1 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:06,438 I wanted to go for a long time, 2 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:08,574 as everyone knows, it's not a secret. 3 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:11,410 We're going to go to Alaska. 4 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,682 [narrator] On this episode of Alaskan Bush People... 5 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:17,783 Timber! 6 00:00:17,817 --> 00:00:20,052 [Bear] Raiven heard about the fire. 7 00:00:20,086 --> 00:00:22,821 Might get to meet River soon. Actually get to hold him. 8 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,690 Meeting my son for the first time? 9 00:00:24,724 --> 00:00:26,091 Yeah, I'm a little bit nervous. 10 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:28,293 What kid wouldn't love this, right? 11 00:00:28,661 --> 00:00:30,162 I got something for you. 12 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:33,399 Ever since I left Alaska, I've almost felt lost. 13 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:36,835 I find myself hearing the call of Alaska. 14 00:00:36,869 --> 00:00:39,838 We could actually use their help here as opposed to them being in Alaska. 15 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,707 What is our next step, though? 16 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,075 [Bam] Making it safe to be up there. 17 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:44,777 I got open flame down here, guys. 18 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:47,880 [Noah] The main thing we're trying to stop is these fires starting back up 19 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:50,783 - and being out of control. - [Rain] My feet are burning. 20 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:53,152 Mom's and Dad's house could easily catch fire. 21 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:53,952 [Bear] We need some water. 22 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,421 We really could use some water. 23 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:11,603 [Bear] It's hard to imagine from right here sitting in the sunshine 24 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:16,408 and up there is still smoldering like some volcano with ash everywhere. 25 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:19,445 Yeah, but the hard part is that we can't stay up there. 26 00:01:19,479 --> 00:01:21,914 - We can visit, we can't stay. - [Bear] Tell me about it. 27 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:23,449 My conex isn't even touched, I couldn't stay there 28 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:26,418 breathing in the nice, fresh smoke and ash. 29 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:28,654 We've pretty much been stuck in town because of the fire. 30 00:01:28,688 --> 00:01:30,456 The fire swept through our mountain. 31 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:34,660 It's been a little while now, and most of the fire has burned out up there, 32 00:01:34,694 --> 00:01:38,297 but it's still smoldering, there's way too much ash and smoke in the air, 33 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:40,365 still, for us to actually to move up there. 34 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,835 I'm already going a little bit stir-crazy, to be honest. 35 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:44,603 [grunting in frustration] 36 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:47,606 It could smolder up there until winter. 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,141 [Bear] Yeah, it's crazy. Really is. 38 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:50,642 [Noah] It looks like another planet. 39 00:01:50,677 --> 00:01:52,277 Might as well be. 40 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:57,983 [narrator] Just one month ago, the Browns were hard at work, 41 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:03,055 fulfilling father Billy's vision of faith, freedom and family 42 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:04,790 on North Star Ranch. 43 00:02:04,824 --> 00:02:07,826 I'm going to start thinking like we used to think. Let's do something crazy together. 44 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:10,929 We definitely had a lot of plans before the fire, 45 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,998 you know, zip lines, gold, houses, 46 00:02:13,032 --> 00:02:16,001 trying to achieve the dream of living the way we wanna live 47 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:18,003 and living that way together. 48 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,005 Y'all guys are having fun? 49 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:20,572 - We're having fun! - Yeah! 50 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,207 [whooping] 51 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:28,380 [narrator] But now, displaced from their mountain home by wildfire, 52 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:30,949 the dream is in peril. 53 00:02:31,551 --> 00:02:33,485 With their animals temporarily sheltered, 54 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:39,725 the Wolfpack is eager to reclaim their land before the winter snow. 55 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:43,829 We're hoping to get moved back up to the mountain as quickly as we possibly can. 56 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:45,531 The game plan right now is to get it cleaned up, 57 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:48,433 clear off specific areas before winter. 58 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:52,437 Get the stuff re-established so that we can get the animals back up there. 59 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:56,909 In my opinion, though, the fastest we can get up there, the better. 60 00:02:56,943 --> 00:03:00,746 First thing we need to do is assess what are the most dangerous areas 61 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:04,049 and get it where it's safe to be up there. 62 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:07,953 [narrator] Although firefighters were able to save 63 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:12,891 the family's main house, the battle is far from over. 64 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:16,828 One-thousand-degree fires burn underground 65 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,398 and smolder through root systems. 66 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,701 The flames can burn for weeks, 67 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:25,304 relentlessly searching for new brush... 68 00:03:26,506 --> 00:03:29,274 threatening to ignite the untouched forest 69 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:33,712 still surrounding the Browns' most vital asset. 70 00:03:33,746 --> 00:03:37,082 [Gabe] Firefighters had to dig fire lines to try to keep the fire away 71 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:39,384 from the main house, but, you know, 72 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:42,688 there's still spot fires on the mountain. And that's really dangerous. 73 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,823 [narrator] To save their ranch 74 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:46,825 the Browns must prevent their mountain 75 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:50,429 from once again going up in smoke. 76 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:54,967 Let's do keep over there, throw away over there. 77 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:59,705 So, you're gonna rebuild in this spot? 78 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,608 [Bird] I definitely can't, like, do the tree house again 79 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:06,044 because there aren't many trees left on my property. 80 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:09,081 - Right. - [Bird] Right now, it's just one day at a time. 81 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:11,650 [sighs] 82 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:15,220 Walked up to Bird's place, at first it was just like, "All right, 83 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:18,423 where do you start?" You know? 'Cause there's a lot to do. 84 00:04:18,458 --> 00:04:22,794 There was a really beautiful little tree house here, you know, it was. 85 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:26,231 And she had a bunch of things in here that meant a lot to her. 86 00:04:26,265 --> 00:04:28,300 And it's just all gone. 87 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:32,971 Oh, no! Your boomstick. 88 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:34,706 Oh, man! 89 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:37,309 [Bird sighs and speaks] 90 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:43,548 I didn't get half of the things that I wish I got from the mountain. 91 00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:46,752 With everything that the fire has taken, there... 92 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:49,921 There's a piece of me that feels like it's missing. 93 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:53,225 - You can see the burned root. - Jeez. 94 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:56,461 - This isn't good, you know? - [Bird] Careful, Gabe, careful. 95 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:59,731 [Gabe] What happens if you come across this and you don't know it's there? 96 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:03,402 There is so much ash, it is actually dangerous. 97 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:07,105 So many trees that can potentially be falling 98 00:05:07,173 --> 00:05:11,710 and it is definitely something that it takes time for the earth to heal from. 99 00:05:11,744 --> 00:05:13,378 There's just so much to do. 100 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,380 [Gabe] One. Two. Three. 101 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:21,386 [Bird] But I feel it's like when you get heartbroken as a kid. 102 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:24,489 You just wanna curl up where you feel safe. 103 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:29,127 And you wanna go home and I feel like that's kinda how I feel right now. 104 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:32,230 Well, let's not let the fire win. This is our mountain. 105 00:05:34,734 --> 00:05:36,168 [Bear grunting] 106 00:05:36,202 --> 00:05:37,869 [Bear] Oh, yeah. That one's already gone. 107 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:40,072 [grunting] 108 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,177 Stop this one from burning anymore. 109 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,813 [narrator] Down by the main house, 110 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:54,953 Bear secures the outer edges of the fire line using his own extreme techniques. 111 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:56,421 [grunting] 112 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:58,590 Timber! Yeah! 113 00:05:58,624 --> 00:06:02,260 It is extremely important to take down any dead trees you have. 114 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:04,529 'Cause they're hazards. They can fall at any moment. 115 00:06:04,563 --> 00:06:07,966 Their roots have been burned out on a lot of them, they're not stable. 116 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,204 You get a gust of wind coming by, it's all it takes to knock these trees down. 117 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:17,542 So we got mega-burned forest over here! 118 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:19,511 It starts getting green again down this way 119 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:22,647 when we're getting towards the house site. This is crazy. 120 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:25,283 'Cause this fire came out of nowhere and it just really gives you 121 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:28,353 kinda a different perspective on everything. 122 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:32,023 Just a day or two after the fire, Raiven actually reached out to me. 123 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:37,129 Said that she was really worried about me, that she heard about the fire 124 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:39,698 and I never really thought that I'd see her again. 125 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:43,402 Changes your mindset a little, it makes you think of what actually is important. 126 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:46,772 My kid River was born. 127 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:49,708 To have a son of my own and having never met him 128 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:52,878 has really been weighing down on me these past few months. 129 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:55,781 With Raiven and I's breakup, we had some problems, like, 130 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:58,583 you know, meeting before, but I... It's been painful. 131 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,385 It's been a heartache for sure. 132 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:03,422 [Rain] I have seen pictures of River. 133 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:05,957 He's a cute little nugget. Man, he is adorable. 134 00:07:05,991 --> 00:07:08,226 He has these big eyes, 135 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:11,696 wide little grin and he looks just like Bear. 136 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:16,268 It looks like if you copy and pasted Bear, like, 30 years younger. 137 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,703 [Bear] Raiven and I, we were talking, 138 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:21,740 and I got some really, really good news. 139 00:07:21,774 --> 00:07:25,010 Raiven is going to bring River up for me to meet him. 140 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:27,412 There we go! Timber! 141 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:31,583 It sounds like that she's going to be bringing him up this week. 142 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:33,785 And that is something that is amazing, 143 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:36,988 it's not something that I thought would be happening right now. 144 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:39,391 Meeting my son for the first time, I... 145 00:07:39,425 --> 00:07:41,193 Yeah, I'm a little bit nervous. 146 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:43,395 Argh, burns in the eye. Phew! 147 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:51,036 [Rain] What all metal are we able to sell? 148 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:52,671 We'll take everything. 149 00:07:52,705 --> 00:07:55,774 It doesn't matter if it's heat-damaged, this is gonna be smelted down. 150 00:07:55,808 --> 00:07:59,044 Yeah. Keep an eye out for animal bones. 151 00:07:59,078 --> 00:08:00,445 So, that I can make a memorial. 152 00:08:01,414 --> 00:08:03,415 Today, the Rains and I are cleaning up the barn. 153 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:04,749 Let's do this thing. 154 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:07,652 [Noah] There's not much that can be done with the scrap. 155 00:08:07,687 --> 00:08:10,355 Pretty much, all we can do is take it and see if we can sell it. 156 00:08:10,389 --> 00:08:12,657 It's very disheartening seeing all the work 157 00:08:12,692 --> 00:08:14,392 that has gone into the mountain, 158 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:16,828 and the barn and then see it all in ash. 159 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:18,630 It's like carving a masterpiece. 160 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:20,765 And then just throwing it in the fireplace. 161 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,802 Let's try to get this as tall as possible, 162 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:26,238 but remember there are active fires in the area, still. 163 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:28,707 [Rain] Yeah. I remember when we were building the barn, 164 00:08:28,741 --> 00:08:33,578 we were passing the tin up and the hayloft was about to here. 165 00:08:33,613 --> 00:08:36,381 - [Rhain Alisha] Right. - [Rain] This is kinda sad. 166 00:08:36,415 --> 00:08:39,784 - Yeah. - Taking it apart after we spent so long 167 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:41,219 putting it together. 168 00:08:42,388 --> 00:08:44,856 The barn not only holds a special place to everybody else, 169 00:08:44,891 --> 00:08:48,727 it does hold a little bit of my heart with it always. 170 00:08:48,761 --> 00:08:52,097 A lot of firsts, when we were building the barn, 171 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:53,732 I conquered my fear of heights. 172 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:54,666 Oh! 173 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,034 - The wind is good. - I wish it would stop! 174 00:08:56,068 --> 00:08:57,369 - Oh, my God! - [Gabe] The wind's your friend. 175 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:58,937 [Rain] I learned how to drive heavy machinery. 176 00:08:58,971 --> 00:09:01,740 - Punch it in. Whoa, whoa. - Oh, my God! 177 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:03,241 [Rain] Got my first horse in there. 178 00:09:03,776 --> 00:09:04,743 [Rain screaming happily] 179 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:05,544 The girls love it. 180 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:08,013 Never thought we'd give them this. 181 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:13,218 Even thinking of it now, It's harder than I would like to admit. 182 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,854 Yeah, that's as good as we're gonna get. 183 00:09:15,888 --> 00:09:18,223 [Rain] But just trying not to focus on it, 184 00:09:18,257 --> 00:09:21,192 'cause I don't wanna cry, I wanna get the job done. 185 00:09:22,795 --> 00:09:28,366 I was digging around and I noticed a lot more animal remains than we thought. 186 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:32,137 - Looks like a throat. - Actually, that's a rat tail. 187 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,906 [Rain] Oh! You're right! 188 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,741 - Yeah. - Did Bird leave her shoes in here? 189 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:39,210 [Noah chuckles] 190 00:09:50,923 --> 00:09:53,058 [Rain] Oh, my feet are burning. 191 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:54,826 It's melting my shoe and getting to my feet. 192 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,394 [coughing] 193 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:59,431 [Bear] Don't breathe too much of that smoke, guys. 194 00:09:59,465 --> 00:10:02,667 [narrator] Later that day, a spot fire erupts 195 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:06,204 just one mile away from the Browns' main house site. 196 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:08,440 [Rain] This catches back, that's gonna get us hot. 197 00:10:08,474 --> 00:10:10,775 [narrator] With the lack of water on the mountain, 198 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:14,245 the Browns struggle to keep the flames from spreading. 199 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,414 [Bear] I was walking up the route and all of a sudden 200 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:20,352 I saw a large thing of smoke just rolling around, kinda like a tornado. 201 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:22,654 I just ran back and got Bird and Rain to help out 202 00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:25,857 and we managed to get some shovels and got on the fire. 203 00:10:25,891 --> 00:10:28,560 - [Bird] Let's say the ground's a bit warm. - [Bear] Yeah, very warm. 204 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:29,928 [Bear speaks indistinctly] 205 00:10:29,962 --> 00:10:32,764 [Rain] Does anybody have like a knife or a machete? 206 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:35,300 'Cause this stuff is starting to spark back up. 207 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,970 This bonfire, it just won't die, 208 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:41,439 it keeps getting bigger every time we see it. 209 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,308 [Noah speaking] 210 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:50,982 [Bear] It's really hard to actually kill the fire 211 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,851 even when you put enough dirt on it or water 212 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:55,353 and you think it's out and it sparks right back up. 213 00:10:55,387 --> 00:10:56,988 This fire has a mind of its own. 214 00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:58,757 - [Rain] We need a machete or something. - [Bear] I know. 215 00:10:58,791 --> 00:11:00,091 We need a chainsaw. 216 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:02,594 All of our shovels are burned, but a couple of them, 217 00:11:02,628 --> 00:11:04,896 and all of our big heavy equipment is gone. 218 00:11:04,930 --> 00:11:07,232 The last thing we have is this tractor. 219 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:11,836 [Bear speaking] 220 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,672 [Noah] The main thing we're trying to stop 221 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:16,741 is this fire starting back up and getting out of control. 222 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:19,911 If it does, then the things that are green right now 223 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,980 will be ash like everything else. 224 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:27,018 How much more do we need? 225 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:28,853 [Bear] That'll probably do it. 226 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:30,488 [Rain] I don't see it smoking. 227 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,724 This side seems to be pretty calm. 228 00:11:32,758 --> 00:11:34,225 - I think we got this one, guys. - [Rhain Alisha] Yeah. 229 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,428 [Bear] We'll just keep checking it. 230 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:38,830 This could have been a raging fire if it went unchecked for just a few more minutes, 231 00:11:38,864 --> 00:11:41,066 this would have all gone up. 232 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,836 Getting this fire out was totally essential. 233 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:48,606 We really don't wanna lose something that's already survived the fire. 234 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,408 It just goes to show that the Wolfpack 235 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:53,812 and teamwork makes a big difference. 236 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:57,482 You know, guys, I'm worried this is gonna be a constant fight 237 00:11:57,516 --> 00:11:59,718 to keep these fires out 238 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:01,286 'cause I've heard it can be smoldering clear into November. 239 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,154 - Yeah. - That's crazy! 240 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:07,425 But the fight is not over. We're just gonna have to keep our eyes out, stay vigilant 241 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,993 'cause this is gonna be a fight 242 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:11,629 that we're gonna be fighting for some time to come. 243 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:13,164 [narrator] Coming up... 244 00:12:13,198 --> 00:12:14,699 [Bird] Do you see them? That's not one of us. 245 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:17,268 [narrator] A new threat emerges. 246 00:12:17,302 --> 00:12:19,838 [Bird] My first thought is why would someone be up here. 247 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:21,306 It's not a car that we have. 248 00:12:21,373 --> 00:12:23,141 Did that board move? 249 00:12:23,909 --> 00:12:25,176 [narrator] And later... 250 00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:26,644 I wanted to go for a long time. 251 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,947 [narrator] Bird makes a major decision 252 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:32,684 that could change life on the mountain forever. 253 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:34,986 Skipping out right when we're trying to rebuild 254 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:37,288 when we could actually use their help here. 255 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:43,294 [Noah speaking] 256 00:12:43,729 --> 00:12:45,797 [Rain] My feet are burning. 257 00:12:45,831 --> 00:12:49,601 [narrator] As the Browns begin to rebuild North Star Ranch, 258 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:52,804 smoldering fires threaten their homestead, 259 00:12:52,838 --> 00:12:57,008 putting the family's main house in the balance. 260 00:12:57,042 --> 00:13:00,011 - [Rain] You can see the burned root. - [Bear] Sheesh. 261 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:05,150 [Bear speaking] 262 00:13:06,852 --> 00:13:09,521 Right now, the mountain's most dangerous areas 263 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:10,989 are the spots that are most at risk 264 00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:12,690 or the spots that haven't burned yet 265 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:16,294 because they still have green stuff, they still have dry stuff. 266 00:13:16,328 --> 00:13:19,998 We'll just keep burying these things until they finally go out. 267 00:13:20,032 --> 00:13:22,667 We have come too far and done too much to lose the mountain now. 268 00:13:22,701 --> 00:13:26,137 [narrator] But with the small fires currently under control... 269 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:30,875 I figure, like, let's make do with what we have, we got a lot of charcoal. 270 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:35,280 [narrator] ...Bird and Rain start the morning with some bush relaxation. 271 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:38,349 God provided. 272 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:40,218 He did. He provided a little too much 273 00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:41,653 - in this instance. - Yeah. 274 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,355 [Bird] Growing up the way that we did, you're taught to use 275 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:46,958 what you have when you have it. No matter what that is 276 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:49,661 or how it's given to you, and so, when the good Lord gives you a wildfire, 277 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:50,962 you have to use the charcoal. 278 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:53,598 I've been wanting to make my own eyeliner. 279 00:13:53,632 --> 00:13:56,835 It has to be a very fine powder. 280 00:13:56,869 --> 00:14:00,939 [Bird] Is this, like, good for the skin? It is, right? 281 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,540 'Cause, like, that'll help-- Oh, that's in the eye. 282 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:05,043 That was a little much. 283 00:14:05,077 --> 00:14:09,080 [Rain] So, I wanted to make charcoal eyeliner even before the fire. 284 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:13,117 I was reading up on some old plant books that I have. 285 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,221 Ooh! This is working good! 286 00:14:16,388 --> 00:14:18,022 [laughing] 287 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:21,059 That's never gonna come out of your clothes. 288 00:14:21,093 --> 00:14:24,495 It's hard to wear makeup in the bush, 289 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,365 so, you want something that you have to use gasoline 290 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:30,735 - to get it off of your face, so it stays there all day. - Wow. Looks good. 291 00:14:30,769 --> 00:14:33,371 Has a nice, like, smoky look. 292 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:35,740 - That's not bad. - That's really good actually. 293 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:38,543 Okay. I'll make some toothpaste. 294 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:40,845 I've messed around with making toothpaste before. 295 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,448 I haven't quite had fresh charcoal to do it with 296 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,984 and I do like extra minty toothpaste. 297 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:48,953 - Are we ready? - I'm going to rinse my mouth out. 298 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:51,723 Spit over the edge. Spit over the edge. 299 00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:55,860 Don't spit on my de-- Bird! Don't spit on my deck! 300 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,830 - This is my living room, that's not okay! - I did spit over the edge. 301 00:14:58,864 --> 00:15:01,299 Hey, that's... Spit in a cup! 302 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:06,371 Just sitting here with Rain, laughing and having fun 303 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,208 after everything that has happened, it feels good. 304 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:11,843 [coughing] 305 00:15:11,877 --> 00:15:14,445 - [Rain] Oh, I feel it burn. - [Bird] It's very minty. 306 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,315 [groans] 307 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:21,920 It feels good just to forget for a minute 308 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:24,255 that right outside Rain's porch is burned. 309 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,157 [groans] 310 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,861 Let our minds laugh and have fun. 311 00:15:29,895 --> 00:15:32,130 It's good on its own, but with all that mint... 312 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:33,231 It's a lot of mint... 313 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:36,467 Fresh! 314 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:46,978 [Bear] I heard you needed some trees cut, so I brought my saw, bro! 315 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:48,279 [Bam] All right. 316 00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:50,715 [narrator] On their own parcels of land, 317 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:54,519 the Brown brothers continue the restoration of their mountain 318 00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:57,655 working to make it livable before winter. 319 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,258 - [Bam] I appreciate you coming up to help. - [Bear] No worries, man. 320 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:02,560 [narrator] With his son arriving in Washington 321 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:07,365 in just a few days, Bear lends a hand to brother Bam. 322 00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:09,300 [Bear] Bam has lost everything he built. 323 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:12,270 All those trees burned up, and like my conex didn't, 324 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:16,007 so I'm just seeing if I can help Bam out with anything. 325 00:16:16,041 --> 00:16:19,143 Just after the fire, guess who ended up asking me if I was okay? 326 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:21,546 - Who? - Raiven, actually. 327 00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:27,218 Might get a chance to... Get out. I know we have lots of stuff do up here, 328 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:30,555 especially since the fire, but, yeah, just thought I'd let you know. 329 00:16:30,589 --> 00:16:32,090 Okay. 330 00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:37,395 [Bear] Bam has some prize-winning advice there. 331 00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:40,698 Like, super advice. He just kinda looked at me, he's, like... 332 00:16:40,732 --> 00:16:42,767 Yeah, man, that's the advice I came for! 333 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:46,404 A slight stare and he's like, "Why are you not cutting down that tree, Bear? 334 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:49,007 I don't wanna talk about your offspring." 335 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:52,043 But, yeah. She just reached out to me, so I thought that was cool. 336 00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:53,077 Yeah. 337 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:54,145 [Bear] Yeah. 338 00:16:55,881 --> 00:16:57,081 All right. 339 00:16:57,115 --> 00:17:00,785 [coughs] So, yeah, that's cool, though. 340 00:17:00,819 --> 00:17:02,820 Are you limbing these guys, or do you wanna take some actual trees down? 341 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,256 That guy really needs to come down. 342 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:07,225 - I was about to tackle that one. - That guy? 343 00:17:07,259 --> 00:17:09,027 - Yeah. The one in the corner. - Yeah. 344 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:11,729 [Bam] Its root burned pretty bad, so, it would be unsafe to leave it. 345 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:14,265 - Okay. So you want to take that one out then? - Yes, sir. 346 00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:16,734 I can try my X pattern on it, see how that works. 347 00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,469 Why don't we just go with the traditional V they've been using 348 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,805 since the invention of cutting trees down. 349 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,242 Very helpful to have Bear today helping me to clean everything up. 350 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:29,013 But he's wild. He has a little too much fun with the chainsaw. 351 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,816 Okay. Now's my turn, right? I'll go up a little higher and do the same thing. 352 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:33,918 [nervously] Oh... 353 00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:36,654 He gets a little headstrong and just... [growls] 354 00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:40,925 And wants to just do, without really knowing what he's doing 355 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:43,394 'cause he hasn't been told yet. He's just diving in. 356 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:44,962 Did he just grab my saw? 357 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:47,532 [Bear] I have a very unique way to cutting down a tree. 358 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:49,667 Most people do a nice little V 359 00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:52,637 and then cut out the V just perfect and slice it in the back. 360 00:17:52,671 --> 00:17:54,539 I like to do more of an X pattern myself, 361 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:56,541 it gives me a little bit more fun, 362 00:17:56,575 --> 00:17:59,610 and I can still drop the tree relatively where I want it. 363 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:01,879 Do you want me to take it now or are you good? 364 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,881 No! I'm not even getting warmed up yet! 365 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:06,384 Awesome, he's not even getting warmed up yet. 366 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,988 [Bear] Watch out for the kickback. 367 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:19,997 One thing, when Bam and I have often had working together, 368 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:23,835 is that I'm Mr. Extreme and he's Mr. Respect the Danger. 369 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:27,839 So, when we get together, sometimes I'm a little bit too extreme for his liking. 370 00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:29,674 Bam is just really impatient. 371 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:33,311 - Hey, Bear! Go! - I got it. I got it. 372 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:35,379 - Come around the other side! - I got it! 373 00:18:35,413 --> 00:18:38,983 - Do not put yourself in front of the tree. - Dude, I got it. 374 00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:48,259 And that's a bullseye! Right where I said she'd go. You got it, big bro! 375 00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:49,627 Whoo! 376 00:18:49,661 --> 00:18:52,497 - [Bam] It's down, more or less. - [Bear] It's down! 377 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:55,867 [Bam] You went for the rabid beaver approach. 378 00:18:55,901 --> 00:19:00,004 Yeah, that's a good cut, if I do say so myself. I think it's beautiful. 379 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:08,146 [Bird] I think it still can be useable for something. 380 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:12,817 I think you can put the burned aside to your house maybe. 381 00:19:12,851 --> 00:19:15,887 We've lost a lot in the fire, a lot of lumber, 382 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:17,722 and so, Rain and I are just going around 383 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:20,358 and we're just seeing what all we didn't lose. 384 00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:21,559 Even if it's a little bit burned, 385 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:24,162 chop that part off and use a smaller piece 386 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:28,166 'cause with so much that we have to rebuild, every board is important. 387 00:19:29,067 --> 00:19:30,835 [Rain] Oh! There's a little mousy! 388 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:32,703 It just went into the hole. 389 00:19:32,737 --> 00:19:34,672 [Bird] Oh, there are a bunch of little holes 390 00:19:34,706 --> 00:19:37,909 that must've been taking refuge here from the fire. 391 00:19:37,943 --> 00:19:40,278 [Rain in baby voice] Hello, micey, micey, micey. 392 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,285 [Bird] I thought I heard a motor. 393 00:19:49,087 --> 00:19:51,322 Are any of us up here other than you and I? 394 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,459 No, do you see right there? 395 00:19:55,494 --> 00:19:58,196 - Yeah. That's a vehicle. - That is definitely a vehicle. 396 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:02,366 [Bird] When we see a car, like, our first thing, 397 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:05,002 "Oh, it's probably one of the guys, it's, like, Noah." 398 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,737 But it's not a car that we have. 399 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:07,705 Do you see them? 400 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:11,275 That's not one of us going towards the house. 401 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,678 When we see an unidentified vehicle on our mountain, 402 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:17,782 our mind immediately goes to looters because of our friend Pat. 403 00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:20,985 He warned us that people might try and come up and loot on our property after the fire. 404 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:22,687 [Bird] Are they are actually going to the house? 405 00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:26,023 [Rain] Yeah, they're at the house. 406 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:32,396 [Bird] A lot of the burned areas have had looters lately. 407 00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:36,133 The looters just take advantage of what the people haven't lost. 408 00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:39,971 [Rain] Did that board move? 409 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:47,812 [Bird] Wait, I thought I heard a motor. Is that a vehicle? 410 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:52,984 Yeah, that's not ours and they're going towards the house. Let's go. 411 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:57,054 [narrator] Bird and Rain Brown have spotted a suspicious vehicle 412 00:20:57,088 --> 00:21:00,124 trespassing near the site of their main house. 413 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:01,659 [Bird] It's not a car that we have. 414 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:03,361 It isn't any of us 415 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:05,896 and my first thought is, "Why would someone be up here?" 416 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:09,000 And I keep going back to what Pat said about looters. 417 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,701 And I'm like, "Is this a looter?" 418 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:13,838 - [Pat] You still gotta protect what you own. - Oh, yeah. 419 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:16,073 'Cause somebody's gonna take it if you don't. 420 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,308 Pull in here. 421 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:19,143 Did that board move? 422 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:23,214 I mean, they're definitely tire tracks. 423 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,864 -[Rain] It seems pretty clear. -They would've seen us. They have to have seen us. 424 00:21:39,898 --> 00:21:42,400 So, as soon as they saw us, they decided to leave. 425 00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:44,935 [Rain] We've lost a lot, 426 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:46,871 but a lot of the things that we didn't lose 427 00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:48,673 are our construction equipment 428 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:50,675 because they were at the house site. 429 00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:54,578 We don't see anybody around, but they were there. 430 00:21:54,613 --> 00:21:58,049 - I don't feel like someone just got lost. - No. 431 00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:00,985 With everything that the fire has taken from us, 432 00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:05,656 to now for there to possibly be looters trying to take what has been left... 433 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:08,092 Very upset. Very upset. 434 00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:12,997 I feel like we should check everything else to make sure nothing else was messed with. 435 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:14,965 [Rain] Good game plan. 436 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:21,872 [Gabe] It's pretty green. The outside's pretty much completely charred. 437 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:24,642 - [Bear] Charred? - [Gabe] But the inside's still pretty wet. 438 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,877 Good one. 439 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:28,579 There's no time like the present to start gathering for firewood 440 00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:32,583 and there's a lot of it on the land now. All these blackened trees, 441 00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:36,020 need to get cut down and turned into something, so, firewood's the best bet. 442 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:38,956 - Nice. You got it. - How's Sophie doing? 443 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,725 [Gabe] Oh, man. Growing daily. 444 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,726 - Yeah? - Yeah. 445 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,561 She's starting to stand up on her own. 446 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:46,697 - It's kinda hard to believe. - I know. 447 00:22:46,732 --> 00:22:50,634 Gabe and I have always been best buddies. Ever since we were both really small, 448 00:22:50,669 --> 00:22:51,969 we were, like, partners. 449 00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:53,371 A couple smaller guys, let's chop those up too. 450 00:22:53,405 --> 00:22:55,439 [Bear] Gabe always had 451 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:58,542 such a big heart, he always cares so much, he'll put his all into it. 452 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,277 And he's got a kid of his own, 453 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:04,415 so, he's a perfect guy to ask for a little bit of baby advice. 454 00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:10,488 Sounds like I might get to meet River soon. Actually get to hold him. 455 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:14,258 The quickest that I can hold River, would be the best for me. 456 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:18,295 [Gabe] You know, I definitely want Bear to be there for his son 457 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:21,532 and for his son to have a dad in his life. 458 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:25,336 It's an important bond, you know, I couldn't imagine living without my kid. 459 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:27,571 And so, I know it hurts for Bear, 460 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:31,175 but for Bear to be talking about River and to see that look in his eye, 461 00:23:31,209 --> 00:23:34,578 was nothing more important in this planet. 462 00:23:34,613 --> 00:23:38,649 I've always wanted to, you know, pass on my extremeness and everything. 463 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:40,918 [Gabe] Well, those are the things, you know, 464 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:42,920 just pass those down to River as best as you can. 465 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:45,022 Just make every moment count, you know? 466 00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:46,590 Yeah, that's true. 467 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,093 Being a dad, to be honest, it means a lot to me, 468 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:50,594 possibly more than it means a son, 469 00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:54,265 because it's something I never thought I would have the opportunity to be. 470 00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:57,435 To actually have a little guy who's gonna look up to me 471 00:23:57,469 --> 00:24:01,071 and be like, "That's my dad." It's amazing and it means the world to me. 472 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:04,742 It's funny that something so bad, something as terrible 473 00:24:04,776 --> 00:24:09,146 as this fire could still have, you know, a silver lining. 474 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:12,116 - Huh? - Lord works in mysterious ways. 475 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:14,118 [Bear] That's true. That's true. 476 00:24:14,986 --> 00:24:16,253 [Billy speaking] 477 00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:39,810 Good talk, man. 478 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:42,279 Definitely better than talking with Bam. 479 00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:43,914 Talked to Bam and Bam's like... 480 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:45,616 "Well, let's keep cutting." 481 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:46,817 - [laughing] - That's it. 482 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:49,220 - That's a Bam talk, all right. - That's Bam. 483 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:53,357 [Bird] I feel like we need a good break. 484 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:56,627 Maybe you can find another little cat. 485 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:59,363 I don't know if I need another cat, but I would take it. 486 00:24:59,397 --> 00:25:00,498 I think you always need more cats. 487 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:02,900 Yeah, you can't have too many cats. 488 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:05,603 [Rain] I am a little concerned about Bird. 489 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:07,438 She's been through a lot. 490 00:25:07,472 --> 00:25:11,075 I just wish that we were able to save her house. 491 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:15,379 I can't help the feeling that something is missing. 492 00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:19,149 Like, I've never said this before, 493 00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:21,952 but ever since we left Alaska, I've almost felt lost. 494 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:27,424 You know, 'cause there's a piece of me that doesn't belong where I am 495 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,627 and it always will be like that. 496 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:34,732 Being in Washington, there is a piece of me that doesn't feel whole. 497 00:25:34,766 --> 00:25:39,904 I find myself hearing the call of Alaska and that's always there. 498 00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:42,273 And I suppress it and I try to. 499 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:44,842 Losing my 45... 500 00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:47,878 It was the piece of Alaska I had with me 501 00:25:47,912 --> 00:25:52,449 and now the call to Alaska just is ten times worse 502 00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:55,319 now that I don't have a piece of Alaska with me. 503 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:04,428 For me, I feel like, if something is calling to you, just go. 504 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,798 And I feel like Alaska's calling 505 00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:12,069 and maybe this is the time to just go back for a little while. 506 00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:14,438 Could we do that? 507 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,443 I know the mountain, it needs a lot to rebuild, and I want to. 508 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:22,479 I wanna build another barn, build another house. 509 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:26,517 But going back to Alaska might, I don't know, 510 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:29,219 maybe it'll help me figure out who I wanna be. 511 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:34,391 Honestly, I'll never feel the way that I do 512 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:37,561 when I'm in Alaska in Washington. 513 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:40,230 And there's a piece of me that will not be whole 514 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:42,633 and will not be me unless I'm in Alaska. 515 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:47,037 [howling] 516 00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:50,074 If I go back to Alaska, maybe it will just open a door. 517 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:51,375 Maybe I'll just... 518 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:53,944 I'll know what to do. 519 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:56,614 The thought of going back to Alaska, 520 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:58,515 like, I don't know, it makes me wanna smile. 521 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:03,520 You know? It makes me happy. I think it would be good for you too, to be honest. 522 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:07,691 I don't think I could put it into words how much Alaska means to Bird, 523 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,728 but we haven't really sat down and, you know, 524 00:27:10,762 --> 00:27:13,297 said it's something that we for sure want to do. 525 00:27:13,898 --> 00:27:15,299 I'm a little bit nervous. 526 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,569 I mean, we do have a lot of work to do rebuilding the ranch. 527 00:27:18,603 --> 00:27:21,238 I don't think it's the perfect time to go. 528 00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,141 [Bird] I don't really know what to say. 529 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:32,416 - [Bear] Got that fire behind you? - [Bam] Where? 530 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,318 [Bear] To 1:00 from your view! 531 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:35,753 Straight through the woods right there. 532 00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:38,656 - [Bam] There it is. - [Bear] Let's move! 533 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:41,892 [narrator] Heavy smoke erupts from a new spot fire. 534 00:27:41,926 --> 00:27:43,761 [Bam] We have to cut it off, so it doesn't spark up again. 535 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:45,429 [Bear] Right here. 536 00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:49,366 [narrator] And now, the flames snake down-mountain 537 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:52,703 just 500 feet from the main house. 538 00:27:52,737 --> 00:27:54,872 -[Bam] There's smoke over here. -[Bear] I know, 539 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,373 go for the smoke. I'll hit the fire! 540 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:57,541 There's just so much heat. 541 00:27:57,575 --> 00:28:00,411 So much wind and all these little pockets of smoke 542 00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:03,447 that build up to fire can totally spark up and ignite the forest 543 00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:07,051 back on fire again and that is not something we wanna happen. 544 00:28:07,085 --> 00:28:09,520 We do not wanna lose what was already saved from the fire. 545 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:11,588 [Bam] Get this log out of the way. Watch out so we don't start another one. 546 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:13,657 - [Bear] Got it. Got it. - [Bam] We don't wanna spread it. 547 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,793 [Bear] We need some water! We really could use some water! 548 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,361 [Noah] I'm not even sure if the windmill 549 00:28:17,395 --> 00:28:19,229 is still working at this point. 550 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:22,433 Quite frankly, I don't think it'll be able to supply enough water 551 00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:25,335 at this stage, to be able to help. 552 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,438 I've got open flames down here, guys. 553 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:29,440 - [Bear] Quick, gotta get that. Go, go, go! - [Bam] Watch out, man. 554 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:31,108 [Bear] Go! Go! We need some water. 555 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,881 [Bam] I've got open flame down here, guys. 556 00:28:37,915 --> 00:28:40,250 - [Bear] We've got more fire over there. - [Bam] Get that out. 557 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:43,520 [narrator] A spot fire is within yards of the Browns' main house. 558 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,156 [Bear] We need some water! We really could use some water! 559 00:28:46,191 --> 00:28:50,160 [narrator] As it grows, brothers Bam, Bear and Noah 560 00:28:50,194 --> 00:28:54,732 frantically work to prevent the flames from igniting unburned timber. 561 00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:58,602 Every moment we can shave off the clock is a moment that we put this out sooner. 562 00:28:58,636 --> 00:29:00,871 Right now it doesn't matter where we get the water. 563 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,240 Literally, water from anywhere will work. 564 00:29:03,274 --> 00:29:05,843 Right now, that fence is just in the way. 565 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:10,147 All I can do is go around, try and make sure the tractor doesn't get messed up. 566 00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:12,416 Or I could just go straight through. 567 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:14,118 You know what? 568 00:29:19,390 --> 00:29:21,792 We're actually lucky that this didn't melt 569 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:23,393 or we wouldn't have this water. 570 00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:25,229 [Bam] You stamp it out, I'll dig around it. 571 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:28,465 - [Bear] Sounds good. - [Bam] We could use some water down here. 572 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:31,602 It really does feel like the fire just won't stop, it won't give up. 573 00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:35,672 Bear and I are out with shovels and feels a little futile, almost. 574 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:39,042 I would just fill this, but it can't hold as much as this thing can. 575 00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:40,043 Try to get this down there. 576 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:43,413 [Bear] We need some water. Do you have water? 577 00:29:43,447 --> 00:29:45,649 -[Noah] I have water. -[Bam] Cut it off. Cut it off. 578 00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:47,985 - [Bear] Cut it! - [Bam] We don't wanna spread it. 579 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:50,988 - [Noah] Where do you want it? - [Bam] That's good. 580 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:58,629 Yeah, that cut it off. Perfect. 581 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:01,565 [Bam] I'm very glad that Noah's tractor survived the fire. 582 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:04,701 That he still has that, because it is a huge help. 583 00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:07,971 - [Noah] How's it looking? - [Bam] Looks good, bro. 584 00:30:08,005 --> 00:30:09,573 [Bear] Yeah, I think we got it. 585 00:30:09,607 --> 00:30:12,509 Right now, the important thing isn't rebuilding, 586 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,912 it's making sure that there's stuff to rebuild on. 587 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:17,514 So, we just have to focus on making sure 588 00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:19,983 that all the fires are out and stay out. 589 00:30:20,018 --> 00:30:21,685 Just keep an eye on them until this is over. 590 00:30:21,719 --> 00:30:24,087 All right, crisis averted. 591 00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,827 [Bird] It's been a while since I've done the peacock call. 592 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:30,661 Let me see if I remember. 593 00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:36,066 [calling] 594 00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:42,472 I think that one has something to do with mating. 595 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:45,509 When we were all evacuating the peacocks were released, 596 00:30:45,543 --> 00:30:49,746 the white peacocks were super special, especially to Da. 597 00:30:49,781 --> 00:30:52,416 You know, that was one of the main things that really got to him 598 00:30:52,884 --> 00:30:54,785 or even when we saw the barn, is the peacocks. 599 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:57,120 And so if I was able to find them 600 00:30:57,154 --> 00:30:59,590 or at least one of them, he would be thrilled. 601 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:02,359 There are definitely different patterns to the call 602 00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:04,962 that you can just do it, like, once. [calling] 603 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:07,764 But then there's the, like, "I'm calling for other peacocks." 604 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:10,734 [calling] 605 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:13,971 I'm trying to get the one that they will just do 606 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:15,439 when they're, like, in the barn. 607 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,374 [calling] 608 00:31:19,244 --> 00:31:21,044 There's no no sign here. 609 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:22,846 [sighs] 610 00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:25,816 I've thought about going to Alaska a lot. 611 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:27,384 I hate wanting to go right now, 612 00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:29,887 'cause I know the mountain needs a lot of work. 613 00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:31,889 This looks like it could have some maybe peacock, 614 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:34,791 maybe chicken mess on it. 615 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:38,095 And I'm concerned about any of the animals 616 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:40,764 that are out there loose, which makes it even harder. 617 00:31:40,798 --> 00:31:43,634 Oh, wait, there are feathers in this. 618 00:31:43,668 --> 00:31:46,370 It's definitely, like, down feathers of something, 619 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,572 and it's just mixed into this spiderweb. 620 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:52,576 Definitely could be peacock. It even has the white tips. 621 00:31:52,610 --> 00:31:54,645 I almost hate myself that I don't feel at home 622 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:56,580 where everybody else feels at home. 623 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:59,216 It's hard to be torn between two places, 624 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:06,423 'cause I know I need to be in Washington, but my soul belongs in Alaska. 625 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:09,660 They're not gonna be where it's ash-filled. They're gonna be where it's green. 626 00:32:09,694 --> 00:32:12,562 It doesn't look like they were roosting here long. 627 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:17,701 They were probably running from the fire. When the fire hit there, they continued. 628 00:32:17,735 --> 00:32:19,736 I was definitely hoping to find more sign, 629 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,838 but I'm not giving up that quick. 630 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:24,107 Even if I have to come out another day. 631 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,410 Come on, peacocks. 632 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:33,317 I'm not normally the most crafty person when actually making stuff. 633 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:37,688 Destruction is more my thing. I'll be lucky if I can make a sock puppet. 634 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:40,557 [narrator] Raiven and River are due to arrive in Loomis 635 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:43,860 in just a few hours and Bear Brown 636 00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:48,231 prepares to see his son for the very first time. 637 00:32:48,266 --> 00:32:51,835 I hope I don't hack this up too much. 638 00:32:51,869 --> 00:32:55,372 It's gonna be really awesome to get to spend some time with the little guy. 639 00:32:55,406 --> 00:32:56,873 I don't wanna show up empty-handed, 640 00:32:56,908 --> 00:32:59,443 so right now I'm trying to see if I can craft, 641 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:01,545 like, a homemade stuffie of some kind. 642 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:04,548 Not being able to be around River at all 643 00:33:04,582 --> 00:33:07,784 when he's first born and these, these first months of him 644 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:09,853 and being alive is... It's been really difficult. 645 00:33:09,887 --> 00:33:12,289 It's been painful, actually. 646 00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:14,558 I grew up really tight with my parents, 647 00:33:14,592 --> 00:33:20,063 they were always there for me and I haven't been able to see or hold River. 648 00:33:20,098 --> 00:33:23,000 It's been a difficult road, it really has. 649 00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:25,235 A little bowtie around his neck. 650 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:27,437 Since River is just a little bitty baby 651 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:30,440 and he's going to chew on everything that he can get his little hands on, 652 00:33:30,508 --> 00:33:32,876 I can't sew, like, button eyes on him or anything. 653 00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:36,179 So the next best thing is to draw some eyes. 654 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:38,382 A little eye going right there. 655 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:40,283 Looks like an eye. 656 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:43,220 Big old smile. 657 00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:45,622 You know, I've really been wishing 658 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:49,259 that there was something that I could do to have seen River sooner. 659 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:53,397 It's been weighing down on me a lot. 660 00:33:53,431 --> 00:33:55,966 Kinda like a crusher on the heart. 661 00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:59,669 'Cause it already makes me feel almost like I failed him 662 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,939 and there's nothing I can really do about it. 663 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:07,844 It's really cool for the first gift for me to give little River 664 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,780 to be something that I made myself. 665 00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:11,148 I got something for you. 666 00:34:11,749 --> 00:34:12,949 [clears throat] 667 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:15,385 Kinda nervous, hopefully he doesn't run from me. 668 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:20,857 I could not be more excited to finally get to hold little River. 669 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:23,560 It has been so long, there's been lots of stuff, 670 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:26,029 there's been obstacles in the way. 671 00:34:26,063 --> 00:34:28,265 But all those obstacles are out of the way now. 672 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,267 Okay, little guy. 673 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:32,936 You ready to meet him? 674 00:34:32,970 --> 00:34:35,205 You ready to meet my son, your playmate? 675 00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:38,008 Let's do this. 676 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,814 [Bird] I am really, really hot. 677 00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:45,649 So I'm just gonna chinchilla cool off. 678 00:34:45,683 --> 00:34:48,819 - An earth chinchilla bath? - I'm gonna go chinchilla. 679 00:34:48,853 --> 00:34:51,021 - Does it really feel that good, though? - It does. 680 00:34:51,055 --> 00:34:53,023 You can, like, roll in it. 681 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:55,826 And, like, this is so nice. 682 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:58,795 So cool. And it blocks you from the sun. 683 00:34:58,830 --> 00:34:59,963 Where are we going? 684 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:03,600 Now all that I have to do is just sit in a little, like, 685 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:06,069 chinchilla ball and then just, like... 686 00:35:07,738 --> 00:35:10,173 And then if you get dusty enough, 687 00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:14,144 - you can, like, shake off. - Oh, my goodness. 688 00:35:16,981 --> 00:35:20,250 [Rain] I am a little concerned about Bird. 689 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,153 I think that there are so many other things 690 00:35:23,187 --> 00:35:27,224 you can put your time into that would be better than this, but here we are. 691 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:28,425 [coughing] 692 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,263 [Bird] Okay, I think I'm good. 693 00:35:37,735 --> 00:35:39,769 [Bear] Hey, little guy. 694 00:35:39,803 --> 00:35:42,372 You ready to meet my son? You ready to meet him? 695 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:45,775 [narrator] Since the devastating wildfire, 696 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:49,579 the Browns have worked to ready their scorched ranch for a rebuild. 697 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:53,517 Let's do keep over there, throw away over there. 698 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:57,687 [narrator] While the homestead slowly makes strides towards the future, 699 00:35:57,722 --> 00:36:02,159 brother Bear has spent the last two days away from the mountain, 700 00:36:02,193 --> 00:36:05,996 meeting his son, River, for the first time. 701 00:36:07,031 --> 00:36:08,965 [River babbles] 702 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,300 [Bear] Can you say "dada"? 703 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:11,968 [River] Dada. 704 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:17,307 [Bear] It felt awesome meeting my son for the very first time. 705 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:20,043 No feeling like it in the world. 706 00:36:20,711 --> 00:36:25,081 It was amazing, awesome, extreme, all rolled into one. 707 00:36:25,650 --> 00:36:28,919 River is the most amazing little boy I have ever seen. 708 00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:33,590 His eyes are always open so wide, taking everything in. 709 00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:35,592 I just want him to have everything that he wants, 710 00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:37,227 be a president of the United States 711 00:36:37,261 --> 00:36:40,263 or an astronaut that goes into space. 712 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,269 I just want to be the best dad that I can be to be as good as my parents were 713 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:48,405 and to just always be there for him. 714 00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:54,277 Meeting with River has a little bit of bitter-sweetness to it 715 00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:56,913 because I can't just have him around every day, 716 00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,683 so Raiven's got to take him back to the other side of his family 717 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:01,017 and stuff like that. 718 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,687 I definitely made plans to see my son again, 719 00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:08,892 but it was awesomely amazing to get to see, meet and hold River. 720 00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:11,228 I cannot wait to when I get to see him next. 721 00:37:19,103 --> 00:37:20,303 [Billy speaking] 722 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:21,938 [Bird speaking] 723 00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:23,073 [Billy speaking] 724 00:37:23,507 --> 00:37:26,243 [Bird] So, with everything that's happened, 725 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:28,178 I wanted to go for a long time, as everyone knows. 726 00:37:28,212 --> 00:37:32,048 It's not a secret. We're going to go to Alaska. 727 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:39,556 I mean, to each their own. Whatever Bird and the rest of them feel they need to do 728 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:43,627 as far as going up to Alaska and try to find themselves again after the fire. 729 00:37:43,661 --> 00:37:46,730 Personally, I think they should find themselves with a shovel in their hands 730 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:48,798 and help me clean up everything so we can get back 731 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:51,368 to building and business as usual. 732 00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:55,605 They're skipping out right when we're trying to rebuild. 733 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,008 We could actually use their help here. 734 00:37:59,076 --> 00:38:00,577 We're good here, don't worry about it. 735 00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:03,113 We'll be okay. 736 00:38:03,147 --> 00:38:05,882 I think it's going to be good for all of you, to be honest. 737 00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:07,050 Kind of a reboot. 738 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:10,253 [Billy speaking] 739 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:19,829 [Bear] Sure you don't wanna go? 740 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:20,830 No. No way. 741 00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:22,165 And it'd be too sad. 742 00:38:25,936 --> 00:38:26,403 [all chuckling] 743 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:33,610 I do. 744 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:40,684 Give them a break from what's here. 745 00:38:40,718 --> 00:38:44,421 Well, life's uncertain, so watch yourselves 746 00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:49,993 and listen to God. Let him complete your journey. 747 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:56,099 Alaska to Bird is like snuggling up under a warm blanket 748 00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:59,069 on a cold winter day with a cup of hot chocolate. 749 00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:02,772 It's so deep inside her, what she is. 750 00:39:02,807 --> 00:39:05,241 [Billy speaking] 751 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:13,817 See if my rocks from the creek are still there. 752 00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:17,654 Also, we'll send maybe a sprig of a tree, to smell it, 753 00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:19,322 since I'm not there to smell it, 754 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,358 and a couple of sticks of devil's club. 755 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:25,028 - All right, bring back an eagle feather... - [all chuckling] 756 00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:27,430 a bear claw, a rock from the river... 757 00:39:31,602 --> 00:39:33,737 [narrator] Before the voyage to Alaska begins, 758 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:36,373 the siblings divide and conquer 759 00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:39,642 to patrol the mountain for any remaining fires. 760 00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:41,478 [Bird] This area looks pretty clear, so let's get out of here. 761 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:44,447 [Rain] I don't see any like open flame or anything. 762 00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:48,585 I'm definitely proud of us all for pulling together like we have to stop the spot fires 763 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:50,787 and it just reassures me that we are doing a good job 764 00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:53,256 and that everything is gonna be okay. 765 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:56,693 [Bam] It's hard to say how long it will take 766 00:39:56,727 --> 00:39:59,596 for the land to rejuvenate from the fire 767 00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:03,600 and to actually be back to being a working ecosystem again. 768 00:40:03,634 --> 00:40:06,736 But this is more than land, this is a dream. 769 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,938 So I think we're gonna do what we always did 770 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:12,075 and always have done and just stay the course. 771 00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:14,444 [Noah] No matter how bad it gets, 772 00:40:14,478 --> 00:40:18,214 no matter how much it's burned, we just keep going. 773 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:22,318 A lot of people, if one thing happened to them, would give up and we don't. 774 00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:24,521 So we keep on moving to the next tragedy. 775 00:40:24,555 --> 00:40:27,323 It's not gonna knock us down either. 776 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:30,059 The only direction I know to go is onward. 777 00:40:34,031 --> 00:40:37,634 [narrator] On the next episode of Alaskan Bush People... 778 00:40:37,668 --> 00:40:38,868 [Bear] Guys, here we are! 779 00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:41,805 [Bird] It's been so long! Yeah! 780 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:43,973 It feels great to be back in Alaska. 781 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,775 Good old Browntown. 782 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:47,410 [howling] 783 00:40:47,978 --> 00:40:49,379 - Hey, guys. - Hey! 784 00:40:49,413 --> 00:40:51,047 What? Are you lost? 785 00:40:51,081 --> 00:40:53,616 You know, it's definitely nice to see an old bush friend. 786 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:55,585 - I whipped out my pliers and... - [laughing] 787 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,921 If you need a doctor, homes. [laughs] 788 00:40:57,955 --> 00:41:00,390 - [Bam] Hold steady. - [Noah] Okay! 789 00:41:00,424 --> 00:41:03,092 The most urgent thing is fixing the road. 790 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:04,961 It took a long time to get one load in. 791 00:41:04,995 --> 00:41:08,331 Turning the barn truck into a dump truck, pretty sound logic. 792 00:41:08,365 --> 00:41:10,300 It's not much to look at. 793 00:41:12,736 --> 00:41:16,506 I wanna prove to myself that I can still survive in Alaska. 794 00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,208 [whispering] There's been a bear here. 795 00:41:18,242 --> 00:41:20,877 - [growling] - [man] It's not dead, it's not dead! 796 00:41:20,911 --> 00:41:24,214 [Bird] The way that we grew up is you never know when you see someone 797 00:41:24,248 --> 00:41:26,049 if that's gonna be the last time. 798 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,083 [sobbing]