1 00:00:04,638 --> 00:00:06,406 (gunshot) 2 00:00:06,406 --> 00:00:10,110 NATHAN: Nice. Good shot. 3 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,345 (gunshot) 4 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:14,181 Bam. Got it. Two in a row. 5 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:15,883 ADRIAN: Feels good. 6 00:00:15,883 --> 00:00:18,018 NATHAN: Adrian is 11 years old. 7 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,287 He's grown into a good young man. 8 00:00:20,287 --> 00:00:22,389 He's starting to take some responsibility, you know, 9 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:25,425 having to go out and raise your animals, hunt your food. 10 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:26,727 (gunshot) 11 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,262 Three for three. 12 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:30,797 Adrian has a fair amount of experience with firearms 13 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:32,399 considering his age. 14 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:33,667 (gunshot) 15 00:00:33,667 --> 00:00:35,102 Nice. 16 00:00:35,102 --> 00:00:37,504 So I'm gonna take Adrian grouse hunting and we're gonna 17 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:40,107 try to put meat on the table. 18 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:41,942 Four for four. 19 00:00:41,942 --> 00:00:42,976 Pressure's on. 20 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:44,912 ADRIAN: See if I can get five. 21 00:00:44,912 --> 00:00:46,213 (gunshot) 22 00:00:46,213 --> 00:00:48,081 NATHAN: Nice. ADRIAN: Five in a row. 23 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:49,716 NATHAN: Let's do that with some grouse, huh? 24 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,285 ADRIAN: Yep. 25 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:03,030 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:03,030 --> 00:01:06,400 JOHNNY: Just because I live on my own terms, on my own time, 27 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,902 doesn't mean I don't have jobs to do. 28 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,138 I just don't have somebody standing over my shoulder. 29 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:12,506 I'm not clocking in. 30 00:01:12,506 --> 00:01:14,341 I'm not clocking out. 31 00:01:14,341 --> 00:01:17,744 The only person to hold myself accountable is me. 32 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:29,089 Check this out. 33 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:31,258 Grizzly tracks. 34 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:33,260 That just happened last night. 35 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:35,429 You can tell it's a grizzly cuz they walk kind of pigeon toed 36 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,664 and kind of have their paws in like that. 37 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:39,266 And I don't have black bear out here. 38 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,068 It's too far north. 39 00:01:41,068 --> 00:01:42,135 That's a late bear. 40 00:01:42,135 --> 00:01:43,870 Just cruising around, trying. 41 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:46,540 Probably trying to get a last meal before he dens up. 42 00:01:47,307 --> 00:01:49,576 This year I came up to the Arctic a little bit late. 43 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:52,779 I'm gonna follow these, see where this guy's going. 44 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:55,849 I was stuck in town, so coming back here finally. 45 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:58,352 It's nice to be able to walk around and just kind of get a 46 00:01:58,352 --> 00:02:01,822 little glimpse of what's going on out here. 47 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:04,191 Underneath this tree here 48 00:02:04,191 --> 00:02:07,160 is where it kind of was bedded down. 49 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:15,068 And there's multiple, there's multiple piles of dung here, 50 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:19,139 so this bear has been just like hanging out here. 51 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:22,175 It's kind of interesting. 52 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:23,477 Every year is so different out here. 53 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:25,579 I love it. 54 00:02:28,382 --> 00:02:30,117 I made it back to the Brooks Range and 55 00:02:30,117 --> 00:02:32,586 I want to do some camp upgrades. 56 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:34,855 Just get myself set up for winter, so you know, 57 00:02:34,855 --> 00:02:37,157 once it drops down into like the negative 60 degree 58 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:40,193 temperatures I don't have to mess around and I can focus on 59 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:42,696 trapping, hunting, and just staying afloat 60 00:02:42,696 --> 00:02:45,032 in the cold temps. 61 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:49,169 I'm gonna build some steps coming up, uh, my hill here, 62 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:51,338 there's just about five, six inches of snow on the ground, 63 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:57,110 and I'll be able to put these logs into the snow, 64 00:02:58,045 --> 00:02:59,713 bury them, 65 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:02,816 and, uh, as it snows, it'll just continue to make 66 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:05,485 stronger and better steps. 67 00:03:06,420 --> 00:03:08,989 I live on a hill and intentionally picked this 68 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:12,726 cabin site because the lakes rise and lower and, and if you 69 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:15,629 live on the shore of a lake, you can get flooded out when 70 00:03:15,629 --> 00:03:19,066 ice melts and the lake levels rise. 71 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:20,600 It's opening up camp. 72 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,103 These are the things I do when I get here because winter, 73 00:03:23,103 --> 00:03:25,572 that's the next chapter of my life. 74 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:33,613 I'm going to, uh, get some water here, fill up my bucket. 75 00:03:35,182 --> 00:03:37,718 Use the water to lock in those logs. 76 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:39,419 I'm gonna dump water along the logs. 77 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:41,488 They're gonna freeze into place. 78 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:43,857 That way they don't move. 79 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:50,630 There's water. 80 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:53,166 It's important to get out and challenge the mind. 81 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:54,334 Challenge the body. 82 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:56,403 Do the things you don't want to do. 83 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:59,372 You learn real quick who you are and what you're made of. 84 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:03,977 You learn your strengths, you learn your weaknesses, 85 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:07,981 Alaska's full of challenges in every corner, every bend, 86 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,816 every frozen footstep. 87 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:14,054 But at the end of the day, you're walking home and 88 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:17,324 you're thinking, man, it's good to have these challenges. 89 00:04:21,128 --> 00:04:22,996 Cool. That's it. That's my steps. 90 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,565 They're gonna freeze in pretty nicely, 91 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:30,337 so I'm just gonna let these kind of settle 92 00:04:30,337 --> 00:04:33,540 and I'm gonna fill up my water bucket. 93 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:36,943 Uh, grab the remaining firewood down there and 94 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:39,312 start stacking it on the side of the cabin. 95 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:50,857 BRITTANY: The weather in Alaska is never really predictable. 96 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:53,293 It could snow, it could rain. 97 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,862 You never know what's going to happen, so we just have to 98 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:57,864 learn to be adaptable. 99 00:04:58,165 --> 00:04:59,599 We have a small window to get some of these 100 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:01,601 building projects done, 101 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:04,404 so we have to take advantage of the weather right now. 102 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,443 Hello. 103 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:12,179 How'd it go? 104 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:13,647 KALEB: Good. 105 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:14,948 Let's go find a place to put the tank. 106 00:05:14,948 --> 00:05:17,050 BRITTANY: Cool. 107 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:19,619 KALEB: Out here in the middle of nowhere, 108 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:21,888 trash is a problem. 109 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:24,991 So today I want to try to fix that problem by 110 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:27,427 building an incinerator. 111 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,596 So I think it's kind of important that we get this 112 00:05:29,596 --> 00:05:32,799 done quickly 'cause we don't want bears digging into 113 00:05:32,799 --> 00:05:34,668 our burn pile. 114 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:37,604 And then we'll be more ready for wintertime. 115 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:39,206 BRITTANY: Very good. 116 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,208 KALEB: I'm thinking we don't have much room down here, 117 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:42,976 so maybe we can stick the stuff up on top 118 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:44,544 of the pile up there. 119 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:47,414 BRITTANY: There you go. It's nice and flat up there. 120 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,484 KALEB: All over rural Alaska people have burn barrels, 121 00:05:51,484 --> 00:05:53,053 but they're tiny and they're inefficient. 122 00:05:53,053 --> 00:05:55,689 They don't work very well, so I want to build something that 123 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:58,592 hopefully works way better than a burn barrel and also 124 00:05:58,592 --> 00:06:01,595 handles a larger volume at a time. 125 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,064 BRITTANY: All righty. 126 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:05,799 KALEB: Let's push this thing off the trailer. 127 00:06:05,799 --> 00:06:07,200 BRITTANY: This direction, right? 128 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,068 KALEB: Yeah. 129 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,036 We don't want it to fall off the hill. 130 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:17,711 All right. 131 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:19,079 Let's see if this thing will clear the tires. 132 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:23,149 Let's back it up all the way against these tires and then go. 133 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:28,221 BRITTANY: There you go. 134 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,824 KALEB: That was easier than I thought. 135 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:39,666 Oh yeah, that's a nice one. 136 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,034 That'll do the trick nicely. 137 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,969 BRITTANY: So why are we filling this with water first? 138 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:45,071 KALEB: Because it is full of fuel vapors and when I take my 139 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:49,175 saw and I stick it on here and I cut through and 140 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:51,645 I'm making sparks, I'm gonna cause those fuel vapors 141 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:53,346 to blow up, basically. 142 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:54,514 BRITTANY: Ah-ha. 143 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:56,349 KALEB: And so it'll just ka-boom. 144 00:06:56,349 --> 00:06:58,351 So what we wanna do is fill it with water and remove all of 145 00:06:58,351 --> 00:06:59,753 the fuel vapors. 146 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:00,920 BRITTANY: Gotcha. 147 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,023 So you'll just fill it until it kind of overflows and. 148 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,424 KALEB: Yup. All the way to the top. 149 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:07,227 And unfortunately, our well is only about a five gallon a 150 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:09,763 minute pump, so this is gonna take a while. 151 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,398 We'll come check on it in a bit. 152 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:13,466 BRITTANY: Sounds good. 153 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,936 NATHAN: It's important to have variety in the diet. 154 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,572 Just to bring home a different set of nutrients in the meat 155 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:21,007 that you're eating. 156 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:23,243 We do raise a lot of animals on the farm, so we provide a 157 00:07:23,243 --> 00:07:25,779 lot of food for ourselves, but it's important to get out and 158 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:27,814 bring home something different. 159 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:36,323 But I think to start off, let's just trek on ahead here. 160 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:39,893 As that snow comes in, it'll drive the ptarmigan down from 161 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:42,762 the mountains and they'll start going into lower areas. 162 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:46,866 So, you know, as we get snow and more cold, um, 163 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,703 pushes 'em down so it works to our advantage. 164 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:54,708 And with grouse hunting just like anything else, 165 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:57,243 a matter of finding them in the right place at the right time. 166 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,978 Hopefully we'll get lucky. 167 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:01,181 ADRIAN: Yeah. 168 00:08:01,181 --> 00:08:04,718 NATHAN: You really don't have to be super quiet because 169 00:08:04,718 --> 00:08:07,020 part of what you want to do. 170 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:08,555 ADRIAN: Is scare them off. 171 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:09,923 NATHAN: Yeah. 172 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:13,226 Is scaring 'em outta their spot if they're hiding in the brush. 173 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:16,129 Olivia will help with that. 174 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:19,632 Adrian's tagged along for other hunts that I've done 175 00:08:19,632 --> 00:08:22,902 both in Oregon and here when I did a moose hunt. 176 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:25,638 He's just at the point where I feel comfortable taking him 177 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:28,775 out with a weapon and do his, uh, first actual hunting trip 178 00:08:28,775 --> 00:08:31,644 where he gets to knock out an animal. 179 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:34,581 Oh, grouse right there. 180 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:37,650 Oh, stop. Wait, okay. 181 00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:39,119 I saw something fly. 182 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:41,020 ADRIAN: Me too. 183 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:42,655 NATHAN: They're around here and we're just gonna cut 184 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:44,324 straight that way slowly. 185 00:08:44,324 --> 00:08:45,492 Okay? 186 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:47,127 Keep your eyes on the trees because I guarantee you it 187 00:08:47,127 --> 00:08:49,763 landed on a branch 30 yards ahead, I imagine. 188 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:53,066 And I want you to take the lead. 189 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:58,772 If you see it in a tree then just be ready. 190 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:07,647 ADRIAN: I heard like a branch move somewhere. 191 00:09:11,618 --> 00:09:12,919 NATHAN: Oh, right there. Right there. 192 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:14,254 Get it. Oh. 193 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:15,622 ADRIAN: Went that way. 194 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:18,158 NATHAN: All right, so we're go, Adrian, stop. 195 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:19,726 We're gonna do the same thing now. 196 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:21,528 You see it fly again like that? 197 00:09:21,528 --> 00:09:22,529 You're chambered, right? 198 00:09:22,529 --> 00:09:23,797 ADRIAN: Yes. NATHAN: Safety's on? 199 00:09:23,797 --> 00:09:25,198 ADRIAN: Yeah. NATHAN: Okay. 200 00:09:25,198 --> 00:09:27,367 You raise that gun, take safety off and you shoot 201 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:30,003 if you can. 202 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,507 If you see that thing, you pop it. 203 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:37,243 I'll be your backup. 204 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:48,054 ADRIAN: Ah, a squirrel. 205 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:51,491 Yeah. That's a squirrel. 206 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:54,227 NATHAN: Let's head back. 207 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:57,063 Can I cut through this way? 208 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:00,400 Where there's one, there's bound to be more. 209 00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:07,073 MARIO: It's really important to prep for winter up here 210 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:08,341 in the Arctic. 211 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,576 You have to get a lot of firewood. 212 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:12,078 You have to harvest a lot of food, and being prepared for 213 00:10:12,078 --> 00:10:14,681 the months where things are really extreme and cold. 214 00:10:14,681 --> 00:10:18,051 Because your survival depends on it. 215 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,567 There you go. Straight ahead. 216 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:36,669 Straight ahead. 217 00:10:36,669 --> 00:10:37,737 There you go. Straight ahead. 218 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,239 There you go. Come around. 219 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:41,374 There you go. 220 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,144 There's quite a few things that Clare and I have to 221 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:47,347 really do to prepare for winter. 222 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:50,116 We have to really take care of our dogs and 223 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,318 help them thrive in these temperatures. 224 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:54,721 We have to train them on a regular basis to get them 225 00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,656 ready to take on the adventures that we wanna 226 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,791 take them on. 227 00:11:02,862 --> 00:11:04,797 Whoa. 228 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:16,142 You see these trees? 229 00:11:16,142 --> 00:11:18,311 I think that we have to cut 'em down. 230 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:20,213 The last thing you want is like, it's snowing really 231 00:11:20,213 --> 00:11:22,348 heavy one day and then the weight of the tree coming down 232 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:25,518 on the dogs or us when we're coming through here, you know? 233 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:26,686 CLARE: Yeah. 234 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:29,889 MARIO: So, let me go ahead and cut these down. 235 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,525 CLARE: Okay. 236 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:37,063 MARIO: I think both of these right here. 237 00:11:37,063 --> 00:11:38,398 CLARE: Both of them? 238 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:41,167 MARIO: Yeah. Well that one's kind of hung up. 239 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,036 If I cut it, it's not gonna flip. 240 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:44,170 You know what I mean? 241 00:11:44,170 --> 00:11:45,371 CLARE: Right. 242 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:49,475 MARIO: So let me cut this one that's hanging over here. 243 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:58,017 (whirring) 244 00:11:58,017 --> 00:12:00,186 (dogs barking) 245 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:01,821 Oh (bleep). 246 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:06,125 CLARE: Woo. 247 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,595 MARIO: It's really important to take care of the trails here, 248 00:12:08,595 --> 00:12:10,797 not only for ourselves, but for our animals to 249 00:12:10,797 --> 00:12:13,166 travel down on. 250 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,102 If one of these trees comes down because of the weight of 251 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:19,138 the snow, it could potentially take out our dogs. 252 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:24,010 And when the snow starts to accumulate, the weight of the 253 00:12:24,010 --> 00:12:26,713 snow can really bring these trees down, and if you're in 254 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,281 the wrong place at the wrong time, 255 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:31,217 it could cost you your life. 256 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:35,655 CLARE: Looks good. MARIO: Yeah. 257 00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:38,358 You know, every tree we cut down that makes it safer for us 258 00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:39,626 becomes firewood. 259 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:40,593 CLARE: Yup. 260 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,462 MARIO: Serves two purposes, you know? 261 00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:45,198 So let's go home, feed these dogs, and then come back out 262 00:12:45,198 --> 00:12:47,700 and just make our way down the trail. 263 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:51,904 JOHNNY: If you don't mind being alone, 264 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:56,342 if you don't mind hunting, fishing, 265 00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:59,812 gathering your own water, chopping your own wood, 266 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:03,516 you'll have no problem out here. 267 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:06,653 To me, it's a very easy life to live. 268 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,789 You just need a strong mind. 269 00:13:13,192 --> 00:13:17,063 You see water lines on these logs, 270 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:20,633 and a lot of frost on the bottom, and they're heavy. 271 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:22,268 These bottom logs are real heavy, and it's because 272 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:25,805 they're water, uh, water logged, 273 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,440 no pun intended. 274 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:33,079 And what happens is the snow melts, and it kind of comes 275 00:13:33,079 --> 00:13:37,216 all around here and just saturates my logs. 276 00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:41,254 I'm going to do something I've been wanting to do which is 277 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:43,756 build, uh, a firewood rack. 278 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:48,328 I wanna get my firewood up off the ground, and I think the 279 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:52,165 most common-sense answer is to just build a firewood rack. 280 00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,666 I think it'll look nice. 281 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,902 I think it'll give me something to do, kind of hone 282 00:13:55,902 --> 00:13:58,671 my skills in, and it's actually gonna keep 283 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,273 my firewood dry. 284 00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:03,309 It's kind of a win-win all around. 285 00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:09,115 All right, I'm gonna start shaping this down. 286 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:13,352 One of my favorite things to do is actually 287 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:16,155 go out and get firewood. 288 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,391 I really, really enjoy going out on these lakes, 289 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:21,327 kind of exploring with my ax, with my saw, 290 00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:23,196 and it gives me an excuse to get out. 291 00:14:23,196 --> 00:14:25,498 And as long as I got more than a week's worth of wood in case 292 00:14:25,498 --> 00:14:28,301 I got injured, that's really all I need. 293 00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:31,104 These are projects I wanna do early fall and before the snow 294 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:33,473 started falling and I just wasn't able to get out here. 295 00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:35,374 Mostly because of this one here. 296 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:36,576 Come here, Java. 297 00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:37,744 How you doing, girl? 298 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:38,778 We'll climb the ladder. 299 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,680 Or you wanna climb me? 300 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,582 Java got surgery done. 301 00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:44,150 Is your fur coming back yet? 302 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:46,386 Let's have a look. 303 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:50,423 The vets removed about half of her lungs and she had a 304 00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:53,559 big old zipper of stitches here. 305 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:57,163 It's about, I think 20 staples, and that was a hole 306 00:14:57,163 --> 00:15:00,466 they had to use for I don't know, 307 00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:02,402 keeping air or something inside of her. 308 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:05,371 But I'm trying to keep her warm with your 309 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:06,939 new little town jacket. 310 00:15:06,939 --> 00:15:08,174 Huh? 311 00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:09,575 I just didn't wanna bring her up here because once 312 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:11,644 I'm up here, I'm so remote. 313 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:14,547 And out here it's like a three day trip to get to the vet. 314 00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:18,117 So, she's happy to be out here man, and so am I. 315 00:15:18,117 --> 00:15:20,920 Moving on. 316 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:24,791 This rack will be a half cord, which is about a week, 317 00:15:24,791 --> 00:15:27,627 week and a half worth of wood, and that'll get me through until 318 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:30,163 it's time to go get more wood. 319 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,203 That's great, man. I love it. 320 00:15:37,203 --> 00:15:38,938 It looks good. 321 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,640 This is done. 322 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,177 And uh, oh, what up Java? 323 00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:46,979 Look at you in your little city girl coat. 324 00:15:46,979 --> 00:15:48,381 Man, I'm happy. 325 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:50,283 I'm gonna get all this firewood stacked up on here. 326 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,585 I'm gonna call it a day. 327 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:56,923 Go inside, eat some food and, um, 328 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:59,091 I got more projects to finish up. 329 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:01,994 Um, so this isn't the end of it. 330 00:16:03,729 --> 00:16:05,364 What's up girl? What's up girl? 331 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:07,533 Oh, look at you. You got some energy again. 332 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,936 Got some energy. 333 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,110 KALEB: No matter who you are. 334 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:19,846 You have to deal with trash. 335 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:23,249 If you live in the city, there's probably a refuse service 336 00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:25,918 that comes by and dumps your trash bin into their truck. 337 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,653 And you never see it again. 338 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,355 I don't have the luxury of that. 339 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:31,324 I have to deal with it. 340 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:38,865 All right. My tank's nice and full. 341 00:16:38,865 --> 00:16:41,801 Water's right, right there. 342 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:44,403 So, it's time to start working on this. 343 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:48,107 I think I'm gonna kind of make a barbecue styled door here. 344 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:52,979 It's gonna start, I don't know, somewhere down in here. 345 00:16:52,979 --> 00:16:55,581 And I'll just come straight across. 346 00:16:56,215 --> 00:17:00,186 That's my top, and that's where it's gonna connect. 347 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:04,857 So, I'm gonna go across like that. 348 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:08,794 I think that's big enough. 349 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:11,364 I'll be able to huck a couple bags in here, turn the fan on, 350 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:14,333 and burn that trash up real good. 351 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:18,971 So, if I have a tank full of vapors and I add spark, 352 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:21,707 this tank will be a literal bomb and it will explode and 353 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,810 send shrapnel everywhere. 354 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:27,780 Hopefully the water renders all of the vapors from the 355 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:31,150 fuel inert and it won't cause any problems. 356 00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:38,357 (whirring) 357 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:45,364 KALEB: Oh, we're through. 358 00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:47,533 Ha, ha. 359 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:51,704 Living in the bush, you, you can't just do everything 360 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:53,639 all at once. 361 00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:56,175 Everything is a slow progression. 362 00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:59,078 You start with your bare necessities and then 363 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:00,880 you start needing other things. 364 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,950 So you come up with another project to do and you just 365 00:18:03,950 --> 00:18:06,352 keep doing that, and over time you build up 366 00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:08,454 your quality of life. 367 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,957 It's cut, it's done. 368 00:18:10,957 --> 00:18:14,360 We need to put a hinge here and a hinge here and, uh, 369 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:18,030 weld them on and this'll be ready to open. 370 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:20,866 Part of the reason I love living here is because 371 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:24,370 I have the freedom to do projects like this. 372 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:27,173 I don't have to call the zoning committee and be like, 373 00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:28,774 uh, can I get your approval? 374 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:29,875 No. 375 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:31,077 None of that happens out here. 376 00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:32,211 This is my property. 377 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,146 There are no rules or regulations attached to 378 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:38,017 this property, and I can do whatever I want. 379 00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:41,988 I think that does it for the welding. 380 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:43,289 I had to kind of cool it. 381 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,057 I was underneath this thing and there were sparks going 382 00:18:45,057 --> 00:18:48,561 down my ear and aye yai yai that gets your attention fast. 383 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:52,832 Now that I've gotten the hinges welded on, 384 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:56,202 I've got the door cut out, I've got handle to open it with. 385 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:59,038 Now I can start thinking about my air intake and my chimney 386 00:18:59,038 --> 00:19:01,607 and then start burning. 387 00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:06,545 JOHNNY: I'm not out here to prove anything to 388 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,681 myself or anybody. 389 00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:11,217 I'm out here because I love the wilderness. 390 00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:14,420 Because I love isolation and because I love to live remote. 391 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:28,034 All I need is, uh, about four foot of board and it's gonna 392 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:33,439 make up the window frame for the window I'm installing. 393 00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:35,241 In the cabin, in the front. 394 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:38,010 I've been meaning to get a window up there for, well, 395 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,980 hell, since I built the cabin. 396 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:44,517 This is so I can have a guide in my chainsaw mill. 397 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:46,852 The window will be a nice addition. 398 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:49,355 See out the front door, 399 00:19:49,355 --> 00:19:51,223 get some extra light in 'cause 400 00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:55,628 that sun right there, not too many more days left of it 401 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:57,296 and it's gone. 402 00:19:57,296 --> 00:20:00,366 So, I'm maximizing some light. 403 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:03,269 You know that bear that's been kind of roaming around this 404 00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:06,539 early winter, if it decides to make a presence, uh, 405 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:08,474 we can have a little chat. 406 00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:11,877 And I'll know it's, uh, out there before I open up my door. 407 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:14,613 I'll scare it or it scares me. 408 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:19,351 My first fall up here, I had a big grizzly bear come into 409 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:22,354 my camp and the thing harassed me for about a week, 410 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:24,123 got into my caribou meat. 411 00:20:24,123 --> 00:20:26,358 They tried getting into the front door of my cabin and 412 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,328 that's when I learned these predators are my neighbors and 413 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:31,764 that I gotta learn to live with them. 414 00:20:31,764 --> 00:20:33,599 And I didn't end up killing the bear. 415 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:35,935 I learned to just deal with it. 416 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,174 So these are gonna work out great. 417 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:43,709 Just making my own lumber. 418 00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:48,013 You know, it's some of the stuff I do out here, 419 00:20:48,013 --> 00:20:52,151 part of the lifestyle, self-sufficient. 420 00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:56,122 So, if I ever hear something outside, 421 00:20:56,122 --> 00:20:57,723 might just be a little weasel, 422 00:20:57,723 --> 00:21:00,960 but I can confirm by looking out a window. 423 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,729 I guess this would be my version of a peep-hole. 424 00:21:10,069 --> 00:21:12,071 Yeah, the window right here will help get some light right 425 00:21:12,071 --> 00:21:14,740 up my wood stove where I cook and into kind of what 426 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,408 I would call my kitchen. 427 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,912 I'm cooking on a black stove with a black cast iron, and 428 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:22,248 it's really hard to see what's going on in that pan sometimes, 429 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:24,350 just anything that can come through this wall man 430 00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:26,752 is gonna help. 431 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:33,359 A few of these chores I really have been kicking around, 432 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,362 wanting to do, finding excuses not to do them. 433 00:21:36,362 --> 00:21:37,796 But by completing them, 434 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:41,500 I'm like almost prepared for this winter. 435 00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:46,372 Nice. 436 00:21:46,372 --> 00:21:48,474 Heck yeah, man. 437 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:51,010 Nature put everything it had into making this beautiful 438 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:53,379 place and I'm putting everything I have into the 439 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:55,614 things that I make. 440 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:05,758 These logs are pretty big, girthy, and they stick out 441 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:08,494 past the window and the windowsill, so I'm just gonna 442 00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:11,597 delicately cut off the corners. 443 00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:12,965 It's kind of just an aesthetic thing. 444 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,533 It's nothing functionality. 445 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:17,536 There's just, um, more aesthetically pleasing. 446 00:22:19,805 --> 00:22:22,508 All right. That can work though. 447 00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:28,113 NATHAN: We used to hunt grouse down in Oregon, 448 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:30,716 but the conditions aren't as cold, aren't as harsh, 449 00:22:30,716 --> 00:22:32,985 aren't as brutal. 450 00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:35,154 Hunting up here, every little aspect, 451 00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:37,923 it's a lot more difficult. 452 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:43,829 You gotta roll with the punches. 453 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:50,202 Starting to snow a little bit. 454 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:55,241 A little bit of weather change, 455 00:22:55,241 --> 00:22:58,210 but could help to spot grouse a little better. 456 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,446 Gotta find 'em at the right place at the right time, 457 00:23:00,446 --> 00:23:02,982 as is hunting for anything. 458 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:07,052 This is a learning experience, not only for Olivia and Adrian, 459 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,654 but for myself as well. 460 00:23:08,654 --> 00:23:10,456 All three of us are learning. 461 00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:12,124 We're getting to know the lay of the land. 462 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:13,792 We're getting used to what we're doing. 463 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,295 You know, we're working out the kinks and, and try to see 464 00:23:16,295 --> 00:23:18,764 if we can knock down some birds. 465 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:23,402 ADRIAN: I'm burning up. NATHAN: Yeah? 466 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,004 ADRIAN: Yeah. 467 00:23:25,004 --> 00:23:27,239 NATHAN: Can you take that coat off and throw it in the bag? 468 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,408 ADRIAN: Yeah, sure. 469 00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:35,981 It's crazy how hot 22 degrees can be. 470 00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:37,249 NATHAN: That's one thing to keep in mind. 471 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:39,218 You know, it's important that we get some meat, but not 472 00:23:39,218 --> 00:23:42,288 more important than coming home safe. 473 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:45,224 All right, let's go. 474 00:23:46,725 --> 00:23:49,128 I'm liking this spot up ahead. 475 00:23:49,128 --> 00:23:51,196 It's wide enough for us to get through. 476 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,232 Not too narrow to get a shot off. 477 00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:55,034 ADRIAN: Yup. 478 00:23:58,237 --> 00:23:59,471 Grouse. 479 00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:00,673 NATHAN: You see it? ADRIAN: Yeah. 480 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:02,274 NATHAN: Are you sure it was a grouse? 481 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:03,776 ADRIAN: Yeah. NATHAN: Okay. 482 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:04,910 ADRIAN: Right there. 483 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:07,313 NATHAN: Let's walk in right through here. 484 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:10,115 ADRIAN: Looked like a good sized one. 485 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:16,188 Where did it go? 486 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:17,356 Oh, I see it. I see it. 487 00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:18,390 NATHAN: Shoot it. 488 00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,225 ADRIAN: All right. 489 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:23,662 (gunshot) 490 00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:26,765 NATHAN: Booyah! 491 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:28,133 Good job. 492 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:31,003 ADRIAN: My ears are ringing but I don't know if 493 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:32,538 it's dead or not. 494 00:24:32,538 --> 00:24:35,407 NATHAN: Got it! Good job. 495 00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:37,276 Proud of you, that was a good shot. 496 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:38,510 ADRIAN: Yeah. 497 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:39,978 NATHAN: That's the first animal you ever killed huh? 498 00:24:39,978 --> 00:24:42,514 ADRIAN: Yup. It was pretty cool. 499 00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:45,384 NATHAN: You got us our first bird. 500 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:47,453 Look at that breast too. 501 00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:49,555 You didn't really do any damage at all. 502 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:50,856 Beautiful. 503 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:52,191 ADRIAN: I'm actually impressed. 504 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:53,092 NATHAN: Yeah, good job. 505 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:54,259 That was a good shot. 506 00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:55,661 So, we got meat to bring home. 507 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,464 We got a beautiful grouse breast. 508 00:24:58,464 --> 00:24:59,865 And there's a heart in there. 509 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,433 Which I love, heart. 510 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:03,502 Awesome. High five. 511 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:05,270 ADRIAN: All right. 512 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:06,605 NATHAN: So, what we're going to do is we're going to rip 513 00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:08,207 one of these wings off. 514 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:09,842 We're going to show it to Livia, let her sniff it. 515 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:13,312 And kind of let her know what we're looking for. 516 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:14,713 ADRIAN: Yeah. 517 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:17,649 NATHAN: Livies, sniff. 518 00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:18,917 That's what we need. 519 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:20,719 That's what we need to find. 520 00:25:20,719 --> 00:25:22,287 Just toss all that in there. 521 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:24,323 We'll clean it up a little more later. 522 00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:26,158 Good job. 523 00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,359 ADRIAN: Yeah. 524 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:28,861 NATHAN: Proud of you, that was a good shot. 525 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,396 Good spot, so. 526 00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:32,564 ADRIAN: It was kind of a lucky shot. 527 00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:34,099 NATHAN: I saw those models. 528 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:38,036 You can't tell me that was luck, let's see if we can get more. 529 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:39,238 ADRIAN: Okay. 530 00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,573 NATHAN: What do you think? ADRIAN: Sure. 531 00:25:42,574 --> 00:25:46,478 BRITTANY: Kaleb and I always try to have dual things going on. 532 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:48,714 So, while he's working on the incinerator, 533 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:50,115 I'm working on the garden 534 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,317 and the kids get to help me with that. 535 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,054 All righty. 536 00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:57,856 It got pretty chilly last night. 537 00:25:57,856 --> 00:26:00,392 Which means that it's going to get pretty chilly in here, 538 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,162 so it is time to get... 539 00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:05,464 ELOVIE: Sweet tomatoes. 540 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,866 BRITTANY: Get all the tomatoes. 541 00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:10,702 Our hope is to harvest enough to where we can 542 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:12,438 eat it for quite a while. 543 00:26:12,438 --> 00:26:14,339 We can store some in our root cellar and then we can also 544 00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:17,009 put it up in cans and freezing. 545 00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:19,611 That way we have it throughout the winter. 546 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:24,950 Oh, I love carrots in my face. 547 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:29,188 What do you guys think of how many tomatoes we got? 548 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:30,622 ELOVIE: Woo-hoo! 549 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:32,724 BRITTANY: So, this is the first greenhouse we've ever had. 550 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,927 And... 551 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,428 It did really, really well. 552 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:39,398 I was not expecting for it to do as well as it did, 553 00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:41,700 and we definitely learned a lot of things. 554 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:45,204 You can see all of our, our string hanging stuff up. 555 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:48,607 I'm pretty impressed with how things went in general, and 556 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:51,009 I'm excited about next year's growing season too now that 557 00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:55,147 we understand a little bit more of what's expected. 558 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,484 All right, everyone grab a container. 559 00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:00,185 Let's go on out. 560 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:03,322 Okay, we all went for the same one. 561 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:05,491 I'll grab this one. 562 00:27:05,491 --> 00:27:06,658 ELOVIE: I'll grab this one. 563 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:07,793 GILBERT: I'll grab this one. 564 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,729 BRITTANY: And we'll send, we'll come back for more. 565 00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:12,064 ELOVIE: Where's dad? 566 00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:14,099 BRITTANY: Well, Daddy's working, remember? 567 00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:20,839 KALEB: All right, it's the last screw for my chimney. 568 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:23,175 That was the hardest one to put in. 569 00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:24,743 Now it's nice and secure. 570 00:27:24,743 --> 00:27:27,312 Air comes in, air goes up out of there, filters out through 571 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:29,815 all those little holes up there so that big pieces of 572 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:32,751 ash and whatnot don't go drifting out into the woods 573 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:36,221 and catching the woods on fire and burning down McCarthy, 574 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,223 which would be very bad. 575 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,791 Uh, so chimney's done. 576 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:41,593 Now I gotta do my fresh air intake, 577 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:45,898 but first thing I gotta do is screw the tank flange in place. 578 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:50,269 And then I can screw the pipe on, 579 00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:53,906 and then I can screw the fan flange. 580 00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:56,909 Lots of flanges on this job. 581 00:27:56,909 --> 00:28:01,113 Part of my design of this incinerator is to try to 582 00:28:01,113 --> 00:28:04,082 minimize the amount of large toxins that 583 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:06,685 I put back into the air. 584 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:11,223 And if that happens, I'll see nice clear, clean smoke come 585 00:28:11,223 --> 00:28:14,893 out of the chimney and not a whole lot of color to it. 586 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,831 Then I put that piece of pipe on, then I put my fan and 587 00:28:19,831 --> 00:28:24,369 fan flange on and this thing's pretty much ready to go. 588 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:28,740 MARIO: If you're not fully prepared for winter up here, 589 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:30,842 you could potentially die. 590 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:34,446 If you don't have enough food harvested, you could starve. 591 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,548 And if you don't have enough firewood, 592 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,650 you could freeze to death. 593 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:50,395 All right. 594 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,631 So... 595 00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:54,700 I think we should take care of that tree first. 596 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,604 And you know, just go from there and see if it's good firewood. 597 00:28:58,604 --> 00:29:00,505 CLARE: Sounds good. 598 00:29:00,505 --> 00:29:03,642 MARIO: Winter is coming and honestly part of me is 599 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:06,712 a little hesitant for it to fully be here. 600 00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:09,047 I feel like there's still a lot of things that need to get 601 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:11,516 accomplished, but I'm looking forward to meeting the 602 00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:15,120 challenges that a life up here brings with it. 603 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:17,723 Gratitude is the key to abundance out here. 604 00:29:17,723 --> 00:29:20,158 These trees aren't only going to provide us a safer trail to 605 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:22,561 travel on, but they're going to give us firewood and 606 00:29:22,561 --> 00:29:25,697 they're going to keep us warm during these cold temperatures. 607 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:28,033 CLARE: There she goes. 608 00:29:31,036 --> 00:29:33,872 MARIO: Falling! 609 00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:36,875 CLARE: Woo! 610 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:39,378 MARIO: Man, that's a heavy tree. 611 00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:40,579 CLARE: Yeah. 612 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,714 MARIO: As I was like, as I was putting it in there, 613 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:45,550 just like that, you could feel the roots underneath you 614 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,019 just like unbuckling. 615 00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:48,020 CLARE: Wow. 616 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,688 MARIO: I was like, "what?" 617 00:29:49,688 --> 00:29:52,224 CLARE: Good job. 618 00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:54,760 MARIO: I'm just gonna finish that cut. 619 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:05,237 (whirring) 620 00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:09,841 Oh no! 621 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:16,848 MARIO: Hey the chainsaw is bound up. 622 00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:18,183 You wanna come help me push it off? 623 00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:20,552 CLARE: Sure. 624 00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:22,254 MARIO: You see what happens? 625 00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:23,822 You see now it's like kind of bound up. 626 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:24,790 You see that? 627 00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:25,724 CLARE: Oh, yeah with the chain. I see. 628 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:27,526 MARIO: Yeah, yeah, see so this is sharp. 629 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:28,960 So just hold that guy up right there and 630 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,295 I'll just push it right off. 631 00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:31,196 CLARE: Yup. 632 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:33,265 MARIO: And then it should come... 633 00:30:33,265 --> 00:30:34,966 Okay, that ain't gonna work, all right. 634 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:36,468 Never mind. 635 00:30:36,468 --> 00:30:38,103 CLARE: It actually doesn't look, I mean, it's not rotten 636 00:30:38,103 --> 00:30:39,371 down here. 637 00:30:39,371 --> 00:30:40,706 MARIO: Yeah, it's full of water. 638 00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:41,940 It's still alive. 639 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,075 CLARE: Yeah. 640 00:30:43,075 --> 00:30:44,109 MARIO: Yeah, I see it's bound out. 641 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:45,277 It's just like, it's just too heavy. 642 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:46,745 CLARE: It's not going anywhere. 643 00:30:46,745 --> 00:30:48,380 MARIO: It's the actual chain is what's stuck in there. 644 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:49,614 CLARE: Yeah, so. 645 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:50,782 MARIO: Here, yeah. 646 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:51,950 Well, we'll just, 647 00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:54,519 we'll just solve this in a quick jiffy here. 648 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:56,555 CLARE: All right. 649 00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:57,956 MARIO: It feels really good to be able to 650 00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:59,624 problem solve with Clare. 651 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,927 Often, it's said that two minds are better than one, 652 00:31:01,927 --> 00:31:04,262 and I feel like having Clare out here really provides 653 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:05,897 a fresh perspective. 654 00:31:05,897 --> 00:31:07,833 And sometimes she also prevents me from really 655 00:31:07,833 --> 00:31:09,935 making unsafe decisions. 656 00:31:09,935 --> 00:31:12,003 All right, I'm going to stand right here out of the way. 657 00:31:12,003 --> 00:31:13,905 CLARE: Okay. 658 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:17,209 MARIO: And then, um, hold it, yeah, just a little bit, 659 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,411 tension the line. 660 00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:22,147 There you go, right there. 661 00:31:22,147 --> 00:31:23,148 Keep going. 662 00:31:23,148 --> 00:31:24,382 There you go. 663 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,350 Good job, honey. 664 00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:27,419 There you go. There you go. 665 00:31:29,054 --> 00:31:30,589 CLARE: Woo! 666 00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:31,923 MARIO: Tada! 667 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:32,924 CLARE: Good? 668 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:34,993 MARIO: Yup. Thanks. 669 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:37,129 Okay, let's get this one done and get back to cutting and 670 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,797 move on to the next tree. 671 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:40,999 CLARE: Great. 672 00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:44,669 Every day out here is definitely a challenge. 673 00:31:44,669 --> 00:31:46,271 It's definitely never easy. 674 00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:48,840 You think you're done with one thing and then you're out the 675 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,776 door doing something else. 676 00:31:50,776 --> 00:31:53,578 If we want to maintain our lifestyle out here, 677 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:54,913 you have to have wood. 678 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,715 So, the work definitely never ends here. 679 00:31:56,715 --> 00:32:00,519 But every day is always rewarding. 680 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,956 MARIO: Now it's time to focus on the next project and get 681 00:32:04,956 --> 00:32:07,559 another thing done here before winter. 682 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:10,195 Let's get this moose hide shaped up and then 683 00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:12,063 we'll start stretching it with the paracord. 684 00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:14,232 CLARE: Yeah. MARIO: Okay. 685 00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,769 Let's work our way around in a big nice big circle. 686 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:20,372 CLARE: Okay. Yeah. 687 00:32:20,906 --> 00:32:22,474 MARIO: I feel a deep sense of gratitude. 688 00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:23,642 I feel happiness. 689 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:25,377 I feel sadness. 690 00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:28,046 This isn't just something that's gonna make me feel warm. 691 00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:31,116 It's a memento of the special experience that I had. 692 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:33,118 Ultimately, it's these memories that make life worth 693 00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,853 living up here. 694 00:32:34,853 --> 00:32:37,022 Okay, well, now that that's done, 695 00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:38,223 let's get it stretched out. 696 00:32:38,223 --> 00:32:42,561 And then um, I'm gonna keep this and hopefully use it to 697 00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:45,530 put on my traps this next week so I can, you know, 698 00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:47,866 like reusing every part of the animal so. 699 00:32:47,866 --> 00:32:50,068 CLARE: Yeah, great. 700 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:53,305 It's our first time working on a big scale kind of project 701 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:57,042 like this, a really great reminder of his first 702 00:32:57,042 --> 00:33:00,045 successful bull moose, and 703 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:02,247 we have a full freezer because of it. 704 00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:06,051 And we're just really thankful every day for that experience 705 00:33:06,051 --> 00:33:08,253 and we really look forward to 706 00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:11,490 being able to preserve the hide. 707 00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:12,858 MARIO: Okay. CLARE: Nice. 708 00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:14,192 Yeah. Cool. 709 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,627 MARIO: It's freaking awesome! 710 00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:17,863 Hell yeah! 711 00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:19,664 So, we're just kind of cutting off this piece of 712 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:20,999 fat right here. 713 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,601 Look at that, you see that? 714 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:24,002 CLARE: Woo! 715 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,171 MARIO: Yeah, look at that. That's dog food for tonight. 716 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:27,272 CLARE: Neat! 717 00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:28,473 MARIO: Yeah, we'll cook that up for the dogs. 718 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:30,375 It's got good fat for them, you know what I mean? 719 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,677 Like, that's a good piece of meat. 720 00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:38,683 NATHAN: Adrian brings a whole other element to 721 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,785 hunting out here. 722 00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:43,054 I try to include him on the decisions and which way 723 00:33:43,054 --> 00:33:46,858 he wants to go. 724 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:48,526 And it's a learning opportunity for me to 725 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:50,929 learn from him. 726 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:53,498 Because you don't realize how much you can learn just 727 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:56,468 by trying to teach someone else. 728 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:02,107 So, I haven't seen any grouse down this trail yet. 729 00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:04,676 Figured it was worth a shot coming down here. 730 00:34:04,676 --> 00:34:06,811 I can see some parts of this ice are not 731 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:09,014 what I want her walking on. 732 00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:10,248 ADRIAN: Yeah. 733 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:12,017 NATHAN: Don't want her to end up like our friend's dog who 734 00:34:12,017 --> 00:34:14,786 broke through the ice and got swept away. 735 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:16,354 No, Livy, come here. 736 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:17,556 No, you stay. 737 00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:18,990 ADRIAN: No. 738 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,792 NATHAN: Let's head back around. 739 00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:21,826 What do you think? 740 00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:23,328 ADRIAN: Yeah. 741 00:34:23,328 --> 00:34:26,231 NATHAN: Cause we certainly ain't crossing this creek. 742 00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:29,901 Creek's pretty, but you know what I think would be prettier? 743 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,503 ADRIAN: Those mountains? 744 00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:32,804 NATHAN: A dead grouse. 745 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,839 ADRIAN: Yes. 746 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,274 NATHAN: A lot of these trails, 747 00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:38,209 we generally take in the summertime. 748 00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:40,178 The trail looks a lot different, uh, during 749 00:34:40,178 --> 00:34:42,747 wintertime then it does summer, but it's really nice 750 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,951 to get away from the farm and Adrian and I can go out and 751 00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:48,086 have a good time and just bond. 752 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:49,988 He gains more respect for the area. 753 00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:53,792 And it's incredibly important for the father-son relationship. 754 00:34:58,763 --> 00:34:59,831 Did you hear them when they're chirping? 755 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:01,366 ADRIAN: Yeah. 756 00:35:01,366 --> 00:35:05,103 They sound like a turkey mixed with a chicken. 757 00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:07,305 NATHAN: You stay on the left side, 758 00:35:07,305 --> 00:35:08,773 I'll stay on the right side. 759 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:12,544 We'll stay evenly spaced so one's not ahead of the other 760 00:35:12,544 --> 00:35:14,679 and just work our way that way. 761 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:16,681 Okay. 762 00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:21,820 Get one in. 763 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:24,556 If you see a good shot, you take it. 764 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:27,993 ADRIAN: Wait, oh I see it. I see it. 765 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:30,562 It's right there. 766 00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:34,265 Yeah, it went right over toward the trees. 767 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:36,401 Right there. 768 00:35:36,401 --> 00:35:40,538 (gunshots) 769 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:44,042 NATHAN: I don't know if I got him or not. 770 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,877 ADRIAN: Nope. 771 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:48,146 Should we chase him down? 772 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,415 NATHAN: We'll check it out. 773 00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:54,152 ADRIAN: I thought I saw it fly down there. 774 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:55,787 NATHAN: You saw it fly where? 775 00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:58,890 ADRIAN: Somewhere down that way. 776 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:15,440 Grouse! 777 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,175 Right there, yeah. 778 00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:25,450 (gunshot) 779 00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:32,857 NATHAN: Got one. 780 00:36:38,196 --> 00:36:40,665 ADRIAN: Oh, nice. 781 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:46,938 That was a good shot. 782 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:48,840 NATHAN: It's a beautiful bird. 783 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,509 Look at it, look at that coloration. 784 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:53,778 It's a decent size too for up here. 785 00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:55,847 I was paying attention to the ground all of a sudden. 786 00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:59,551 Sitting up in the tree there just waiting for me. 787 00:37:00,852 --> 00:37:03,655 It's great to get out and have some father-son time and 788 00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:07,092 I think he is starting to really understand how to hunt and how 789 00:37:07,092 --> 00:37:09,561 to bring some food home for your family. 790 00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:11,930 Just keep pushing forward and keep your eyes out. 791 00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:14,666 We might get lucky and get another one of them. 792 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:16,367 ADRIAN: Yeah, we need a tiebreaker. 793 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:18,036 NATHAN: Yeah we need a tiebreaker? 794 00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:20,271 ADRIAN: Yes. 795 00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:25,410 KALEB: It's time to test this thing. 796 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:29,981 All right, I got a nice pile of firewood in here, 797 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:33,251 that'll make my base of coals. 798 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,153 ELOVIE: Wow dad I like your chimney. 799 00:37:35,153 --> 00:37:36,554 KALEB: Oh, thank you. 800 00:37:36,554 --> 00:37:37,756 BRITTANY: Check out what you've done. 801 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,457 KALEB: We got some trash here we can throw in. 802 00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:40,992 That stuff will help light the fire. 803 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:42,827 We got some nice dry cardboard here. 804 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,028 BRITTANY: You've been busy. 805 00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:47,265 KALEB: Put this in. This is more nice dry stuff. 806 00:37:48,533 --> 00:37:51,870 So, this door closes. 807 00:37:51,870 --> 00:37:53,338 Just like that. 808 00:37:53,338 --> 00:37:55,073 ELOVIE: Whoa! BRITTANY: Nice. 809 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,275 KALEB: And then we turn the generator on, and we turn the 810 00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:00,678 fan on, and it blows all the air into here and makes it a 811 00:38:00,678 --> 00:38:03,515 big fire and it goes out the chimney up there. 812 00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:04,849 BRITTANY: Huh! 813 00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:08,219 All right, let's get it done. 814 00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:13,525 KALEB: All the time that I spent building this incinerator, 815 00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:15,894 I had no idea if it would work. 816 00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:20,865 And my expectations were far exceeded by 817 00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:22,567 how well this incinerator worked. 818 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,135 How hot it burns. 819 00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:26,704 This is going to make it so that I can bring trash out here 820 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:29,574 every couple of weeks and burn. 821 00:38:29,574 --> 00:38:31,042 It's super clean. 822 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:34,345 There's no risk of catching the forest on fire. 823 00:38:35,513 --> 00:38:37,782 Just watch it burn now. 824 00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:39,717 BRITTANY: This is just amazing, Kaleb. 825 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:42,287 KALEB: Yeah, it's working way better than I imagined. 826 00:38:42,287 --> 00:38:45,657 But look at how clean the smoke is coming out of the chimney. 827 00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,959 It's just nice, clean smoke. 828 00:38:47,959 --> 00:38:50,428 It's not gonna catch the forest on fire. 829 00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:53,097 So, to me, this is a smashing success. 830 00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:54,566 BRITTANY: There you go. 831 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:57,168 Well let's go get some more trash. 832 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:06,244 JOHNNY: All right, so I'm going to go inside and 833 00:39:06,244 --> 00:39:08,546 just finish the window. 834 00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:13,051 I put everything I have into all the jobs that I do, 835 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,385 and if I'm putting all I got into it, 836 00:39:14,385 --> 00:39:16,654 that's a reflection of myself 837 00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:18,356 and I can look at that finished product and say 838 00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:20,592 that's me right there. 839 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:23,962 That'll do. 840 00:39:23,962 --> 00:39:26,631 All right, good enough. 841 00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:33,571 All right look at that. 842 00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:37,742 Perfect because it's not um, 843 00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:40,378 it's not blocking the window. 844 00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:44,482 It's like a whole new upgrade on this side of the cabin. 845 00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:48,586 Little things like this, they really get me, make me feel 846 00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:51,689 good about my accomplishments, what I've done. 847 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:55,860 And this is it right here, so it's nice. 848 00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:59,397 Java could you stack the wood on here for me? 849 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,598 Hmm? 850 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:03,201 You wanna go get all the firewood and stack it up for me? 851 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:05,770 Come on. No? 852 00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:07,739 Let's go get it. Come on. 853 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:10,375 MARIO: Sweet so, yeah. 854 00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:11,476 CLARE: Cut up some meat scraps. 855 00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:14,612 MARIO: Yup. Just like that, see that. 856 00:40:14,612 --> 00:40:16,714 Just like that. 857 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,016 CLARE: Nice. MARIO: Yeah. 858 00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:20,451 Nice small cubes so that they all get the same amount, 859 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:22,787 you know? 860 00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,489 CLARE: You wanna put some kibble in there too tonight? 861 00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:26,257 MARIO: Yeah. Yup. So. 862 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,492 CLARE: Kibble still. MARIO: Yup. 863 00:40:27,492 --> 00:40:30,361 So, we'll boil all this and then this will give them a nice, 864 00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:32,997 like, hardy like supplement and then they'll 865 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:35,033 get their water from it because they'll like, 866 00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:36,668 it'll taste like moose. 867 00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:39,070 And then we'll put kibble in there as well. 868 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:42,440 We've used this moose already for 1000 different things, 869 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,877 you know, to feed ourselves, to feed our dogs, to, you know, 870 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:48,613 to feed the animals that are still out there, you know, 871 00:40:48,613 --> 00:40:51,916 like to tan the hides, just like everything serves such a 872 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:55,153 good purpose in our lives, you know. 873 00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:56,854 Just a little bit more. 874 00:40:56,854 --> 00:40:58,189 CLARE: Uh-hmm. 875 00:40:58,189 --> 00:41:00,158 MARIO: Yeah, look at this, look at this. See that? 876 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,060 That's amazing. That's perfect. 877 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:03,828 We'll just finish it off with this and then we'll be done. 878 00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:05,129 CLARE: Yeah that's perfect. Yeah. 879 00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:06,664 MARIO: Yeah. This is nice and tidy. 880 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,399 CLARE: Scraps for a couple more days. 881 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:09,701 MARIO: Yup. 882 00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,102 And we're still stretching the thing, you know? 883 00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:15,139 CLARE: Sweet! Yeah, more scraps to come. 884 00:41:16,574 --> 00:41:18,810 MARIO: Along with tanning the hide, we're very fortunate to 885 00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:21,546 be able to harvest the fat and use whatever meat we scraped 886 00:41:21,546 --> 00:41:23,381 off to feed our dogs. 887 00:41:23,381 --> 00:41:25,183 There's a cycle of life up here. 888 00:41:25,183 --> 00:41:27,552 Things feed each other, and things go a long way up here 889 00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:29,988 when you intend to make the most of them. 890 00:41:29,988 --> 00:41:32,623 (ringing bell) 891 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:35,159 Who wants dinner? 892 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:37,428 All right. 893 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:41,733 Out here, the work's never really done. 894 00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:43,468 We've been super busy this year. 895 00:41:43,468 --> 00:41:46,371 We've been doing so much while trying to learn about 896 00:41:46,371 --> 00:41:47,839 running dogs. 897 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,441 Let's grab some straw for these babies. 898 00:41:50,441 --> 00:41:53,177 Fresh straw gives them a warm little cozy home just like 899 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,380 we love to have. 900 00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:58,016 And while it may feel overwhelming, it's something 901 00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:02,453 that we really enjoy, and I feel a deep sense of gratitude. 902 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:04,255 All right. 903 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:05,790 CLARE: Let's go. 904 00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:08,426 MARIO: Nice hot meal and nice warm bed for them. 905 00:42:08,426 --> 00:42:12,030 CLARE: Yeah. MARIO: On to the next thing. 906 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:15,266 NATHAN: How does it feel to shoot your first grouse? 907 00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:16,801 ADRIAN: Loud. 908 00:42:16,801 --> 00:42:18,436 NATHAN: Loud? 909 00:42:18,436 --> 00:42:21,005 ADRIAN: Loud but good. 910 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:22,907 NATHAN: Pretty good to me to get you out there and get you 911 00:42:22,907 --> 00:42:25,977 to take out your first animal and you get the hang of it and 912 00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:28,346 get the feel for it. 913 00:42:28,346 --> 00:42:31,082 Plus, we know right where to go to get more. 914 00:42:31,082 --> 00:42:33,117 ADRIAN: Yup. 915 00:42:33,117 --> 00:42:37,088 NATHAN: This trip was mostly about Adrian getting a grouse 916 00:42:37,088 --> 00:42:39,457 and his first kill hunting. 917 00:42:39,457 --> 00:42:43,361 So as Adrian grows older, you know he gains more respect for 918 00:42:43,361 --> 00:42:46,464 the firearms and gets to know the area, 919 00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:48,299 understands how to survive. 920 00:42:48,299 --> 00:42:50,535 So, in the future, Samantha and I definitely want to send 921 00:42:50,535 --> 00:42:53,738 him out on his own when he's ready to help feed the family. 922 00:42:53,738 --> 00:42:55,339 What do you think? 923 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:56,874 Do you want a little sample of your grouse? 924 00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:59,243 ADRIAN: Yes. 925 00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:02,814 NATHAN: Is it good? 926 00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:04,582 ADRIAN: Yeah. 10 out of 10. 927 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:06,250 NATHAN: 10 out of 10? 928 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:07,618 ADRIAN: Yup. 929 00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:10,288 It's worth all the work we put in the hunt. 930 00:43:10,288 --> 00:43:12,256 NATHAN: I think the girls will be excited to be able to get a 931 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:15,393 different type of meat, different proteins. 932 00:43:15,393 --> 00:43:17,628 Well, there's nothing like cooking grouse. 933 00:43:17,628 --> 00:43:20,131 It's an emotional experience. 934 00:43:20,731 --> 00:43:22,533 The subsistence life is difficult. 935 00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:25,336 But up here in Interior Alaska, 936 00:43:25,336 --> 00:43:27,505 it just adds a whole other element. 937 00:43:27,505 --> 00:43:29,340 There's days you wake up and you don't want to go out and 938 00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:33,778 do the brutal cold, but you have to. 939 00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:37,448 SAMANTHA: You went, and you got us food. 940 00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:38,616 ADRIAN: Yeah. 941 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:41,519 SAMANTHA: Bravo. That is, that is wonderful. 942 00:43:41,519 --> 00:43:43,988 I'm proud of you. 943 00:43:44,589 --> 00:43:47,325 NATHAN: But we love that it does push us to that level, 944 00:43:47,325 --> 00:43:50,228 and it just feels that much better in the long run because 945 00:43:50,228 --> 00:43:51,629 when you overcome something, 946 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:54,232 it's just an exhilarating feeling. 947 00:43:54,232 --> 00:43:56,400 It's a hard life to live, but that's exactly what 948 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,603 we were searching for. 949 00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:00,538 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.