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Uh, society. I'm tired of 'em.
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That's why I came down here,
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so I don't have to put up with anybody.
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And now you are in here
with me
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all the time now, so what the ?
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You know, it's the worst,
and I'll throw y'all's ass in and be done.
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But I guess I invited y'all down here,
so it's a little different.
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{\an8}Yeah, hell yeah.
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It's time to have peace and quiet
in my cave again.
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It'll be a great relief to see
y'all roll down the road,
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but I'll probably miss you
for a little while.
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At least till I get my first nap.
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In the age of technology,
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the electrical grid is expanding,
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and the world is getting smaller.
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For some, finding peace of mind
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means hiding out
where no one thinks to look.
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To escape, they redefine off the grid.
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On the edge of civilization,
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the most difficult time
of the year is beginning.
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As temperatures quickly drop,
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those outside the grid
are making preparations.
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Winter is coming,
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and when the freeze hits,
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they must be ready.
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{\an8}In the Ozarks, you never know
what the weather's gonna be.
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It's gonna start snowing,
you know, snow me in for months.
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There might be a bear
that'd want to move in one of my caves
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with me, or, you know, wildcat, panthers.
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Once winter hits up here,
I'll be up here by myself.
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Nobody will be able to get in up here.
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I have to plan for the worst.
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For nearly two years,
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Joe Ray has made his home
within a labyrinth of caves,
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below the grid, in north central Arkansas.
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During winter in the Ozark Mountains,
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strong cold fronts can bring
snow, sleet, and ice to the region.
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We'll go up here
and check out the stockroom
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to see what all is left.
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To prepare,
Joe must stockpile supplies
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crucial to his survival.
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Got kerosene,
got the coal oil for my lamps.
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This one's about half empty,
a third of the way.
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That one's empty.
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I've got batteries, not a whole lot.
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I need to restock this,
because these go fast down here,
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because you have to run your lights
all the time down here, so.
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I've got some starting fluid here
to help me get fires going.
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I got some white gas here,
about a quarter of a gallon.
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I might try to bring
two gallons of it back
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and maybe a gallon of lamp oil.
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At the end, I also have to,
you know, get groceries and stuff.
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It's gonna require a trip to town
to restock here.
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I don't... Going to town
is not really something
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that's really high priority on my list,
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but I have to go,
so, I've got to get to it,
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and fill this place back up,
so I'll be ready for winter.
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Yep, let's hit the trail, and, uh...
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It's that time of the year again.
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Come winter, the weather gets real cold.
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I don't want to lose my life.
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So I'm gonna kind of hole up
someplace and tough it out.
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Beyond the grid,
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Bear Claw lives a nomadic life
in Idaho's Clearwater Mountains,
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moving his camp with the changing seasons.
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During winter here,
temperatures frequently dip below zero.
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In the wintertime,
survival out here, it's a serious thing.
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To endure the cold,
Bear Claw must retire his teepee
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and relocate to an insulated wood cabin.
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It's real important
for me to lay in supplies
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before the weather turns bad.
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Before this migration,
he prepares enough ammunition
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to hunt and defend himself
in the months ahead.
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What I do is take a ladle.
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Oh, I got various lead weights.
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Once it heats up, I think
it'll melt them a lot faster then.
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So why don't we go ahead and try that?
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It's only hot when I touch it.
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I like to take my knife
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and trim the round ball down
a little more.
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And I just like to take a file
and touch 'em up,
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to make 'em nice and round.
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This is actually
a precision powder measurer,
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and that is actually 80 grains
of black powder that's going in here.
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You know, this is a simple thing
that's been going on
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for hundreds of years.
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With more than 200 round balls,
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Bear Claw has enough ammunition
for the colder months to come.
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I got to take that canvas down.
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And after packing up
the rest of his gear,
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the migration to his winter camp begins.
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My home
is wherever the sun goes down.
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That's where my home is.
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I've got that urge to wander,
and I'm gonna keep it.
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Well, I reckon it's time
to ride off into the sunset.
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That's a good boy.
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Come on, Sozo.
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Come on.
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Experience here
of living here is no joke.
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In a typical winter, we get
hammered with snow, sleet, hail.
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You know, you look at that lake
and then you picture all that wind
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coming across that wide, open surface.
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14-foot waves crash into these harbors
and bays out here.
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Two years ago, I had to rescue people
who had trees on both sides of 'em.
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For the past 15 years,
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Dan Burton has made his home
in the middle of Lake Michigan,
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outside the grid on Beaver Island.
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You spend a lot of time
getting ready.
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I got to make sure we have some protein.
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Out here, winter hits hard,
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freezing the lake
with temperatures well below zero.
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In preparation, every year,
Dan aims to stockpile
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125 pounds of meat
before the first snowfall.
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Ah, you know,
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a flock of turkey maybe that's just
kind of hunkered in, in this wind,
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that's kind of bunkered in back here,
maybe a partridge.
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It's the opening week of bird season,
small game season.
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So if it's in season, it's open season.
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You know, one thing about walking
through the woods like this is,
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you know, eventually,
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you're gonna kick up a partridge
and you're gonna hear it.
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They just kind of make
a hard flutter sound,
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like a little heartbeat sound,
and nine times out of ten,
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I can get Titus to kick
that bird up for me.
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It's a little bit breezy.
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The tops of the trees
are kind of slapping,
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but every now and then,
that sometimes, that works in your favor.
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Did you hear that?
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One just flew from right over there,
just to the east of us.
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And he just kind of skimmed
this opening, right here.
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So, I'm gonna just try to walk
real slow here for a minute.
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We'll see if he jumps for the tree.
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She's right up there.
She's sitting right on a tree limb.
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She sees Titus.
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Oop, there he goes.
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There he goes.
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He's thinking about going.
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Whoo!
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Got 'em, Titus.
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There, that's always a good feeling.
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I don't mind a little ringing in the ear
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when you get to walk up and grab a bird.
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Oh, yeah.
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Little partridge.
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On Beaver Island,
Dan Burton's begun a mission,
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to stockpile 125 pounds of meat
before the first snowfall.
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With this partridge,
the harvest is officially under way.
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Beginning of the season,
and got one partridge, you know,
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this is the time of year where
you fill your freezer, you know,
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so you can't waste any time.
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You just got to keep on going.
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Once you get into that breastbone, see it?
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Right there.
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Just stay right in front of it.
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You got something even better
than squirrel.
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It's always hard the first time of year
when you start getting game
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and not, you know,
eat a little bit of it right away.
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This might just become chicken
and dumplings tonight, who knows?
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I love living up here,
but when it snows here,
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everything can change in a night.
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You go to bed, and a storm hits
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and it blankets everything
with six foot of snow.
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It gets a little overwhelming.
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There's so much that needs to be done.
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You're humping, you know,
three seasons out of the year
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just to prep for winter.
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Above the grid,
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Doc and Jeanny Leverett make their home
25 feet off the ground,
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in the trees of Onion Creek, Washington.
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Every winter, before the first frost,
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Doc and Jeanny
winterize their tree house compound
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to combat the elements.
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Winter's on its way,
and we need to get ready.
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Oh, I got it, I got it here. Ouch!
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I'm sorry.
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{\an8}I needed to make room for it, I'm sorry.
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{\an8}That's all right.
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{\an8}I need a little sense
knocked into me anyway, right.
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Okay, yup.
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Hay is a good, good insulator
for what we need it for,
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and it's inexpensive.
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You know, it's kind of a pain in
the ass to do, but it's cheap.
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You always think you're ready,
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and then be like, you know,
what, the last week or so,
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you see it up on the mountains,
you're like,
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"Oh, man. We're not ready."
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Being naked walls,
this keeps us definitely warm.
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Um, it's worth it.
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It's such a small space,
so our heat source,
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it puts out amazing anyway,
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but this,
this helps hold it in a little longer.
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It can get pretty cold.
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Believe it or not,
I'm actually allergic to the cold.
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I have a condition called cold urticaria
where I break out.
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What happens is, my body
produces so much histamine,
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I break out in welts.
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My throat can close.
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They're huge welts, too, and they itch.
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It's like having, you know,
a million mosquito bites on you,
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or flea bites, and you just can't stop it.
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I have an EpiPen for it,
just in case for emergencies,
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but I do have to be careful.
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You know, I'm not out there
in the snow a lot.
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I'm not dunking myself
in the freezing-ass river.
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I just got to be careful with what I do.
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Every year, an average
of 45 inches of snow hits the region,
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and though Jeanny's condition
is reason for concern,
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insulating their tree house
is a matter of survival.
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There's one step closer
to being ready for winter.
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You're never prepared for winter.
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You're never prepared for Mother Nature.
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With winter coming on,
I like to lay in some extra supplies.
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That's why I'm headed over to Han's,
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to pick up some herbs and some tincture,
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and maybe do some hunting.
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Whoa, buddy.
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You ride in Idaho, you see something red,
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that means you're approaching
somebody else's place.
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For me, that's an invitation.
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Beyond the grid,
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Bear Claw's packed up his teepee,
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headed on an annual migration
to reach his winter home.
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Every year on this journey,
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he makes one vital stop
in preparation for the cold.
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Hello, Bear Claw.
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- How you doing, partner?
- Good.
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Good to see you.
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Boy, it's good to see you.
You looking good.
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Yeah, right.
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You know, I need
enough medicine and supplies
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to last me through the winter.
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Well, let's see if we can find some herbs.
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All right, let's do it.
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Bear Claw and Han
ride five miles west
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to a forest lush
with the plant life Han needs
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to produce a tincture
of homeopathic medicine.
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My lungs are bad.
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But out here in the fresh air
and the herbs that I'm getting from you,
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and these plants that you're digging up,
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I'm sure it's gonna help me.
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Oh, well, look at here. Gold thread.
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Gold thread?
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Coptis trifolia.
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Trifolia, which means three leaves.
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It's a very powerful antimicrobial.
246
00:15:45,322 --> 00:15:48,358
It's been used
in tribal societies for eons.
247
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See, it's like a thread,
and when you break it open,
248
00:15:52,829 --> 00:15:54,598
the inside of it is gold.
249
00:15:54,598 --> 00:15:55,699
Ain't that something?
250
00:15:55,699 --> 00:15:58,568
I've been using gold thread
for probably over 30 years.
251
00:15:58,568 --> 00:15:59,736
Have you really?
252
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Effectively treating
all kinds of respiratory infections,
253
00:16:04,274 --> 00:16:05,508
generally in tincture.
254
00:16:05,508 --> 00:16:08,812
So what is the difference between
a tincture and a concoction?
255
00:16:08,812 --> 00:16:11,548
Between a tincture and a concoction?
256
00:16:11,548 --> 00:16:13,783
Well, a tincture is sort of a concoction.
257
00:16:15,118 --> 00:16:17,120
Every time we mixed
something up at home,
258
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my mom would make fun of us.
259
00:16:18,488 --> 00:16:21,591
"What kind of concoction
are you gonna make there?"
260
00:16:21,591 --> 00:16:24,427
I thought it was just
a fool's thing to do,
261
00:16:24,427 --> 00:16:25,996
but apparently not, huh?
262
00:16:25,996 --> 00:16:29,833
Now we're gonna go look
for kinnikinnick.
263
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During the colder months ahead,
264
00:16:32,269 --> 00:16:34,905
Bear Claw's symptoms usually worsen,
265
00:16:34,905 --> 00:16:38,909
so every year, Han produces
enough homemade tincture
266
00:16:38,909 --> 00:16:41,144
to treat his condition until spring.
267
00:16:41,144 --> 00:16:44,748
I think we got
all our plants for the mixture.
268
00:16:54,558 --> 00:16:57,193
That would be 70% alcohol.
269
00:16:57,193 --> 00:16:59,329
Have a little some, just to see.
270
00:17:01,298 --> 00:17:02,365
Oh, yeah.
271
00:17:02,699 --> 00:17:04,000
Huh, goodness.
272
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,502
This is for you,
273
00:17:05,502 --> 00:17:08,872
when there is the first sign
of sinus condition,
274
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take about a teaspoon of that
before you go to sleep at night.
275
00:17:12,742 --> 00:17:15,879
Hopefully, this winter,
you're gonna have no problems.
276
00:17:15,879 --> 00:17:19,583
That is just
as cool as it gets.
277
00:17:19,583 --> 00:17:22,852
Ah, I'm just lucky to have
a mountain man for a friend.
278
00:17:22,852 --> 00:17:25,388
All righty, ready to mosey?
279
00:17:47,077 --> 00:17:49,012
Well, we're headed on down
to get the canoe,
280
00:17:49,012 --> 00:17:50,547
but whenever I come this way,
281
00:17:50,547 --> 00:17:54,451
I always stop over here
and get me some freshwater.
282
00:17:54,451 --> 00:17:56,086
It's a great place to get a drink.
283
00:17:56,086 --> 00:17:57,687
It's cave water,
284
00:17:57,687 --> 00:18:00,090
and this is spring water
coming right out of my cave,
285
00:18:00,090 --> 00:18:03,059
so it's purified and ready to drink.
286
00:18:03,059 --> 00:18:04,427
Out here by the spring,
287
00:18:04,427 --> 00:18:07,664
we got reeds that grow
just by spring water.
288
00:18:07,664 --> 00:18:08,965
These make excellent straws.
289
00:18:08,965 --> 00:18:12,002
Just pop 'em off, get you a nook, and...
290
00:18:17,807 --> 00:18:21,745
Okay. Well, it's time
to load on up and go.
291
00:18:22,946 --> 00:18:27,584
In Arkansas, Joe Ray
has emerged from below the grid,
292
00:18:27,584 --> 00:18:32,322
on a mission to restock
crucial supplies before winter.
293
00:18:32,322 --> 00:18:35,692
Though he normally does
all he can to avoid the modern world,
294
00:18:35,692 --> 00:18:39,429
today, he's headed into civilization.
295
00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:43,500
Headed over to the outpost today.
296
00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:45,735
Time to go get some new supplies.
297
00:18:45,735 --> 00:18:48,538
So, uh, to the store I go.
298
00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:52,976
Yeah, I keep my little canoe
stashed back in here.
299
00:18:52,976 --> 00:18:56,546
Last time I went to the outpost,
I broke one of my oar, my oars,
300
00:18:56,546 --> 00:18:59,082
so, uh, I'm gonna have to
make me a new one here
301
00:18:59,082 --> 00:19:02,752
to hopefully get me down there
and back safely.
302
00:19:02,752 --> 00:19:07,224
I think this'll probably do pretty good.
303
00:19:07,224 --> 00:19:09,292
Just got to do a little work on it.
304
00:19:13,997 --> 00:19:16,433
I'm gonna make me a hillbilly oar,
305
00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:19,035
for, you know,
my little trip down this time.
306
00:19:19,035 --> 00:19:21,004
Hopefully it'll be successful,
and I won't have no trouble.
307
00:19:21,004 --> 00:19:22,439
Save everything.
308
00:19:22,439 --> 00:19:24,874
Good fire starting material here, so.
309
00:19:25,475 --> 00:19:26,843
Going to the outpost, you know,
310
00:19:26,843 --> 00:19:29,980
it's not anything
that's really high on my list,
311
00:19:29,980 --> 00:19:33,016
because, you know,
it's just requiring me to go out
312
00:19:33,016 --> 00:19:35,085
and to interact with people that,
you know,
313
00:19:35,085 --> 00:19:36,620
I'm just so much happier out here,
314
00:19:36,620 --> 00:19:41,191
you know, alone,
and not dealing with that.
315
00:19:41,191 --> 00:19:43,159
Hopefully, this'll make it.
316
00:19:43,159 --> 00:19:45,528
We'll just have to see.
317
00:19:45,528 --> 00:19:48,632
So, it's to the store I go.
318
00:19:58,742 --> 00:19:59,976
I take the river
319
00:19:59,976 --> 00:20:02,646
because I see a whole lot less
people coming this way.
320
00:20:02,646 --> 00:20:04,147
Aren't very many people out here.
321
00:20:04,147 --> 00:20:06,249
River's sort of a little high right now,
322
00:20:06,249 --> 00:20:12,222
and I find it the safest
and the quietest way to go.
323
00:20:15,425 --> 00:20:17,193
I used to hitchhike going into town,
324
00:20:17,193 --> 00:20:19,696
but I never could get very many rides.
325
00:20:19,696 --> 00:20:24,167
So, I kept trying to think
of better ways to go,
326
00:20:24,167 --> 00:20:26,636
and I got me a canoe,
327
00:20:26,636 --> 00:20:30,273
and, I mean, I just get to look
at even more beauty up here.
328
00:20:30,273 --> 00:20:32,342
These rock cliffs.
329
00:20:32,342 --> 00:20:34,911
Just like a slow cruise now.
330
00:20:34,911 --> 00:20:36,546
In the Ozark Mountains,
331
00:20:36,546 --> 00:20:39,216
Joe Ray has emerged from below the grid
332
00:20:39,216 --> 00:20:41,918
for a rare trip into civilization.
333
00:20:41,918 --> 00:20:43,687
What a life.
334
00:20:43,687 --> 00:20:45,121
How can it get any better than this?
335
00:20:45,121 --> 00:20:47,057
That's what I always keep asking myself.
336
00:20:47,057 --> 00:20:49,326
He's headed for a general store
337
00:20:49,326 --> 00:20:52,095
on the outskirts of Calico Rock, Arkansas,
338
00:20:52,095 --> 00:20:55,498
to stockpile crucial supplies for winter.
339
00:20:58,668 --> 00:21:00,570
{\an8}Yeah, I did a little bartering for it.
340
00:21:00,570 --> 00:21:02,706
My buddy Leo had it
sitting back in the back.
341
00:21:02,706 --> 00:21:04,241
It was all covered up with leaves.
342
00:21:04,241 --> 00:21:05,442
And I was over there one day,
343
00:21:05,442 --> 00:21:08,278
and I was, "Leo, what the hell you doing
with that canoe sitting back there?"
344
00:21:08,278 --> 00:21:12,215
And he said, "Ah, I used to use it,
but I don't mess with it no more."
345
00:21:12,215 --> 00:21:14,684
And so then the bartering started,
346
00:21:14,684 --> 00:21:20,190
and I traded him a little bit
of ammo that I was able to get
347
00:21:20,190 --> 00:21:22,559
that I didn't have a gun for.
348
00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:25,595
So that's what I mean,
you always trade for anything.
349
00:21:25,595 --> 00:21:27,631
Just fixin' to go under
the power lines here,
350
00:21:27,631 --> 00:21:30,133
so, I know we're fixin' to be close,
351
00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:35,805
it's time to pull over
and start the little walk.
352
00:21:47,150 --> 00:21:48,552
Up here where we are now,
353
00:21:48,552 --> 00:21:51,488
there'll be rattlesnakes and copperheads.
354
00:21:51,488 --> 00:21:53,123
Ah, there's gonna be some blue racers,
355
00:21:53,123 --> 00:21:54,891
they might chase you around,
but they won't hurt you.
356
00:21:54,891 --> 00:21:58,061
They won't bite or anything,
but they just like to scare you.
357
00:21:58,962 --> 00:22:01,197
Yeah, out here, you always got
natural backscratchers.
358
00:22:01,197 --> 00:22:04,768
All you got to do
is grab you one and go to it.
359
00:22:04,768 --> 00:22:07,737
Over in that tree there,
we got a snake up here with us.
360
00:22:10,607 --> 00:22:12,008
Yeah, here, let me show you.
361
00:22:13,343 --> 00:22:14,978
Yeah, it's a black snake.
362
00:22:14,978 --> 00:22:19,449
That's a friend to us, because they,
they eat poisonous snakes.
363
00:22:19,449 --> 00:22:23,086
Black snake, they'll eat
all the other little rattlesnakes,
364
00:22:23,086 --> 00:22:25,422
copperheads,
whatever there is around here,
365
00:22:25,422 --> 00:22:27,591
so, we don't ever want to bother
nobody like that.
366
00:22:27,591 --> 00:22:28,925
That's our friend.
367
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,028
Let's get on up here and see
if they got my groceries.
368
00:22:32,028 --> 00:22:33,797
My supplies.
369
00:22:55,151 --> 00:22:56,786
Well, these are some solar panels
370
00:22:56,786 --> 00:23:01,057
that I, I got into a trade
quite a while ago.
371
00:23:01,057 --> 00:23:03,293
Above the grid in Washington,
372
00:23:03,293 --> 00:23:08,131
Doc and Jeanny are winterizing
their tree house compound.
373
00:23:08,131 --> 00:23:11,301
To insulate their elevated shelter
against the cold,
374
00:23:11,301 --> 00:23:14,004
they've lined the walls with hay.
375
00:23:14,004 --> 00:23:17,908
Now, Doc's preparing to install
solar panels high in the canopy
376
00:23:17,908 --> 00:23:21,378
to provide the power
they'll need for light and heat.
377
00:23:23,813 --> 00:23:25,815
Physically,
they look to be in good condition.
378
00:23:25,815 --> 00:23:27,918
They'll last you probably,
you know, 25, 30 years
379
00:23:27,918 --> 00:23:30,120
if you take care of 'em.
380
00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,656
But you look for making sure the wires,
381
00:23:32,656 --> 00:23:35,559
there's not some major cuts in the wires.
382
00:23:35,559 --> 00:23:38,728
Make sure the glass is in good condition,
but again, that's it really,
383
00:23:38,728 --> 00:23:41,431
I've had 'em crushed,
and they still put out,
384
00:23:41,431 --> 00:23:43,166
put out a good amount of voltage, so.
385
00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:46,670
We're gonna make us some,
some sunlight power.
386
00:23:48,905 --> 00:23:50,340
Before I can get the panels in the trees,
387
00:23:50,340 --> 00:23:52,075
I got to get me in the trees.
388
00:23:52,075 --> 00:23:53,443
Back up we go.
389
00:24:03,353 --> 00:24:04,854
{\an8}Son of a bitch.
390
00:24:13,129 --> 00:24:14,531
{\an8}No.
391
00:24:16,433 --> 00:24:19,569
I saw the little Tweety birds
and the stars and .
392
00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,672
Ah, it's a scratch.
393
00:24:22,672 --> 00:24:24,774
Yeah, let me clean that up real quick.
394
00:24:24,774 --> 00:24:27,611
Yeah, you get a cut out here,
and you don't treat it real good,
395
00:24:27,611 --> 00:24:28,912
I mean, this is just a scrape,
396
00:24:28,912 --> 00:24:30,814
but if it was,
been something a little more severe,
397
00:24:30,814 --> 00:24:34,351
we'd want to cover it
and get it cleaned up pretty good,
398
00:24:34,351 --> 00:24:38,221
'cause if I get a, get an infection here,
399
00:24:38,221 --> 00:24:41,791
it's not a quick run to the doctor.
400
00:24:41,791 --> 00:24:44,427
You see some of this pinesap here,
401
00:24:44,427 --> 00:24:47,464
and it's running down from where
we put the eyebolts in here.
402
00:24:47,464 --> 00:24:50,800
Ah, this is a little bit thicker
than what I would, I would like,
403
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,538
but, but this is a great,
great antiseptic.
404
00:24:58,041 --> 00:25:01,578
We get a little bit of this
pine tar on here, everything,
405
00:25:01,578 --> 00:25:03,580
everything in the world
is gonna stick to me,
406
00:25:03,580 --> 00:25:06,583
but it looks like it stopped the bleeding.
407
00:25:06,583 --> 00:25:08,285
Maybe.
408
00:25:08,285 --> 00:25:10,987
Eh, it's good to go.
409
00:25:10,987 --> 00:25:14,024
I can see two fingers now, so.
410
00:25:14,024 --> 00:25:15,492
Back to work.
411
00:25:17,227 --> 00:25:19,563
Get back up and get this rope
around the tree.
412
00:25:20,697 --> 00:25:22,566
And get the solar panels in the tree.
413
00:25:45,922 --> 00:25:47,190
Whoo!
414
00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:49,459
- This an 18.5-footer?
- Yeah.
415
00:25:49,459 --> 00:25:50,560
Same as my boat.
416
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,698
The other boat that
I'm doing is a 26-foot islander.
417
00:25:54,698 --> 00:25:55,999
Super deep V.
418
00:25:55,999 --> 00:25:58,635
Outside the grid,
419
00:25:58,635 --> 00:26:01,338
Dan Burton is on a mission
to fill his freezer
420
00:26:01,338 --> 00:26:03,807
before cold weather arrives.
421
00:26:03,807 --> 00:26:06,910
Every autumn, Dan relies on Larry Koon,
422
00:26:06,910 --> 00:26:09,479
one of the only islanders allowed by law
423
00:26:09,479 --> 00:26:13,183
to fish with gill nets in Lake Michigan.
424
00:26:13,183 --> 00:26:16,219
With having a tough winter
and not getting any venison,
425
00:26:16,219 --> 00:26:17,921
you know, the only way to catch up now
426
00:26:17,921 --> 00:26:19,623
is to spend the time on the lake.
427
00:26:19,623 --> 00:26:21,791
Get out there and produce some fish.
428
00:26:34,537 --> 00:26:36,406
The first time I ever gill-netted,
429
00:26:36,406 --> 00:26:39,009
I was about 12 years old,
I guess, maybe 11.
430
00:26:39,009 --> 00:26:42,646
I remember helping with the fish,
431
00:26:42,646 --> 00:26:44,848
getting all slimy, little kid, you know.
432
00:26:44,848 --> 00:26:47,050
Then I went back to the rez,
433
00:26:47,050 --> 00:26:50,754
went into the junior council meeting,
you know.
434
00:26:50,754 --> 00:26:51,855
Yup.
435
00:26:51,855 --> 00:26:54,157
Kids learning how to be politicians.
436
00:26:54,157 --> 00:26:58,461
And I smelt like fish so bad,
they all complained, and I left.
437
00:27:02,365 --> 00:27:06,303
Well, you go, you got a buoy
and an anchor on each end,
438
00:27:06,303 --> 00:27:10,106
and you set the line,
439
00:27:10,106 --> 00:27:12,375
the sidelines down
with the mesh in between,
440
00:27:12,375 --> 00:27:14,611
and the sidelines got weights
on the bottom.
441
00:27:14,611 --> 00:27:16,513
Floats on the top.
442
00:27:16,513 --> 00:27:18,582
So the weights
go to the bottom of the lake,
443
00:27:18,582 --> 00:27:21,551
and the floats rise up,
and it opens up the mesh down there.
444
00:27:21,551 --> 00:27:24,120
The fish swim in it, get entangled,
445
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:26,690
and I come back through, pick 'em up.
446
00:27:29,059 --> 00:27:31,261
First buoy's in.
447
00:27:31,261 --> 00:27:33,263
Basically the wind will do
what it does now,
448
00:27:33,263 --> 00:27:35,932
and that's how this net will lay.
449
00:27:35,932 --> 00:27:37,634
There it is, our bait!
450
00:27:37,634 --> 00:27:40,770
Later on, we'll come back,
pull 'em in to see.
451
00:27:40,770 --> 00:27:42,005
Fish on.
452
00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:52,616
Outside the grid,
12 hours have passed
453
00:27:52,616 --> 00:27:56,386
since Dan Burton and Larry Koon
set gill nets in Lake Michigan.
454
00:27:58,588 --> 00:28:04,661
Okay, so, uh, we got
1,500 feet of gill net out here.
455
00:28:06,696 --> 00:28:09,499
Now they'll see
if they brought in the haul
456
00:28:09,499 --> 00:28:12,435
Dan needs to stock his freezer.
457
00:28:12,435 --> 00:28:14,671
Nice grab, Larry.
458
00:28:14,671 --> 00:28:16,139
Whoo-hoo!
459
00:28:17,807 --> 00:28:19,175
Got the line?
460
00:28:19,175 --> 00:28:22,112
This is gonna be a killer set,
you guys.
461
00:28:22,112 --> 00:28:24,981
It's in a really, really
good spot, I'm thinking.
462
00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:36,426
Pulling fish in by hand.
463
00:28:36,426 --> 00:28:38,061
This is as primitive as it gets, you know,
464
00:28:38,061 --> 00:28:40,830
you don't hear no motor running,
no winch pulling, nothing.
465
00:28:40,830 --> 00:28:43,033
We're almost to the anchor.
466
00:28:44,234 --> 00:28:45,802
Oh!
467
00:28:49,105 --> 00:28:51,374
Right now it's a gamble,
it's a crapshoot.
468
00:28:51,374 --> 00:28:53,877
You're picking an area,
you're picking a depth,
469
00:28:53,877 --> 00:28:55,545
and you're trying to pick temperature.
470
00:28:55,545 --> 00:28:56,780
What's our depth?
471
00:28:56,780 --> 00:28:59,382
We're looking at 53 feet.
472
00:28:59,382 --> 00:29:02,986
So we're about 20-foot shallower
than where we started.
473
00:29:02,986 --> 00:29:05,255
Definitely hooked on something.
474
00:29:05,255 --> 00:29:06,389
Feeling some weight?
475
00:29:06,389 --> 00:29:09,259
Yeah, a lot of it.
476
00:29:09,259 --> 00:29:11,928
I can see money fish in there already.
477
00:29:12,596 --> 00:29:13,897
Oh, yeah.
478
00:29:14,431 --> 00:29:18,001
It's always a good sign when
first thing on the board is whitefish.
479
00:29:18,001 --> 00:29:19,469
Yup.
480
00:29:19,469 --> 00:29:21,004
Especially that close.
481
00:29:21,004 --> 00:29:22,706
Out here in Lake Michigan,
482
00:29:22,706 --> 00:29:26,042
a whitefish is a, you know,
it's pretty much a staple crop.
483
00:29:26,042 --> 00:29:28,511
It's what, it's what
most people are after.
484
00:29:28,511 --> 00:29:31,114
Naturally existing fish
in this lake is a big deal.
485
00:29:31,114 --> 00:29:32,249
Yeah.
486
00:29:34,885 --> 00:29:36,419
There's some good fish coming in now.
487
00:29:36,419 --> 00:29:38,588
Hell, man, these are all whitefish.
488
00:29:38,588 --> 00:29:39,756
Here she comes.
489
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,983
You wake up in
the morning and look in the mirror,
490
00:30:08,151 --> 00:30:11,721
and if your heart isn't where
your feet want to be,
491
00:30:11,721 --> 00:30:14,724
it's time to get on a horse
and go somewhere.
492
00:30:14,724 --> 00:30:16,860
Beyond the grid in Idaho,
493
00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:20,764
Bear Claw is on the move
toward his new winter home,
494
00:30:20,764 --> 00:30:23,500
but on the way,
he's gathering crucial supplies
495
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:25,602
for the difficult months ahead.
496
00:30:29,139 --> 00:30:30,407
Winter's coming.
497
00:30:30,407 --> 00:30:33,677
It's kind of an important
time of the year.
498
00:30:33,677 --> 00:30:35,545
I got a cache up in this tree.
499
00:30:37,113 --> 00:30:39,616
And I put this up here in the spring,
500
00:30:39,616 --> 00:30:41,985
but there's never a guarantee
when you head back
501
00:30:41,985 --> 00:30:44,654
that what you left is gonna be there.
502
00:30:44,654 --> 00:30:46,923
So the mountain men
would call this a cache,
503
00:30:46,923 --> 00:30:49,326
and they made caches all over the country,
504
00:30:49,326 --> 00:30:51,161
and this isn't the only one I got.
505
00:30:51,161 --> 00:30:52,462
I got more.
506
00:30:56,099 --> 00:30:57,234
Ta-da!
507
00:31:10,647 --> 00:31:12,916
My favorite pair of wool long johns.
508
00:31:14,117 --> 00:31:18,421
All right, a pair of good wool socks.
509
00:31:18,421 --> 00:31:21,591
Got some warm gloves.
510
00:31:21,591 --> 00:31:25,028
I don't have to worry
about supper tonight.
511
00:31:25,028 --> 00:31:27,797
Looks like peas and corn.
512
00:31:27,797 --> 00:31:31,801
There's a dozen meals there
for me with some meat.
513
00:31:31,801 --> 00:31:34,271
I know I'm gonna be eating for a while,
514
00:31:34,271 --> 00:31:37,807
and I know I'm gonna be
warm and dry for a while.
515
00:31:37,807 --> 00:31:39,743
That's the important part.
516
00:31:39,743 --> 00:31:42,946
I reckon it's time to throw it
in there and mosey.
517
00:32:01,998 --> 00:32:04,267
The little outpost is right
up here, out of the woods.
518
00:32:04,267 --> 00:32:08,605
So, let's walk on up here
and see about the supplies I need.
519
00:32:08,605 --> 00:32:10,206
In Arkansas,
520
00:32:10,206 --> 00:32:14,411
Joe Ray is more than five miles
from his home below the grid,
521
00:32:14,411 --> 00:32:18,848
on a rare trip into civilization
to stockpile supplies
522
00:32:18,848 --> 00:32:20,483
he'll need in the coming months.
523
00:32:21,918 --> 00:32:23,320
Hey, you guys watch out,
524
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,522
this, my little store is right over here,
525
00:32:25,522 --> 00:32:28,391
so, I don't really know
if I want y'all going in with me.
526
00:32:28,391 --> 00:32:31,161
Wait, wait, wait,
Joe, Joe, Joe, come here.
527
00:32:32,963 --> 00:32:35,699
We, uh, we kind of need to
go in there with you, man.
528
00:32:35,699 --> 00:32:36,766
I don't think y'all need,
529
00:32:36,766 --> 00:32:38,602
I don't, y'all don't have to
follow me everywhere, you know.
530
00:32:38,602 --> 00:32:40,770
These people in here might not
really like the cameras,
531
00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:44,107
so, uh, I'm gonna ask y'all
to stay out, okay?
532
00:32:44,107 --> 00:32:46,910
All right, listen.
How about this?
533
00:32:46,910 --> 00:32:49,179
Can you take in one of these
little, little, tiny cameras
534
00:32:49,179 --> 00:32:50,413
right here with you?
535
00:32:50,413 --> 00:32:51,815
I don't know nothing
about those things.
536
00:32:51,815 --> 00:32:52,916
I'll roll it.
537
00:32:52,916 --> 00:32:55,252
All you got to do is hold it.
538
00:32:55,252 --> 00:32:56,987
You know, just do your best.
539
00:32:56,987 --> 00:32:59,289
Y'all stay here. Here we go!
540
00:33:04,494 --> 00:33:09,032
Ooh, it's a lot of people here.
I'm not liking this.
541
00:33:09,032 --> 00:33:12,402
Maybe none of 'em
will be wanting to talk today.
542
00:33:12,402 --> 00:33:14,905
I can slip in and slip right back out.
543
00:33:20,010 --> 00:33:21,611
Ooh, how you doing?
544
00:33:24,648 --> 00:33:27,384
Yeah, we going to get some batteries.
545
00:33:29,352 --> 00:33:30,420
Camp fuel.
546
00:33:30,420 --> 00:33:33,290
Yeah, okay.
547
00:33:36,359 --> 00:33:37,594
All right.
548
00:33:41,731 --> 00:33:43,366
{\an8}Joe.
549
00:33:43,366 --> 00:33:44,734
{\an8}Joe Ray.
550
00:33:44,734 --> 00:33:47,170
{\an8}Ray.
551
00:33:47,170 --> 00:33:49,172
{\an8}Well, how much damage did I do?
552
00:33:51,641 --> 00:33:54,978
{\an8}Oh, boy, hope I brought my money.
553
00:33:54,978 --> 00:33:57,113
{\an8}It's a long trek back up there.
554
00:33:58,448 --> 00:33:59,683
{\an8}Thank you, y'all have a good day.
555
00:34:04,821 --> 00:34:07,224
Well, I'm glad that's over.
So, let's get on out of here.
556
00:34:07,224 --> 00:34:09,793
Get back to the cave.
557
00:34:22,839 --> 00:34:24,975
This partridge is gonna live its life here
558
00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:26,977
until it's eaten by a Burton member.
559
00:34:26,977 --> 00:34:30,280
Outside the grid,
on Beaver Island,
560
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,282
Dan Burton is stockpiling food
561
00:34:32,282 --> 00:34:34,985
to endure the frigid winter ahead.
562
00:34:34,985 --> 00:34:36,820
Seems like every time
you're hunting, or fishing,
563
00:34:36,820 --> 00:34:39,022
or picking fruit, you know,
564
00:34:39,022 --> 00:34:41,958
the job's not over until
you get it into the frying pan.
565
00:34:41,958 --> 00:34:43,793
Makes it taste better.
566
00:34:43,793 --> 00:34:46,096
Appreciate it, that's for certain.
567
00:34:46,096 --> 00:34:47,764
Today is just the beginning
568
00:34:47,764 --> 00:34:50,166
of the Burtons' annual harvest,
569
00:34:50,166 --> 00:34:53,303
and every day from now until snowfall,
570
00:34:53,303 --> 00:34:55,438
Dan and his wife, Carol,
571
00:34:55,438 --> 00:34:59,109
will gather and preserve
the food they need.
572
00:34:59,109 --> 00:35:02,178
In the winter,
we eat everything that we can.
573
00:35:02,178 --> 00:35:04,281
We try to can all year.
574
00:35:04,281 --> 00:35:06,349
Uh, the garden was really good this year.
575
00:35:06,349 --> 00:35:10,687
We actually got enough carrots and squash,
576
00:35:10,687 --> 00:35:12,989
cucumbers, tomatoes.
577
00:35:12,989 --> 00:35:16,226
We'll probably spend a couple
weeks canning throughout.
578
00:35:16,226 --> 00:35:19,529
If we do it every night,
it takes a long time to can.
579
00:35:30,574 --> 00:35:33,410
I actually never wanted to do this.
580
00:35:33,410 --> 00:35:36,112
This is not, not my first dream,
581
00:35:36,112 --> 00:35:39,649
but I think you go back to
your roots and what's basic.
582
00:35:39,649 --> 00:35:43,753
This is it.
This is what we do until snow comes.
583
00:35:43,753 --> 00:35:45,655
We're doing a pretty good job.
584
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:47,657
It's enough to get us through the winter.
585
00:35:47,657 --> 00:35:48,892
Yeah.
586
00:36:10,747 --> 00:36:14,818
These are 15-watt solar panels.
587
00:36:14,818 --> 00:36:18,955
So, we have, you know, 45 watts,
that would be on a perfect day.
588
00:36:18,955 --> 00:36:21,825
The morning sun comes through
this break here.
589
00:36:21,825 --> 00:36:25,061
So I'm gonna be facing it east by south.
590
00:36:25,061 --> 00:36:27,664
Little more work,
but it replaces the kerosene.
591
00:36:27,664 --> 00:36:29,432
Little safer.
592
00:36:29,432 --> 00:36:30,800
'Course, I say it's a little safer
593
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,969
while I'm looking at humping it
up the side of a tree.
594
00:36:32,969 --> 00:36:36,373
Above the grid in Onion Creek,
595
00:36:36,373 --> 00:36:39,109
Doc Leverett is winterizing
his tree house compound
596
00:36:39,109 --> 00:36:42,712
in preparation for the most
difficult time of year.
597
00:36:42,712 --> 00:36:45,749
I'm gonna lash it down good.
598
00:36:45,749 --> 00:36:49,553
During winter,
Doc and Jeanny board up their windows
599
00:36:49,553 --> 00:36:51,221
to further insulate their home,
600
00:36:51,221 --> 00:36:52,856
and without daylight,
601
00:36:52,856 --> 00:36:56,493
they'll need the added power
solar panels provide.
602
00:36:58,295 --> 00:37:01,197
I'm almost there.
603
00:37:01,197 --> 00:37:03,767
I've got the best line of sight
to the sun I'm gonna get here
604
00:37:03,767 --> 00:37:07,170
without removing some trees,
and I really don't want to do that.
605
00:37:07,170 --> 00:37:09,973
Ideally, we would,
I would have put this up much higher,
606
00:37:09,973 --> 00:37:14,344
but with DC power, which is
what these are generating,
607
00:37:14,344 --> 00:37:17,414
the longer the cable run, you lose juice.
608
00:37:17,414 --> 00:37:20,150
I'm just creating just a very
small amount of electricity,
609
00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:23,520
so any that I lose,
that's, that's a bad thing.
610
00:37:24,454 --> 00:37:26,089
Make some electricity.
611
00:37:40,537 --> 00:37:43,006
Being an electrician
for all of these years,
612
00:37:43,006 --> 00:37:47,077
it's kind of nice to be excited
about a project again.
613
00:37:47,077 --> 00:37:49,412
- Hey, sweetie.
- Yeah?
614
00:37:49,412 --> 00:37:51,715
Hey, come up here.
I got to show you something.
615
00:37:51,715 --> 00:37:53,016
Yeah.
616
00:37:54,484 --> 00:37:55,752
Up.
617
00:37:55,752 --> 00:37:57,354
There we go.
618
00:38:00,257 --> 00:38:02,525
Good boy. What you got?
619
00:38:02,525 --> 00:38:03,660
Flip the switch.
620
00:38:07,731 --> 00:38:10,066
Hey!
621
00:38:10,066 --> 00:38:11,701
We got lights.
622
00:38:11,701 --> 00:38:13,470
High five!
623
00:38:13,470 --> 00:38:16,206
I know we wanted to live
completely above the grid,
624
00:38:16,206 --> 00:38:17,307
but...
625
00:38:17,307 --> 00:38:19,542
Technically, we still are.
We're not hooked up to anything.
626
00:38:19,542 --> 00:38:20,744
Yeah. Yeah, you're right, but...
627
00:38:20,744 --> 00:38:22,779
And it's all junk...
Or, well, not junk, but...
628
00:38:22,779 --> 00:38:24,147
It was somebody else's.
629
00:38:24,147 --> 00:38:25,382
It's recycled. Yeah.
630
00:38:25,382 --> 00:38:26,716
It's awesome.
631
00:38:26,716 --> 00:38:28,885
It's gonna be nice for winter,
when the nights are longer.
632
00:38:28,885 --> 00:38:32,422
With the energy
they need for light and heat,
633
00:38:32,422 --> 00:38:34,524
Doc and Jeanny can now finish
634
00:38:34,524 --> 00:38:37,127
winterizing their tree house compound.
635
00:38:37,127 --> 00:38:39,696
- Let's get ahead and get it closed up.
- All right.
636
00:38:39,696 --> 00:38:43,300
Boarding up windows
for further insulation,
637
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,136
they do all they can
to endure the elements
638
00:38:46,136 --> 00:38:48,038
high above the grid.
639
00:38:48,038 --> 00:38:49,439
Winter's on its way.
640
00:38:49,439 --> 00:38:51,908
You never have enough, and you're never,
641
00:38:51,908 --> 00:38:54,077
you're never covered up enough,
642
00:38:54,077 --> 00:38:56,413
but we're as ready as we can be.
643
00:38:56,413 --> 00:38:59,015
Hope it works out for the best.
644
00:39:06,022 --> 00:39:08,992
Back to camping out up here.
645
00:39:08,992 --> 00:39:13,063
I'm so glad to be back in this lodge.
646
00:39:13,063 --> 00:39:14,931
Beyond the grid,
647
00:39:14,931 --> 00:39:18,935
Bear Claw has finally arrived
at his new home,
648
00:39:18,935 --> 00:39:22,405
nine miles from the spot
his teepee once stood.
649
00:39:25,342 --> 00:39:26,610
Here we are.
650
00:39:27,744 --> 00:39:33,083
Looks like everything
is pretty well intact.
651
00:39:34,117 --> 00:39:36,186
This cabin is owned by local ranchers
652
00:39:36,186 --> 00:39:38,288
who leave the area during winter.
653
00:39:39,522 --> 00:39:42,993
Years ago, they asked Bear Claw
to watch over it in their absence.
654
00:39:45,195 --> 00:39:47,731
I never made my bed
so much when I was younger,
655
00:39:47,731 --> 00:39:49,466
but my mother always did, so.
656
00:39:49,466 --> 00:39:53,236
I never walked in her bedroom
without her bed being made,
657
00:39:53,236 --> 00:39:55,071
so, here you go, Mom.
658
00:39:55,071 --> 00:39:57,741
Well, it's cool outside,
659
00:39:57,741 --> 00:40:03,179
and I want to build a little
fire and get things going.
660
00:40:04,581 --> 00:40:08,485
Ever want to build a quick fire,
get a pinecone and...
661
00:40:10,020 --> 00:40:12,522
That really helps and...
662
00:40:14,958 --> 00:40:16,560
If my lungs weren't bad
663
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,597
and I could stand the,
the smoke in the teepee,
664
00:40:20,597 --> 00:40:24,501
I would just saddle up and head south,
665
00:40:24,501 --> 00:40:27,370
and put that teepee up and live in it.
666
00:40:27,370 --> 00:40:30,106
But I can't do that anymore
'cause of my lungs,
667
00:40:30,106 --> 00:40:34,377
so this is what I got to put up with.
668
00:40:34,377 --> 00:40:35,946
It's called roughing it.
669
00:40:35,946 --> 00:40:37,881
I just need to get a little more wood,
670
00:40:37,881 --> 00:40:39,783
and I'm pretty well set for the winter.
671
00:41:00,770 --> 00:41:03,340
I feel a lot better now.
672
00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:06,142
Just getting back from
the outpost with my supplies.
673
00:41:06,142 --> 00:41:08,044
Time to get up here and sit down,
674
00:41:08,044 --> 00:41:13,216
and put everything up
and get ready for another day.
675
00:41:13,216 --> 00:41:15,218
In northern Arkansas,
676
00:41:15,218 --> 00:41:19,322
Joe Ray has returned to his home
below the grid,
677
00:41:19,322 --> 00:41:21,858
after a long trip into civilization.
678
00:41:21,858 --> 00:41:23,560
More fuel.
679
00:41:25,128 --> 00:41:27,664
The lantern will burn bright again.
680
00:41:27,664 --> 00:41:30,967
Here,
Joe stores the supplies he'll need
681
00:41:30,967 --> 00:41:33,036
when temperatures cool,
682
00:41:33,036 --> 00:41:35,305
and winter drives him deeper underground.
683
00:41:35,305 --> 00:41:37,407
Batteries.
684
00:41:37,407 --> 00:41:39,342
Never have too many batteries.
685
00:41:39,342 --> 00:41:42,279
Well, there's a candle, let me...
686
00:41:43,980 --> 00:41:46,383
This is the one
I'm pretty excited about here,
687
00:41:46,383 --> 00:41:48,618
'cause I don't get to go to town much,
688
00:41:48,618 --> 00:41:52,222
and when I do, I do spoil myself.
689
00:41:52,222 --> 00:41:55,025
Got me a dark chocolate candy bar.
690
00:41:55,025 --> 00:41:56,660
I'm a chocolate fanatic.
691
00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:58,962
I... This is going to
make my evening great.
692
00:41:58,962 --> 00:42:01,231
I'm gonna get to take,
go to bed, full stomach.
693
00:42:01,231 --> 00:42:04,334
And then had to get me
a little chocolate milk
694
00:42:04,334 --> 00:42:05,936
to wash it down with.
695
00:42:05,936 --> 00:42:10,340
So, y'all going to have to
let me enjoy this in peace.
696
00:42:12,409 --> 00:42:14,044
That's just hard to beat.
697
00:42:17,847 --> 00:42:20,317
Getting outside of the cave,
I mean, and going into the outpost,
698
00:42:20,317 --> 00:42:22,586
that, you know,
that's really a bad thing to me.
699
00:42:22,586 --> 00:42:26,056
When I come back in this cave,
I feel so at home and so peaceful now.
700
00:42:27,891 --> 00:42:29,492
You know, it's really hard to explain.
701
00:42:29,492 --> 00:42:31,895
You know, it's just like I walked in,
702
00:42:31,895 --> 00:42:33,964
well, this is like my own safe,
703
00:42:33,964 --> 00:42:36,132
'cause I can lock the door when I come in.
704
00:42:36,132 --> 00:42:37,901
All you got to do is
sit up there and watch,
705
00:42:37,901 --> 00:42:40,670
and nobody can come get near me right now.
706
00:42:42,372 --> 00:42:46,543
After Mary passed away,
it was like I was laying in bed,
707
00:42:46,543 --> 00:42:50,914
and like a light came over above me,
a halo light.
708
00:42:52,449 --> 00:42:55,819
It was like Mary said,
"It's time for you to go."
709
00:42:55,819 --> 00:43:00,657
And that was the determining
factor right there that I left.
710
00:43:00,657 --> 00:43:06,162
I said, "I believe you."
And that's when I left.
711
00:43:06,162 --> 00:43:09,266
I've never been happier since.
712
00:43:11,301 --> 00:43:13,570
On the edge of civilization,
713
00:43:13,570 --> 00:43:15,772
far outside the grid,
714
00:43:15,772 --> 00:43:21,177
survival means always adapting
and changing with the season.
715
00:43:23,613 --> 00:43:25,615
Damn it.
716
00:43:25,615 --> 00:43:30,086
Out here,
winter will soon transform the landscape.
717
00:43:30,086 --> 00:43:32,856
Days will grow shorter,
718
00:43:32,856 --> 00:43:35,792
and resources will be harder to come by.
719
00:43:35,792 --> 00:43:37,928
Winter's on its way.
720
00:43:37,928 --> 00:43:40,397
Batten down the hatches.
721
00:43:40,397 --> 00:43:42,532
You're never prepared for Mother Nature.
722
00:43:42,532 --> 00:43:45,335
{\an8}But for those
who redefine the grid,
723
00:43:45,335 --> 00:43:47,871
{\an8}there's no turning back.
724
00:43:47,871 --> 00:43:52,742
{\an8}Finding peace of mind out here
is a constant road of discovery,
725
00:43:52,742 --> 00:43:56,713
{\an8}and it's well worth
the challenge that lies ahead.
726
00:43:56,713 --> 00:43:59,482
{\an8}You know, a lot of people say,
"Hey, how can you live like that?"
727
00:43:59,482 --> 00:44:00,951
{\an8}Well, I love it.
728
00:44:00,951 --> 00:44:04,087
{\an8}I make all my own decisions,
and I live by 'em,
729
00:44:04,087 --> 00:44:07,023
{\an8}and, you know,
it could cause me to die by 'em,
730
00:44:07,023 --> 00:44:09,826
{\an8}but it's just the way I choose to live.