07x04 - Winter Washout

[bunniefuu]

Marty: All right.

So, now it's
the middle of April.

It's been cold and snowy
for seven months,

And as of yesterday,


have hit this homestead.

All right.

And rain and thawing.

But something just happened.

Looks like we have two artesian,
if you will...

Spouts of water, and I have
no idea where it's coming from,

But that's bad.

Oh, gosh. Boots are full of
water now. Great.

If it keeps up like this,

Gonna wash the road out,

Easily.

All right, here we go.

This is not as easy as it looks.

Okay, this is my cellphone.
[ laughs ]

Homestead is where the heart is.

We're on the 40.

What's a quarantine
on a homestead?

We've been on our


In hatcher pass, alaska.

Okay, social distance.

I'm out here
in the middle of nowhere.

I don't see anybody anyways.

Narrator:
For the first time ever,

The raneys open up
their homestead...

We're documenting
everything ourselves.

Narrator: ...For an exclusive
self-shot glimpse

At their way of life...

Watch out.

...In the remote
alaskan wilderness.

Look at the size
of these tracks.

We are taking full advantage
of this quarantine.

Look out!

Narrator: As they push forward
on their own dream,

We reflect on some of
the biggest challenges

They've faced, keeping other
homesteaders' hopes alive.

Now it's officially a homestead.

Plus the raneys check in
with some of the families

That have taken
their lessons and thrived.

Misty: How is it going?

Trust me, you have done so much
getting us moving forward.

I got to get back to it.
I got to go back to work.

Bye.

[ devices beeping ]

Stay tuned.

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Narrator:
In the middle of April,

After an extreme
and historic winter,

The sun's warming rays

Bring the rapid snowmelt
of spring to the 40.

Marty, with the help
of his wife, mollee...

Mollee: It's full.

...His daughter misty,
and her husband, maciah,

Race to protect the homestead

From the fallout
of this chaotic weather

Because in alaska,
nothing comes easy.

All right, look at this.
It's coming right now.

Here she comes. Floodwater's
heading down the road.

They call this overflow where,
underneath all this snow,

There's a creek somewhere,
and then the creek freezes

And then it thaws, and the water
runs on top of all the ice

And has to go somewhere.

In this case, it's coming
right down our road... not good.

Lookit. It's coming down here.

That's terrible. It's gonna
wash everything out.

Water, whether it's
winter or summer,

Is extremely destructive

If it's going in a place
where you don't want it.

So now we need to investigate
where this overflow,

Or this flooding under the snow,
is coming from.

Somewhere down under
all this snow and ice,

I'm sure a groove
is being cut right through

The center of our property...
In fact,

Right across the only trail
on this property to this cabin.

Mollee: Spring has
sprung a leak.

Narrator: The appeal of the 40

Has always been
its proximity to water.

But water can be your
best friend or your worst enemy.

In missouri, the raneys arrive
to find the smith homestead

Squarely in the path
of overwhelming floods.

We're one storm away
from disaster.

Wow, that cabin can't hold up.

- I take it that's your cabin?
- Yes, this is home.

Why was the house put there?

We didn't know.

Now, is it gonna stay there?
What's its plan?

Our plan is to double in size.

Did you just say that to me?

The floods are getting worse.

Well, we hope to fix
the problem first.

You have connections
with somebody up there?

[ exhales sharply ]
when it rains, it pours.

The plan is to take this
building and attach it

To the back of our house.

Make it bigger
for kids and a family

Yes... In the future.

What is your fix
for the water problem

Over at the other cabin?

I think a pond is a pretty...
Pretty good idea.

Narrator: Marty's plan...

To build a 500,000-gallon
flood-retention pond

On the hill
above the smith homestead.

Marty: The challenges for us
on this homestead

Are still immense.

Narrator:
...Which will serve as a dam

To capture severe storm runoff.

Everybody in! Let's go!

But the first test
comes sooner than expected.

Marty: Is the
half-built dam adequate

To protect this homestead?

I guess I'm about to find out.

[ thunder crashing ]

♪♪

Wow, this is huge.

That's a big puddle for now,

But it looks like
it holds water, huh?

It's amazing, and it just
gives hope for the future.

Narrator: Three generations
on the smith homestead

Now have security
from future flooding.

But back on the 40,

Marty realizes his safeguard
against flooding has failed him.

Here's the problem
the culvert's stopped frozen.

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Mollee: Oh, yeah.

That's terrible.

So, before winter came,
we built a road up

To the tops of the cliffs.

We just scratched it in,

But one of the first obstacles
was taking care of the creek.

So I put a culvert in.

The creek comes down the valley,

Goes through the culvert,
and goes on its merry way.

And if that culvert is frozen,
then all of that creek water

Is gonna find a new place to go.

Narrator: Culverts are hollow
structures that allow water

To flow underneath obstructions.

Often made from plastic,
aluminum, or concrete,

They typically provide
water passage under roadways

Or stream crossings.

You can get a good example
of what all the culverts are.

There's one, two,

Three, four.

There's four culverts.
All of them are frozen.

Look... solid.

Solid ice.

Mollee: How do you thaw it out?

You don't.

It would take $1 million
worth of propane

To thaw it with a weed burner,

And it would take weeks
to chip it out by hand.

So what's the fix?

We might be able to save part
of this property if we just get

This water channeled back
towards the creek.

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Narrator: 20 miles south
of hilo, hawaii,

Matt, his wife, katie,

And her brother mike prepped
for a long day of clearing brush

From the family's cacao grove.

Their top priority...

Ridding the property
of ohia, evergreen trees

Native to the six largest
islands of hawaii.

Matt: This work is actually,
you know, two-fold.

We need to get rid
of these invasive trees

Because they create
a massive canopy,

They drop down leaves
that actually prevent nitrogen

From growing beneath them,

And they grow
incredibly tall and huge.

And they can come down
in the storm, you know.


catches them just right,

That gust brings them down,

I mean, that's
your house crushed

Or your plantation ruined.

So removing the trees
is a necessity.

Okay, so, we have
old, dead ohias

That are growing around
our live plants,

The cacao and many
different fruit trees.

They're ready to fall down
at the next storm.

And that is really a big deal
because one tree goes down

And takes out


That's taking bread
off our table.

We've got to get these trees
down safely in a controlled way.

What do you think, mike?

Homestead up.

Trademark.

[ laughs ]

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[ braying ]

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Narrator: 3,000 miles north
in alaska's hatcher pass,

Marty and mollee

Race to divert damaging
overflow back towards the creek.

Marty: So, when you're
looking at water running

On top of thick ice

And the thick ice is on top
of 4 feet of frozen ground,

You're not going to fix that

With a pick and a shovel
and a bar.

But you can get some kind
of flow started,

And maybe the water

Will assist you
in redirecting its own path.

Run it down. Just run it down.
It'll melt.

[ dog barks ] okay.

Narrator: When floodwaters
threaten a homestead,

Trying to redirect them
is often the only option.

Last year in wisconsin,

Mountain runoff
battered the shields' cabin.

It's like someone designed this
to destroy that home.

♪♪

The raneys build
a massive rock wall

Using boulders to fortify
the cabin against floodwaters.

Marty: So, the plan is to attack
this problem at its source,

And it's that culvert.

We have to redirect this water.

Marty uses eight


As a flood-defense wall
with smaller rocks

Used to build
a diversion trench.

Marty: These rocks this size,
they call it 5-inch rock here.

I'll work my way down
all the way

From the culvert to the bottom.

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Narrator: Next step...
Defend the cabin's foundation

Against rain runoff
from the roof.

Marty: Whatever amount of rain
is falling on that roof,

Every drop of it has went
right underneath that house,

And it's all been eroded.

I'm suggesting we catch
this water

And we catch all of it,
every drop.

We'll dig a trench along
the entire length of this house.

Have you got any
metal roofing like that?

I do. They're about


- Bring back four.
- Okay.

Marty: So, we're about to
install the homestead gutter.

This homestead saved
a lot of money today.

Two guys fixing a problem
with materials on the homestead.

I'll guarantee you that
that will work.

Narrator:
Runoff from the culvert

Now moves around
the shields' home,

Sparing it from further damage.

♪♪

[ bird squawks ]

Back in alaska, marty and mollee
make progress as they divert

Rapidly melting snow runoff.

Marty: Good job, good job.

Here it comes.

More and more. We want it all
if you can get it.

Mollee: Okay.

Very smart. I'm impressed.

♪♪

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Thank you, thank you.

Whoo! We did it.

You understand how many gallons
of water? Look over here.

That's a lot of water.

That's gonna run
for the next month.

Okay, good job.

Narrator: But just when
all seemed fixed,

A new danger erupts.

Whew! Hand me that shovel.

♪♪

[ bird calls ]

To me, I think homesteading
is the ultimate freedom.

It forces you to slow down,
and it forces you

To kind of focus
on what is important,

And it's really just
the basic human needs.

Matt: I think simplifying your
life and having it be closer

To nature is therapeutic.

And the healthiest thing
I think anybody can do.

Makes you more self-reliant
and more self-sufficient.

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Narrator: As spring awakens
in southeast alaska,

A series of frozen culverts
have put the raneys on defense.

Here she comes. Floodwater's
heading down the road.

Marty and mollee managed
to subdue one trouble spot.

Good job, good job.

Here it comes.

But a second source
of flooding emerges.

♪♪

We may have trouble.
Looks like a big hole.

Mollee: Wow.

So, this is some kind
of a geyser, yeah?

This is a significant
amount of water

That is cutting
a very significant groove

Right down the one path
to this cabin and the new road

Scratched to the top
of the cliffs of insanity.

There may not be an absolute fix
until the culvert thaws out.

That could be a month from now.

But I have to make the best
out of a terrible situation.

[ mollee laughs ]

[ chainsaw revs ]

[ chainsaw whirring ]

The plan is to cut grooves
in the ice,

Knock those blocks out of
the way, and create a channel,

A new place
for that water to run.

If it works, we'll save
the rest of this property.

[ chainsaw whirring ]

♪♪

That worked!

Mollee: Whoo!

♪♪

That's our main road
to the cabin and the yurt,

So we're trying to keep
the water over here,

Divert it back into the creek.

Looks like we may have succeeded
thanks to mollee's help.

And if you imagine the damage
that this amount of water

Could do in your driveway,


for the next two months,

So we have some issues here.

We're not out of the woods yet.

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Narrator: In hawaii, matt takes
a cue from marty's playbook

Using homestead creativity
to solve a dangerous problem.

Matt: We've got to get these
trees down safely

In a controlled way.

♪♪

And that is a slingshot.

The goal of this slingshot

Is to sh**t a projectile
that has a string attached to it

Over the top of a tree.

See that goal post?

That's where we're aiming for.

Take that smaller string,
tie a larger rope to it,

Pull the big rope
up and over it,

And then use the end
of that rope

And get through a loop
in that big rope

And then pull that rope
through the loop.

And then you have basically
lassoed the top of a tree.

This is pretty sweet.

We've jerry-rigged, macgyvered,
we've made a contraption,

But we've used things

That you can find
pretty much anywhere,

At any home and any homestead.

Couple of ladders

Strapped together,
tied together.

And this is just a rag.

And this is actually
some old flexible hose

That we just pulled off
the outer sheath.

And here we go. Boom.

Slingshot.

I hope we can make it.

Narrator: Trees are an important
resource on many homesteads,

But just like on katie's
family plantation,

They also pose great risk.

Last year, dense forests
surrounding the rinkers' cabin

Served as potential fuel
for a nearby wildfire,

Matt: We're gonna have to
try and outsmart

One of the most deadliest foes
that you guys have.

Yeah. The forest fire.

Yeah.

Narrator:
To protect the homestead,

The raneys must clear-cut


And birch trees
dangerously close to the cabin.

All right, we're gonna start
about a 100-foot swath

Of tree removal
for obvious reasons.

That sky is smoky.

[ chainsaw revs ]

[ whistles ] first one's
coming right there!

[ chainsaw whirring ]

♪♪

[ chainsaws revving ]

♪♪

Let me get my safety glasses on.

♪♪

Marty: Moving! Stand back!

♪♪

Narrator: With two dozen trees
left to fell,

Time runs out.

Man: It's not real great news.

The fire... it's within


♪♪

And the wind's blowing this way.

It's pushing it your way,
absolutely.

It's just a tinderbox
waiting to happen.

This is a great,
defensible space.

You're just not quite there
yet on the backside.

And principally, we're talking
about these cedars right here?

Mm-hmm.

When the fire gets to those,
they become expl*sive.

♪♪

Matt: If we can't cut
these trees down,

The next best thing is prune
some of these branches

About 15 feet off the ground.

[ chainsaw whirring ]

♪♪

Marty: All right, guys,
there you have it.

That's a fire-preventative
cabin right there.

We can't do anything else to it.

I'm welling up. Oh, baby.

[ laughs ]

It's okay, sweetness.

It's good.
It's good, happy tears.

Narrator:
An all-hands-on-deck strike

On the surrounding wood line
saves the rinkers' homestead.

But back in hawaii, a more
creative approach

To tree-felling is necessary.

Matt: All right, check it out.

This is gonna be our
projectile...

Lava rock.

But we've got to be able
to get this string...

Somehow, through this.

So I'm gonna drill a hole.

[ drill whirring ]

♪♪

Okay, got the hole.
Put the string in there.

We should be rocking.

Not only do we have to sh**t
this rock all the way

To the top of this tree,

We have to sh**t it beyond
and back to the ground.

We have to be able to recapture
this string on the other side.

So we have to have
incredible aim.

We've got to have
a lot of slingshot power.

I'm really hoping it works.

[ laughs ]

Matt: All right.
You ready, mike?

Ready.

Let's do it.

Clear the launch area.

♪♪

All righty.

♪♪

Mike: And...

♪♪

Oh! Did it miss?

It was so close!

Mike: That was pretty close.

Oh, that was so close.

♪♪

[ matt laughs ]

Oh, it yanked it short again.

We're actually pretty far
up there,

But we didn't make it
in the goal.

We were about 3 feet off.

Argh!

Dang it!

♪♪

Narrator: As spring arrives
in hatcher pass, alaska,

Rapidly melting snow only adds
to a homestead crisis...

Frozen culverts

Sending floodwaters spilling out
of streams and onto roadways.

Marty: What do you do when a
tree falls across your trail?

You cut it out of the way.

What do you do when the overflow
washes out your road system?

You put something down
and drive across it.

Footbridges, makeshift ways
to cross the water,

Whatever it takes, right?

Work has to continue.

♪♪

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Okay, so, we had some boards
leftover from the tram build.

Stretched those across.

♪♪

We're about to put the last
piece of plywood on here.

Hopefully, this bridge
will be strong enough

To hold the snow machine
and the four-wheeler,

And then things will hopefully
get back to semi-normal.

Narrator: Running water,
whether big or small,

Often proves a homestead's
biggest challenge.


found shelley plumb struggling,

Separated from much of her land
by a protected creek.

How many acres do you have?



Let me guess...
Some of it's across the creek.

Yeah.

How much? Uh, 1/3.

My guess is you guys
don't cross this.

No.

It doesn't look easy
to get across.

No, it's not.

Marty's plan... use massive logs
from shelley's property

To build a wooden bridge.

Marty: So how do you get


Resting on either side?

You've got to think
outside the box.

In this case, the box is round.

We will grab the back of this
with the pincher

And try to have this roll
across the river.

Yep.

♪♪

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Hoo-hoo!

Marty: Berries, firewood,
medicinal plants...

It's all reachable.

Oh, yeah, oh, that's money.
Look at that.

[ drill whirs ]

If we don't get shelley to
the other side of this property,

It will be the end
of this homestead.

Last groove.

[ drill whirs ]

Whew!

♪♪

- It's so nice, huh?
- It's pretty cool, isn't it?

- We're across to the other side!
- Yeah!

It looks fabulous.

It's opened up windows
and opportunities.

I couldn't have asked
for anything more.

Narrator: Marty's bridge allows
the plumbs to work

Beyond the boundary
of the creek.

♪♪

Back in hatcher pass,
marty's makeshift bridge

Is vital to continuing
the triage on his homestead.

Marty: All we can do now
is wait on springtime.

We have to wait
for the ice to melt.

We have to wait for
the frozen ground to thaw.

And then we'll try to make sense
of all this damage.

This is a problem that I never
foresaw on this homestead,

But I'm sure it's not
gonna be the last.

♪♪

Narrator: Back in hawaii...

Matt: All right, we got to move
this into position, mike.

Narrator: ...Matt and
brother-in-law mike

Prepare for another shot
at bringing down

The dead ohia tree threatening
the family's cacao orchard.

Matt: All right. Boom.

And now we're ready

To sh**t this thing
up to the top of a tree.

You think we can do it, mike?

I believe we can.

Sweet. Let's try it.

♪♪

We're super close to getting
the string over

And getting to the point where
we can actually start to do

What we've set out to do here.

Oh, it gates it short again.

Here goes nothing.

I thought I was gonna have
beginner's luck.

Mike: Yes! Yes!

[ laughs ] yes!

Yes!

Yeah!

Field goal is good! [ laughs ]

We made it up and over the tree
and down on the other side.

Now we're gonna attach
a bigger rope to our string

And pull it up and over.

And this thing should be ready
to get pulled down.

We only got one shot.
Make sure this thing is tight.

Gonna tie on some more rope.

I've got to get
around this branch.

So, we're gonna use the truck
to pull this tree down.

You definitely don't want to hit
this house. It's really close.

We basically have
just a lane right here

Where that tree
needs to go down.

[ chainsaw revs ]

[ chainsaw whirring ]

Narrator: Rotted-out trees
are unpredictable and deadly.

♪♪

Dried roots and trunks
can give way at any moment.

♪♪

[ chainsaw whirring ]

If one cut goes wrong,
weighing in at nearly a ton,

The tree will crush
anything in its path.

♪♪

[ chainsaw cuts off ]

You okay? Katie: Yeah.

That's probably
worst case scenario.

Oh, my god.

Matt: The dreaded widow-maker.

It's always a really
dangerous situation.

♪♪

Okay, I'm in my '67 bug,

And I'm putting in
a voltage regulator

That hopefully is the last part
that it needs.

It's super old. My dad actually
bought me this car.

And I love this car
kind of more than anything.

Don't tell my family.

And I really hoped to get it
running all last summer.

Guess what.

I didn't have time because
I was gone, visiting homesteads.

I'm gonna see if it works.

Okay.

[ engine stutters ]

Hmm, that's a good sign.

[ engine starts ]

♪♪

We can do it now!

It's a really fun car to have.
I want to have it forever.

I want to give it to gauge
and have him drive it forever

And have him give it
to his kids.

Misty: Whoo!

We're in the bug!

We're in the bug,
driving down the road!

How does it feel, gauge?

It feels really good.

Whoo!

This may be the greatest
day of my life.

[ laughs ] me, too.

♪♪

Narrator: In hawaii,

Matt's project to protect
the family cacao orchard

From dead ohia trees
has hit a dangerous snag.

Matt: Worst case scenario
has happened.

I couldn't even
cut it fast enough,

And it literally was
strong enough to uproot itself

And land itself
next to a fully live tree,

Creating the dreaded
widow-maker.

This is as sketchy as it gets.

But we also have an advantage
that we rarely have...

A rope attached to
the top of this tree.

Narrator: For the raneys,

Good old alaskan ingenuity
is the key to problem-solving.

That was never more apparent
than four years ago

With the deeters,

A dog-sledding family overly
reliant on generator power.

[ dogs barking ]

Jeff: This thing's
not working again.

[ generator starts ]

Katie: Okay, well,
that sounds promising.

[ generator stops ] o-kay.

Marty's plan... use the
resources they have on hand.

Jeff: Wow, look at that.

This thing is kind of
a dog generator.

This will charge two batteries.

I'm pumped to give it a shot.

Ready? Let's do it!

Go.

Whoo!

♪♪

How many volts do you have?



- How much?
- 15.5

Marty: You're kidding me.
[ laughs ] it's working!

♪♪

Narrator: Now for the big test.



[ wire cutters click ]

Yeah!

[ cheering, laughter ]

I don't know how much
more off-grid it can get

When a dog team
is generating power.

Narrator: But back in hawaii,
raney ingenuity

Sometimes calls for
a little elbow grease.

Ready? 1, 2, 3.

[ tree cracking ] there it goes!

Unh!

Matt: You know what?

With that rope
at the top of the tree,

We had more than enough leverage
to pull that tree down by hand.

[ laughs ] look.

It, like... it, like,
turned into firewood.

We got the slingshot,
we got our mandibles.

One tree down.

We got about...

I'd say about 12, 13 more to go.

At least. [ laughs ]

And that's all we need
to bring these trees down.

We had so much leverage.

Manpower.

Manpower. Sick.

Sweet. [ laughs ]

♪♪

Narrator: Back on the 40,

Three weeks of alaskan
spring thaw melts all

But a few patches of snow,

And marty surveys the damage
to his homestead.

Marty: All of this water is
going down the road

That we built.

So we used to drive up that.
Not anymore.

It's all rutted out.
Some of the ruts over here.

We saved this side.

These ruts are like


Sue will give you some scale
as to how deep that trench is.

Kind of crazy, huh?

You win some, you lose some.

On a homestead, the first thing
you look for is water.

And on some homesteads,

Too many homesteads...

Water can be your worst enemy.

So...

I never thought that a 2-foot
culvert would freeze solid

And stay frozen this long,
but so be it.

I learned a lesson.

What's the fix?

I've got a few ideas.

Stay tuned.

Hey, guys.

All right, so, even though
I'm faced with many,

Many problems on this homestead,

I'm about to drop a homestead
b*mb on you guys right now.

All right. Are you sitting down?

- No.
- You might need to.

We've learned that
this isn't the best place

To live on the 40 acres.

I'm thinking about
starting over from scratch.

That's insane.

♪♪

You know how people talk
to their plants?

Marty: Um, I'm not
gonna admit it.

And if you do this,

Touch the tops of
the starters once a day

Or several times a day
to simulate, like, the wind

Going through,
it makes them stronger

So they're not so spindly.

And these guys are looking
a little too leggy for me.

So I just kind of touch them,
and they will get thicker

Instead of skinny.

- I have a question for you.
- What?

How come you're so smart?

- I'm not.
- [ laughs ]

You're amazing! - [ laughs ]

That's the coolest thing
in the world.

It is.

Okay. That's it.
We're out of here.

♪♪

[ growls ]

Narrator: Springtime
in hatcher pass brings warmth

And a renewal
after a brutal winter.

But in alaska, nothing comes
easy, and recent challenges

On the homestead forced marty
to a monumental decision.

Are you sitting down?

- No.
- You might need to.

I'm about to drop a homestead
b*mb on you guys right now.

I'm thinking about
starting over from scratch.

Brand-new cabin for mollee and I

On the top
of the cliffs of insanity.

It's got to be pretty brutal if
you're saying, "we're pulling up

The roots and moving,
building a whole new house."

Weeks went by without one
ray of sun touching the cabin.

On top of the cliffs
of insanity, you'll get

Every minute,
every second of winter sun,

And that is a money saver
and a game changer.

We're moving.

We only have
six weeks to get it done

Because we're scheduled to visit

A long list of homesteaders
in alaska and across america.

Misty: That's a lot
to take in, first of all.

Six weeks is really tight
before we go.

I'm all aboard.

I'm all for it.

This is the raney 40-acre
homestead at hatcher pass

Starting over.

So let's just get it started.

Narrator:
Over the past four years,

The raneys have rescued dozens

Of homesteads
on the brink of disaster.

But the global pandemic
has proven one thing...

That a self-sufficient lifestyle
is more valuable now

Than ever before.

Now the raneys check in
with homesteaders

To see how they've thrived

Since their rescue
and throughout the crisis.

Remaining resilient in the face
of mother nature's wrath

Is a challenge every
homesteader must face.

Every square inch burnt.
Every structure gone.

Narrator: And the
olson-wilcox family

Learned that firsthand...

Where was your house?

Right here. You're parked
in our living room.

Narrator: ...Barely escaping
the most destructive forest fire

In american history.

Liam and riley,
it's so good to see you.

It's so good to see you guys.

We got dad.

Jess: Hey! Hey, marty.

Oh, there he is.

Olsons, good hats.

[ laughter ]

I don't like the word "lucky,"
but you're lucky to be alive.

More lucky
than quite a few people.

When I came out the door,
it was surrounding the house.

Riley: Like, I couldn't run
to keep up with the fire.

It was just like... [ blows ]

It was just so fast.

We had to drive through
a 20-foot wall of flames

To get out because
it was all around.

Craig: This used to be
our neighbor's house.

It is no more.

Turn yourself around
and go that way.

Okay.

Oh, good. There's jess.

What's... give us, like,
a big update of, overall,

What you guys have been doing.

We had a whole mess
of baby goats born.

[ bleating ]

So we have a lot of baby goats.

We've got baby ducks,
baby turkeys, baby geese.

Baby chickens. Baby chickens.

[ misty laughs ]

More chickens,
probably, this weekend.

And the garden is rocking.

How is the garden doing? Like,
no critters are breaking in?

Craig: No, no.

No, we haven't had
any critters in there.

No break-ins so far.

Nothing yet.

How's goat-henge going?
[ craig laughs ]

It's now donkey-henge.

Craig: At the moment,
it's donkey-henge.

Okay. But it's great.

It's great. The donkeys and
the ducks are living in there.

And we'll put the gees
up in there pretty soon

Because the geese love
that pond.

We're getting ready
for fire season.

Hey, liam, riley.

So, have you guys
seen any snakes?

Yeah. Dad hit a rattlesnake
with the car.

You hit it?

Yeah, I accidentally ran over a
rattlesnake on the drive up.

It's good for rattlesnake chili.

Rattlesnake chili?

Yeah. Rattlesnake chili.

Misty: Oh, my god. Wow.

Yeah, I can it.

I'll send you a can
of rattlesnake chili

One of these days.

Oh, my gosh.

Great. I'd love to try it.

I got to tell you,
I see a marked difference.

I see a noted difference
in your attitude, your faces,

Your smiles, your demeanor.

Everything is different.

The work that you did here
was a big boost for us.

It was very inspiring,
and we've been doing

A lot of work ourselves here
among our community.

As a result of the
inspiration we've had.

You are such a special family.
You truly are.

The fact that in these moments,
you're reaching out

To help other people,

You guys have done that
in the past with the fires,

And you're doing it again
with the quarantine.

I love you guys.
So good to see your face.

- Take care.
- Great to see you, too.

Bye.

Marty: What we've decided
to do is to say goodbye

To ice box canyon

And move to the top of
the cliffs of insanity.

Up there is inaccessible.
Why? Take a look.

The cliffs of insanity
are appropriately named

Because you'd have to be
totally insane

To try to scratch a road
up there.

Whoo!