I wanted to go for a long time,
as everyone knows, it's not a secret.
We're going to go to Alaska.
[narrator] On this episode of Alaskan Bush People...
Timber!
[Bear] Raiven heard about the fire.
Might get to meet River soon. Actually get to hold him.
Meeting my son for the first time?
Yeah, I'm a little bit nervous.
What kid wouldn't love this, right?
I got something for you.
Ever since I left Alaska, I've almost felt lost.
I find myself hearing the call of Alaska.
We could actually use their help here as opposed to them being in Alaska.
What is our next step, though?
[Bam] Making it safe to be up there.
I got open flame down here, guys.
[Noah] The main thing we're trying to stop is these fires starting back up
- and being out of control. - [Rain] My feet are burning.
Mom's and Dad's house could easily catch fire.
[Bear] We need some water.
We really could use some water.
[Bear] It's hard to imagine from right here sitting in the sunshine
and up there is still smoldering like some volcano with ash everywhere.
Yeah, but the hard part is that we can't stay up there.
- We can visit, we can't stay. - [Bear] Tell me about it.
My conex isn't even touched, I couldn't stay there
breathing in the nice, fresh smoke and ash.
We've pretty much been stuck in town because of the fire.
The fire swept through our mountain.
It's been a little while now, and most of the fire has burned out up there,
but it's still smoldering, there's way too much ash and smoke in the air,
still, for us to actually to move up there.
I'm already going a little bit stir-crazy, to be honest.
[grunting in frustration]
It could smolder up there until winter.
[Bear] Yeah, it's crazy. Really is.
[Noah] It looks like another planet.
Might as well be.
[narrator] Just one month ago, the Browns were hard at work,
fulfilling father Billy's vision of faith, freedom and family
on North Star Ranch.
I'm going to start thinking like we used to think. Let's do something crazy together.
We definitely had a lot of plans before the fire,
you know, zip lines, gold, houses,
trying to achieve the dream of living the way we wanna live
and living that way together.
Y'all guys are having fun?
- We're having fun! - Yeah!
[whooping]
[narrator] But now, displaced from their mountain home by wildfire,
the dream is in peril.
With their animals temporarily sheltered,
the Wolfpack is eager to reclaim their land before the winter snow.
We're hoping to get moved back up to the mountain as quickly as we possibly can.
The game plan right now is to get it cleaned up,
clear off specific areas before winter.
Get the stuff re-established so that we can get the animals back up there.
In my opinion, though, the fastest we can get up there, the better.
First thing we need to do is assess what are the most dangerous areas
and get it where it's safe to be up there.
[narrator] Although firefighters were able to save
the family's main house, the battle is far from over.
One-thousand-degree fires burn underground
and smolder through root systems.
The flames can burn for weeks,
relentlessly searching for new brush...
threatening to ignite the untouched forest
still surrounding the Browns' most vital asset.
[Gabe] Firefighters had to dig fire lines to try to keep the fire away
from the main house, but, you know,
there's still spot fires on the mountain. And that's really dangerous.
[narrator] To save their ranch
the Browns must prevent their mountain
from once again going up in smoke.
Let's do keep over there, throw away over there.
So, you're gonna rebuild in this spot?
[Bird] I definitely can't, like, do the tree house again
because there aren't many trees left on my property.
- Right. - [Bird] Right now, it's just one day at a time.
[sighs]
Walked up to Bird's place, at first it was just like, "All right,
where do you start?" You know? 'Cause there's a lot to do.
There was a really beautiful little tree house here, you know, it was.
And she had a bunch of things in here that meant a lot to her.
And it's just all gone.
Oh, no! Your boomstick.
Oh, man!
[Bird sighs and speaks]
I didn't get half of the things that I wish I got from the mountain.
With everything that the fire has taken, there...
There's a piece of me that feels like it's missing.
- You can see the burned root. - Jeez.
- This isn't good, you know? - [Bird] Careful, Gabe, careful.
[Gabe] What happens if you come across this and you don't know it's there?
There is so much ash, it is actually dangerous.
So many trees that can potentially be falling
and it is definitely something that it takes time for the earth to heal from.
There's just so much to do.
[Gabe] One. Two. Three.
[Bird] But I feel it's like when you get heartbroken as a kid.
You just wanna curl up where you feel safe.
And you wanna go home and I feel like that's kinda how I feel right now.
Well, let's not let the fire win. This is our mountain.
[Bear grunting]
[Bear] Oh, yeah. That one's already gone.
[grunting]
Stop this one from burning anymore.
[narrator] Down by the main house,
Bear secures the outer edges of the fire line using his own extreme techniques.
[grunting]
Timber! Yeah!
It is extremely important to take down any dead trees you have.
'Cause they're hazards. They can fall at any moment.
Their roots have been burned out on a lot of them, they're not stable.
You get a gust of wind coming by, it's all it takes to knock these trees down.
So we got mega-burned forest over here!
It starts getting green again down this way
when we're getting towards the house site. This is crazy.
'Cause this fire came out of nowhere and it just really gives you
kinda a different perspective on everything.
Just a day or two after the fire, Raiven actually reached out to me.
Said that she was really worried about me, that she heard about the fire
and I never really thought that I'd see her again.
Changes your mindset a little, it makes you think of what actually is important.
My kid River was born.
To have a son of my own and having never met him
has really been weighing down on me these past few months.
With Raiven and I's breakup, we had some problems, like,
you know, meeting before, but I... It's been painful.
It's been a heartache for sure.
[Rain] I have seen pictures of River.
He's a cute little nugget. Man, he is adorable.
He has these big eyes,
wide little grin and he looks just like Bear.
It looks like if you copy and pasted Bear, like, 30 years younger.
[Bear] Raiven and I, we were talking,
and I got some really, really good news.
Raiven is going to bring River up for me to meet him.
There we go! Timber!
It sounds like that she's going to be bringing him up this week.
And that is something that is amazing,
it's not something that I thought would be happening right now.
Meeting my son for the first time, I...
Yeah, I'm a little bit nervous.
Argh, burns in the eye. Phew!
[Rain] What all metal are we able to sell?
We'll take everything.
It doesn't matter if it's heat-damaged, this is gonna be smelted down.
Yeah. Keep an eye out for animal bones.
So, that I can make a memorial.
Today, the Rains and I are cleaning up the barn.
Let's do this thing.
[Noah] There's not much that can be done with the scrap.
Pretty much, all we can do is take it and see if we can sell it.
It's very disheartening seeing all the work
that has gone into the mountain,
and the barn and then see it all in ash.
It's like carving a masterpiece.
And then just throwing it in the fireplace.
Let's try to get this as tall as possible,
but remember there are active fires in the area, still.
[Rain] Yeah. I remember when we were building the barn,
we were passing the tin up and the hayloft was about to here.
- [Rhain Alisha] Right. - [Rain] This is kinda sad.
- Yeah. - Taking it apart after we spent so long
putting it together.
The barn not only holds a special place to everybody else,
it does hold a little bit of my heart with it always.
A lot of firsts, when we were building the barn,
I conquered my fear of heights.
Oh!
- The wind is good. - I wish it would stop!
- Oh, my God! - [Gabe] The wind's your friend.
[Rain] I learned how to drive heavy machinery.
- Punch it in. Whoa, whoa. - Oh, my God!
[Rain] Got my first horse in there.
[Rain screaming happily]
The girls love it.
Never thought we'd give them this.
Even thinking of it now, It's harder than I would like to admit.
Yeah, that's as good as we're gonna get.
[Rain] But just trying not to focus on it,
'cause I don't wanna cry, I wanna get the job done.
I was digging around and I noticed a lot more animal remains than we thought.
- Looks like a throat. - Actually, that's a rat tail.
[Rain] Oh! You're right!
- Yeah. - Did Bird leave her shoes in here?
[Noah chuckles]
[Rain] Oh, my feet are burning.
It's melting my shoe and getting to my feet.
[coughing]
[Bear] Don't breathe too much of that smoke, guys.
[narrator] Later that day, a spot fire erupts
just one mile away from the Browns' main house site.
[Rain] This catches back, that's gonna get us hot.
[narrator] With the lack of water on the mountain,
the Browns struggle to keep the flames from spreading.
[Bear] I was walking up the route and all of a sudden
I saw a large thing of smoke just rolling around, kinda like a tornado.
I just ran back and got Bird and Rain to help out
and we managed to get some shovels and got on the fire.
- [Bird] Let's say the ground's a bit warm. - [Bear] Yeah, very warm.
[Bear speaks indistinctly]
[Rain] Does anybody have like a knife or a machete?
'Cause this stuff is starting to spark back up.
This bonfire, it just won't die,
it keeps getting bigger every time we see it.
[Noah speaking]
[Bear] It's really hard to actually kill the fire
even when you put enough dirt on it or water
and you think it's out and it sparks right back up.
This fire has a mind of its own.
- [Rain] We need a machete or something. - [Bear] I know.
We need a chainsaw.
All of our shovels are burned, but a couple of them,
and all of our big heavy equipment is gone.
The last thing we have is this tractor.
[Bear speaking]
[Noah] The main thing we're trying to stop
is this fire starting back up and getting out of control.
If it does, then the things that are green right now
will be ash like everything else.
How much more do we need?
[Bear] That'll probably do it.
[Rain] I don't see it smoking.
This side seems to be pretty calm.
- I think we got this one, guys. - [Rhain Alisha] Yeah.
[Bear] We'll just keep checking it.
This could have been a raging fire if it went unchecked for just a few more minutes,
this would have all gone up.
Getting this fire out was totally essential.
We really don't wanna lose something that's already survived the fire.
It just goes to show that the Wolfpack
and teamwork makes a big difference.
You know, guys, I'm worried this is gonna be a constant fight
to keep these fires out
'cause I've heard it can be smoldering clear into November.
- Yeah. - That's crazy!
But the fight is not over. We're just gonna have to keep our eyes out, stay vigilant
'cause this is gonna be a fight
that we're gonna be fighting for some time to come.
[narrator] Coming up...
[Bird] Do you see them? That's not one of us.
[narrator] A new threat emerges.
[Bird] My first thought is why would someone be up here.
It's not a car that we have.
Did that board move?
[narrator] And later...
I wanted to go for a long time.
[narrator] Bird makes a major decision
that could change life on the mountain forever.
Skipping out right when we're trying to rebuild
when we could actually use their help here.
[Noah speaking]
[Rain] My feet are burning.
[narrator] As the Browns begin to rebuild North Star Ranch,
smoldering fires threaten their homestead,
putting the family's main house in the balance.
- [Rain] You can see the burned root. - [Bear] Sheesh.
[Bear speaking]
Right now, the mountain's most dangerous areas
are the spots that are most at risk
or the spots that haven't burned yet
because they still have green stuff, they still have dry stuff.
We'll just keep burying these things until they finally go out.
We have come too far and done too much to lose the mountain now.
[narrator] But with the small fires currently under control...
I figure, like, let's make do with what we have, we got a lot of charcoal.
[narrator] ...Bird and Rain start the morning with some bush relaxation.
God provided.
He did. He provided a little too much
- in this instance. - Yeah.
[Bird] Growing up the way that we did, you're taught to use
what you have when you have it. No matter what that is
or how it's given to you, and so, when the good Lord gives you a wildfire,
you have to use the charcoal.
I've been wanting to make my own eyeliner.
It has to be a very fine powder.
[Bird] Is this, like, good for the skin? It is, right?
'Cause, like, that'll help-- Oh, that's in the eye.
That was a little much.
[Rain] So, I wanted to make charcoal eyeliner even before the fire.
I was reading up on some old plant books that I have.
Ooh! This is working good!
[laughing]
That's never gonna come out of your clothes.
It's hard to wear makeup in the bush,
so, you want something that you have to use gasoline
- to get it off of your face, so it stays there all day. - Wow. Looks good.
Has a nice, like, smoky look.
- That's not bad. - That's really good actually.
Okay. I'll make some toothpaste.
I've messed around with making toothpaste before.
I haven't quite had fresh charcoal to do it with
and I do like extra minty toothpaste.
- Are we ready? - I'm going to rinse my mouth out.
Spit over the edge. Spit over the edge.
Don't spit on my de-- Bird! Don't spit on my deck!
- This is my living room, that's not okay! - I did spit over the edge.
Hey, that's... Spit in a cup!
Just sitting here with Rain, laughing and having fun
after everything that has happened, it feels good.
[coughing]
- [Rain] Oh, I feel it burn. - [Bird] It's very minty.
[groans]
It feels good just to forget for a minute
that right outside Rain's porch is burned.
[groans]
Let our minds laugh and have fun.
It's good on its own, but with all that mint...
It's a lot of mint...
Fresh!
[Bear] I heard you needed some trees cut, so I brought my saw, bro!
[Bam] All right.
[narrator] On their own parcels of land,
the Brown brothers continue the restoration of their mountain
working to make it livable before winter.
- [Bam] I appreciate you coming up to help. - [Bear] No worries, man.
[narrator] With his son arriving in Washington
in just a few days, Bear lends a hand to brother Bam.
[Bear] Bam has lost everything he built.
All those trees burned up, and like my conex didn't,
so I'm just seeing if I can help Bam out with anything.
Just after the fire, guess who ended up asking me if I was okay?
- Who? - Raiven, actually.
Might get a chance to... Get out. I know we have lots of stuff do up here,
especially since the fire, but, yeah, just thought I'd let you know.
Okay.
[Bear] Bam has some prize-winning advice there.
Like, super advice. He just kinda looked at me, he's, like...
Yeah, man, that's the advice I came for!
A slight stare and he's like, "Why are you not cutting down that tree, Bear?
I don't wanna talk about your offspring."
But, yeah. She just reached out to me, so I thought that was cool.
Yeah.
[Bear] Yeah.
All right.
[coughs] So, yeah, that's cool, though.
Are you limbing these guys, or do you wanna take some actual trees down?
That guy really needs to come down.
- I was about to tackle that one. - That guy?
- Yeah. The one in the corner. - Yeah.
[Bam] Its root burned pretty bad, so, it would be unsafe to leave it.
- Okay. So you want to take that one out then? - Yes, sir.
I can try my X pattern on it, see how that works.
Why don't we just go with the traditional V they've been using
since the invention of cutting trees down.
Very helpful to have Bear today helping me to clean everything up.
But he's wild. He has a little too much fun with the chainsaw.
Okay. Now's my turn, right? I'll go up a little higher and do the same thing.
[nervously] Oh...
He gets a little headstrong and just... [growls]
And wants to just do, without really knowing what he's doing
'cause he hasn't been told yet. He's just diving in.
Did he just grab my saw?
[Bear] I have a very unique way to cutting down a tree.
Most people do a nice little V
and then cut out the V just perfect and slice it in the back.
I like to do more of an X pattern myself,
it gives me a little bit more fun,
and I can still drop the tree relatively where I want it.
Do you want me to take it now or are you good?
No! I'm not even getting warmed up yet!
Awesome, he's not even getting warmed up yet.
[Bear] Watch out for the kickback.
One thing, when Bam and I have often had working together,
is that I'm Mr. Extreme and he's Mr. Respect the Danger.
So, when we get together, sometimes I'm a little bit too extreme for his liking.
Bam is just really impatient.
- Hey, Bear! Go! - I got it. I got it.
- Come around the other side! - I got it!
- Do not put yourself in front of the tree. - Dude, I got it.
And that's a bullseye! Right where I said she'd go. You got it, big bro!
Whoo!
- [Bam] It's down, more or less. - [Bear] It's down!
[Bam] You went for the rabid beaver approach.
Yeah, that's a good cut, if I do say so myself. I think it's beautiful.
[Bird] I think it still can be useable for something.
I think you can put the burned aside to your house maybe.
We've lost a lot in the fire, a lot of lumber,
and so, Rain and I are just going around
and we're just seeing what all we didn't lose.
Even if it's a little bit burned,
chop that part off and use a smaller piece
'cause with so much that we have to rebuild, every board is important.
[Rain] Oh! There's a little mousy!
It just went into the hole.
[Bird] Oh, there are a bunch of little holes
that must've been taking refuge here from the fire.
[Rain in baby voice] Hello, micey, micey, micey.
[Bird] I thought I heard a motor.
Are any of us up here other than you and I?
No, do you see right there?
- Yeah. That's a vehicle. - That is definitely a vehicle.
[Bird] When we see a car, like, our first thing,
"Oh, it's probably one of the guys, it's, like, Noah."
But it's not a car that we have.
Do you see them?
That's not one of us going towards the house.
When we see an unidentified vehicle on our mountain,
our mind immediately goes to looters because of our friend Pat.
He warned us that people might try and come up and loot on our property after the fire.
[Bird] Are they are actually going to the house?
[Rain] Yeah, they're at the house.
[Bird] A lot of the burned areas have had looters lately.
The looters just take advantage of what the people haven't lost.
[Rain] Did that board move?
[Bird] Wait, I thought I heard a motor. Is that a vehicle?
Yeah, that's not ours and they're going towards the house. Let's go.
[narrator] Bird and Rain Brown have spotted a suspicious vehicle
trespassing near the site of their main house.
[Bird] It's not a car that we have.
It isn't any of us
and my first thought is, "Why would someone be up here?"
And I keep going back to what Pat said about looters.
And I'm like, "Is this a looter?"
- [Pat] You still gotta protect what you own. - Oh, yeah.
'Cause somebody's gonna take it if you don't.
Pull in here.
Did that board move?
I mean, they're definitely tire tracks.
-[Rain] It seems pretty clear. -They would've seen us. They have to have seen us.
So, as soon as they saw us, they decided to leave.
[Rain] We've lost a lot,
but a lot of the things that we didn't lose
are our construction equipment
because they were at the house site.
We don't see anybody around, but they were there.
- I don't feel like someone just got lost. - No.
With everything that the fire has taken from us,
to now for there to possibly be looters trying to take what has been left...
Very upset. Very upset.
I feel like we should check everything else to make sure nothing else was messed with.
[Rain] Good game plan.
[Gabe] It's pretty green. The outside's pretty much completely charred.
- [Bear] Charred? - [Gabe] But the inside's still pretty wet.
Good one.
There's no time like the present to start gathering for firewood
and there's a lot of it on the land now. All these blackened trees,
need to get cut down and turned into something, so, firewood's the best bet.
- Nice. You got it. - How's Sophie doing?
[Gabe] Oh, man. Growing daily.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
She's starting to stand up on her own.
- It's kinda hard to believe. - I know.
Gabe and I have always been best buddies. Ever since we were both really small,
we were, like, partners.
A couple smaller guys, let's chop those up too.
[Bear] Gabe always had
such a big heart, he always cares so much, he'll put his all into it.
And he's got a kid of his own,
so, he's a perfect guy to ask for a little bit of baby advice.
Sounds like I might get to meet River soon. Actually get to hold him.
The quickest that I can hold River, would be the best for me.
[Gabe] You know, I definitely want Bear to be there for his son
and for his son to have a dad in his life.
It's an important bond, you know, I couldn't imagine living without my kid.
And so, I know it hurts for Bear,
but for Bear to be talking about River and to see that look in his eye,
was nothing more important in this planet.
I've always wanted to, you know, pass on my extremeness and everything.
[Gabe] Well, those are the things, you know,
just pass those down to River as best as you can.
Just make every moment count, you know?
Yeah, that's true.
Being a dad, to be honest, it means a lot to me,
possibly more than it means a son,
because it's something I never thought I would have the opportunity to be.
To actually have a little guy who's gonna look up to me
and be like, "That's my dad." It's amazing and it means the world to me.
It's funny that something so bad, something as terrible
as this fire could still have, you know, a silver lining.
- Huh? - Lord works in mysterious ways.
[Bear] That's true. That's true.
[Billy speaking]
Good talk, man.
Definitely better than talking with Bam.
Talked to Bam and Bam's like...
"Well, let's keep cutting."
- [laughing] - That's it.
- That's a Bam talk, all right. - That's Bam.
[Bird] I feel like we need a good break.
Maybe you can find another little cat.
I don't know if I need another cat, but I would take it.
I think you always need more cats.
Yeah, you can't have too many cats.
[Rain] I am a little concerned about Bird.
She's been through a lot.
I just wish that we were able to save her house.
I can't help the feeling that something is missing.
Like, I've never said this before,
but ever since we left Alaska, I've almost felt lost.
You know, 'cause there's a piece of me that doesn't belong where I am
and it always will be like that.
Being in Washington, there is a piece of me that doesn't feel whole.
I find myself hearing the call of Alaska and that's always there.
And I suppress it and I try to.
Losing my 45...
It was the piece of Alaska I had with me
and now the call to Alaska just is ten times worse
now that I don't have a piece of Alaska with me.
For me, I feel like, if something is calling to you, just go.
And I feel like Alaska's calling
and maybe this is the time to just go back for a little while.
Could we do that?
I know the mountain, it needs a lot to rebuild, and I want to.
I wanna build another barn, build another house.
But going back to Alaska might, I don't know,
maybe it'll help me figure out who I wanna be.
Honestly, I'll never feel the way that I do
when I'm in Alaska in Washington.
And there's a piece of me that will not be whole
and will not be me unless I'm in Alaska.
[howling]
If I go back to Alaska, maybe it will just open a door.
Maybe I'll just...
I'll know what to do.
The thought of going back to Alaska,
like, I don't know, it makes me wanna smile.
You know? It makes me happy. I think it would be good for you too, to be honest.
I don't think I could put it into words how much Alaska means to Bird,
but we haven't really sat down and, you know,
said it's something that we for sure want to do.
I'm a little bit nervous.
I mean, we do have a lot of work to do rebuilding the ranch.
I don't think it's the perfect time to go.
[Bird] I don't really know what to say.
- [Bear] Got that fire behind you? - [Bam] Where?
[Bear] To 1:00 from your view!
Straight through the woods right there.
- [Bam] There it is. - [Bear] Let's move!
[narrator] Heavy smoke erupts from a new spot fire.
[Bam] We have to cut it off, so it doesn't spark up again.
[Bear] Right here.
[narrator] And now, the flames snake down-mountain
just 500 feet from the main house.
-[Bam] There's smoke over here. -[Bear] I know,
go for the smoke. I'll hit the fire!
There's just so much heat.
So much wind and all these little pockets of smoke
that build up to fire can totally spark up and ignite the forest
back on fire again and that is not something we wanna happen.
We do not wanna lose what was already saved from the fire.
[Bam] Get this log out of the way. Watch out so we don't start another one.
- [Bear] Got it. Got it. - [Bam] We don't wanna spread it.
[Bear] We need some water! We really could use some water!
[Noah] I'm not even sure if the windmill
is still working at this point.
Quite frankly, I don't think it'll be able to supply enough water
at this stage, to be able to help.
I've got open flames down here, guys.
- [Bear] Quick, gotta get that. Go, go, go! - [Bam] Watch out, man.
[Bear] Go! Go! We need some water.
[Bam] I've got open flame down here, guys.
- [Bear] We've got more fire over there. - [Bam] Get that out.
[narrator] A spot fire is within yards of the Browns' main house.
[Bear] We need some water! We really could use some water!
[narrator] As it grows, brothers Bam, Bear and Noah
frantically work to prevent the flames from igniting unburned timber.
Every moment we can shave off the clock is a moment that we put this out sooner.
Right now it doesn't matter where we get the water.
Literally, water from anywhere will work.
Right now, that fence is just in the way.
All I can do is go around, try and make sure the tractor doesn't get messed up.
Or I could just go straight through.
You know what?
We're actually lucky that this didn't melt
or we wouldn't have this water.
[Bam] You stamp it out, I'll dig around it.
- [Bear] Sounds good. - [Bam] We could use some water down here.
It really does feel like the fire just won't stop, it won't give up.
Bear and I are out with shovels and feels a little futile, almost.
I would just fill this, but it can't hold as much as this thing can.
Try to get this down there.
[Bear] We need some water. Do you have water?
-[Noah] I have water. -[Bam] Cut it off. Cut it off.
- [Bear] Cut it! - [Bam] We don't wanna spread it.
- [Noah] Where do you want it? - [Bam] That's good.
Yeah, that cut it off. Perfect.
[Bam] I'm very glad that Noah's tractor survived the fire.
That he still has that, because it is a huge help.
- [Noah] How's it looking? - [Bam] Looks good, bro.
[Bear] Yeah, I think we got it.
Right now, the important thing isn't rebuilding,
it's making sure that there's stuff to rebuild on.
So, we just have to focus on making sure
that all the fires are out and stay out.
Just keep an eye on them until this is over.
All right, crisis averted.
[Bird] It's been a while since I've done the peacock call.
Let me see if I remember.
[calling]
I think that one has something to do with mating.
When we were all evacuating the peacocks were released,
the white peacocks were super special, especially to Da.
You know, that was one of the main things that really got to him
or even when we saw the barn, is the peacocks.
And so if I was able to find them
or at least one of them, he would be thrilled.
There are definitely different patterns to the call
that you can just do it, like, once. [calling]
But then there's the, like, "I'm calling for other peacocks."
[calling]
I'm trying to get the one that they will just do
when they're, like, in the barn.
[calling]
There's no no sign here.
[sighs]
I've thought about going to Alaska a lot.
I hate wanting to go right now,
'cause I know the mountain needs a lot of work.
This looks like it could have some maybe peacock,
maybe chicken mess on it.
And I'm concerned about any of the animals
that are out there loose, which makes it even harder.
Oh, wait, there are feathers in this.
It's definitely, like, down feathers of something,
and it's just mixed into this spiderweb.
Definitely could be peacock. It even has the white tips.
I almost hate myself that I don't feel at home
where everybody else feels at home.
It's hard to be torn between two places,
'cause I know I need to be in Washington, but my soul belongs in Alaska.
They're not gonna be where it's ash-filled. They're gonna be where it's green.
It doesn't look like they were roosting here long.
They were probably running from the fire. When the fire hit there, they continued.
I was definitely hoping to find more sign,
but I'm not giving up that quick.
Even if I have to come out another day.
Come on, peacocks.
I'm not normally the most crafty person when actually making stuff.
Destruction is more my thing. I'll be lucky if I can make a sock puppet.
[narrator] Raiven and River are due to arrive in Loomis
in just a few hours and Bear Brown
prepares to see his son for the very first time.
I hope I don't hack this up too much.
It's gonna be really awesome to get to spend some time with the little guy.
I don't wanna show up empty-handed,
so right now I'm trying to see if I can craft,
like, a homemade stuffie of some kind.
Not being able to be around River at all
when he's first born and these, these first months of him
and being alive is... It's been really difficult.
It's been painful, actually.
I grew up really tight with my parents,
they were always there for me and I haven't been able to see or hold River.
It's been a difficult road, it really has.
A little bowtie around his neck.
Since River is just a little bitty baby
and he's going to chew on everything that he can get his little hands on,
I can't sew, like, button eyes on him or anything.
So the next best thing is to draw some eyes.
A little eye going right there.
Looks like an eye.
Big old smile.
You know, I've really been wishing
that there was something that I could do to have seen River sooner.
It's been weighing down on me a lot.
Kinda like a crusher on the heart.
'Cause it already makes me feel almost like I failed him
and there's nothing I can really do about it.
It's really cool for the first gift for me to give little River
to be something that I made myself.
I got something for you.
[clears throat]
Kinda nervous, hopefully he doesn't run from me.
I could not be more excited to finally get to hold little River.
It has been so long, there's been lots of stuff,
there's been obstacles in the way.
But all those obstacles are out of the way now.
Okay, little guy.
You ready to meet him?
You ready to meet my son, your playmate?
Let's do this.
[Bird] I am really, really hot.
So I'm just gonna chinchilla cool off.
- An earth chinchilla bath? - I'm gonna go chinchilla.
- Does it really feel that good, though? - It does.
You can, like, roll in it.
And, like, this is so nice.
So cool. And it blocks you from the sun.
Where are we going?
Now all that I have to do is just sit in a little, like,
chinchilla ball and then just, like...
And then if you get dusty enough,
- you can, like, shake off. - Oh, my goodness.
[Rain] I am a little concerned about Bird.
I think that there are so many other things
you can put your time into that would be better than this, but here we are.
[coughing]
[Bird] Okay, I think I'm good.
[Bear] Hey, little guy.
You ready to meet my son? You ready to meet him?
[narrator] Since the devastating wildfire,
the Browns have worked to ready their scorched ranch for a rebuild.
Let's do keep over there, throw away over there.
[narrator] While the homestead slowly makes strides towards the future,
brother Bear has spent the last two days away from the mountain,
meeting his son, River, for the first time.
[River babbles]
[Bear] Can you say "dada"?
[River] Dada.
[Bear] It felt awesome meeting my son for the very first time.
No feeling like it in the world.
It was amazing, awesome, extreme, all rolled into one.
River is the most amazing little boy I have ever seen.
His eyes are always open so wide, taking everything in.
I just want him to have everything that he wants,
be a president of the United States
or an astronaut that goes into space.
I just want to be the best dad that I can be to be as good as my parents were
and to just always be there for him.
Meeting with River has a little bit of bitter-sweetness to it
because I can't just have him around every day,
so Raiven's got to take him back to the other side of his family
and stuff like that.
I definitely made plans to see my son again,
but it was awesomely amazing to get to see, meet and hold River.
I cannot wait to when I get to see him next.
[Billy speaking]
[Bird speaking]
[Billy speaking]
[Bird] So, with everything that's happened,
I wanted to go for a long time, as everyone knows.
It's not a secret. We're going to go to Alaska.
I mean, to each their own. Whatever Bird and the rest of them feel they need to do
as far as going up to Alaska and try to find themselves again after the fire.
Personally, I think they should find themselves with a shovel in their hands
and help me clean up everything so we can get back
to building and business as usual.
They're skipping out right when we're trying to rebuild.
We could actually use their help here.
We're good here, don't worry about it.
We'll be okay.
I think it's going to be good for all of you, to be honest.
Kind of a reboot.
[Billy speaking]
[Bear] Sure you don't wanna go?
No. No way.
And it'd be too sad.
[all chuckling]
I do.
Give them a break from what's here.
Well, life's uncertain, so watch yourselves
and listen to God. Let him complete your journey.
Alaska to Bird is like snuggling up under a warm blanket
on a cold winter day with a cup of hot chocolate.
It's so deep inside her, what she is.
[Billy speaking]
See if my rocks from the creek are still there.
Also, we'll send maybe a sprig of a tree, to smell it,
since I'm not there to smell it,
and a couple of sticks of devil's club.
- All right, bring back an eagle feather... - [all chuckling]
a bear claw, a rock from the river...
[narrator] Before the voyage to Alaska begins,
the siblings divide and conquer
to patrol the mountain for any remaining fires.
[Bird] This area looks pretty clear, so let's get out of here.
[Rain] I don't see any like open flame or anything.
I'm definitely proud of us all for pulling together like we have to stop the spot fires
and it just reassures me that we are doing a good job
and that everything is gonna be okay.
[Bam] It's hard to say how long it will take
for the land to rejuvenate from the fire
and to actually be back to being a working ecosystem again.
But this is more than land, this is a dream.
So I think we're gonna do what we always did
and always have done and just stay the course.
[Noah] No matter how bad it gets,
no matter how much it's burned, we just keep going.
A lot of people, if one thing happened to them, would give up and we don't.
So we keep on moving to the next tragedy.
It's not gonna knock us down either.
The only direction I know to go is onward.
[narrator] On the next episode of Alaskan Bush People...
[Bear] Guys, here we are!
[Bird] It's been so long! Yeah!
It feels great to be back in Alaska.
Good old Browntown.
[howling]
- Hey, guys. - Hey!
What? Are you lost?
You know, it's definitely nice to see an old bush friend.
- I whipped out my pliers and... - [laughing]
If you need a doctor, homes. [laughs]
- [Bam] Hold steady. - [Noah] Okay!
The most urgent thing is fixing the road.
It took a long time to get one load in.
Turning the barn truck into a dump truck, pretty sound logic.
It's not much to look at.
I wanna prove to myself that I can still survive in Alaska.
[whispering] There's been a bear here.
- [growling] - [man] It's not dead, it's not dead!
[Bird] The way that we grew up is you never know when you see someone
if that's gonna be the last time.
[sobbing]