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[Bird] Okay, Noah, hit it.
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This year has been
a wild ride.
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It's unbelievable, actually
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everything that
we have been through.
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I normally love
the uncertainty
that tomorrow will bring,
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but the uncertainty has beco
a little bit more scary.
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It definitely feels like
everything has tried
to stop us.
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Especially now more than eve
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we have to stick together.
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The ranch is the dream
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that we've always fought
so hard for.
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The dream of living
the way we wanna live
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and living that way together
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I'm very determined
to finish strong here.
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You never know
what tomorrow brings.
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[narrator] On the
season finale
of Alaskan Bush People...
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Let's see this thing
in action.
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[Noah] We're getting close
on fixing the mining equipme
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and finding gold on the ranch.
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-[Ami] That one fell off.
-[Bam] Definitely have to
make some adjustments.
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[Bird] Dang it, Noah!
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Rain. She's ready
to come home.
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And she's really ready, right?
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Definitely worried about Rain.
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Hoping it's not too soon
to bring her back.
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Here she comes.
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How do we get these nuggets?
Let's do this.
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We have a hardrock
mining expert coming up.
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Any hints he can give us?
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I would be in shock
if it weren't gold.
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[Donnie] You can run
tons and tons of material..
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And get yellow gold
and that's what you want.
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[Noah] Okay, hit it.
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Big blue is on.
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[Noah] Kill it! Kill!
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Yeah, that needs to be fixed.
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[narrator] ...autumn descend
on the northern
Cascade mountains
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and the Wolfpack's dream
of finding gold
on North Star Ranch
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inches closer
than ever before.
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[Bird] Be very careful.
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With sister Rain
still in treatment
off mountain,
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Bird has taken the lead
in her absence.
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[Bird] You know,
we thought we had
everything up and running
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and it was gonna work perfect,
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but now that we know
there's one more little hiccup
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with the conveyor belt
in the distance,
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I'm hoping that Noah
can get it fixed
before Rain gets back.
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[Gabe] How's the
mining equipment doing?
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[Bird] We're just about
to a point
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where we can start, like,
crushing material and stuff.
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[Ami] Where's it going
after you crush it?
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-Where do you have set up?
-[Bird] Onto the...
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It's actually called
the "table," I believe.
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And my goal for this
has tried to be, like...
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Have it all set up
to help get materials
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to do, like, a test.
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[narrator] To assess
the mountain's gold potentia
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the Browns arranged for
a local rock mining expert
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to examine their ore sample
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in just a few days' time.
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If the test fails
to find any traces,
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the Wolfpack's dream
of a family-owned
mining operation
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would be crushed.
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I admit I have
some high expectations.
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My expectations are
we get some buckets of rock
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and pour it down.
Boom! On the table, gold.
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We'll take any kind
of precious metal, mineral,
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whatever we can get.
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I definitely believe that
there's gold on the mountain.
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We might get really surprise
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You know, the first rock
we throw in
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might just start glittering.
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Or we might look for years
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and, you know,
never find more than a flake.
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That's the thing
with gold mining.
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It's a bit of a gamble.
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But it can really pay off.
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That was
one of the biggest draws
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that brought us
to this property,
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was the mines.
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[Gabe] Well, I know
ever since we got
the gold equipment
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from Nighthawk and everything,
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Rain has believed in it 100%.
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Okay, so, then,
what do we need to do?
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We have it set up up there.
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Now we need to...
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[Bird] It's Rain's baby.
She knows all the details.
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I'm just setting it up
and then, hopefully,
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she'll be back before we need
anything technical.
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Okay.
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You know, other than the,
you know,
the "can do" attitude
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and the excitement
and the "I'm doing this
no matter what..."
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Yeah, I'm winging it entirely.
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I have faith
in this equipment.
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But it does seem to have
a few more setbacks,
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a few things we have to fix
that I didn't anticipate.
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So, before we can
collect some rocks
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and get it, like,
professionally tested,
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we have to get it right.
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Let's crush some rock
and get some gold.
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Sounds good.
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[Noah] No matter
how old something is,
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if you put enough care
and effort into it,
it will work.
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[narrator] In order to proce
good crushed ore samples
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for the hardrock expert,
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brother Noah
must quickly solve
the jammed conveyor belt.
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All right, so,
biggest hit on it
and rolled off
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and got stuck on the inside
of the bottom
of the conveyor belt
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and here to jam everything.
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I'm gonna go through
and pick out the pieces
that I can by hand.
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The mining equipment is old
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It is rusted. It's beaten up.
It's torn up.
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There's gonna be stuff
that messes up.
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You need to realign it,
redo this, undo this.
It's just...
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Part of the process
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of putting something
like this together
is trial and error.
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A way to prevent it
from happening again,
temporarily...
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If I can jam this
on top of the bottom belt
at an angle,
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it'll make it to where,
as it spins,
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any rocks that collect here
will hit this and slide off.
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There's a lot of pressure.
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We don't have much time.
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We need to get the crusher
and all the mining equipmen
up and running.
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But I can fix it.
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Here goes.
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Never mind.
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The crowbar that was
supposed to stay in place
didn't stay in place.
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Do that again.
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It's really important
for Rain and Bird
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that find gold
on the mountain.
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It'll just be a way
of lifting Rain up,
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lifting her spirits a bit.
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Let her complete Dad's dream
of finding gold here.
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If they get my grinder,
maybe a sledge...
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It'll work.
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[chainsaw whirring]
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Definitely helps
having a short blade.
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[narrator] While the rest
of the family
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continues their quest
for gold,
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brother Bear's focus
remains on building
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a dream cottage
for his wife and kids.
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After clearing a road
to his plot of land
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on the northwest corner
of the Brown's mountain,
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Bear will clear and level
the homesite.
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Vision that Raiven and I
really have for
our permanent home
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is to have
this nice fairy cottage
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built up on this perfect hil
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I think this is
the most extreme spot
for the house
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because it's kinda high up.
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It's as high up, really,
in the area as you can get.
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It's got a nice overview
where you can see down.
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You could almost
take a hang glider down it.
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It's an extreme spot.
It really is.
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I definitely think that Raiven
is gonna be happy
with the work today for sure.
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We're both
chomping at the bit
to get a house up here.
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Alternately, I'm trying
to leave this old,
crooked tree right here.
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It's probably
gonna have to go,
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but I'm gonna save it
for last, so...
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Just because
it's such a beautiful tree.
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It's like a tree that's grown.
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The tip of it
is, like, broken off
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and it grew in so many
different directions.
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It's perfect for crouching,
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for, like, just sitting on.
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It's just a really cool tree.
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The rest of 'em
are probably gonna have to go,
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but I need to
get these out of here,
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get the area, like, flattened
and see what all to take
and what all to leave.
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You know, it feels really go
to be in the process
of building
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our permanent home
on the mountain
for my family and I.
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It's something that just
feels like a real victory
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because it's been
a pretty hard past few years
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and it feels good to actually
finally have a win.
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I now pronounce you
husband and wife.
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You may kiss the bride.
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[Bear] Like most storms,
you always have obstacles
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and I've never had any doub
that Raiven and I
would pull through them.
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Are you hungry?
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Delicious, baby.
That's really good.
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Raiven and I have accomplished
quite a bit with our family.
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Getting us up on the mountai
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and to have a lovely lady
by my side
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and a kid looking up to me
and another kid on the way..
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-It's a boy!
-Blue balloons for boy.
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...ah, it feels like
we're finally starting
to live the dream.
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It made short work
of that one.
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[Bird] So, we only have
the one feeder right now.
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-Oh, nice!
-Right?
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[Gabe] Oh, I love it.
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[narrator] The next morning
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the Browns complete
ranch chores
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before shifting focus
to the mining site.
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And for sister Bird,
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the hard morning labor
is a welcome distraction.
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Here, catch.
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You missed.
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Hold on, buddies.
I gotta put it in the feeder.
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[Gabe] Just one,
or do we want more than one?
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Uh, we'll do two.
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So, I have another
doctor's appointment
coming up
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that's fairly important.
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It's to see if
I still have tumor markings.
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I'd be lying if I said
I wasn't a little nervous.
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And I'm definitely, 1,000%
using the mining equipment
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to keep my mind
off of what's coming up.
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And I feel like
I just wanna focus more
on other things.
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I do have one, kinda,
bit of, you know, good news.
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Good-ish news.
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What's going on?
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[Bird] Rain.
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I talked to her
recently, actually.
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Just chit-chatting.
You know us.
You know, just...
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You know, seeing how she is
and everything.
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And she, you know...
Then she's like...
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She's coming back.
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She's ready to come home.
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How is that
"kinda" good news?
That's really good news.
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I was trying to make you think
that it was like,
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-"Oh, I got another kitten."
-[Gabe] Oh, Bird.
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It's really good news.
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We've definitely
missed her here.
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On top of just the workload,
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it's, you know,
it's not the same
without her here.
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-Nothing is.
-It's very empty.
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Yeah. She's been missed.
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I'm so excited that Rain
is gonna be back.
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She's not just my world.
She's my entire universe.
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She's like the sun
that I, like, orbit.
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I miss her so much.
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This is the longest
that Rain and I
have ever been apart
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since she was born.
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I am over the moon
that she got the help
that she needed
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and that she's ready
to come home.
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She's ready to come home
to the Wolfpack and the ranch.
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I'm so excited.
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[narrator] Coming up...
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[Ami singing] We have
a gold mine.
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[Bam] Well, I have not
seen it work yet.
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[Bird] I wanted to make sur
everything ran
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before bringing
anybody else in
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and I think we're ready now.
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That one fell off.
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-Why are they falling off?
-[Noah] Oh!
244
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[Bird] This is why
I wanted to do a test-run
before Rain got here.
245
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[chainsaw whirring]
246
00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:15,090
Why? Cruel world, why?
247
00:11:15,092 --> 00:11:18,760
[narrator] The quest for gol
heats up on North Star Ranch
248
00:11:18,837 --> 00:11:22,764
With a rock mining expert
due to arrive in a few days
249
00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:25,058
the family's dream
of gold riches
250
00:11:25,135 --> 00:11:28,186
hangs on bringing
the 100-year-old rock crushe
251
00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,271
back to functionality.
252
00:11:30,348 --> 00:11:33,650
[Noah] Everything's lined up.
Try to space them one per run.
253
00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,487
[narrator] But for Bird,
her mining endeavor
254
00:11:37,531 --> 00:11:40,407
must temporarily
take a back seat.
255
00:11:50,502 --> 00:11:53,878
[Bird] So, I have
another doctor's appointmen
that's fairly important.
256
00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,131
Today, they just do
a blood test.
257
00:11:59,010 --> 00:12:01,511
It's to see if
I still have tumor markings
258
00:12:01,513 --> 00:12:03,722
'cause I had
very high tumor markings
before the surgery
259
00:12:03,798 --> 00:12:05,807
and they just wanna make sure
they all went away.
260
00:12:07,561 --> 00:12:09,811
One of the ways
they discovered
that it was tumorous
261
00:12:09,813 --> 00:12:12,021
is because there's
a certain thing in your blood
262
00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,639
that is very elevated.
263
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That's a sign
that you most likely
have a tumor still.
264
00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:23,032
One of the main things I wan
talk to my doctor about
265
00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:25,535
is, you know,
if I can have a kid.
266
00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:30,790
On top of being really nervo
of what they're gonna tell m
267
00:12:30,867 --> 00:12:33,251
I am really nervous
to not have Rain with me.
268
00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:37,255
Uh, and yep, I'm 27
and I need my little sister
to come with me.
269
00:12:37,332 --> 00:12:39,591
But I do, you know?
I wish she was here with me
270
00:12:39,593 --> 00:12:41,801
and I don't think
I've missed her more.
271
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It just calms me down
to have her with me.
272
00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,181
And I'm so nervous right now.
273
00:12:46,257 --> 00:12:48,391
I could use my little sister.
274
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Her concern is that,
with hormones being my enemy,
275
00:13:36,808 --> 00:13:38,724
if I were to get pregnant,
276
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that causes a lot more
hormones than your body
would even normally have,
277
00:13:41,112 --> 00:13:45,114
and that could even
up the chances
of the tumors coming back
278
00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:48,535
and that's definitely,
you know, disconcerting
to hear.
279
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-Okay?
-[Bird] Okay.
280
00:14:06,930 --> 00:14:09,305
You didn't tell me
they were concrete discs.
281
00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:11,224
They're concrete
stepping stones.
282
00:14:12,018 --> 00:14:14,769
Originally, they were
going to be a walkway
283
00:14:14,771 --> 00:14:18,815
with glow-in-the-dark,
little rocks
all the way around them,
284
00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:21,943
but forest fire happened
before I was able to do it.
285
00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:26,406
Now I'm thinking about
using them up on the island.
286
00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:29,576
[narrator] Up at his old
house site,
287
00:14:29,652 --> 00:14:33,162
Noah enlists brother Gabe
to help salvage materials
288
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:38,918
as his family
begins preparations
for their move to Alaska.
289
00:14:38,995 --> 00:14:42,297
[Noah] There's a lot of stuf
that needs to be done
at the Meyers Chuck place.
290
00:14:42,299 --> 00:14:43,697
So we're gonna head up.
291
00:14:43,775 --> 00:14:45,758
I'll be able to show
Rhain and the kids
what it is
292
00:14:45,835 --> 00:14:49,512
and spend a couple days
winterizing the cabin
and the island.
293
00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,848
Then, next summer,
it's back to Alaska.
294
00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,183
[Gabe] Very professional
stacking job.
295
00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:55,952
Thank you.
296
00:14:55,954 --> 00:14:59,731
You wanna
hear something, kind of,
almost unbelievable-funny?
297
00:14:59,849 --> 00:15:01,624
What's that?
298
00:15:01,626 --> 00:15:06,863
Okay, so, I didn't realize it
until I was there
on the island.
299
00:15:06,898 --> 00:15:08,615
One of the times
we were going on the ferry,
300
00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:10,992
and along the ferry alone,
301
00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:13,411
dad and I were outside
by the railing.
302
00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:15,104
It was just he and I.
303
00:15:15,140 --> 00:15:18,082
Dad's like, "Yeah,
imagine if I owned
that island right there,"
304
00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:20,627
and I'm like, "Yeah,
and I own that little one."
305
00:15:20,629 --> 00:15:22,837
-That was Mystery Island
that dad said...
-Whoa.
306
00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:25,757
...and the one I pointed out
is the island I now own.
307
00:15:27,052 --> 00:15:31,429
So I'd actually talked with Da
15 years ago
308
00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,514
about if I owned that island
309
00:15:33,591 --> 00:15:35,558
and now I own it.
310
00:15:36,978 --> 00:15:41,397
I still don't think that
it's really sunk into me.
311
00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:44,400
I own the island
312
00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:48,446
that Da and I talked about
more than 15 years ago.
313
00:15:48,523 --> 00:15:50,114
And that's where we're going
314
00:15:50,909 --> 00:15:52,617
and that's where
I'm going to build a home.
315
00:15:56,414 --> 00:15:59,457
In Alaska right now
316
00:15:59,534 --> 00:16:02,293
is a perfect little island
waiting for us.
317
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,920
So we're gonna head up.
318
00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,630
I'll be able
to show Rhain and the kids.
319
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:11,719
It's all about giving Eli
and Adam and my wife
320
00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:15,473
Alaska.
321
00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:17,183
That's all you want?
322
00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:18,851
-[Noah] Yep, that'll do.
-All righty.
323
00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,823
[Bird] Oh, my gosh!
324
00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:34,659
-They got so excited.
-[cats meowing]
325
00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:37,036
Guys, look.
326
00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:39,205
Come here. [clicks teeth]
Come here.
327
00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:46,987
[narrator] With sister Rain
328
00:16:46,989 --> 00:16:49,590
scheduled to return
to the mountain
later that day...
329
00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:53,094
[Ami] I've been waiting
a long time for this.
330
00:16:53,171 --> 00:16:57,015
[narrator] ...the Browns
convene for one last test
of the mining equipment
331
00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,516
before her arrival.
332
00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,601
[Bird] What do you think
Rain's gonna think?
333
00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:03,938
She is going to be
speechless, I think,
334
00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,357
with amazement.
335
00:17:06,434 --> 00:17:09,068
Gold mining
is very important to Rain
336
00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:10,486
and the kids have put
a lot of effort
337
00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:12,530
into getting all of this
equipment working.
338
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,490
They worked hard
to make sure that,
339
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:16,200
when she gets there,
it's running.
340
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:18,953
And it is sad
that she isn't getting to be
341
00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:21,247
in on this portion of it
right now,
342
00:17:21,324 --> 00:17:24,333
but I think that all of that
will be washed away
343
00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:25,710
when my baby's back.
344
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,795
So, you've tested it.
You know the machine works.
345
00:17:27,872 --> 00:17:29,756
-You know that it fires up.
-Yes. Yep.
346
00:17:29,832 --> 00:17:31,791
The conveyor belts
do actually move.
347
00:17:31,793 --> 00:17:34,510
-Does the crusher crush?
-And the crusher does crush.
The crusher crushes.
348
00:17:35,305 --> 00:17:36,804
Well, who wants
to see it running?
349
00:17:36,881 --> 00:17:38,473
-I'm ready. Let's do it.
-Fire it up, Ma.
350
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:40,308
Let's see this thing
in action.
351
00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:42,560
[Bird] Noah's been
fixing stuff.
352
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:45,438
I've been, you know,
greasing things
and fixing things
353
00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,106
'cause I wanted to make sur
everything ran
354
00:17:47,183 --> 00:17:49,108
before bringing
anybody else in
355
00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:50,526
and I think we're ready now.
356
00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:51,611
Good to turn it?
357
00:17:51,687 --> 00:17:52,820
[Noah] Okay.
358
00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,618
-Y'all ready?
-[Ami] Ready.
359
00:17:58,694 --> 00:18:00,912
Ready when you are, man.
Let's see this thing
in action.
360
00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:04,832
[Bird] Ah!
361
00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,959
[Ami] All right!
[singing] We have a gold mine!
362
00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:10,171
Well, I've not
seen it work yet, so...
363
00:18:10,248 --> 00:18:12,006
-[Ami] You ready for a rock?
-Go for it.
364
00:18:12,083 --> 00:18:14,634
Get them moving slow,
but you don't wanna
get caught in it.
365
00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:17,804
So, the mining equipment works
366
00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,388
where there's a conveyor belt
367
00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,006
that leads into a big crushe
368
00:18:21,083 --> 00:18:25,019
that crushes big rock
into smaller pieces of rock
369
00:18:25,096 --> 00:18:26,813
And then that goes
to a conveyor belt
370
00:18:26,889 --> 00:18:28,606
that goes to another crushe
371
00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,775
that gets really crushed.
372
00:18:30,852 --> 00:18:32,318
Okay, Mom, watch it here.
It's almost in.
373
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,861
Those are mine.
374
00:18:33,938 --> 00:18:35,279
[Bird] Oh,
it's about to go, Mom.
375
00:18:35,356 --> 00:18:36,823
There it is. Crush!
376
00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:40,701
Oh, my gosh!
377
00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:43,996
[Bam] Well, that one
didn't go in the crusher.
378
00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,834
And it fell
off of the conveyor belt.
379
00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:49,502
There goes
another one uncrushed.
380
00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:51,712
That one fell off.
381
00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:53,464
-Why are they falling off?
-[Noah] Oh!
382
00:18:53,541 --> 00:18:54,799
Well...
383
00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:56,926
[Bam] I know that
Noah and Bird
384
00:18:56,928 --> 00:18:58,469
wanted it to be
more of a moment
385
00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:00,346
when we actually
first fired it up,
386
00:19:00,381 --> 00:19:02,515
so this hasn't actually
been tested that much.
387
00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,059
The rocks
were just falling off.
388
00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,727
And everybody's like,
"Yay, it's working!"
389
00:19:06,804 --> 00:19:08,229
I'm like, "It's not working."
390
00:19:08,690 --> 00:19:10,206
[Ami] They're all falling off.
391
00:19:10,208 --> 00:19:12,024
[Bam] They definitely have to
make some adjustments.
392
00:19:12,101 --> 00:19:13,359
[Noah] We'll be right back.
393
00:19:13,436 --> 00:19:15,135
[Bird] Dang it, Noah!
394
00:19:15,137 --> 00:19:17,697
This is why I wanted
to do a test-run
before Rain got here.
395
00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:20,074
[Noah] You said
you didn't wanna do it
without other people.
396
00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:22,034
-You said you wanted to wait.
-[Bird] Well, I know. If it...
397
00:19:22,111 --> 00:19:23,235
[Bird and Noah arguing]
398
00:19:23,237 --> 00:19:25,079
If it worked,
I wanted Mom to be here!
399
00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:26,706
[Noah] Well,
all the stuff works.
400
00:19:26,708 --> 00:19:28,224
We were really excited
401
00:19:28,226 --> 00:19:30,543
to be able to show Rain
the machine working.
402
00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:32,420
However, it's not working.
403
00:19:33,548 --> 00:19:35,339
This is not
a case of Brown luck
404
00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:37,216
'cause Brown luck ends good
405
00:19:37,251 --> 00:19:38,593
This is just another problem.
406
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:41,804
The main reason
that Bird and I
407
00:19:41,806 --> 00:19:43,848
are doing all this work
on the gold mining stuff
408
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:44,932
is for Rainy.
409
00:19:45,768 --> 00:19:47,393
But we have run out of time
410
00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:53,608
[Ami] Where are they?
411
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,944
[Gabe] It's really good
to get her back, huh?
412
00:19:57,021 --> 00:19:58,237
Yes, it is.
413
00:19:58,239 --> 00:19:59,647
She's been gone too long.
414
00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:04,535
It's very difficult when
a mother sees her children
415
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:06,204
going through
a difficult, tough time.
416
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:08,748
I couldn't even
speak to her on the phone
for a while.
417
00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,751
Uh, we had it arranged
for me to...
418
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,131
Rainy was the baby.
419
00:20:18,176 --> 00:20:20,843
She'd never been away
from Mommy that long.
420
00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:23,930
I know she will come through
421
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,349
I have faith in God.
422
00:20:26,384 --> 00:20:28,226
What she's going through
is His will,
423
00:20:28,302 --> 00:20:29,602
or it wouldn't be happening.
424
00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:32,939
[Gabe] Here she comes.
425
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,125
Here she comes.
426
00:21:02,553 --> 00:21:04,095
-[Ami] Hey, hey!
-[Gabe] Hey!
427
00:21:04,171 --> 00:21:06,347
-[Bird] Hi.
-There she is!
428
00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,182
Look who I found
wandering around.
429
00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:09,600
[Gabe] Welcome back, kiddo.
430
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:10,768
It's good to be back.
431
00:21:10,845 --> 00:21:11,894
[tearfully] Hi, Mom.
432
00:21:11,896 --> 00:21:12,937
[Ami] Missed you.
433
00:21:12,939 --> 00:21:14,063
[Gabe] Aw.
434
00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:19,026
[Rain crying]
435
00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:38,129
I know. I know.
436
00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,048
You can't do that again.
437
00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:43,009
No, I can't.
438
00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:45,970
[Ami] I love you.
439
00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:52,184
To finally see Rainy
getting back to the ranch
was overwhelming.
440
00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,145
I never want them
to leave my sight.
441
00:21:54,147 --> 00:21:56,856
When they're not with me,
I miss them so much.
All of them.
442
00:21:56,858 --> 00:22:00,401
And it always does
a mother's heart good
443
00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:02,611
to see her babies
and hold them.
444
00:22:02,613 --> 00:22:04,405
My baby's back.
445
00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:08,701
Wow. It's weird
being up here again.
446
00:22:09,412 --> 00:22:11,120
Good weird or bad weird?
447
00:22:11,122 --> 00:22:12,646
Good weird.
448
00:22:12,723 --> 00:22:14,332
-It's good weird
having you back.
-[Rain chuckles]
449
00:22:16,044 --> 00:22:17,460
How you doing?
How you feeling?
450
00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:18,961
I feel good.
451
00:22:18,963 --> 00:22:20,963
I feel a lot better
than I did.
452
00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:22,214
Okay.
453
00:22:24,135 --> 00:22:26,218
So, I don't know how much
Bird has shared.
454
00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:28,971
Not a lot.
455
00:22:28,973 --> 00:22:32,016
Um, but, basically, I just...
456
00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:35,144
[sighs]
457
00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,605
I felt like
458
00:22:39,192 --> 00:22:42,234
I lost connection
with that part of me,
459
00:22:42,311 --> 00:22:44,528
the little me, the real me.
460
00:22:46,115 --> 00:22:50,159
And when we went to Alaska,
461
00:22:51,579 --> 00:22:53,412
especially with Eli
being there,
462
00:22:53,414 --> 00:22:57,583
it made me remember
what it was like
to be that little kid.
463
00:22:57,585 --> 00:23:01,170
And realizing
that I'm not anymore.
464
00:23:01,172 --> 00:23:02,963
And I couldn't handle it
465
00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:08,260
and so I went to
a psychiatric hospital,
466
00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:13,849
somewhere that I knew
could help heal my mind.
467
00:23:13,851 --> 00:23:16,685
Because it's just like
when you have a broken bone.
468
00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:20,272
Brown's, reluctantly,
won't wanna go to the doctor.
469
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:23,025
But you have to get it fixed.
470
00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,986
And, you know,
sometimes they re-break it
and they set it,
471
00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:27,613
and that's what they did.
472
00:23:29,784 --> 00:23:31,826
Leading up to the trip
going to Alaska,
473
00:23:31,902 --> 00:23:33,244
I had some reservations.
474
00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:37,957
Um, and then
when we arrived in Alaska,
475
00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:41,836
everything reminded me
about how Dad was never
gonna be here again.
476
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,630
And that hit me really hard.
477
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,218
I started feeling kinda off,
478
00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:51,887
um, is the best way
I can describe it.
479
00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:54,390
Like, my head
just wasn't right.
480
00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:58,602
Um, you know, I started having
weird thoughts
481
00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:02,148
and, you know,
feeling really depressed,
really down.
482
00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:05,234
But I knew that
something wasn't right.
483
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:11,532
I stayed in
a psychiatric hospital
for about a month.
484
00:24:11,534 --> 00:24:15,077
And there they taught me,
you know,
what was going on,
485
00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,538
uh, why I was feeling
the way that I was feeling,
486
00:24:17,615 --> 00:24:20,124
what was happening
and how to deal with
what was happening.
487
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:28,299
They helped me move past...
488
00:24:28,375 --> 00:24:31,510
Not move on,
but move past my grief.
489
00:24:32,263 --> 00:24:34,054
It gave me a new perspective.
490
00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:36,715
Yeah.
491
00:24:37,226 --> 00:24:40,352
[Rain] Being in the hospita
helped me exponentially.
492
00:24:40,354 --> 00:24:43,439
It helped
bring everything together
493
00:24:43,524 --> 00:24:45,858
and helped me understand
that what was happening
494
00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:48,402
wasn't that un-normal,
you know?
495
00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:51,071
That it was something
that people do go through.
496
00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:55,493
I might not be back
to fully-operating Rainy
100% yet,
497
00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,569
but I'll get there.
498
00:25:00,541 --> 00:25:03,417
I know you're leaps and bounds
better than you were before.
499
00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:06,837
Whatever you need
from any of us,
500
00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:09,548
just say the word
and we'll be here.
501
00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:14,803
I'm proud of Rainy
for facing this situation,
502
00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:16,514
the problem she's having.
503
00:25:17,058 --> 00:25:18,757
I feel for her.
504
00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:21,810
She's not
an infant or a toddler
that I can pick up
505
00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:23,854
and make the bad things
go away.
506
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:27,525
But I know
she will come through
507
00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:31,153
because I know
God has faith in her.
508
00:25:31,989 --> 00:25:35,616
And what she's going through
is His will,
509
00:25:35,693 --> 00:25:37,576
or it wouldn't be happening.
510
00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:40,996
No matter how dark and strange
it seems right now,
511
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,523
it will all be good.
512
00:25:47,004 --> 00:25:50,506
Something that has been
so hard not to tell you
when we speak
513
00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:55,094
is that I have been
working on the gold.
514
00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:59,557
And I knew that,
if I could have it
up and running,
515
00:25:59,559 --> 00:26:03,352
so all we have to do
is pour rock into it
and start getting gold,
516
00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,437
that you would be very happy.
517
00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:06,638
Is that what you did?
518
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,307
I'm not gonna tell you
everything we've done,
519
00:26:08,309 --> 00:26:10,609
I wanna show it to you,
but I have been
working on the gold.
520
00:26:12,989 --> 00:26:14,905
[Rain] It feels really good
to hear
521
00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,074
that everyone's working
so hard on the gold mine
while I've been away.
522
00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:19,326
It definitely gives me
wind in my sails
523
00:26:19,403 --> 00:26:21,954
to know how much my family
cares and supports me.
524
00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:24,164
Honestly, I think
finding gold on the mountain
525
00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:25,791
is just what everybody needs.
526
00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:28,568
[Noah] You ready?
527
00:26:28,570 --> 00:26:31,005
[narrator] With the Browns'
mining leader
back on the mountain...
528
00:26:31,081 --> 00:26:32,131
Okay, look up!
529
00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,124
[Rain] Wow.
530
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:35,676
[narrator] ...the siblings
turn their attention
531
00:26:35,678 --> 00:26:36,927
to a gap in the conveyor,
532
00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,804
the final hurdle
533
00:26:38,881 --> 00:26:41,724
before the pack
can begin processing gold.
534
00:26:43,144 --> 00:26:44,343
[Rain] Yeah.
535
00:26:44,345 --> 00:26:46,645
We thought it was gonna
run fast enough
536
00:26:46,722 --> 00:26:48,188
to just boom it in.
537
00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:50,357
-No.
-It doesn't...
Yeah. It does not.
538
00:26:50,434 --> 00:26:53,152
When we got it,
the conveyor belt
was actually on top of that...
539
00:26:53,154 --> 00:26:55,904
-[Bird] Oh!
-[Rain] ...and it was
placed into it.
540
00:26:55,906 --> 00:26:58,574
I'm gonna cut out the funnel.
541
00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:02,286
I'm gonna cut the sides
here and here
542
00:27:02,363 --> 00:27:04,246
and then I'm going to bend it
543
00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:07,166
so that it meets
and just, like...
Yay away from the belt.
544
00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:08,542
Then just...
It'll go right in.
545
00:27:08,619 --> 00:27:11,920
I need someone to bend
546
00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:13,881
and someone to hold.
547
00:27:13,957 --> 00:27:15,049
I'll bend.
548
00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:16,925
Okay. Ready?
549
00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:18,010
-Yep.
-Ready.
550
00:27:18,012 --> 00:27:19,053
[Noah] Here we go.
551
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:21,722
-You good?
-Yep.
552
00:27:23,392 --> 00:27:24,933
This is warm. This is nice.
553
00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:26,435
[Noah] Okay,
so it's not burning you?
554
00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:27,770
-[Rain] No.
-[Noah] Okay, good.
555
00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:29,480
Make sure you don't
cut through it.
556
00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:31,231
All right.
I'm gonna count to three,
557
00:27:31,308 --> 00:27:32,816
-then y'all
are gonna go. Ready?
-Ready.
558
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:36,320
One, two, three, go!
559
00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,906
Rain was not
supposed to see it
560
00:27:38,982 --> 00:27:40,407
until we were finished
and it was running.
561
00:27:40,409 --> 00:27:42,618
Hammer time.
562
00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:44,536
But it's nice
to have Rain back.
563
00:27:44,538 --> 00:27:46,330
I'm glad that she's doing go
564
00:27:46,332 --> 00:27:48,791
and she's dealt
with everything
that she needed to
565
00:27:48,793 --> 00:27:50,042
and she's back
on the mountain.
566
00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:51,743
It's where she belongs.
567
00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:53,671
[Bird] I think that's
about as close
as we're gonna get it.
568
00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,881
-We're burning the rubber.
-I know, but...
569
00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:57,091
Yeah, I think that'll do.
570
00:27:58,636 --> 00:27:59,843
[Bird whoops]
571
00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,859
You know how dirty
that water probably is?
572
00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:18,445
As long as it's not the one
that had the dead chipmunk
in it, I'm good.
573
00:28:20,574 --> 00:28:24,535
[narrator] A hard rock
gold expert is due to asses
the mountains potential
574
00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:26,519
in just a few hours.
575
00:28:26,597 --> 00:28:30,499
But while brother Noah
continues repairs
on their rock crusher
576
00:28:30,543 --> 00:28:34,795
youngest sister, Rain,
must employee a more
old-fashioned method
577
00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,548
to generate
sufficient material to pan.
578
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,720
-[Rain] Okay.
-How do we get these nuggets?
Let's do this.
579
00:28:42,796 --> 00:28:45,639
So, it's not gonna
be quite nuggets,
it's more of a powder.
580
00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,224
So I'm not just gonna
sledge hammer this open
581
00:28:47,301 --> 00:28:48,726
-and find a gold nugget?
-No.
582
00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:52,229
This is called a pumice.
583
00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,859
So then,
you just pick this up.
584
00:29:00,698 --> 00:29:05,367
I am beyond hopeful.
I absolutely know that there's
gold in these rocks.
585
00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:08,328
I just... I just know
that it's there.
586
00:29:08,330 --> 00:29:11,498
I don't even know
how to explain it,
I just have a sense for it,
587
00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,876
and I'm very excited
to actually see if I'm right.
588
00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:16,712
So, we have these sifters.
589
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:19,465
Obviously, the big one
goes on top of the little one.
590
00:29:19,541 --> 00:29:21,925
And then,
you have a pan underneath.
591
00:29:22,002 --> 00:29:24,970
-And then you get gold.
-Basically.
592
00:29:24,972 --> 00:29:27,306
-Ah, yes, shaking.
-You have to hold the bottom.
593
00:29:29,351 --> 00:29:32,227
The goal isn't to get
all of the rock into the pan.
594
00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:40,694
So, see all those sparkles
that are just kinda floating
around with everything else?
595
00:29:40,771 --> 00:29:42,279
-Mmm-hmm.
-And see the sparkles
596
00:29:42,281 --> 00:29:44,114
that are staying
on the bottom in the pan?
597
00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,952
The sparkles that are staying
on the bottom of the pan
are gold.
598
00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:54,249
I don't have woven paper,
leave me alone.
599
00:29:54,251 --> 00:29:56,919
See, now you get
what I've been saying.
600
00:29:58,088 --> 00:30:02,549
Rain, she's pointing out
where the gold is from
the rock we crushed
601
00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:05,552
and we're panning it
and she's pointing out,
"Oh, look, there's cold."
602
00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:07,095
I'm a little nervous for sur
603
00:30:07,097 --> 00:30:08,755
'cause it's like,
it looks like gold,
604
00:30:08,757 --> 00:30:12,142
and I want it to be gold,
and Rain's saying it's gold
605
00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:14,478
And, you know,
I'm a little nervous that
they're just gonna be like,
606
00:30:14,555 --> 00:30:17,439
"Nah, you just got gold fever.
That's not gold."
607
00:30:18,484 --> 00:30:21,485
If we're finding
little sparkles,
just doing this,
608
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,446
can you imagine when we get
these into the big crusher,
609
00:30:24,448 --> 00:30:27,908
and we're doing, like,
loads upon loads of giant...
Like...
610
00:30:28,828 --> 00:30:30,719
Oh, I know.
611
00:30:30,721 --> 00:30:33,121
A couple flakes
are gonna turn into
let's go buy us some lamas.
612
00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:37,225
What?
613
00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:41,713
-[Rain] This is Donnie.
-Yep. Noah invited me up here.
614
00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,216
-[Ami] Nice meeting you,
Donnie.
-Nice to meet you.
615
00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:49,137
My name's Donnie Hobert
and I've been
gold mining always,
616
00:30:49,139 --> 00:30:51,598
been mining off and on
for 20 years.
617
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,642
Did it commercially for 15.
618
00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:56,270
So, it's been
in my blood really.
619
00:30:56,346 --> 00:30:59,231
So this is, kinda,
our first go
at hard rock mining.
620
00:30:59,308 --> 00:31:02,609
It's gonna be a lot of work,
but pays off when you're
running tons of it.
621
00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:05,279
Hard rock, you can end up
melting it at one point.
622
00:31:05,355 --> 00:31:07,531
Breaking the rest
of that minerals out of it,
623
00:31:07,649 --> 00:31:10,784
and then, you get yellow gold
and then that's what you want.
624
00:31:10,861 --> 00:31:13,912
There's still gold here.
There's lots of gold here
all over this mountain.
625
00:31:13,989 --> 00:31:17,457
You know, back in the day
this was booming and it jus
shut down for a while
626
00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,585
they don't have our technolo
we got.
627
00:31:19,661 --> 00:31:22,838
'Course, this ain't
the best of technology,
but it's working at it.
628
00:31:22,882 --> 00:31:25,424
Compared to rock
and hammer, you know.
629
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:29,261
I'm a little bit nervous
to see what Donnie has to say
about the gold.
630
00:31:29,338 --> 00:31:31,972
I would be in shock
if it weren't gold
631
00:31:31,974 --> 00:31:34,850
because I have researched
this extensively.
632
00:31:34,852 --> 00:31:36,685
It would also be
very embarrassing
633
00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:38,270
'cause I was like,
"Oh, look, there's gold!"
634
00:31:38,347 --> 00:31:41,273
And then, come to find out
that if isn't gold, that's...
635
00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:44,234
It's gonna be crushing
my dreams like that crusher
is crushing the rocks.
636
00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:47,529
So, what'd you think?
We got gold?
637
00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:53,410
Oh, yeah.
I think you got gold.
638
00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:57,706
You can run tons.
Tons and tons of material.
639
00:31:58,375 --> 00:32:00,250
That's just a bucket full,
you know.
640
00:32:00,327 --> 00:32:02,144
-I agree.
-[Ami] That's right.
641
00:32:02,146 --> 00:32:03,629
-Little more turning
and you'll catch it all too.
-[Rain] Yeah.
642
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,465
The validation
that Donnie gave me
643
00:32:06,541 --> 00:32:10,719
saying that this is
in fact gold just made
my heart sing.
644
00:32:10,721 --> 00:32:13,180
I'm just
over the moon excited.
645
00:32:13,215 --> 00:32:15,557
The next step,
is to take a bunch
of the materials,
646
00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:18,226
and run it through
the processer, and see if
we can get some gold.
647
00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:20,354
And I am more than ready.
648
00:32:20,430 --> 00:32:23,649
-We got gold, Mom.
We got gold!
-Yeah, we got gold, baby girl.
649
00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:34,409
[Bird] Oh, it just
smells so good.
650
00:32:35,621 --> 00:32:38,497
-Mmm. [mumbles]
-[Ami] What?
651
00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,541
It does taste
as good as it smells.
652
00:32:41,543 --> 00:32:43,518
It, kinda, makes me wanna gag.
653
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,422
I mean, it is right next
to a cow patty, but it just
smells so good.
654
00:32:50,219 --> 00:32:54,137
[narrator] The next morning
before the family
returns to mining,
655
00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:58,600
Bird receives
important test results from
her follow-up appointment.
656
00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:02,646
I mean, honest, I just wanted
to grow old with all my cats
657
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:07,109
and not have to make
any decision ever in my life,
but here we are.
658
00:33:08,696 --> 00:33:11,905
I haven't necessarily
spoken to my family about,
659
00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:15,742
you know, the decision
that I have to make to,
you know, have a kid or not.
660
00:33:15,744 --> 00:33:19,204
I do have a hard time
talking to, really, anybody
661
00:33:19,206 --> 00:33:23,542
Especially when it comes to,
like, medical or, you know,
life decisions.
662
00:33:25,087 --> 00:33:27,062
Have you spoken
to your doctor?
663
00:33:29,383 --> 00:33:33,927
My doctor tells me if I wanna
go down the path
of having kids that I can.
664
00:33:34,513 --> 00:33:35,804
But I've decided to...
665
00:33:36,932 --> 00:33:37,931
have a kid.
666
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:43,395
Another grandbaby.
667
00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:48,442
And I get to be an aunty
for my sister this time.
668
00:33:48,518 --> 00:33:51,153
I know there's something
special about having kids.
669
00:33:51,155 --> 00:33:53,613
It's always been something
that's almost seemed a littl
scary for me.
670
00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:56,074
But I know there's something
special about it.
671
00:33:56,151 --> 00:34:01,455
And the risk
of possible cancer to try
and have that is worth it.
672
00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:05,167
I guess one thing
that everything
has showed me
673
00:34:05,169 --> 00:34:07,044
is that it's not always
a straight line,
674
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,795
it's not always
what you think it's gonna be.
675
00:34:09,715 --> 00:34:11,715
Life is an adventure.
676
00:34:12,134 --> 00:34:14,125
Live your dream.
677
00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:17,179
[Rain] You know,
this is the first time
we've heard Bird say
678
00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:19,097
that she does
want to have a baby someday.
679
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:21,683
And it feels really good.
680
00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:25,062
Bird means everything to me,
she is my whole world.
681
00:34:25,138 --> 00:34:28,231
And I just wanna
see her happy and fulfilled,
682
00:34:28,391 --> 00:34:30,400
and I'll be by her side
no matter what.
683
00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:36,656
Obviously, you know, babies
there's two people involved.
684
00:34:36,733 --> 00:34:38,408
Is there?
685
00:34:39,369 --> 00:34:45,123
So, I know before you would,
kinda, entertain the idea
of dating.
686
00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:49,086
I'm open to the future,
but I'm not headed
to the Quick Stop.
687
00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:52,506
I would have taken you
somewhere you were actually
going to meet a guy.
688
00:34:52,582 --> 00:34:55,383
-[Ami] Wear your
cute little skirt.
-Who do you think I am?
689
00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:58,178
[all laughing]
690
00:34:58,180 --> 00:35:01,348
[Bird] Honestly, the more
people pester me into, like
try and find a guy,
691
00:35:01,350 --> 00:35:02,557
the more I don't want to.
692
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:04,768
I like things
to be on my terms,
693
00:35:04,845 --> 00:35:06,228
uh, which is what's been
hard with this.
694
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:08,772
'Cause this isn't on my term.
[chuckles]
695
00:35:08,849 --> 00:35:11,274
I don't know. I guess
you could say
I'm a hopeless romantic.
696
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,944
I just, kinda, believe
I'll run into the guy.
697
00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:18,198
What are you doing?
698
00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:20,200
That's not how you spit.
699
00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:22,911
I was never taught
how to spit.
700
00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:24,704
-Project it.
-[Rain] I'm a lady.
701
00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:26,957
-[Bird] You project it.
-Lady's aren't supposed
to spit.
702
00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:28,941
[Ami] Everyone spits.
703
00:35:32,047 --> 00:35:35,048
-[Noah] Hey, Gabe, look.
-Yeah.
704
00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:37,008
-Nothing in my hat, right?
-Nothing in your hat.
705
00:35:37,085 --> 00:35:39,553
If I set the hat down,
like so, right?
There's nothing in my hat.
706
00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:41,471
I'm gonna take the hat,
I'm gonna go like this.
707
00:35:41,548 --> 00:35:43,598
Next time I remove the hat,
I have my ferret!
708
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,142
[exaggerated gasp]
709
00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:48,687
It's literally
the cutest tricky thing
I've ever seen.
710
00:35:48,689 --> 00:35:52,107
Triss is my ferret.
She is just the best
ferret ever.
711
00:35:52,109 --> 00:35:54,818
She's a super-good helper.
She's my mascot.
712
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,530
I figured I needed
some intelligent help for this
so I thought I'd bring her.
713
00:36:04,621 --> 00:36:06,538
[Noah] You are the generator,
I'll go to the breaker,
714
00:36:06,615 --> 00:36:08,456
then on our way back
we'll start loading rocks.
715
00:36:08,458 --> 00:36:11,918
-[Rain] Go for it.
-[Bird] All right.
Oh, my God, I'm excited.
716
00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:15,422
-[Bam] Do you know
for sure you fixed it?
-It should work.
717
00:36:15,498 --> 00:36:18,216
[Bird] There's only one way
to know if this works,
go turn it on.
718
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:22,804
[narrator] Eighteen
months ago,
patriarch Billy Brown,
719
00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:26,183
imparted his dream
of gold mining
to the youngest sibling.
720
00:36:26,185 --> 00:36:30,103
Gold, it's here.
It's worth looking into,
it really is.
721
00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:34,274
[narrator] And the wolfpack
has transformed the mountai
into a boom town.
722
00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:36,109
That's what I'm talking about.
723
00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:38,445
[narrator] Now,
with Rain at the helm,
724
00:36:38,447 --> 00:36:41,990
the Browns are finally read
to test their equipment.
725
00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:44,326
If they can yield
even trace amounts of gold
726
00:36:44,328 --> 00:36:47,829
they can kick
their mining endeavor
into overdrive,
727
00:36:47,831 --> 00:36:52,375
turning the mountain's
natural resource into
self-sustainability.
728
00:36:52,452 --> 00:36:53,877
Go for it.
729
00:36:57,591 --> 00:37:00,425
I have my doubts
that the mining equipment
will run,
730
00:37:00,427 --> 00:37:02,260
but I'm pushing that
to the back of my mind.
731
00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:04,429
[Noah] 'Kay let's just
start piling it on, come on.
732
00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:08,516
This is the moment that Mom,
Da, and I have talked about
since forever,
733
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,435
this is what we've
been waiting for.
734
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,362
[Bird] Oh, my goodness.
735
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,533
It's working, guys.
736
00:37:25,535 --> 00:37:28,745
-[Noah] It's working.
-[Rain] See, it's coming out
and falling in little pieces.
737
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:31,331
-Oh, the big ones.
-[all cheering]
738
00:37:32,793 --> 00:37:37,045
Pretty much everybody's here
and the mining equipment
is actually working.
739
00:37:37,047 --> 00:37:38,579
Honestly, I'm relieved.
740
00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:40,882
I thought something else
was gonna go wrong,
741
00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,342
but it's actually
crushing all the rock,
742
00:37:42,419 --> 00:37:44,469
all the conveyor belts
are working,
743
00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:47,514
and it's just so exciting
that everybody's
here for that.
744
00:37:48,684 --> 00:37:50,600
[Rain] Oh, those are so small.
745
00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:57,190
I knew it would work.
746
00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:59,526
Of course, baby girl.
Of course.
747
00:38:00,112 --> 00:38:02,320
Perseverance pays off.
748
00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,906
-Determination.
-[Bird] Yeah.
749
00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:06,616
[Rhain] Hey,
I think it's almost done.
750
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:08,343
Huh.
751
00:38:09,913 --> 00:38:12,580
I am just overcome
with emotion,
752
00:38:12,615 --> 00:38:15,583
seeing all of the mining
equipment working
and crushing rocks.
753
00:38:15,585 --> 00:38:17,711
It's just insane
that we've come this far.
754
00:38:17,713 --> 00:38:20,588
And it just makes me feel
more connected to Da
than ever
755
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:24,175
because this is a dream
that him, Mom, and I dreamed.
756
00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:26,720
And so, it feels really goo
that all of our hard work
757
00:38:26,722 --> 00:38:30,348
and all of our dream
determination, is finally
paying off.
758
00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:32,225
All right,
let's go look at the pile.
759
00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:34,728
[Bird] I hope we just go down
and just have gold.
760
00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:37,814
Is everybody else
as excited as I know
Rain and I are?
761
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:39,607
That we just...
762
00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:42,569
turned the gold mine on,
crushed rock,
763
00:38:42,571 --> 00:38:45,405
back in the day the miners
purely did it by hand.
764
00:38:47,367 --> 00:38:48,742
Mom, do you wanna see gold?
765
00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:53,413
Right there, it sparkles.
766
00:38:53,490 --> 00:38:54,998
-[Ami gasps]
-[Rhain] See it?
767
00:38:57,669 --> 00:39:00,003
[Ami] You know, it's a little.
768
00:39:00,964 --> 00:39:02,714
But a lot of a little
makes a lot.
769
00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:06,051
It's like learning to walk.
770
00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:08,828
First there's a little,
771
00:39:08,830 --> 00:39:11,222
then there's a little
mini walks, and then,
soon he'll be running.
772
00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:13,141
And so, soon we'll have...
773
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:16,061
bags full maybe.
774
00:39:16,137 --> 00:39:18,246
I think Da would be proud.
775
00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:25,862
It has been a rough year
and it feels like everything
this year, and last year,
776
00:39:25,939 --> 00:39:28,198
has tried to stop us
from trying to get this going,
777
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,908
and trying
to build the ranch up,
778
00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:32,619
and get everything
back to how it was,
even before the fire.
779
00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:38,625
-But, in the end, we come
together and we do this.
-[Ami] That's right.
780
00:39:38,627 --> 00:39:42,837
It brings me very much joy
to see the kids and the family
stick together
781
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:45,673
and preserver
so much like they have.
782
00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:47,217
Billy would definitely
be proud.
783
00:39:48,261 --> 00:39:49,803
[Bird] Eli has something
to say.
784
00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:52,472
-Gold.
-[Ami] Gold.
785
00:39:52,549 --> 00:39:54,099
-[Rhain] Wow.
-[Bird] I just told him that.
786
00:39:54,976 --> 00:39:56,643
He's got the fever!
787
00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,730
[all howling]
788
00:40:03,527 --> 00:40:06,277
[Rain] It's not even about
the amount of gold
that we get,
789
00:40:06,354 --> 00:40:09,864
the gold represents a dream
that came from a spark.
790
00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:13,868
And that turned into a reality
and that's what North Star
Ranch is all about.
791
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,037
It's all about
a dream made real.
792
00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:19,791
The last couple years
have not been easy
for any of us.
793
00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:24,963
And just maybe it's a sign
that Brown luck
could be changing.
794
00:40:24,965 --> 00:40:28,216
[Bird] There was definitely
a lot up in the air
for the family right now.
795
00:40:28,218 --> 00:40:31,845
Uh, I'm excited to see...
To see what happens.
796
00:40:31,847 --> 00:40:33,930
And I'm hoping
it's a good year.
797
00:40:36,184 --> 00:40:37,308
[thunder rumbling]
798
00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:42,254
[Noah] Okay. Good to go.
799
00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:48,236
This is what the wolfpack
does, we band together
and we get stuff done.
800
00:40:48,238 --> 00:40:49,929
And it feels good.
801
00:40:49,931 --> 00:40:52,907
It feels good to be able
to help people achieve
their goals.
802
00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:57,120
Uh, but I'm definitely ready
for the next part
of this adventure.
803
00:41:02,210 --> 00:41:04,002
-[Noah] Again.
-[Rhain] Again.
804
00:41:04,713 --> 00:41:08,715
This time, I get to come!
And baby Adam.
805
00:41:08,750 --> 00:41:11,050
People go to Alaska
for a variety of reasons.
806
00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:14,888
They're running away
from something or they're
running to something.
807
00:41:14,890 --> 00:41:19,851
I was going to something.
The future.
The Meyers Chuck property.
808
00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:22,479
It's a blank canvas
and I'm going to fill it.
809
00:41:22,481 --> 00:41:24,731
-Happy Alaska.
-Happy Alaska.
810
00:41:24,816 --> 00:41:25,982
[Eli] Happy Alaska!