.
You know, don't want to get in there
and notice my sister have these huge boots on.
What are you talking about?
You think I didn't notice your boots?
I did not think you-- What's to notice?
[laughing]
Although I always try to keep it as cool
and under control as possible always,
even in bad storms, burning houses,
I'm always as cool as I could be.
But Bird has these gigantic boots on
which aren't exactly appropriate for wedding.
I'm like, "Birdie, come on.
I think I've got a pair of spare boots to give her
to by the time we get up there.
I'm just glad I have the fuel now."
It's like, "Oh, nice suit, Birdie."
And then you have these gigantic mud-clunking boots on.
What's wrong with my boots?
-Are you kidding? -These are my good boots.
They'd be fine if you were going through the Alaska bush,
into the muskeg, hunting for deer.
You didn't... Don't have any other boots.
No, I have other shoes, but not with me obviously.
I thought these were good.
[Bear] Those are the boots you're planning on actually wearing?
I was. Yes. Are you against it?
[laughing]
Well, look at 'em. Look at 'em.
[Bear] Birdie, they're like...
-They're nice. -They're pretty bad.
[Snowbird] Once, like, after all the chaos and the cars breaking down,
you know, to get to Bear's wedding,
the payoff was the magical ceremony.
[Gabe] Yeah. The best part to me was the end.
Like, once the ceremony was done
and it was just that realization
that we'd welcomed another wolf to the pack.
[all howling]
[narrator] As Bear starts a new chapte on the mountain...
Where exactly are you thinking about putting your house?
Do you already have a place in mind or are you still looking?
I mean, Raquell and I have talked about it,
but we haven't really scouted a lot of it,
so we don't really know.
[narrator] For Brother Gabe the dream of planting roots
on the ranch is top priority
But even the earliest stage of his house build
proves a challenge.
Tracks. Tracks.
-Oh. -Ooh.
Sasquatch.
The thing that really lit a fire under me
to get the house built was to bring Raquell and the girls back up
because it's so hard with them away.
But, you know, I ran into all sorts of problems.
Everywhere I would start to put a cabin,
it would be, like, way too rocky, you know?
And then other parts, no trees, other parts,
widowmaker trees,
and just too many predators here.
There's a spot where I actually found a kill,
and that's where I'm thinking about putting it.
Okay. Yeah, you find an animal carcass,
that's where you want to build your home.
Well, you know-- Sounds about right.
If it was good enough for a cougar to dine, yeah.
Right.
Every cougar, that I've seen down here,
every bear that has given us trouble
came through here, right?
You know, I thought
I was just gonna walk up there,
see a nice spot, stake my claim.
You know, this is Gabesville, you know?
I had no idea how much goes into a simple decision,
like, where to place your house.
[Bear] So what you're thinking further down this trail
or off on the road or literally just go further--
Somewhere in here.
Okay, that's one reason I--
Can you climb?
Uh... I'm Bear, aren't I?
[Gabe] Scurry on up. Okay, I'm going up.
Don't go too high.
Just high enough.
If tree climbing was a superpower,
I'd be a superhero.
I know. Are you already up at the top?
-Yup. -Okay.
I shouldn't go any further.
He'll get flimsy on me.
[Gabe] Definitely nice to be able to depend on Bea
-to shimmy up a tree... -Yep.
...and tell you what's on the horizon.
You know, you don't have to... you don't have to butter him up much for that.
It's like, "Hey, Bear, could you climb this tree?" Yes.
Be careful.
Oh, I'm not that high up.
Well, still, I don't want you to get hurt scouting my land.
It's actually a nice view.
And I can see Mom and Dad's house, too.
That's cool.
That means if I go two story,
I'm going to have a great view.
Got a nice sunset off in the distance.
-[Gabe] Whoo! -[Bear] Right through there.
[Gabe] Awesome.
-[Bear] Yeah, It's a pretty prime spot, man. -Yes, I like it, too.
I've always had a good feeling about this area.
After I got Bear to really help me scout the area,
then came the practical side of actually finding a spot.
And for that, I enlisted Bam.
This is a hill.
This is a drastic hill.
Well, that's a little flat spot.
[Gabe] Bam is really practical minded,
and I think that pragmatic attitude
really came in handy finding a good place.
But I just feel like he brought a really good,
like, logistic side to it.
All right, it's leveled off a little bit here.
This isn't as bad.
[Bam] This is it.
Stake the spot.
I have claimed my spot.
It's done.
Feels good.
[narrator] Though his siblin focus is on setting up
their own families,
Brother Bam's energy points
towards the Browns ranch operation,
which is in need of improvement.
So everyone's been kind of doing their own thing on the mountain.
Bear's getting his place fixed up,
and as his family moved up, Gabe's work on his cabin.
[Gabe] It's starting to feel like a home in here.
I think Bam, though, was kind of taken
into taking care of the ranch a little bit more and try and get it sustained.
[Bam] This is not how I would like to repair i
But for now, I just need it to hold up.
So I'm just wiring it together.
Even though the fire seems like it was a while ago,
it was devastating to such a degree
that has definitely slowed us down quite a bit.
Even right now, we're still really feeling i
because of the amount of things that we lost,
the amount of lumber, and the barn that we lost
and everything that's just not usable now because of the fire.
[narrator] But this season,
with several members of the pack away in Alaska,
Bam's work on the mountain
has left his own house plan in the lurch.
So what are we starting with?
Well, as I understand it, this area
is where his house is supposed to go.
[narrator] And Brothers Bea and Gabe offer to lend a han
[Gabe] Bam spread himself really thin,
completely put himself on the backburner.
So Bear and I got together and I was like,
"Let's do something for Bam."
So we went up to clear his land.
He didn't even ask.
He didn't have to ask for help.
We just knew that he needed it.
And we... and we took that initiative to help him out.
I think he's going to be ecstatic
if we can clear it off, lope it off.
So then right now, we're just going to cut all this down?
Yep.
Well, enough talk and let's get to cutting.
Let's hack it down.
Be careful with the mullein, it's in that time of life
where it's shooting the spores out.
Yeah, I noticed that, actually.
Oh, bro.
-Yo. -I'm dying.
Hot and I can't breathe.
That mullein was so bad.
You hack one of those dry stocks and all of a sudden,
all these spores pop off of it.
-They get it in your throat? -Yep.
You can't breathe.
And it just gets in the eyes.
And it's just like just hacking bushes.
So this is the corner.
This will be one of the...
[sneezes]
[Bear indistinctly]
Thank you. Mullein.
Who knew?
During certain times of the season, mullein is no problem.
Makes for good bush toilet paper.
-And tea. -And a tea.
Mullein and it's different stages.
Just goes from like cute to worse to really bad.
-Oh, it's nasty. -That, it is.
But I think I pretty much did it.
Looks good.
Oh, it means a lot to me, that Bear and Gabe
would go out there working on my stuff like that when I wasn't there.
It's such a hard thing they were doing.
Easy in one way, but killer in another.
And it meant a lot to me.
And it warmed the cockles of me heart.
Go clean out your lungs.
Yep. I'm on that. And my eyes.
[narrator] Coming up.
I got hit in the head so many times.
The last one changed my brain chemistry
to the point of altering my taste buds.
Give those a try.
I like spicy, but whoa.
[Noah] We're going up in the time that the bears
are going to be waking up and hungry.
[Snowbird] Waking up and hungry.
And we all look delicious.
I know. Especially you three.
[narrator] The Browns set ambitious new goals
in their personal lives,
where they face unexpected challenges
around every turn.
So close.
[narrator] But not all of the siblings spend the ye
building on the mountain.
Others look to their old home state for opportunities.
-One, two, three. -Alaska!
You know, I didn't specifically know
what I was looking for on the trip.
But I definitely thought the Alaska
will help answer a lot of my questions.
Trying to think about the decisions
to, like, start, like, a family or not.
After the wildfire, Noah and I had to sit down
and collectively figure out
what was the best thing for our family,
and we made the decision
to buy a new cabin elsewhere which is completely set up.
But that meant now we have time
to put to somewhere better, like Alaska.
[narrator] Before embarking on the monumental journey,
the siblings tie up importan loose ends on the ranch.
Well, it's your tree, why don't you start her off?
[narrator] And for sister Bird,
that means the sentimental task
of felling the dead tree that supported her Birdhouse
For me, it was important to get my Birdhouse tree down
before Alaska
just because every time I go to my property and everything,
you know, my tree would just be there,
and the Birdhouse wouldn't be.
And I feel like it's, like, able to give a fresh start.
Let go! Let go!
[narrator] Lost footage reveals that taking it down
is only half the battle.
I was just trying to drag my tree to the road
so we can then take it down mountain and mill it into lumber.
I didn't... did not realize how big the tree was.
It's a big tree. It's a big tree.
Okay. Do we want to try and actually move it now?
Yeah. Let's just throw it on his shoulder.
This won't even make it turn, going down the mountain.
[Noah] Eli, what do you think we should do?
-[Eli] Cut it to pieces. -Cut it to pieces?
-Cut it, okay. -To 12-foot pieces.
-[Eli] Yes. -I say, because we don't have a tape measure.
In order to equal 12 feet, it would be about--
-[Snowbird] Eli. -[Noah] Eli, come here, buddy.
Ready?
-You have to mark it. -Okay. Steady now.
-I got you, buddy. -Stay steady.
Hold on. My way. My way. Okay.
When measuring the log to see
where exactly I wanted to cut it,
to know how big a boards I wanted,
we just did Eli length.
Okay, we're good.
Good job, little tape measurer.
That's effective
if you don't have a tape measure
or anything because, you know,
Noah knows roughly how tall he is.
So you just add those up
as if you were using a tape measure and Eli gets to have fun.
One, two, three.
One, two.
[indistinct]
A little anti-climatic.
Now it's going, and then she stops.
So no matter how big it is,
if it's round and you're going downhill,
if you can get it to roll, you're good.
But we had branches sticking out,
and then there were branches that,
like, bed into the ground once we cut it.
Any time you want to clean that off,
you want to... you want to... you want to limit.
We limited it but not enough.
One, two, three.
[grunts]
One, two, three.
Basically, what we did in order
to be able to get the log further down
and get it unstuck is using just logs
and beams as a lever to be able to get it underneath
and just do it over.
[Snowbird] Okay.
I think here, pull the truck up,
and we'll get the last of it.
Yeah.
Away we go.
You know, getting the tree down the mountain,
I was a little excited. A little bittersweet.
One, two, three!
One more.
Keep it coming. Keep it coming.
It's good now. It's good now.
That's always good, you know,
get rid of the burn in the past and start of something new.
Oh, good.
Ready to go, guys.
[narrator] With the important mission of finding property in Alask
just ahead,
Noah must prepare his family temporary Washington home
for his month-long absence.
Before I was able to feel comfortable going on the trip,
just Eli and I,
I wanted to make sure that I automated
as much as I could, fix the fences, secure the things,
stocked up on hay and feed,
and pretty much everything you would do on a ranch
to get it self-sufficient.
Eli, lower the bucket.
Good.
[narrator] But a careless mistake
threatens to derail the trip
[Rhain] No, really. How did this happen?
Did you dent it?
I don't know. I don't remember.
Oh, my gosh.
[Noah] Before I left for Alaska,
when I was working on one of the fences,
I bonked myself in the head with a post hole digger.
You actually see the dent in my head where it is.
I mean, it hurt, my ears were ringing and everything.
[Noah speaking]
I had a few concussions.
Probably not a great thing.
-It's either I laugh about it or cry... -It's not funny.
...that I've had more concussions than most boxers.
It was just the concussion that put me over the edge.
And I had a condition called
persistent post-concussive syndrome,
basically a semi-permanent concussion.
It's the reason I shaved my goatee.
Yes, I'm aware.
Apparently, a lot of the...
the changes of taste and instinct and likes,
and it can last anywhere from four weeks, a year, to life.
[narrator] While Noah recovers in time to scout property in Alaska
before he leaves, Rhain Alisha
puts his new cravings to the test.
You're telling me you like spicy food?
I'm telling you that I've been hit in the head so many times,
and the last one has changed my brain chemistry
to the point of altering my taste buds.
Is that even a thing?
Apparently so.
Well, give those a try.
I like spicy, but whoa.
What do you think?
I actually... they're pretty tasty.
Really?
That's weird.
I used to hate spicy food, and now I love spicy food.
[Rhain] Please be careful 'cause some of these are really hot.
[Noah] I actually like jalapenos.
I'll eat them raw if I have the opportunity.
Seriously? I haven't seen that one yet.
Yes. Super weird.
Oh, boy.
Too much.
What are you doing?
It's just like a laundry list of things that are different,
and I decided to just start embracing it.
Well, I have pickles.
I've always had a hatred for pickles,
even the smell of pickles or pickles flavored things,
I just would start to throw up.
Couldn't even eat a hamburger that had a pickle on it,
even after removing the pickle.
Mm-hmm. True.
[Noah] Who am I without my hatred of pickles?
[Rhain laughs]
My mother would have a heart attack if she saw me eat a pickle.
[Rhain] I cannot see it.
What do you think?
I think it would be good on a tuna salad sandwich.
And I don't like to miss out on sandwiches.
I'll admit there are a few times
during the Alaska trip where I didn't get
enough sleep and I could feel it.
I could tell my memory was slipping.
I'd be tired. Just kind of exhausted feeling.
Ah, but, like, different than needing sleep exhausted.
More of a...
more of a dear God, help me, I'm dying exhausted.
I don't know I just have these cravings for things I've never had.
Do you like vegetables? I wish I had broccoli.
Do you want to try an avocado?
Sure. Do you... Can I put a hot sauce on it?
[Rhain] Oh, God. What are you, pregnant now?
[Gabe] Are you excited?
[Snowbird] Very.
But a little nervous. A little excited.
What?
You're not taking a watermelon?
I am taking a watermelon.
Don't even touch my watermelon.
[narrator] With the arrival of spring,
several members of the pack prepare
for an important journey back to Alaska.
[Noah] I definitely missed i more than I thought I would
Just awesome.
The air feels different here than it does down south.
[narrator] The goals for the trip are ambitious
and the siblings come face to face with big challenges
Noah!
[Noah] What was that?
-Did you do that? -[Rain] No.
I didn't do that.
With the expectations we ha going into the Alaska trip.
It was a little different by the end of it.
[Gabe] Yeah, it definitely took some turns that we weren't ready for.
No, never even expected.
[narrator] And when the integrity anchors near
a remote island after an engine issue,
Bird and Rain take the opportunity
to forage for an easy meal.
[Noah] How are we getting on the boat?
Maybe if Noah just kind of lower me in.
-Oh, that work. -Whoo!
-How is that? Did that hurt? -No, it actually didn't.
Okay, give me a five.
Feels like when we had the anchor outside of Admiralty,
Rain and I was sitting around and we're like, you know, we're in Alaska.
I'm not just gonna sit on the integrity
when there's an island right there
and we have a mostly perfectly good skiff.
So, yeah, we took the opportunity to explore the island.
Bring it back in one piece.
[Snowbird] Growing up, we'd like island hop and lik look for food to eat.
[Gabe] You can just walk through the woods and make a salad.
[Snowbird] I haven't had a dear heart in like seven years.
[Snowbird speaking]
But it's definitely good as good as I remember.
Maybe better. Oh, my God.
I think it is better, actually.
[Snowbird] There's nothing more natural than licking this rock like this.
And getting water from it?
You're not gonna bring Bird back to the boat,
you're gonna bring a wild animal.
But, you know, going on to any island in Alaska
that you don't know when the last time someone was there,
there's always gonna be danger.
You better have a bag of grenades and a .50 cal if you're gonna feel safe.
[narrator] In this never before seen footage on Admiralty Island.
No return to Alaska would be complete
without a run in with a familiar apex predato
[Snowbird] Look there.
[Rain] Bear mess.
[Snowbird] That doesn't seem like a small bear.
[Rain] No.
Oh, do you see that?
[Snowbird] And these are like fresh.
I mean, this is obviously probably a bear path,
but it feels a bit like we're tracking the bear.
Kind of feel like...
[rustling]
[Snowbird speaking]
Feels like when Rain and I were walking along the creek bed,
and then all of a sudden there's, like, a snap.
I'm like, "Wait a second, I recognize that snap."
Growing up the way that we did,
you know, your mind always goes to a predator.
-You know, it's a big bear. -That it is.
[Snowbird speaking]
[Snowbird] Let's not test our fate, you know.
[Snowbird speaking]
I have the gun.
-I'm the older sister. -I don't care.
I have the gun.
You're also hurt.
[Snowbird] Rain and I had ju come to the conclusion that
like, even if it wasn't the bear and it was a deer or just anything, it...
it's always better to be safe than sorry.
You know, I would rather go back to the boat
than continue foraging for deer hearts and get eaten by a bear.
That's smart.
[Snowbird] This is his island. We got our deer heart.
We got our a little bit of adventure.
Let's just let him be and he'll let us be.
[Rain] Yeah.
Well, it definitely has a great view, but it's Alaska.
That goes without saying.
[narrator] Before Noah finds the perfect home
for his family in Meyers Chuck, Alaska.
He nearly loses hope when viewing
several properties throughout the southeast.
Well, the house is nice.
I like the solar panels.
My wife would definitely like the hot tub.
[narrator] And in this unaired scene,
his property search gets of on the wrong foot in Haines
Nice house.
Oh, the window, though.
That's a shame.
Oh, that's just a nice stairs.
Dang.
However not toddler safe.
One of the things that we're looking for is...
is something we can make our own.
Right.
Something that still needs to be done.
Something like our mark on.
The first property I looked at up the chill cat
and hangs was completely don
It was completely solar powered.
It was completely perfect.
But the thing with it is, if you have a house
that's nice and that set up, then you won't want to build
your own house.
Dang. Something I always check when I'm looking for a house.
If I was at the bedroom, how much noise would I make
to get to the kitchen to check for a snack?
Okay. So that's a noisy step. I'd have to go over that one.
And then the rest of the floor,
if it's just as squeaky, we'd have a problem.
So far, so good.
I'm almost to it. Almost.
It... You know, I can make it,
that's not enough to wake anyone.
Of course, this is the first house we've looked at.
But if you can look out your window and see houses,
that's not the bush, it's a neighborhood.
If you move to Alaska, it's usually 'cause you just want to be left alone.
I want to be able to stand on my porch,
butt naked and put off a couple of rounds into my target.
If I'm too close to people then one of those two things
gonna offend someone.
She got it.
The house scored well in the midnight snack test,
but the neighbors are too close.
I'm looking at them.
And the place is finished.
There isn't really anything I think of that we could do
or fix or make our own.
And that's one of the important things
that this is about making Alaska our home.
This place is awesome.
Just not for us.
Yo, Bear! Brutus and the little bull are loose.
[narrator] It's a year full of obstacles
for the Brown family as they've pushed themselve
out of their comfort zones and into new chapters of their lives.
[Gabe] Off and on North Star Ranch and just like
everywhere else in our life, the harder the struggle, the bigger the payoff.
[narrator] But progress on the mountain can never stop
Oh, my goodness.
Isn't it adorable?
[narrator] As the family tries to manage a growing fleet of livestock.
[Gabe] Gently.
-Ease it. -Gently.
-Ease it. -Hold, hold, hold.
[Gabe] And let go.
Piece of cake.
[Bam] Let's just roll it towards the truck.
[narrator] To protect their increased grain supply
Bam and Gabe acquire an old silo for their ranch
Having the silo makes it where the...
the bears can't get in the food,
the animals can't get to the food,
is keeping it safe from the weather.
It's another thing making North Star Ranch
that much closer to being able to operate like a real ranch should.
-Are we good then? -I think so.
[narrator] But it's Gabe who takes on the solo responsibility
of transporting it back to the mountain.
[Bam] Take it nice and easy.
All right.
[Bam] Well, I actually let Gabe drive the truck
because I have a lot of experience doing those things.
And Gabe does not.
Let's do this.
And there's only one way to get experience, and that's to do.
[Gabe speaking]
Taking the silo up the mountain in the truck
is one of the first times I'd ever hauled anything that big that far by myself.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
I told Bam nothing would go wrong.
But of course, that was not the case.
Come on.
You gotta give him more notch.
No, man. No, no, no, no.
[Gabe speaking]
I don't know a lot about mechanics,
but I can kind of just look at a motor and kind of see what's wrong.
If it's like spurting oil, I know that's not normal.
I think it has been around and it has definitely seen better days.
But we don't get rid of something just
'cause it's a little banged up.
Or in this case, a lot banged up.
That's not good.
I saw some of the wires were lose.
Now that was a problem we had ran into before.
I kind of figured that might be what's going on 'cause it...
It didn't have the power it should have and it's a six cylinder.
And so, when those connector aren't on there,
every connector that comes off, you lose a cylinder.
So, I was driving down the street with like a two cylinder.
How about slow? Slow.
Come on. Hold, hold, hold.
Do not go too far.
When I got it up there, it was a good moment.
But when Bam and I raised it and it was just, you know,
sitting up there, it was... we were ecstatic.
I've never been so happy in my life.
A little more. Little more.
Hold, hold, hold!
[Gabe laughing]
Yes! Yes!
That's nice. You did it.
-We've done it. -Done, done, done.
You did it.
There was a point where I thought it was coming after us, so...
Phew. Phew.
[narrator] Though the silo helps the ranch contend
with a rising livestock population.
[Ami] Here's my baby. Meet your north.
[Bam] Thought I was your baby.
[narrator] When Ami acquire more horses,
Bam is forced into action.
[Ami] You got to make some stables for the new horses
that are coming.
What?
-Did you say new horses? -I did.
I'm not gonna tell you how many, though.
[sighs]
[Bam] I want to build up the ranch as much as anybody
but we're really tackling a lot of things all at the same time.
And if someone would stop buying new horses,
it might help on building u the infrastructure
before we have more things to take care of.
All right. We already don't have a barn, we have nowhere to put hay.
We...
-[Ami] We have to work on it. -There are no feeders.
You have to look a year ahead because these mares
will have a full next year.
We can either decide to keep them or we can sell them.
I know we have a lot to accomplish, a lot to build,
but these horses are worth a lot and their bloodlines are phenomenal.
So, it's a long term investment,
but I definitely think that it will pay off.
[Ami speaking]
I have a design for wooden.
You could make it in a day.
[Snowbird] Bam, am I gonna kill you if I do this?
[Bam] Yeah. Do not do that.
-[Snowbird] I'll kill you. -Don't do it.
[Snowbird] There's no one under there.
-Don't do it. -Why not?
[Bam] Lower it down slowly and let it down.
All right. This is the first feeder that we're building.
And we're building it off of the photo Mom gave us.
So, this is definitely the prototype.
And the prototype is always the slowest one.
Once we get this down, the rest of them should be that much easier.
[saw whirring]
I do have to admit, working with you, I do the least.
Everyone else, I do most of it.
When was the last time you and I built something together?
Just you and I?
Yeah. Never?
The majority of the time, there were at least, like,
three or four of us on the job.
[Snowbird] You know, Bam and I just don't work together much
'cause I guess we just don't see eye to eye with a lot of things.
[Bam] Barge is not gonna float.
The way that that house is gonna hold it down.
[Snowbird] Barge will float, Bam.
You have to stay positive.
[Bam] The barge will float but not with the house on top of it.
Oh, what's that? That just popped out.
Why would that pop out?
-Yeah. -That's weird.
But there being so much we need to do on the ranch.
Everybody has to just put their differences aside
for the greater good of the ranch.
There we go.
We can see if it works and then move it around.
[Bam] Moves it around wherever we want to.
[Snowbird] And then attach it to the fence.
[Bam] Exactly. Exactly. So, let's get some...
Hey, toss it in there.
[Snowbird] Oh, my gosh.
That is a perfect fit.
Horse. Come on.
[Bam] All right. Mission accomplished.
[Snowbird] Come here.
Come on.
What do you think, Kiddo?
You know, it would appear that we do have
North's seal of approval.
And since North is happy with the horse feeder,
I think that Mom's gonna be happy with it.
I think it's a great prototype.
I think Mom is gonna be thrilled.
[Ami] Hey, babies.
Oh, look how nice.
-[Bam] Mm-hmm. -[Ami] Well built. I like it.
Not gonna go anywhere, that's for sure.
Nice and sturdy.
No, I'm really proud of Bam and Bird accomplishing
these hay feeders because there are points
in time that they haven't quite gotten along.
But they came together for me, and they...
they did a good job, and I'm proud of them.
[Bam] It was a win then.
[Ami] It is a win. A win-win.
[Bam] I just got to keep progressing it forwards
one thing at a time.
[Ami] Yeah.
[Snowbird] You want to make a short crab?
[Gabe] Get one. Let's race them.
[Snowbird] Speedy legs is mine.
General Speedy legs.
-[Gabe] Crabby Pants. -I like it.
One thing about growing up the way that we did, we always made our own fun.
-Oh. -We had to.
Oh.
[Snowbird] You know, 'cause even if we would,
for instance, get a board game,
we would never have all the pieces and or know the rules.
Are we ready?
Okay. Okay.
-One... -Two...
-Three. -Go.
[Snowbird] Okay. My... Okay. Come on.
[Gabe] And Crabby Pants is off to a good start.
Come on, General Speedy Legs. Wake up, buddy.
Oh, I made it. We get him some water.
Crabby Pants is just an amazing athlete there.
You can't say enough. When it comes to...
to Crabby Pants, he's been doing it a long time.
I know there were some doubts from the other sea folks.
I think I win just by diving in the water.
[Snowbird] I mean, mine hasn't moved. So, yeah.
I knew that he was gonna pull it around
for the big win, even against such an amazing competitor.
I... I knew that Crabby Pants would win today.
Speedy Legs is not the right name for this guy.
[Noah] There's blueberries right here,
huckleberries there.
[Eli speaking]
You want mommy to bring her kitchen here?
[Eli speaking]
So, you really like it here, don't you?
[Eli speaking]
[narrator] The Browns aspir to big change in their live
to cement a legacy for the next generation.
[line ringing]
I... I think I found what we were looking for.
[narrator] And though Noah and wife Rhain Alicia
will relocate their family to Alaska in the spring.
[Rhain] Oh. I know you're busy, but I'm really excited.
[narrator] Lost footage reveals that when it comes
to their kids' education in Washington,
they have very different ideas.
[Rhain] Eli got in.
-I know. -It's a trouble?
-Again? -No.
I was able to manage to get him into one
of the little slots into, like, the pre preschool.
Hi, baby.
And I'm really excited.
I know he's only three, but it's not even really school.
It's just like socializing with kids his own age.
Not just this horde of aunt... aunts and uncles.
It's not the horde.
Growing up, I was home schooled.
We all were.
Um, but I think for me, that worked better.
Do you remember your molecular makeup
of iron oxygen molecules?
Yep.
Let me see your demonstration.
[Noah] We learned all of the classic stuff reading
writing, arithmetic, the whole bit.
But we also learned hunting, survival.
[Snowbird] I think from my homeschool experienc
I gained a lot of freedom to be who I actually am.
I think that being homeschooled helps instill
a lot of sense of freedom.
Freedom to dress how we wanted and be how we wanted.
[Noah] Eli is a great guy.
He has such a cool personality.
I don't want just conform just to be another... another little kid.
Just some kid.
What's one of the main reasons in a social situation
that you'd want him to do it?
Kids his own age.
You didn't have any of those growing up.
I don't get along with people my age.
Well, that's 'cause you literally have never had
a chance to hang out with kids your own age.
[Noah] If this is what you want and you think
he will enjoy it, then that is perfect.
Growing up, we all had a...
what we do was parents thing, but that doesn't really count because you're...
you're not talking to your significant other,
you're not talking to your wife.
So, we decided that for the first portion,
like preschool and that...
oh, that Eli would go to school.
[Rhain] Hey, Eli. Let's go shopping.
[Noah] Just 'cause someone else is teaching my boy,
doesn't mean I'm not teaching him as well
Eli's still going to get all of the benefits
that I can give from a homeschooling situation.
I just don't have to worry about the reading, writing and arithmetic.
Yeah, find that puppy.
You want to find the puppy?
-[Eli] Yeah. -[Rhain] Hey.
So, we're here for school stuff.
You need books, crayons, pencils.
[Eli] And that.
And that. He really wants that.
So, Eli, the first day of school, you know,
once Mommy and Daddy drop you off, we get to leave you there.
But I'm gonna be so sad.
You're gonna be so sad?
Are there girls?
You're gonna be shy about the girls?
There's no reason to be shy around girls.
[Eli] I don't like them.
You don't like them?
No.
I might start to get a little sad with Eli being
gone so often, but at the same time, it's just part of life.
You know, it's part of him growing up.
What about a backpack carrying all this...
-You got this one. -Beautiful.
-We do. -We do?
-Yeah. On here. -That one, huh?
-[Noah] You like that one? -Yeah.
And I'm so happy to see him growing up happy and healthy.
And that's all the mom wants
I just want to see him healthy,
happy and having fun and being a kid.
-Thank you. -[Eli] This ones...
Hey. This was fun.
[Ami] The year Billy gone it does make me feel good
to know that the kids and the grandkids
will continue the legacy of our lifestyle.
Perseverance and a lot of hard work.
And it's what we do.
[Gabe] From now every, every step I take
is a step closer to getting Raquell and my girls up here.
Right.
And so, I am... I am in a hurry.
Like, I am racing time, you know.
I get that.
[Gabe] You know, 'cause every day
is another day that they grow up and...
and don't get to be here, you know.
And so, I do have a bad habit of like kind of rushing
ahead of myself sometimes.
Your heart's always in the right place.
[Gabe chuckles]
Dad, you know, he taught us many things, you know.
One of the things that he taught us
was you always dream big and try
and achieve even more than you did last year.
You know, that's why I have high hopes for next year.
I want to get even more done. Do even more, you know.
All right, send it down.
Whoo!
[Gabe] Awesome, bro.
[Bam] Oh, you should never be realistic
with your goals and your dreams.
Be realistic with your time and abilities but... but goals and...
and dreams, those should always be a little bit outlandish.
You have to come visit on my island.
That's cool.
[Bam] Would you like to go with that?
-How could I... -You just...
just do [indistinct]
I'm trying to not cry.
Aw. Aw.
All right. Don't cry.