1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,701 [narrator] Previously on Alaskan Bush People... 2 00:00:02,703 --> 00:00:05,070 [Billy speaking] 3 00:00:06,973 --> 00:00:10,376 Billy Brown has a plan for North Star Ranch... 4 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:14,413 I'm going to make a sky boat. 5 00:00:14,415 --> 00:00:15,180 I'm going in. 6 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:16,415 I do see some rusty rocks. 7 00:00:16,417 --> 00:00:17,683 Gold! 8 00:00:17,685 --> 00:00:21,086 that will be the key to the future of the Wolf Pack. 9 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:25,257 [Bear] This should be about the spot, I'm figuring. 10 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:26,959 This would be a perfect spot for a zip. 11 00:00:26,961 --> 00:00:28,961 [Bam] That idea is, eventually, like Gummi Bears or something, 12 00:00:28,963 --> 00:00:30,562 we're gonna be able to zip 13 00:00:30,564 --> 00:00:33,232 from one area of the property to the other. 14 00:00:33,234 --> 00:00:34,833 [Bear] Put that thing in the sky! 15 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:37,036 [whooping] 16 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,405 Sounds like Bear's ready. 17 00:00:39,407 --> 00:00:42,041 [Billy speaking] 18 00:00:45,478 --> 00:00:47,813 - [snapping] - I heard a snap. 19 00:00:47,815 --> 00:00:49,415 We're going to loose the rope. It's not long enough. 20 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:51,817 [Birdie] Hold! 21 00:00:51,819 --> 00:00:52,651 [snaps] 22 00:01:19,546 --> 00:01:21,914 [Noah] Okay, here's what we're doing. 23 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:23,982 You're going to be observing this thing. 24 00:01:23,984 --> 00:01:25,918 Isn't this the most dangerous spot? 25 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:26,718 Yes. 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,419 Now I know why you picked it for me. 27 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,054 No, no, no. 28 00:01:29,056 --> 00:01:31,023 It's 'cause you have a lot of experience with pulleys and the whole thing. 29 00:01:31,025 --> 00:01:32,758 Not with what do you call it... 30 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,126 not zip lines. 31 00:01:34,194 --> 00:01:35,794 [Noah] Let's do this. 32 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:38,297 [narrator] With the goal of achieving the next phase of 33 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:40,032 father Billy's master plan... 34 00:01:40,034 --> 00:01:42,267 [Bear] I am gonna go hang tie off actually 35 00:01:42,269 --> 00:01:43,102 but then, I don't know, 36 00:01:43,104 --> 00:01:45,003 wait till they give me the go-ahead. 37 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:47,873 [narrator] The Browns split into two teams 38 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:50,843 to erect a colossal zip line 39 00:01:50,845 --> 00:01:52,878 uniting all corners of the mountain. 40 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,079 [Bear] Awesome. Yeah! 41 00:01:54,081 --> 00:01:56,648 Dad has an idea for a zip line. 42 00:01:56,650 --> 00:01:59,618 The first one that we want to put in is very long. 43 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:01,320 But then we don't wanna stop there. 44 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:03,789 We want everyone at their house, 45 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:06,425 we wanna be able to zip-line to Mom's and Dad's. 46 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:09,027 And I think that will bring us all closer together. 47 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:11,730 Are you sure any of those connections are not gonna slip? 48 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:12,664 Hopefully not. 49 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:15,134 [narrator] After a failed first attempt 50 00:02:15,136 --> 00:02:16,301 to raise the main line, 51 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:17,536 the Wolf Pack 52 00:02:17,538 --> 00:02:19,805 braces for round two. 53 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:21,540 [Birdie] I feel bad for Bear just out there in the woods. 54 00:02:21,542 --> 00:02:23,809 - Just waiting. [laughs] - Yeah. 55 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:27,045 He's probably, literally, just doing pull-ups off a tree. 56 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:30,015 [Bear growls] 57 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:31,984 Guys, what are you doing? 58 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:33,952 Too bad we didn't work out how to-- 59 00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:35,287 How to howl when something goes wrong. 60 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:37,322 [Bear howls] 61 00:02:43,062 --> 00:02:44,196 [shouting] Guys! 62 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:45,264 What's... 63 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:47,332 up? 64 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:49,801 Could've... 65 00:02:50,069 --> 00:02:52,104 built a hamburger place and fried a hamburger by now. 66 00:02:52,572 --> 00:02:54,773 [Noah] Okay, let's do it. 67 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,742 [Birdie] So the first time, we're pretty sure 68 00:02:56,744 --> 00:02:58,443 there's just a spot on it 69 00:02:58,445 --> 00:03:00,212 that we think was getting caught. 70 00:03:00,214 --> 00:03:03,015 So we're just gonna position the wire differently. 71 00:03:03,017 --> 00:03:05,918 I'm definitely hopeful that the second one will work. 72 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,286 All right, I'm good. 73 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:08,420 Let's do this. 74 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:09,321 Ready? 75 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:11,089 [engine starts] 76 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,925 [Birdie] It's moving. 77 00:03:12,927 --> 00:03:13,825 [Noah] There we go. 78 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,227 Raise her up. 79 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:19,698 [Birdie] How's it look up at your side? 80 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,067 It looks fine. This is going through. 81 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:24,136 [Birdie] Here we go again. 82 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:26,004 It's moving. 83 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:27,873 [snaps] 84 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:29,942 Woah, hold! 85 00:03:29,944 --> 00:03:31,343 [Bear] Oh, bloody-- Guys! 86 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:32,978 Again? 87 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:34,112 [sighs in exasperation] 88 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:37,082 - [Birdie] It went that way. - All the way down the hill. 89 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:38,750 [Birdie] The zip line itself, 90 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:40,919 it is gonna be difficult to put up. But 91 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:42,120 I thought this was gonna work, 92 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:45,257 honestly, uh, I feel like it's not worth trying again. 93 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:46,992 This was connected to it. 94 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,394 And it is just shredded. 95 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:51,063 [Noah] The wire definitely should not be snapping. 96 00:03:51,065 --> 00:03:52,831 It means we have overlooked some 97 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:54,733 fundamental part of this project. 98 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:56,635 Back to the drawing board. 99 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:58,704 We should signal Bear to come on in. 100 00:03:58,706 --> 00:04:00,105 I forgot about Bear. [laughs] 101 00:04:00,107 --> 00:04:02,341 I forgot he was in the woods. 102 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:12,417 [birds chirping] 103 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:22,894 [Gabe] I can't keep working like this. 104 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:25,097 I don't know about y'all but I just can't. 105 00:04:25,099 --> 00:04:27,132 [Rain] There's no cooling off. 106 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:28,233 Oh, there's about a day. 107 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:28,934 Well, gotta be. 108 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:30,369 If we have anything to say, 109 00:04:30,371 --> 00:04:32,337 I think we've had a heatstroke of genius. 110 00:04:33,806 --> 00:04:36,375 [narrator] Before the family determines next steps 111 00:04:36,377 --> 00:04:38,977 for their ambitious zip line project, 112 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:41,813 the siblings contend with the yearly challenge 113 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:43,882 of summer on the ranch. 114 00:04:43,884 --> 00:04:46,952 You know, it's really important to find some way to cool off 115 00:04:46,954 --> 00:04:48,420 when it gets as hot as it is. 116 00:04:48,422 --> 00:04:49,354 [Rain] Let me out. 117 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:51,857 [Gabe] In Alaska, when it'd get up to 70, 118 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:53,892 we'd go jump in the creek or swim in the ocean 119 00:04:53,894 --> 00:04:54,893 or just something like that. 120 00:04:54,895 --> 00:04:57,729 But here, there's none of that. 121 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,865 They're like, "Where are you going with my water?" 122 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:01,033 - [Birdie laughs] - And up. 123 00:05:01,035 --> 00:05:03,101 [Rain laughs] 124 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:03,568 [Gabe] What we're thinking 125 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,671 is a mobile pool. 126 00:05:05,673 --> 00:05:07,739 Which is a great idea, 'cause everybody's so spread out. 127 00:05:07,741 --> 00:05:10,976 You know, we can't bring them to the body of water, 128 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:12,744 we're gonna bring the body of water to them. 129 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,980 It's like if you could swim in your canteen, 130 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:16,114 just on a bigger scale. 131 00:05:16,249 --> 00:05:17,249 Bird, 132 00:05:17,251 --> 00:05:18,283 ready? 133 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:19,951 Yeah. 134 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:22,587 - [Gabe] Good? - Working! 135 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:23,255 It's working? 136 00:05:23,257 --> 00:05:24,890 - Yup. - All right, perfect. 137 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:25,691 Oh! 138 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:27,759 - Oh, yeah. - [Birdie] Hey, hey, hey. 139 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:30,028 - Oh, already, that's like a little... - Oh, that feels... 140 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,263 - foot bath. - so nice. 141 00:05:31,265 --> 00:05:32,064 Is it nice? 142 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:32,931 Whoo. 143 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:33,565 [Gabe] Your socks. 144 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:34,933 Yeah, I'm washing them. 145 00:05:34,935 --> 00:05:37,169 Well, don't wash 'em in the tank. Socks off! 146 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:38,136 Fine. 147 00:05:38,138 --> 00:05:39,237 [Birdie] Ew! 148 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:40,639 - Oh! - Oh! 149 00:05:40,641 --> 00:05:43,075 - [laughing] - Gabe! 150 00:05:43,077 --> 00:05:44,710 [Rain] The water tastes a little bit like feet, 151 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:46,611 but also 152 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:48,613 it's bush life. You gotta do what you gotta do. 153 00:05:48,615 --> 00:05:49,815 It doesn't really bother me. 154 00:05:49,817 --> 00:05:52,150 You know, that dirt came from me 155 00:05:52,152 --> 00:05:53,385 or it came from one of my siblings, 156 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:54,753 so it's not really like 157 00:05:54,755 --> 00:05:56,788 dirty dirt. It's just like dirt. 158 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:57,923 [Gabe] Put on your seatbelts. 159 00:05:57,925 --> 00:06:00,192 It could get a little bumpy. 160 00:06:00,194 --> 00:06:01,960 All right, next stop, Noah's house. 161 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:02,828 [Birdie whoops] 162 00:06:02,830 --> 00:06:04,629 Y'all guys having fun? 163 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:06,098 - We're having fun. - Yeah. 164 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,800 Ah, Gabe, you are a mad genius. 165 00:06:08,802 --> 00:06:09,401 I know. 166 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,038 [Gabe laughs maniacally] 167 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:15,006 Ladies and gentlemen, 168 00:06:15,008 --> 00:06:18,009 the captain is expecting a wee bit of turbulence. 169 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:19,077 [screams] 170 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:20,412 Hold on, guys. 171 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:23,281 [Birdie screams] 172 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:25,851 This is, like, really gnarly! 173 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:27,018 [Birdie] Being in the back, 174 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:29,621 the water's sloshing, so you're sloshing 175 00:06:29,623 --> 00:06:30,822 and it's just like a ride. 176 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:32,824 I've never been to a water park, 177 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,426 I feel like this is close though. 178 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:36,061 [honking horn] 179 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:37,763 [Gabe] What's up? 180 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:39,731 Got something to show you. 181 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,400 - [Noah laughs] - [Rhain] How long has it been in there? 182 00:06:41,402 --> 00:06:43,068 This is the first stop. 183 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,370 That's what it looks like from the first stop? 184 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:46,872 They were dusty. 185 00:06:46,874 --> 00:06:49,574 [Birdie] The mobile pool is working fantastic. 186 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:51,643 I feel like I should say some practical thing, 187 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:53,979 but I feel like that's not really the importance. 188 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:56,448 The importance is to bring back the fun, 189 00:06:56,450 --> 00:06:57,916 to bring back the dream 190 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:01,887 and to start enjoying what we've been working so hard to build. 191 00:07:01,889 --> 00:07:03,288 [Noah] Eli, do you want in the water? 192 00:07:03,856 --> 00:07:05,957 Yeah? Okay. 193 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:06,792 [Noah] We do a lot of work, 194 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:09,928 but the main point about North Star Ranch 195 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,830 is enjoying what you're doing. 196 00:07:11,832 --> 00:07:14,699 The dream was never just having a piece of property. 197 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:17,035 It was living the property. 198 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,670 [Rhain] Splash, splash, splash. 199 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:20,672 Do it again. 200 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:22,607 [Gabe] I feel like we've built up to the point where 201 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:23,575 it's all becoming a reality, 202 00:07:23,577 --> 00:07:24,976 and it's time, you know. 203 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:27,078 It's time that we can branch out and do some of that 204 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:29,214 more imaginative crazy, 205 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:31,149 kooky kind of stuff. 206 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:33,351 [Billy speaking] 207 00:07:51,037 --> 00:07:51,937 - Feels good. - Yeah. 208 00:07:51,939 --> 00:07:53,104 - Oh, that water. - Yeah. 209 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:55,040 Just does the trick. 210 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:03,181 [Bear] Ah, it's toasty. 211 00:08:04,717 --> 00:08:06,685 It has been getting extremely hot. 212 00:08:06,687 --> 00:08:07,953 It's like too hot. 213 00:08:07,955 --> 00:08:09,721 When you look at the thermometer, that is what it says, "too hot". 214 00:08:09,723 --> 00:08:12,824 It literally was over 105 degrees the other day. 215 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:15,193 One of my kryptonites is actually the heat itself. 216 00:08:15,195 --> 00:08:16,728 It just puts me right down. 217 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:18,964 It's the only thing that'll stop me from running, from jogging, 218 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,832 I just get so weak in the heat. 219 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,067 [Bear gasps] 220 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:26,004 [sniffing] 221 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:30,075 I do smell a little bit of wood smoke. 222 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:32,110 And it smells pretty strongly. 223 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:34,346 [sniffing] 224 00:08:36,082 --> 00:08:37,249 Smoke is definitely coming from that way. 225 00:08:37,251 --> 00:08:39,417 It could be a long ways away. 226 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:41,753 It travels so well, especially with the wind picked up like this. 227 00:08:41,755 --> 00:08:44,689 It's a little unnerving having the smoke, 228 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:46,491 especially coming right down the two mountains 229 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:48,727 right there, funneling in. 230 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:51,363 Off, right there, ways, ways, ways, in the distance... 231 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:53,698 Oh, yeah, that's definitely it. 232 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,034 There's a fire fairly close to us. 233 00:08:57,970 --> 00:09:00,071 I better go ahead and head down and let everybody else know 234 00:09:00,073 --> 00:09:02,073 that we do have fire in the area. 235 00:09:02,075 --> 00:09:03,842 That's not good. That's not good. 236 00:09:03,876 --> 00:09:05,343 Guys! 237 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:09,147 [narrator] As Bear alerts the Wolf Pack, 238 00:09:09,181 --> 00:09:10,715 the flames 239 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:12,050 quickly spread... 240 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:17,022 growing by the second 241 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:17,856 and forcing 242 00:09:17,858 --> 00:09:20,759 and emergency evacuation. 243 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:21,493 [Birdie] Rain, let's go. 244 00:09:21,495 --> 00:09:22,694 [door closes] 245 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:24,863 [Bear] We've been warned about wildfires, 246 00:09:24,865 --> 00:09:25,830 we've been taking precautions, 247 00:09:25,832 --> 00:09:28,133 but I never thought for a second 248 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:30,969 that one would spark up so fast and so intense. 249 00:09:30,971 --> 00:09:31,536 [explosion] 250 00:09:31,538 --> 00:09:33,338 [Bam] Holy hell! 251 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:36,641 [Bear] This is insane. The entire mountain is going up. 252 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:38,276 I'm extremely concerned 253 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:40,245 that it would take out the entire mountain. 254 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:44,783 We've built up a lot of things that are necessities on the ranch. 255 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:47,686 We built up the ostrich pen. We built up the barn. 256 00:09:47,688 --> 00:09:49,821 Then we built up the main house. 257 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:53,058 This house represents the Wolf Pack's entire dream. 258 00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:55,827 It is like the worst possible nightmare that there could be. 259 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:57,162 That's just what it looks like. 260 00:09:57,164 --> 00:09:58,997 [Rain speaking] 261 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,211 [Noah speaking] 262 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:15,914 Is everybody accounted for in here? 263 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:17,882 We weren't gonna stop until we found you all. 264 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:18,617 [Bear] Okay, spin around. 265 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:19,951 Turn it, turn it, turn it. 266 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,320 [narrator] A deadly wildfire has 267 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:23,922 spread to the Brown's mountain. 268 00:10:23,924 --> 00:10:24,756 Holy hell! 269 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:26,858 The family and crew 270 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:29,427 are forced to immediately evacuate. 271 00:10:29,429 --> 00:10:30,729 [Rain crying] Oh, no! 272 00:10:30,731 --> 00:10:31,763 [Birdie] It's okay. 273 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:33,365 It's okay, it's okay. 274 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:38,970 [siren wailing] 275 00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:42,807 [Bear] We just got some helicopter support. 276 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:44,442 I assume they're gonna drop water on it. 277 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:46,378 [helicopter hovering] 278 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,680 [Rain] Already, 279 00:10:48,682 --> 00:10:51,049 this is the biggest devastation that we've ever faced. 280 00:10:51,051 --> 00:10:53,184 When we finally have everything... 281 00:10:53,686 --> 00:10:55,086 there comes this... 282 00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:56,655 literal wall of fire 283 00:10:56,657 --> 00:10:57,555 to destroy it. 284 00:10:57,557 --> 00:10:59,824 We got everyone evacuated and now 285 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:02,761 Bear and I are just down here with the fire crew, 286 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:03,928 just watching them do their work, 287 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:04,829 save the day. 288 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:05,730 God bless them! 289 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:07,699 [Birdie] Our home's burning 290 00:11:07,701 --> 00:11:09,200 and there's nothing we can do about it. 291 00:11:09,202 --> 00:11:10,702 There's no way to help. 292 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:13,505 I know fire fighters and everyone's doing everything they can, 293 00:11:13,507 --> 00:11:14,806 but it... 294 00:11:14,808 --> 00:11:18,009 it hurts knowing I can't do anything for our animals. 295 00:11:18,978 --> 00:11:21,413 - All the animals as is are either loose... - [cat meowing] 296 00:11:21,415 --> 00:11:23,048 or with us. 297 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:28,153 We're just praying that it doesn't ignite the entire mountain. 298 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:32,090 - They're wondering why I'm not there. - [horse whinnies] 299 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:35,260 And when I'm gonna come feed them and when I'm gonna come and save them... 300 00:11:36,228 --> 00:11:37,395 and I can't. 301 00:11:38,831 --> 00:11:41,332 [horse whinnies] 302 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:52,944 [narrator] Despite fire fighters' best efforts, 303 00:11:52,946 --> 00:11:55,046 the wildfire devastates 304 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:56,715 more than 5,000 acres 305 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:57,749 overnight. 306 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,086 [Bear] Well, I'm quite concerned actually that 307 00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:02,721 this fire is still spreading. 308 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:05,824 I just hope that all the animals and everything is safe and that we get to 309 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:07,826 go back out soon and get our eyes on it and see 310 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,327 how much of it is intact. 311 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:10,895 I mean, is our barn still there? 312 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,765 Is the forever home we were working on for Mom and Dad still there? 313 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:15,066 We just don't know right now. 314 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:17,001 [helicopter hovering] 315 00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:17,869 [Gabe] We're in town, 316 00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:19,537 and there are helicopters and airplanes, 317 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:21,740 they're dropping the water on it. 318 00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:24,776 - As much as we try to be prepared... - [helicopter hovering] 319 00:12:24,778 --> 00:12:25,744 we're not prepared for this. 320 00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:27,645 It's been a little bit now, 321 00:12:27,647 --> 00:12:30,715 and we're just... We're just in the dark. 322 00:12:30,717 --> 00:12:31,916 It's up to the Good Lord at this point. 323 00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:34,152 Trust in the big guy upstairs. 324 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:42,627 It's not only us that's been affected, 325 00:12:42,629 --> 00:12:44,729 it's more people, too. 326 00:12:44,731 --> 00:12:47,565 This is a very devastating thing, 327 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:51,069 that's gonna change a lot of lives. 328 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:53,872 There are other families further down the mountain. 329 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:55,640 There are towns that are close by, 330 00:12:55,642 --> 00:12:57,976 there are orchards, there are farms. 331 00:12:57,978 --> 00:13:01,045 A lot of people stand to lose everything that they have. 332 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,681 [Birdie] We have water, camping gear, 333 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:06,050 and a little bit of, like, soups and stuff. 334 00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:07,685 Thank you, guys. This will help a lot. 335 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:10,855 [Snowbird] In the bush, the code is, you know, you help each other. 336 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:12,423 It's not even just friends help friends, 337 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,359 it's people help people. 338 00:13:14,361 --> 00:13:16,628 [Rain] We've even had strangers reaching out to us, 339 00:13:16,630 --> 00:13:19,597 offering their pastures, and offering their barns, 340 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:22,400 and their houses and their clothes up to us, and that just... 341 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,369 It means the world in times like this. 342 00:13:25,671 --> 00:13:26,671 [narrator] Relying on community 343 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:29,440 is a staple of life in the bush, 344 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,844 so Bird and Rain seek the guidance of a neighbor, 345 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:37,382 who's faced nature's most devastating force before. 346 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:40,618 Did you lose everything, or... 347 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:41,820 [Rain] We don't really know. 348 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:44,622 Um, but as I was looking while driving off, 349 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:47,125 everything was pretty, pretty inflamed. 350 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:49,060 Just circled the whole property, 351 00:13:49,062 --> 00:13:51,629 and, kind of, closed in. 352 00:13:51,631 --> 00:13:52,764 Pat was actually the gentleman 353 00:13:52,766 --> 00:13:55,867 that gave me my hot water heater. 354 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:58,536 And he's helped a lot, you know, in the past, 355 00:13:58,538 --> 00:13:59,938 and in town and everything, 356 00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,074 - like, finding things for us. - Good job. 357 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:04,442 [Pat] Did you lose any cattle? 358 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:06,044 We can't get the longhorns off. 359 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,746 Um, but longhorns have been seen, so they're... 360 00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:10,882 - Yeah. - They've made it so far. 361 00:14:10,884 --> 00:14:12,684 - Well, that's good news. - [Rain] Yeah. 362 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:14,452 And it sounds like they're, kind of, corralling themselves 363 00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:18,489 back into where they know, which is good. 364 00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:21,626 About five years ago, there was a tough mountain fire. 365 00:14:21,628 --> 00:14:24,596 They were evacuating, a level three evacuation, 366 00:14:24,598 --> 00:14:25,597 and the looters were coming in, 367 00:14:25,599 --> 00:14:28,066 and the fire would come after that. 368 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:30,602 Is that something to, like, be concerned about? 369 00:14:30,604 --> 00:14:32,937 It's only the chosen few, you know? 370 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:34,439 - [Snowbird] Right. - 'Cause it's a small community, 371 00:14:34,441 --> 00:14:36,007 but they're still here. 372 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:37,842 - You still gotta protect what you own. - Oh, yeah. 373 00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:40,545 'Cause somebody's gonna take it if you don't. 374 00:14:40,547 --> 00:14:41,846 [Snowbird] Pat brings up looters, 375 00:14:41,848 --> 00:14:43,781 and he's saying how people actually 376 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:46,384 just go up and start looting what's left. 377 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,820 And, to be honest, that's something I never really thought about. 378 00:14:48,822 --> 00:14:50,622 [Rain] I feel like you almost wouldn't even know 379 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:52,790 what the looters took and what the fire took 380 00:14:52,792 --> 00:14:54,525 - 'cause it would just be gone. - [Pat] Exactly. 381 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:56,761 In the past, you know, looters and stuff 382 00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:59,564 is definitely something we haven't really had to worry about. 383 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:02,400 If a looter does come, I won't shoot anyone, 384 00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:03,635 but I'm gonna let 'em know I'm serious. 385 00:15:03,637 --> 00:15:05,003 This is my mountain, 386 00:15:05,005 --> 00:15:08,339 and I still want whatever belongings are up there. 387 00:15:14,813 --> 00:15:15,613 [narrator] That evening... 388 00:15:15,615 --> 00:15:17,582 Rain, let's go. 389 00:15:17,584 --> 00:15:19,517 shifting wind patterns give the Browns 390 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:22,720 a short opening to mount a rescue. 391 00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:25,490 [Snowbird] We just got permission to go up to the mountain. 392 00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:26,991 The forest service and the fire department said 393 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:28,993 it's something to do with the atmosphere. 394 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:30,862 The fire has died a little bit. 395 00:15:30,864 --> 00:15:32,997 We don't have time to go and tell anybody else. 396 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:35,133 This window has to be now, 397 00:15:35,135 --> 00:15:37,235 and I'm not gonna waste a single second. 398 00:15:37,803 --> 00:15:40,405 [man speaking] 399 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,574 [narrator] With the fire still raging, 400 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:47,045 it's the first and likely last opportunity 401 00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:51,015 to return to the mountain before all is lost. 402 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,419 [Rain speaking] 403 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:59,057 [Snowbird] With only a very short window 404 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:00,658 to rescue some of the animals, 405 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:02,060 it doesn't leave us any time 406 00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:04,662 to, like, see what else is standing. 407 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:05,797 Oh, babies. 408 00:16:06,265 --> 00:16:08,800 The horses, more than any of the other animals, 409 00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:10,568 they get spooked, they get scared. 410 00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:12,503 They end up not knowing what to do, 411 00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:14,372 and they just don't do well with the fire. 412 00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:18,409 - [Rain] Come on. - [Snowbird] Come on, babies. 413 00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:20,945 - [horses neighing] - Come on. Come on. 414 00:16:20,947 --> 00:16:23,114 Get back up. Come on. 415 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:28,486 [Rain] Okay, they're going back up. 416 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,955 [Birdie speaking] 417 00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:34,025 [narrator] The team manages to wrangle four horses, 418 00:16:34,027 --> 00:16:37,195 as the fire dangerously closes in. 419 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:51,542 [crew member speaking] 420 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:54,145 [safety crew member speaking] 421 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:05,023 [Bear] Let's go. Everybody, into the tunnel. 422 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,724 Come on, guys. Get in there. Go. 423 00:17:06,726 --> 00:17:09,594 In. Load. 424 00:17:09,596 --> 00:17:13,664 [narrator] Over the next few days, the wildfire magnifies, 425 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,000 devastating over 18,000 acres. 426 00:17:16,002 --> 00:17:17,435 [Bear] Let's go. Come on. 427 00:17:17,437 --> 00:17:20,104 [narrator] But fortunately, for the Browns, 428 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:24,108 they're able to embark on a few brief rescue missions. 429 00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:26,711 [Bear] Yeah. We got you now. 430 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:28,112 We've rescued all the chickens, 431 00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:28,946 we've rescued all the ducks, 432 00:17:28,948 --> 00:17:30,448 and we've rescued all the goat. 433 00:17:30,450 --> 00:17:32,116 So, it's like a weight off my back 434 00:17:32,118 --> 00:17:34,752 to be able to bring more of our livestock off the mountain, 435 00:17:34,754 --> 00:17:37,155 and make sure that they stay okay. 436 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:40,691 [narrator] The recovered livestock 437 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:44,796 shelter at local homes and farms down mountain. 438 00:17:44,798 --> 00:17:47,598 But while most of their animals have been saved, 439 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,034 Bird hopes the two remaining horses 440 00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:53,738 might have escaped to safety on nearby land. 441 00:17:53,740 --> 00:17:57,241 [Snowbird] Woodland! Willow! 442 00:17:58,777 --> 00:18:02,046 Woodland and Willow were the first horses I ever had. 443 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:03,848 We have a special bond. 444 00:18:03,850 --> 00:18:05,950 I think that's horse. 445 00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:07,885 The hardest part for me right now 446 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:10,555 is not knowing if they're okay. 447 00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:12,857 Did they even escape the fire? 448 00:18:12,859 --> 00:18:14,692 And I am trying not to think those thoughts, 449 00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:17,261 but I can't help but think that I wasn't there, 450 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,130 like I always said I would be, 451 00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:21,332 and I don't know that they are okay. 452 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:30,875 [horse neighing] 453 00:18:30,877 --> 00:18:34,212 Maybe they see me. Are they excited? 454 00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:37,949 - You got my babies. - Hello again. 455 00:18:37,951 --> 00:18:40,818 - The last two finally made it down. - Thank you so much. 456 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,487 I found them wandering through the ash together. 457 00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:44,021 [Birdie and Rain] Aw. 458 00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:46,991 [Snowbird] I can't thank the people that actually went up 459 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,427 and got the horses down enough. 460 00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:51,395 We've got Woodland and Willow! 461 00:18:51,397 --> 00:18:52,830 It is a sign of hope. 462 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:57,101 It's a sign that North Star Ranch isn't necessarily lost. 463 00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:58,903 - You're so dirty. - [horse huffs] 464 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:01,839 I know. Was it scary? 465 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:04,442 Yeah, we're gonna get the halter off you, baby. 466 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,978 Okay. I know. 467 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:09,046 I think she remembered me. 468 00:19:09,048 --> 00:19:12,049 I think she somehow likes me more. 469 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:13,417 Hi, baby. 470 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:16,621 [gasps] Did you see-- 471 00:19:16,623 --> 00:19:19,690 - [horse whinnies] - Yeah, you found 'em. 472 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:21,626 [Rain] They know exactly where to go. 473 00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:24,228 [Snowbird] I don't want to miss it. I don't want to miss it. 474 00:19:27,099 --> 00:19:29,600 Oh, they're all happy to see Willow. Look at that. 475 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:32,737 [Rain] They all have such a bond together, you know? 476 00:19:32,739 --> 00:19:35,273 It is a huge blessing that all the horses 477 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:36,841 made it off the mountain in one piece. 478 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,544 This could have very easily been a lot worse than it has been. 479 00:19:39,546 --> 00:19:41,412 And that's... 480 00:19:41,414 --> 00:19:44,015 And that's how I know that God is holding us in the palm of His hands. 481 00:19:44,017 --> 00:19:47,852 Okay, Woodland and Willow, you seem to be settling nicely. 482 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:49,987 Drink lots of water. 483 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,357 [narrator reading] 484 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:54,792 [Noah] It's just numbing. 485 00:19:54,794 --> 00:19:58,896 [narrator] The Browns survey the damage to North Star Ranch. 486 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,032 [Bam] Like a dragon came through and hit everything. 487 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,167 It was like an alien world. 488 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:10,041 [thunder rumbling] 489 00:20:13,812 --> 00:20:16,147 [Birdie speaking] 490 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,832 [narrator] Two weeks after evacuating North Star Ranch, 491 00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:37,969 the wildfire that displaced the Browns 492 00:20:37,971 --> 00:20:39,837 is finally under control. 493 00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:42,673 [Rain] Finally a little bit of good news. 494 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:45,810 Right now, the fire is over 80% contained, 495 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,678 which does mean it's safe to go up. 496 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,946 In one way, I'm excited, 497 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:50,681 but in another way, I almost don't even 498 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,016 want to go up and see it. 499 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:54,752 My worst nightmare right now is if it's just all gone, 500 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:57,955 and there's just nothing left. 501 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:02,960 Bird, do you wanna go ahead and take the shotgun, just in case? 502 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:05,463 [Snowbird] Uh, if you have it-- something. 503 00:21:05,465 --> 00:21:07,565 [narrator] While air quality on the mountain 504 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:11,068 is still too hazardous for parents Billy and and Ami... 505 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:13,504 - [Noah] Okay, let's do this. - [Snowbird] Here we go. 506 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:18,409 the siblings return to assess the damage to their homestead. 507 00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:20,711 [Bam] Those two weeks seemed really, really long. 508 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,513 They seemed like forever, 509 00:21:22,515 --> 00:21:25,750 waiting for the fire to just die out or get under control, 510 00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:27,918 and to be able to even go back up to the property 511 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,021 and see what had happened. 512 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:34,425 I think that I'm a little nervous. 513 00:21:34,427 --> 00:21:36,494 Yeah? Nervous to see it all, 514 00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:40,031 or nervous just to get up there again? 515 00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:41,932 A little bit of both. I feel, like, a little nervous 516 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:44,435 to see what isn't there. 517 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,005 Going back up to the mountain, 518 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:52,109 uh, you know, I know it's not going to look like I remember it, 519 00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:54,779 uh, because it's just... 520 00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:57,281 I don't know. I don't think there's going to be much there. 521 00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:58,783 [Rain] Last time we were up here, 522 00:21:58,785 --> 00:22:00,985 - it was actually on fire. - [Snowbird] Yeah. 523 00:22:00,987 --> 00:22:04,689 And now that it's not, it's going to be a lot different. 524 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,091 Just, like, as far as you can see. 525 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:13,230 There's so much devastation. 526 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:18,035 Doesn't even look the same. 527 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,037 It looks like an alien world. 528 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,139 [Rain] Wow. 529 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,347 Not much left. 530 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:33,284 [babbling] 531 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:46,897 [Bam] Well, the park bench made it. 532 00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:49,367 Still got a couple of grassy spots 533 00:22:49,369 --> 00:22:51,969 that seem to have survived somehow. 534 00:22:52,504 --> 00:22:54,905 The little duck coop is completely gone. 535 00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:58,008 It looks like it just clean swept right through. 536 00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:03,013 Total devastation. 537 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:06,484 When fire goes through, it's gonna burn everything that can burn, 538 00:23:06,486 --> 00:23:10,020 so I was pretty much expecting it to look like this. 539 00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:13,023 Just like a dragon came through and hit everything, 540 00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:15,226 which, basically, it did. 541 00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:18,129 It is devastating. 542 00:23:18,131 --> 00:23:21,098 It's a different kind of blow than in the past, 543 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:24,301 because we're all spread out, doing our own thing. 544 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:26,871 Come on. Work with me. 545 00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:29,874 I had put in so much work on my own, 546 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:31,876 put so much into that property, 547 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:33,577 and so many unique ideas. 548 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,846 And just the days that we fought 549 00:23:35,848 --> 00:23:38,983 just to get in supplies and to get them up there. 550 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,752 No more rabbitat. 551 00:23:41,754 --> 00:23:43,754 And for all that just to be burned to sunder, 552 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,256 there are no words. 553 00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:50,895 We've lost a lot of stuff. 554 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:53,431 At this point, you would think I'd be numb to it. 555 00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:56,434 But it always hits you a little bit differently every time. 556 00:23:57,636 --> 00:24:00,371 The Browns have definitely had their fair share of loss. 557 00:24:00,373 --> 00:24:03,174 And with this total devastation of everything, 558 00:24:03,176 --> 00:24:05,676 we're gonna try to just press on through, I think. 559 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:07,278 It's anybody's guess at the moment. 560 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,280 I know it's been hard for everyone. 561 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:18,389 [Bear] Burned all the sagebrush for sure. 562 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,161 Here we go. 563 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:29,166 Growing up, when I was a kid, fire was survival. 564 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:35,940 Without fire, you couldn't stay warm, you couldn't stay dry, 565 00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:37,374 and you couldn't fed. 566 00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:40,644 Here, in the lower 48, fire more resembles death, to be honest. 567 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:43,948 When fire is left unchecked or it goes out of control 568 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:45,382 or has just too much timber around, 569 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:48,719 it becomes a massive force of extreme destruction. 570 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:52,256 This doesn't look like it's too bad, actually. 571 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:56,427 The old ostriches, they're safe. 572 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,796 Hey, there, boy. 573 00:24:58,798 --> 00:25:00,698 The whole hill across the side here burned. 574 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,700 My flag tree is burned. 575 00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:05,569 But the ground here, there's still grass in this, 576 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:07,571 so the fire doesn't look like it got here. 577 00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:08,873 But I'm just hoping that the heat 578 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,941 didn't heat this baby up enough 579 00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:12,877 to actually mess anything up inside. 580 00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:14,812 [sighs] Oh, boy. 581 00:25:14,814 --> 00:25:16,914 I have a lot of my prized possessions in here. 582 00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:18,415 Well, everything I have left, so... 583 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,289 Oh, great. It's untouched. 584 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:29,593 Plus, it doesn't look like it got hot in here at all. 585 00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:31,695 I don't think the fire got close enough to actually heat it up, 586 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:33,597 which almost makes me feel bad. 587 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:34,732 I guess I should appear more excited, 588 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:37,535 but, to be honest, I'm just concerned 589 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:39,637 with the other guys' stuff 'cause I happen to know 590 00:25:39,639 --> 00:25:42,172 that they didn't fare quite so well. 591 00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:46,544 My family and I have lost so much stuff over the years, 592 00:25:46,546 --> 00:25:47,945 but a home is the people, 593 00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:49,747 it's the Wolf Pack and the family. 594 00:25:49,749 --> 00:25:50,714 I am happy to have my stuff, 595 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:51,882 but I am gonna go ahead and move out, 596 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:54,018 see if I can't help some of the other wolves. 597 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:07,398 [Noah] To be honest, I'm one of those 598 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,401 hope for the best, prepare for the worst type of people. 599 00:26:10,403 --> 00:26:14,038 So, I was hoping that nothing would be damaged, 600 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,039 the fire just went around, 601 00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:18,042 but I was expecting everything to be... 602 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:19,410 total devastation. 603 00:26:21,846 --> 00:26:23,047 [sighing in despair] 604 00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:26,116 Sucks. [sobbing] 605 00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:27,985 [Noah] That's such a shame. 606 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:29,420 And it's gone. 607 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:40,230 [Rhain] I don't really know how to process this. 608 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:48,005 [narrator] After a wildfire raged through their ranch weeks earlier... 609 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:49,340 [Rhain] The dog house made it. 610 00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:51,241 My gas tanks made it. 611 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:52,543 [Rhain sighs] 612 00:26:52,545 --> 00:26:54,945 Noah and Rhain Alisha 613 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:58,315 return to see what's left of their mash tent. 614 00:27:01,886 --> 00:27:03,387 [Rhain] Oh. 615 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:07,024 [Noah] That's such a shame. 616 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:08,726 [Rhain] Sucks. 617 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:14,865 [Noah] Some of our yard is still good. 618 00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:17,001 Our solar panels made it. 619 00:27:17,003 --> 00:27:18,869 Uh, my tractor is okay. 620 00:27:18,871 --> 00:27:21,438 But our house is completely and utterly gone. 621 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:23,140 So... 622 00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:28,379 Sorry. 623 00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:31,181 [sighing] Yeah. 624 00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:35,753 [Noah] It's difficult to sit here and look at 625 00:27:35,755 --> 00:27:38,856 the last few years of your life just burned, 626 00:27:38,858 --> 00:27:40,391 your belongings gone. 627 00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:43,127 Um, the backpack that 628 00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:45,996 Rhain took to Alaska when she met me, 629 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:47,564 it was in there. 630 00:27:47,566 --> 00:27:49,867 The blanket that my mother... 631 00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:53,037 [clears throat] ...made for Eli was in his crib. 632 00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:54,938 And it's gone. 633 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,176 - Love. - [Rhain] Yes. 634 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:01,945 - You know what really bums me? - What? 635 00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:03,347 Oh, no. 636 00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:05,382 Eli's rattle. 637 00:28:05,917 --> 00:28:07,418 That sucks. 638 00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:09,019 The mash tent meant a lot. 639 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:12,356 Ah. Noah, it smells like home. 640 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:13,724 Yeah. 641 00:28:13,726 --> 00:28:14,658 There was still pine needles 642 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:17,728 and the tent that were from Alaska. 643 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:20,831 Rhain was still pregnant with Eli when we were in that house. 644 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:23,634 Some of Eli's first steps were in that house. 645 00:28:23,636 --> 00:28:26,737 [Rhain] What do you have there? 646 00:28:26,739 --> 00:28:29,740 I wanted to literally fold it up once we had the castle 647 00:28:29,742 --> 00:28:32,209 and I wanted to give it to my son someday. 648 00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:35,512 It's disheartening 649 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,681 to lose stuff like this. 650 00:28:37,683 --> 00:28:40,384 The things that have memories attached so strongly to them, 651 00:28:40,386 --> 00:28:42,119 but it's not heartbreaking. 652 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,388 You know, 'cause my family survived. 653 00:28:57,969 --> 00:28:59,903 I haven't seen my tiny house 654 00:28:59,905 --> 00:29:02,172 since before the fire. 655 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:06,844 Walking up, I see that it's still there. 656 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:09,346 I'm very thankful that my home is still standing. 657 00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:12,750 It looks the same. 658 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:15,085 Just looks a little bit more tattered. 659 00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:20,758 It's not really what I had expected. 660 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,528 Because the house is here which I'm thankful for. My deck is fine. 661 00:29:24,530 --> 00:29:26,864 Most of my belongings seem okay. 662 00:29:26,866 --> 00:29:30,033 But, you know, everything around it is gone. 663 00:29:42,013 --> 00:29:43,413 I do feel guilty 664 00:29:43,415 --> 00:29:45,382 that my house was saved. 665 00:29:45,384 --> 00:29:48,986 I just wish that we were able to save everybody else's. 666 00:29:48,988 --> 00:29:52,756 But I can't thank the people that saved my house enough. 667 00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:54,992 That was everything that I had. 668 00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:00,931 The devil is never gonna stop trying to knock us down. 669 00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:03,133 There is never gonna be a moment where it's easy. 670 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,702 But I know that God has a plan, 671 00:30:05,704 --> 00:30:07,871 and I trust that wholeheartedly 672 00:30:07,873 --> 00:30:11,408 and I think that, with everything that we've been through, 673 00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:14,077 it'd be stupid not to trust that. 674 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:16,446 As tough as it is, every time... 675 00:30:17,615 --> 00:30:19,149 we make it out. 676 00:30:50,081 --> 00:30:52,816 I knew my place got hit from day one. 677 00:30:52,818 --> 00:30:55,219 But coming up here and actually seeing it, 678 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,187 it's just all gone. 679 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,764 Right here used to be very thick forest. 680 00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:10,567 And now it's pretty much nothing. 681 00:31:10,569 --> 00:31:13,837 We can actually even see to the next ridge over there. 682 00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:17,140 Doesn't look like any trees on my place survived really. 683 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:24,915 Everything that I had on my land, I had a plan for. 684 00:31:24,917 --> 00:31:28,919 It was supposed to be my first home. 685 00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:30,387 - [Cyber meows] - What do you think, Cyber? 686 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:31,421 You wanna see the view? 687 00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:33,523 Nice, huh? 688 00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:36,226 Which I know a lot of people get when they're younger than me... 689 00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:40,030 and it has things that I can't replace in it. 690 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:50,040 [sniffles] 691 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:57,014 Well, this one is where I had my weapons, 692 00:31:57,016 --> 00:31:59,082 and most importantly my .45. 693 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:07,124 My .45 meant a lot 694 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:11,094 'cause it's the .45 I had in Alaska. 695 00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:15,065 And it's the piece of Alaska that I still had. [crying] 696 00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:27,110 I didn't wanna leave Alaska. 697 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,247 And so I came to Washington 'cause family is where home is. 698 00:32:30,815 --> 00:32:32,382 And so... 699 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:34,518 I wanna make Washington work. 700 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,321 And that's why I'm here. That's why I built my house. 701 00:32:40,825 --> 00:32:43,393 But to see it like this, and for this to happen, 702 00:32:43,395 --> 00:32:45,062 it's, like, when is it gonna end? 703 00:32:45,830 --> 00:32:47,397 When do we get the house? 704 00:32:57,075 --> 00:32:58,408 [narrator reading] 705 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:01,178 - [Bam] I don't think that much is gonna be salvageable. - [Bear] Nah. 706 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:05,248 [narrator] Final hope rests in the most vital structure of the ranch. 707 00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:06,616 - [Billy] Oh, man. - [Ami] Oh, look at that. 708 00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:08,251 Oh, my gosh. 709 00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:14,992 [Bear] The ground is really warm right here. 710 00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:18,061 Some of this ground is falling through. 711 00:33:18,063 --> 00:33:20,998 The fire got so intense here that it's burned into the roots 712 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,933 and underground. 713 00:33:22,935 --> 00:33:24,401 Got a couple of smoldering over here. 714 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:26,770 [grunts] 715 00:33:26,772 --> 00:33:28,805 So what I'm trying to do right now is actually bury over it. 716 00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:30,741 I'm going to suffocate it 717 00:33:30,743 --> 00:33:32,876 by pouring all the dirt that I can on it. 718 00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:35,112 Cutting off its oxygen essentially. 719 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,014 Fire is an extraordinarily 720 00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:40,751 dangerous living thing, because it eats, 721 00:33:40,753 --> 00:33:42,152 technically, reproduces, 722 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:44,254 can die and breathe. 723 00:33:44,455 --> 00:33:46,023 It's so hot. 724 00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:48,325 It's not gonna put it out completely, but it will help cover it over. 725 00:33:48,327 --> 00:33:50,660 So if wind sweeps through, 726 00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:53,330 the dirt will be blocking it and won't spark back up to fire. 727 00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:56,299 Whew. Can taste the ashes. 728 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:03,707 - [Bam] Ready to see the rest of the place? - [Billy] I Guess so. 729 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:06,043 [narrator] For the first time in weeks, 730 00:34:06,045 --> 00:34:10,247 Billy and Ami Brown return to their mountain homestead 731 00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:12,382 joined by their children. 732 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:16,920 They hope the ranch's cornerstone structures remain intact... 733 00:34:16,922 --> 00:34:17,788 [Ami speaking] 734 00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:18,789 [Billy speaking] 735 00:34:18,791 --> 00:34:22,125 starting with their massive pole barn. 736 00:34:22,127 --> 00:34:23,860 - Oh, man. - [Ami] Oh, look at that. 737 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:25,328 Oh, my gosh. 738 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,442 - [Bam] Not much left. - [Bear] Nah. 739 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:45,949 [Bam] It definitely doesn't feel good 740 00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:49,953 standing here, looking at the barn and it's just nothing left. 741 00:34:50,888 --> 00:34:52,422 We put so much into it. 742 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:55,058 So much heart and soul and effort. 743 00:34:56,661 --> 00:34:58,762 I was really proud of that barn. 744 00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:01,198 And I didn't put a nail in it. That's why I was so proud of it. 745 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,668 This thing is the first thing you all did 746 00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:06,837 totally on your own, you know. 747 00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:09,973 - [Ami] The cornerstone. - It was the first. 748 00:35:10,875 --> 00:35:12,242 [Snowbird] You wanna hand up the truss? 749 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,443 It's all yours. 750 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:14,878 - I know. - [Snowbird] We got it. 751 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,881 The guys and I, we put a lot of time into the barn. 752 00:35:17,883 --> 00:35:20,417 And we built the barn first 753 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,719 because the barn was supposed to be the roots. 754 00:35:22,721 --> 00:35:24,855 - [Gabe] The last piece. - The last piece. 755 00:35:24,857 --> 00:35:25,889 [Gabe] Go ahead and scoot 'er up. 756 00:35:25,891 --> 00:35:27,457 You know, it's just a low blow, 757 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,825 'cause we had just built up to the point 758 00:35:28,827 --> 00:35:30,961 where it looked like the sky was the limit. 759 00:35:30,963 --> 00:35:33,430 It was like if you can dream it, you can make it. 760 00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:34,698 [all laughing and cheering] 761 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,133 Just took at all of that. 762 00:35:36,135 --> 00:35:39,669 And now we're worst off than square one. 763 00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:41,238 Now there's nothing. 764 00:35:42,773 --> 00:35:45,008 [Billy] So, what, did the longhorns bust out? 765 00:35:45,010 --> 00:35:46,510 [Bear] Yeah. The fence was all burned up and everything, 766 00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:49,112 but there was no sign of the longhorns. 767 00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:51,615 But we could hear them rustling around in the bushes and stuff in the distance. 768 00:35:51,617 --> 00:35:53,783 - It's hard to think about right now be honest with you. - Mmm-hmm. 769 00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:56,353 I just do wonder when we are gonna get a break. 770 00:35:57,688 --> 00:36:01,391 It's like forever. Everything is always being destroyed. 771 00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:03,527 Can we have a couple of years of like 772 00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:06,263 just having a barn and everyone being healthy? 773 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:10,800 - [Bear] Could have been a lot worse. - It could have. Yeah. 774 00:36:10,802 --> 00:36:12,969 We could have lost everything, so. 775 00:36:13,404 --> 00:36:14,938 [Rain] To me it was... 776 00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:18,074 I don't know. Like, it meant a lot. 777 00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:21,378 And I didn't really realize how much it meant to me until I lost it. 778 00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:26,917 I'm fine. 779 00:36:26,919 --> 00:36:30,153 -[Billy] No you're not. Get over here. -[crying] No, I'm not. 780 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:33,356 It's okay, baby. 781 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:35,992 It's all right. 782 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,394 You know? 783 00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:42,499 [Snowbird] Standing here and seeing that the barn is gone, 784 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:45,936 it's definitely hard for that voice inside of doubt, 785 00:36:45,938 --> 00:36:49,139 and the voice that's trying to make you lose hope. 786 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,408 It's hard to suppress that. 787 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:01,985 [Birdie] As much as we had built up, 788 00:37:01,987 --> 00:37:05,422 it definitely feels like it's being taken away a little bit. 789 00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:08,458 To have been, just the end of the day, 790 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:10,961 talking about how far we've come 791 00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:13,830 and how we have so much built. Now we can just start enjoying 792 00:37:13,832 --> 00:37:17,100 and started building zip lines and doing fun things. 793 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:18,935 For this to have happened, 794 00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:19,903 now what? 795 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,138 Yeah, I mean, it's like back to square one. 796 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,162 [Bam] I think that much is gonna be salvageable either. 797 00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:47,964 [Bear] Nah. 798 00:37:48,065 --> 00:37:50,000 [motor revving] 799 00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:57,007 [Bear] Hey... 800 00:37:57,475 --> 00:37:59,042 [Gabe] Yes! 801 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:06,116 [Bam] Well, it's a miracle, but she is still standing. 802 00:38:06,118 --> 00:38:08,218 - Dang. - [Billy] It looks a little better, doesn't it? 803 00:38:08,220 --> 00:38:09,953 - Dang. - [Snowbird] Yeah. 804 00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:12,355 As we round the corner and see the big house, 805 00:38:12,357 --> 00:38:13,590 it's there. 806 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:17,127 It looks like the firefighters like cut some lines around it. 807 00:38:17,129 --> 00:38:19,029 I guess, stopped the flame. 808 00:38:19,263 --> 00:38:20,697 Yes! 809 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:23,066 I feel like in the long run, this is all that matters, that it made it. 810 00:38:23,068 --> 00:38:25,769 [Ami] Had this burned it might be a different hint. 811 00:38:25,771 --> 00:38:27,170 - [Snowbird] Yeah. - Man. 812 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:29,105 - Wow! - Let's go in. 813 00:38:30,274 --> 00:38:31,508 Go, ahead, baby. 814 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:35,078 It is an extreme relief that the house is still standing. 815 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:39,683 The house did not get burned down. That it's in one piece still. 816 00:38:39,685 --> 00:38:42,485 Now if that's not a sign, I don't know what is. 817 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:43,953 It says a lot actually. It really does. 818 00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:45,855 'Cause this baby could have been just like the barn. 819 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:46,990 We could have been left with ashes-- 820 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:49,326 I don't think I could have handled that one. 821 00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:51,661 [Ami] God, didn't run us out of here. 822 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:53,530 Definitely take it as a good, you know, 823 00:38:53,532 --> 00:38:55,098 "You don't have to go anywhere, kids." 824 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,268 So where do we go from here? Lay it out. 825 00:38:58,869 --> 00:39:00,437 [Gabe] That's a good question. 826 00:39:00,439 --> 00:39:02,205 I don't know. We just keep banging nails. 827 00:39:04,675 --> 00:39:06,643 - The barn hit me hard, I admit it. - [Ami] Yeah. 828 00:39:06,645 --> 00:39:09,112 -It was a symbol to me. It was-- -Yeah. 829 00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:12,082 That monument you've already-- It already was to me. 830 00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:14,117 But, uh, 831 00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:16,519 - look what we been through. - Oh, golly. 832 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:19,222 -Come on, guys. This isn't anything. -[Ami] Mmm-mmm. 833 00:39:20,891 --> 00:39:23,393 [Billy] Everything is all right. We're not that good. 834 00:39:23,395 --> 00:39:24,794 Yeah, but we don't sit around dreading. 835 00:39:24,796 --> 00:39:27,397 But when we're totally up against it, 836 00:39:27,399 --> 00:39:30,133 and the whole world's just falling down around us, 837 00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:31,768 that's when the Browns are at their best. 838 00:39:31,802 --> 00:39:33,903 So we stay the course. 839 00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:36,473 We do what we do. We work together and we just keep going. 840 00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:38,875 And we'll fight. 841 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,211 Everything we need in this place, anything, we'll be open. 842 00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:42,612 That sounds good. 843 00:39:42,646 --> 00:39:43,813 Couldn't ask what the Good Lord showed us, 844 00:39:43,815 --> 00:39:45,849 that's when everything is in front of us. 845 00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:47,550 Let's just hope for the future. 846 00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:49,352 [Gabe] There is no doubt in my mind we'll keep going. 847 00:39:49,354 --> 00:39:51,788 You know, the Wolf Pack is not gonna be stopped here. 848 00:39:51,790 --> 00:39:55,091 This is just one more thing for us to all band together over and overcome. 849 00:39:55,093 --> 00:39:57,026 And I have faith that we will. 850 00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:58,962 [Ami] Group hug. Group hug. 851 00:39:58,964 --> 00:39:59,963 [all cheering] 852 00:39:59,965 --> 00:40:01,598 [excited chatter] 853 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,333 [Ami] One for all, and all for one. 854 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:08,805 [Birdie] It's hard to say what keeps us, you know, 855 00:40:08,807 --> 00:40:11,641 going through hard times and tragedy and 856 00:40:11,643 --> 00:40:14,844 it's definitely the Good Lord. It's family. 857 00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:17,847 And I think a lot of it I know, for me, is that 858 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,816 I'm not gonna let anything else win 859 00:40:19,818 --> 00:40:22,118 and knock me down. 860 00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:25,088 [Bear] Dad's dream is worth fighting for. 861 00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:27,924 We're not gonna let this fire stop us from making it. 862 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:31,060 [Bear] We're still going to build up everything that we had planned to build up. 863 00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:32,695 We're still gonna build up the zip line. 864 00:40:32,697 --> 00:40:34,631 We're still gonna pursue the goal. 865 00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:35,932 We will continue to build it up 866 00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,834 even better than it was before. 867 00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:39,903 North Star Ranch is not over. 868 00:40:39,905 --> 00:40:42,305 North Star Ranch has just begun. 869 00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:49,779 [narrator] On the next episode of Alaskan Bush People... 870 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,414 Timber! 871 00:40:51,416 --> 00:40:53,049 Raiven heard about the fire. 872 00:40:53,051 --> 00:40:54,617 Might get to meet River soon. 873 00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:56,019 Actually get a hold him. 874 00:40:56,021 --> 00:40:57,720 Meeting my son for the first time, 875 00:40:57,722 --> 00:40:58,822 yeah, I'm a little bit nervous. 876 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:01,791 What kid wouldn't love this, right? 877 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,594 Ever since we left Alaska, I've almost felt lost. 878 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:07,564 I find myself hearing the call of Alaska. 879 00:41:07,566 --> 00:41:08,998 [Bam] We could actually use their help here, 880 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,700 - as opposed to them being in Alaska. - Yeah. 881 00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:12,402 What is our next step though? 882 00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:13,670 [Bam] Making it safe to be out there. 883 00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:15,538 I got open flame down here, guys. 884 00:41:15,540 --> 00:41:16,973 [Noah] The main thing we're trying to stop 885 00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:19,843 is this fire starting back up and getting out of control. 886 00:41:19,845 --> 00:41:21,377 [Rain] Oh, my feet are burning. 887 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:23,980 Mom's and Dad's house could easily catch fire. 888 00:41:23,982 --> 00:41:26,049 We need some water. We really could use some water!