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What can you say about a state
where the name of the state,
Montana, means mountains?
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And when you drive
through these mountains,
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you see elk, antelope
and deer.
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And if you count all of those
animals, you find out that
there's more elk,
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deer and antelope than there
are people in Montana.
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Pretty cool.
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But Montana has challenges
so daunting,
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even the toughest, strongest
homesteaders struggle.
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And if you're not healthy,
frankly, some people might
say, it's impossible.
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We're about to find out.
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[narrator] Three years ago...
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[man] It charged me.
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[narrator] The Raneys
responded to a desperate plea
from the Whelchel family.
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The same animals that stalk
our goats are stalking us.
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[narrator] Unable to defend
their homestead
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from dangerous predators
and deadly wildfires.
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[woman]
It's more than we can handle.
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Raneys, we need your help.
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[narrator] The Raneys helped
the couple protect
their livestock...
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Wow! Awesome.
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[narrator]
...establish a fire boundary,
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and bring sustainability
to their front door.
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[Misty] Welcome to your
new greenhouse.
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-Thank you so much.
-[Misty] You're welcome.
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[narrator] But recent changes
brought new challenges.
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We're just a slip, fall away
from losing this homestead.
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[narrator]
And their homesteading dreams
are once again at stake.
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On this episode...
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This is what would
have made us leave.
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[narrator] Marty returns to
the Whelchels'
Montana homestead.
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To find the couple struggling
to keep their footing...
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They said I would be
in a wheelchair and...
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-Wheelchair?
-Yeah.
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[narrator]
...and facing new problems.
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How long has it been since
you've had reliable water?
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-Eight years. Yes, sir.
-No. No.
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[narrator]
Pushing them to the brink.
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Why are you coming
down here in winter?
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We don't have any other place
to store our hay.
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They need a hay barn
for those goats.
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[narrator]
But with fewer resources...
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We're not even close
to being done.
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[narrator] ...Marty
must use every tool
at his disposal.
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[whistling]
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Will this do the trick?
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[Marty] Holy moly.
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[narrator] ...to ensure these
homesteaders can survive...
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I've only seen this one other
time, and it was right here.
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-It's just so overwhelming,
just can't believe...
-I know, I know.
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[narrator]
...all on their own.
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[crying]
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[Marty] Okay, we're getting
really close.
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[narrator] It's springtime
in northern Montana.
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But winter is always
right around the corner.
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Home to some of the coldest
recorded temperatures
in US history,
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the region batters residents
with an average annual
snowfall of over 10 feet.
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Punishing winters
give way to sweltering summers
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where arid conditions
produce potent wildfires
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that consume up
to one million acres a year.
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It's in these
unforgiving conditions
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that the Raneys first
encountered a family
struggling to get by.
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[Marty] The last time that
I came to this part of Montana
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I met a couple of
homesteaders, the Whelchels,
Barry and Michelle.
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They had a young lady,
a very hard worker,
living on the homestead
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that was helping them do
the majority of the chores.
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And we left these homesteaders
in a better place.
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But then, I found out recently
that the young lady isn't here
anymore.
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And that's why
the Whelchels called me.
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[Marty] There you are.
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Where's Barry?
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-Hey!
-What's going on?
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-Nice to see you again.
-You too.
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That's nice of you.
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That's nice of you.
Well, you look different.
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I've never seen you
without a neck brace.
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-I know.
-You look great!
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Thank you.
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[narrator] When the Raneys
first met the Whelchels
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three years ago,
their team was incomplete.
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We're down one member
of the Raney family.
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So Misty tested positive
for COVID. Quarantined.
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She's not strong enough,
and until she is, she's not
coming here.
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-Marty Raney.
-Barry Whelchel.
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-Barry?
-Nice to meet you. Yes, sir.
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-This is my wife, Michelle.
-Michelle.
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Michelle. You've got a cane.
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What's going on here?
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Well, I fell
a couple of times.
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He's been through three major
back and neck surgeries.
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Why are you wearing
a neck brace?
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I slipped, hit my head and did
some major damage to my neck.
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So I've just had surgery
two weeks ago
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and I'm facing another
major surgery from the back.
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[Marty] Do you need
a hand or no?
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-No, I got it.
-You sure?
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-Yeah.
-So you're still on the cane?
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-Yeah.
-Everything good?
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[Michelle] It's still hard.
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They said I would
be in a wheelchair.
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I'm starting to feel
the effects and you know,
she has the...
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-I can see them.
-Wheelchair?
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Yeah.
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We just want to be
prepared for it.
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We live in the northwest
corner of Montana
on a 40-acre homestead.
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[Michelle] We called
the Raneys the first time
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because Barry's injury
was so severe that we knew
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that we were going
to need some help.
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They brought everything
closer in,
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so it'd be a lot easier
and safer for us to thrive.
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[narrator] But since
the Raneys last visit,
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the Whelchels
find the challenges
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they face are as great as ever
starting with the loss
of a crucial asset.
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[Barry] One of the things
that's changed is our
caretaker's moved away
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and started her own homestead
and her own family,
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and we don't have
that help that we did.
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And now we have to depend
on each other.
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[narrator] But managing on
their own puts most of
the strain on Michelle.
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[Michelle] Barry's health,
unfortunately, has declined,
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and I have to do all
of the chores myself.
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It's definitely a challenge to
take care of so many animals.
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[narrator] The most hazardous
task, feeding the goats.
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Right now, we keep our hay
store down in our shop,
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which is down a pretty steep
incline and we drag out four
bales of hay,
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bring 'em up the hill
and put 'em in our woodshed.
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Then I carry the hay,
two flakes at a time,
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all the way around the house
and into the goat pen.
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[Barry]
For Michelle to go down there,
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I'm always sitting
on pins and needles.
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Because she fell once before
and she had to go have major
surgery.
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And we're just a slip, fall,
away from losing
this homestead.
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[Michelle] Our water situation
is a problem.
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Here we have well water,
and our well water
is not the best.
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[Michelle] Our pump is broken.
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We don't even know
what the problem is.
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We have to actually fill up
buckets in order to capture
water.
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[Michelle] We're doing things
we aren't supposed
to do just to survive up here.
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And I really just want
to get it to the point
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where we can take better
care of ourselves
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and get well and succeed.
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[Barry]
If something doesn't change,
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and we have to walk
away from this place,
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because my wife does
pretty much all the work...
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you know, me as a man,
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I feel like lesser of it.
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Sorry.
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-[Marty] Let's talk
a little bit.
-[Michelle] Okay.
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When I got wind
that your caretaker sidekick
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wasn't available anymore
to do the work or help you
guys out,
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I was just wondering how
you're going to fare for this
coming winter.
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We were wondering that, too.
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What is Jessica's role here?
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I'm best friends with their
daughter, they've known me
my whole life.
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So we're family, you know.
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[Barry] She definitely
takes care of us.
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-So you're kinda...
-She's the caretaker.
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I'm here. I mean, I do
whatever they can't do.
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All right, so I'm looking
right there at the woodshed.
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It looks like it's a lot less
wood than when I left here
a while back.
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[Michelle] Oh, yeah.
We still need to fill it up.
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[Marty]
That was a good memory.
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I mean, this is
a real flashback.
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Oh, man, you don't know,
this thing has been in so many
magazines.
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-It's all over the place.
-For real?
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That makes me feel good.
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[Barry] And it is sturdy as...
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[Marty] So how much snow
stands on that roof?
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About two-three feet and
it slides off perfectly.
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It slides off better
than the house.
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And I'll tell you what,
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this right here,
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that greenhouse
is the best thing ever
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because I don't have to worry
about her going out.
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We need to make things as easy
as possible right now and many
years into the future.
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What if we kinda
enclose the deck?
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And you walk right out
the front door.
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And right into
a new greenhouse.
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That sounds amazing.
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Did you think
we'd ever finish?
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Well, I was wondering.
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Come on in.
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Wow!
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One of the things that we want
to, as homesteaders, do
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is obviously provide
for ourselves.
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And the best way to do that
is with a garden.
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Misty has come in and
we have a greenhouse
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where we don't have to tread
through the snow or the ice.
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We can walk straight
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out of the door to our porch,
and go in our greenhouse.
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In the position that I'm in,
I can still work our land and
thrive.
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I can walk in sock feet
from the front door into my
green house
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when there's five feet
of snow on the ground.
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It's awesome.
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That said, do you mind giving
me a tour of a day in the life
of Michelle?
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-Sure.
-Okay.
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-We'll be back.
-Yes, sir.
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-Nice to see you again.
-Good to see you, sir.
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I want to know exactly
what's happening here.
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So this is still your barn.
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-This is our shop, we call it.
-[Marty] Shop, okay.
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We turned one bay of the shop
into the barn.
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Because we needed hay storage.
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The problem is,
we get a lot of snow.
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All the snow sheds
in front of the building.
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So once a month, Barry comes
and digs a tunnel.
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Through the snow
to get to the hay.
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Why are you coming
down here in winter?
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-Because we don't have any
other place to store our hay.
-Oh.
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-This is the only completely
covered place we have.
-I see it in the back.
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[Michelle] During the fall,
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I go in our vehicle and pull
a trailer, and I go get one
ton of hay at a time.
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-You wrestle these bales
by yourself?
-I wrestle these bales
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and drag four bales at a time
out, and we take them up
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to the woodshed that you
built for us.
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And I take two flakes at
a time to the goats twice
a day, and I hate that.
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I feel like I'm moving
them 10 times.
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-I know, it's crazy.
-Yeah.
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[narrator]
Hay has been a staple
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of livestock feeding
for centuries.
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Its high fiber content assists
in digestive health and
nutrient absorption.
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Additionally, most types
of hay have high
concentrations
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of vitamins, minerals
and protein
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that promote animal growth
and support lactation.
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If stored properly, hay can
maintain its nutritional value
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for well over a year.
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It didn't take long to see why
the Whelchels gave me a call
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and said, "Could you please
come back and give us a hand?"
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It could snow today,
and they're pretty much
out of wood.
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And once I saw how
Michelle stores hay
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and how far away it is from
the goat shed, I realized that
they need help.
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Listening to Barry's,
doing everything he can
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to stave off being
in a wheelchair,
and you doing the brunt
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of this type of laborious,
heavy lifting,
233
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I can't see you here
in a few years from now.
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I don't ever want
to leave here.
235
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I never want to leave here.
236
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This is such a magical place.
237
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And I would do this
until the day I died.
238
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Honestly, I would
if I physically could.
239
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I just can't anymore.
240
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And Barry can't.
241
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We don't ever want
any physical limitation
to stop us from doing this.
242
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And we will do everything
in our power to stay here
as long as we live.
243
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You're talking about
two tons per year.
244
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-So 4,000 pounds. One bale
of hay at a time.
-Right.
245
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Right?
246
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Would you do me a favor?
247
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-Sure.
-Show me right now
248
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a day in the life of a bale.
249
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What happens?
250
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[Michelle] I'll have to
set this stuff down, though.
251
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I can't use my stick with it.
252
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Hold on. Do you need
that stick to walk?
253
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-Yeah, but it's okay.
-You sure?
254
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-I only take it to there.
-Okay.
255
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So I grab 'em,
256
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and lift 'em like this.
257
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Okay, pretty heavy.
258
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-Seventy-five pounds.
And stack four of them here.
-Okay.
259
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And you must know that this
pains me to watch anyone work.
260
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-But I have to see this.
Forgive me.
-I know, it's okay.
261
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[grunting]
262
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-I'll load four of those in.
-And then?
263
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Take them on up
to the port shed.
264
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-Come on, let's go.
-Sure, Sure.
265
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Barry and I haven't been able
to figure out a solution for
our hay.
266
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We've moved it from place
to place it gets wet anywhere
267
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but where it is now,
so I knew that Barry and I
268
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weren't going to be able
to solve that on our own.
269
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Then I'll stack
270
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four bales here,
and then when I'm feeding the
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animals, I'll take two flakes
at a time.
272
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About that much.
273
00:14:40,270 --> 00:14:41,570
And you walk from here?
274
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-Yes. I do. I walk from here.
-You walk from here?
275
00:14:43,070 --> 00:14:44,200
-Yes.
-Okay.
276
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,930
Okay, so here's where I go.
277
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Just the fact that Marty
showed up here
278
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gives me confidence that
we're gonna still be here
next winter.
279
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So we've walked a long ways.
280
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Yes, sir.
281
00:15:03,070 --> 00:15:04,370
I'm glad I came.
282
00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,670
There are a lot of homesteads
I could be standing on
right now,
283
00:15:06,670 --> 00:15:08,600
but I feel pretty good
that I'm standing on this one
284
00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,870
and that I've just seen you
do your daily chores
285
00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:16,470
and then I've envisioned
this happening
in the middle of winter.
286
00:15:16,470 --> 00:15:18,100
-You do have some challenges.
-Yeah.
287
00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,970
-I'm going to go bring
some equipment up the hill.
-Okay.
288
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And I suppose we'll meet you
and Barry on the front steps
289
00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:27,100
and come up with a plan
here real soon.
290
00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,370
-Fair enough?
-Fair enough.
291
00:15:28,370 --> 00:15:30,000
-[Marty] Thank you.
-[Michelle] Sure.
292
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,770
The last time that I came
to Montana, we built
a goat barn
293
00:15:33,770 --> 00:15:37,400
and now they need a hay barn
for those goats.
294
00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,870
The question is,
who's gonna help?
295
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Because I cannot fix
with all the problems alone.
296
00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,500
But it has to be done
because the fire,
297
00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:51,830
the inspiration to live
this lifestyle
is still burning strong.
298
00:16:00,370 --> 00:16:03,370
[narrator] In the wilds
of northern Montana,
299
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Marty begins
a full scale re-rescue
300
00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:08,700
of the Whelchels'
40-acre homestead.
301
00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:13,070
Three years ago,
menacing predators
302
00:16:13,070 --> 00:16:18,000
and sprawling infrastructure
created massive challenges.
303
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,270
But now, left without
the support of their longtime
caretaker,
304
00:16:22,270 --> 00:16:26,270
and facing an uncertain future
due to worsening health,
305
00:16:26,270 --> 00:16:29,140
their homestead hangs
in the balance.
306
00:16:37,070 --> 00:16:39,700
Okay, there! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Stay there!
307
00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:44,170
[Michelle] Holy moly!
308
00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,640
[laughs]
309
00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,670
Okay. Hope you don't mind,
I grabbed a rock along
the way.
310
00:16:50,670 --> 00:16:53,070
-You're good.
-I got to ask your permission.
311
00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:56,500
Can I use a few stones and
a few logs like we did
last time?
312
00:16:56,500 --> 00:16:58,500
-Absolutely.
-Whatever you need.
313
00:16:58,500 --> 00:16:59,870
-Barry.
-Yes, sir.
314
00:16:59,870 --> 00:17:02,200
You do have big goats.
315
00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,300
They're all adult. So it'd be
a little crowded in there
316
00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:09,370
if we start putting
in 20, 30 bales of hay.
317
00:17:09,370 --> 00:17:12,670
But if we build a little
addition to that goat barn
318
00:17:12,670 --> 00:17:15,870
for hay exclusively,
is that cool or not?
319
00:17:15,870 --> 00:17:17,170
It's cool. That's very cool.
320
00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:18,440
That is awesome.
321
00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:20,770
That's said,
322
00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:26,100
we're going to try to look
at things on this property
like stone, and logs.
323
00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:30,570
Is it okay if we go back to
the far edge of the property
where we were last time?
324
00:17:30,570 --> 00:17:32,370
-Yes, sir.
-And just start whittling
325
00:17:32,370 --> 00:17:35,170
at the edge of the forest
and getting what we need.
326
00:17:35,170 --> 00:17:37,470
And maybe starting
to build a structure.
327
00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,900
-Sounds good.
-Okay.
328
00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,170
[narrator]
The Whelchels' hay barn
is currently over 200 yards
329
00:17:43,170 --> 00:17:46,370
away from the goat pen,
making the feeding process
330
00:17:46,370 --> 00:17:50,170
nearly impossible for Michelle
to continue on her own.
331
00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:51,770
To keep the couple safe,
332
00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:54,370
and allow them to thrive
on their homestead,
333
00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:56,870
Marty will attempt
to build a new structure
334
00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:59,800
for hay storage closer
to the goat barn
335
00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,870
that includes a stone
firewall. He'll also down
several tons of lumber
336
00:18:04,870 --> 00:18:08,870
around the edge
of the property to serve as
both building material
337
00:18:08,870 --> 00:18:10,700
and potential firewood.
338
00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:12,600
-Fair enough?
-Fair.
339
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,870
All right. Thanks.
Appreciate it.
340
00:18:14,870 --> 00:18:15,900
Thank you.
341
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:16,900
[Marty] Don't thank me yet.
342
00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:18,130
[both chuckling]
343
00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:25,840
This stuff's beautiful.
344
00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:30,600
Okay, we got some rocks.
345
00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,200
Let's go get some logs.
346
00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,600
-All right.
-Follow me. Follow me.
347
00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,130
Let's go.
348
00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:40,970
Any legitimate homesteader
is going to look at their
property
349
00:18:40,970 --> 00:18:43,070
in a way nobody else will.
350
00:18:43,070 --> 00:18:45,070
Does that property have trees?
351
00:18:45,070 --> 00:18:50,170
Maybe trees, that could be
incorporated into a barn.
352
00:18:50,170 --> 00:18:53,600
But I'm also looking at the
rocks on this homestead.
353
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,100
We can use these rocks
to build walls.
354
00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:59,670
We'll also build a fire break,
at the same time,
355
00:18:59,670 --> 00:19:04,400
in a state that is seriously
threatened by forest fires.
356
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:09,100
Okay, I never thought I'd be
back on this homestead.
357
00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:12,470
And continuing to cut trees
where I left off last time.
358
00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:13,640
But here I am.
359
00:19:22,670 --> 00:19:24,270
[Marty] I'll get in position
the big one.
360
00:19:24,270 --> 00:19:25,170
[Matt] Don't lose it.
361
00:19:26,370 --> 00:19:29,370
So we cut a lot of trees
down through here.
362
00:19:29,370 --> 00:19:33,770
We pulled the stumps.
We cleaned it up,
tried to make it usable land.
363
00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:36,000
But we're about to open up
some more land.
364
00:20:07,270 --> 00:20:08,740
[whistling]
365
00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:11,400
[Michelle] Hey!
366
00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:13,700
Marty!
367
00:20:14,170 --> 00:20:15,740
Will this do the trick?
368
00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:17,830
[Marty] Holy moly.
369
00:20:18,570 --> 00:20:20,100
You're kidding me.
370
00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,900
Once I told Michelle
that we're probably
371
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:24,670
not gonna have enough time
to fill that woodshed,
372
00:20:24,670 --> 00:20:28,470
at least with my small crew,
and build some system
373
00:20:28,470 --> 00:20:31,570
that makes feeding
this livestock easier,
374
00:20:31,570 --> 00:20:36,870
I think she took it to heart,
because there must be
10 or 15 people
375
00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:40,000
that just showed up
to help fill that woodshed.
376
00:20:41,270 --> 00:20:43,670
[Michelle] Some of our
closest friends.
377
00:20:43,670 --> 00:20:46,200
A lot of them are neighbors.
378
00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,470
But we've got
family here, too.
379
00:20:48,470 --> 00:20:51,100
Well, introduce me
to your family first, please.
380
00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:52,770
This is my baby sister, Beth.
381
00:20:52,770 --> 00:20:54,540
Baby... How many sisters
do you have?
382
00:20:54,970 --> 00:20:55,870
Five total.
383
00:20:55,870 --> 00:20:58,200
-Really?
-Yeah.
384
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,870
[narrator] Three years ago,
as wildfires approached
385
00:21:01,870 --> 00:21:05,540
and the Raneys needed
reinforcements to defend
the homestead...
386
00:21:07,070 --> 00:21:11,470
That right there is the best
fire starter in the world.
387
00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:14,900
[narrator] ...the Whelchels
wondered where
that help would come from.
388
00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,570
The fact that a fire truck
could get out of here
389
00:21:17,570 --> 00:21:24,300
is great, but they won't come
out here unless they can
defend the house, right?
390
00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:27,600
And I don't know if you guys
are up to the standard yet.
391
00:21:29,570 --> 00:21:32,670
-We have too many trees
too close to the house.
-Way too many trees.
392
00:21:32,670 --> 00:21:35,870
[Marty]
It's on us to do our own
defensible space,
393
00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:40,100
so I think I'm going to work
on a 100-foot perimeter,
394
00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,270
from the center,
being the house.
395
00:21:42,270 --> 00:21:43,970
Can I do it by myself?
396
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:46,500
Absolutely not.
397
00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,900
However, I have a surprise.
398
00:21:51,870 --> 00:21:53,500
-We gotta get to work.
-Yup.
399
00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:55,370
Where are we gonna
find any help?
400
00:21:55,370 --> 00:21:56,470
[Michelle] I don't know.
401
00:21:56,470 --> 00:21:58,000
We could make
some phone calls.
402
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,300
You could make some
phone calls, or you could just
turn around.
403
00:22:06,770 --> 00:22:09,000
[crying]
404
00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:15,870
[Marty] Just when
I was overwhelmed
405
00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:17,770
with all the things
that I wanted to do,
406
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:24,100
knowing I couldn't get to them
I called nine old
firefighter friends
407
00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:27,670
of Barry's from Georgia
to see if they could help us.
408
00:22:27,670 --> 00:22:29,670
And they showed up. Nine!
409
00:22:29,670 --> 00:22:32,400
Oh, my God. [laughs heartily]
410
00:22:33,770 --> 00:22:36,270
I have fought fire with
each one of these guys.
411
00:22:36,270 --> 00:22:38,770
I've been in the trenches
with each one of these guys.
412
00:22:38,770 --> 00:22:40,100
Thanks, brother.
413
00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,270
It is a brotherhood.
414
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:43,100
And to see all these
guys come out
415
00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:48,400
and decide that they want
to help, I'm feeling
overwhelmed.
416
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,770
Only thing I can say
is thank you so much.
417
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:53,300
Each and every one of you.
You've touched my life.
418
00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:54,300
[sniffles]
419
00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:55,830
Thank you so much.
420
00:22:56,670 --> 00:22:59,970
We're definitely moved
by your unselfishness,
421
00:22:59,970 --> 00:23:03,200
your generosity, your
kindness, your friendship.
422
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,500
So you're a testament
to everything that's good.
423
00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,770
And so I just have
to say thank you.
424
00:23:08,770 --> 00:23:10,240
This is truly amazing.
425
00:23:11,170 --> 00:23:13,040
[Barry] Let's get to work.
426
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,370
[narrator] Now it's Michelle's
turn to surprise Marty
with the help he needs.
427
00:23:19,370 --> 00:23:21,670
-Well,
let's talk a little bit.
-[Michelle] Okay.
428
00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:25,870
If you came to work
as a neighbor
or a relative, friend,
429
00:23:25,870 --> 00:23:28,500
there's gonna be plenty
of work happening in the next
four days.
430
00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:31,600
My main thing is,
I'm not gonna tell anyone
what to do.
431
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,170
I'm assuming if you
live out here
432
00:23:33,170 --> 00:23:36,470
and you're a neighbor of hers,
you know how to cut firewood.
433
00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:40,070
So have at it and we could
drag it down there.
434
00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:41,670
But I think it will get
dirty in the process.
435
00:23:41,670 --> 00:23:46,000
I think it'd be just as easy
to cut it down here,
load it up.
436
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,470
-Put in the wood shed.
-[Marty] I like that plan.
437
00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:50,470
All right, everyone.
Thank you so much.
438
00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:54,500
And remember that old saying,
I can't remember who said it.
439
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:55,730
"Love thy neighbor."
440
00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:59,270
Yeah, everyone says it,
but you know,
441
00:23:59,270 --> 00:24:01,770
you've got someone
that loves your neighbor
442
00:24:01,770 --> 00:24:04,670
when they help that neighbor
get some firewood.
443
00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:07,100
So on that note, you've got
some good neighbors.
444
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:08,800
-Thanks.
-See you later. And friends.
445
00:24:09,770 --> 00:24:11,640
[saws buzzing]
446
00:24:36,170 --> 00:24:37,940
[Michelle] Hey! Hey, hey.
447
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,900
Why are you crying?
448
00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:42,130
I just can't believe all this.
449
00:24:44,670 --> 00:24:45,900
[Michelle speaking]
450
00:24:54,170 --> 00:24:55,400
It's just so overwhelming.
451
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,670
-I just can't believe all this
is going on.
-I know, I know.
452
00:24:58,670 --> 00:24:59,870
I know.
453
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,030
I'm gonna go try
to help a little bit. Okay?
454
00:25:13,070 --> 00:25:14,740
No, you've already got a load.
455
00:25:17,170 --> 00:25:18,400
That's amazing.
456
00:25:18,670 --> 00:25:20,300
It is.
457
00:25:21,270 --> 00:25:24,500
I want to be honest with you.
Of all the homesteads
I've been to,
458
00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,900
I've only seen this one
other time ever.
459
00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,870
-Wow.
-And it was right here.
460
00:25:29,870 --> 00:25:31,370
Oh, really?
461
00:25:31,370 --> 00:25:35,470
The last time I was here,
I don't know what it is about
you and Michelle,
462
00:25:35,470 --> 00:25:40,500
but people like you
and people know
that you want this lifestyle.
463
00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:42,600
And it's actually
moving to me.
464
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,270
Yeah, it's moving me, too.
465
00:25:44,270 --> 00:25:45,900
When neighbors do this,
466
00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:49,300
come out of
the woodwork literally,
467
00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:50,530
it's pretty cool.
468
00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:52,470
Pretty cool. I'm impressed.
469
00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:53,870
Says a lot about
you and Michelle.
470
00:25:53,870 --> 00:25:55,400
-[Barry] Thank you.
-[Marty] That's amazing.
471
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,130
Utterly amazing.
472
00:25:59,770 --> 00:26:05,700
I could not believe
all of our neighbors and
friends are here helping us.
473
00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:10,300
What more could you ask for
out of a community?
474
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:19,370
One human being helping
another just to help,
nothing in return,
475
00:26:19,370 --> 00:26:23,300
just to help,
that says something about
the people here.
476
00:26:39,470 --> 00:26:43,070
[narrator] On the re-rescue
of the Whelchels'
40-acre homestead
477
00:26:43,070 --> 00:26:44,540
in northern Montana...
478
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,200
[saws buzzing]
479
00:26:46,670 --> 00:26:48,270
...Barry and Michelle
480
00:26:48,270 --> 00:26:51,640
bring in volunteers
to help complete Marty's
mission.
481
00:26:53,870 --> 00:26:58,040
The people who live up in
this area, all of us all
pretty much self-sufficient.
482
00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:03,400
But no man's an island
to himself, not up here.
483
00:27:03,870 --> 00:27:05,370
They all worked together.
484
00:27:06,670 --> 00:27:09,200
[Randall] Helping your
neighbor is what you
should do.
485
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,370
You know, It gives you a sense
of pride, you know, I mean,
486
00:27:13,370 --> 00:27:17,100
neighbors coming together,
working together
and helping out.
487
00:27:19,670 --> 00:27:23,570
[narrator] While Marty
attempts to solve the couple's
goat feeding operation
488
00:27:23,570 --> 00:27:27,240
by constructing a new hay barn
closer to the house,
489
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,470
but his plan might be
dead in the water.
490
00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:33,100
So here's the plan.
491
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,600
Rather, here was the plan.
492
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:38,600
Just when I thought
I was going to be
493
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,370
a hero, save the day
and create a nice addition
494
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:47,370
on this building for dry
storage, a place for hay,
Barry and Michelle
495
00:27:47,370 --> 00:27:50,140
tell me that there's
a septic tank right here.
496
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:56,270
Boom, and the leach field
is running right here where
we want to work.
497
00:27:56,270 --> 00:27:58,370
When you flush the toilet,
everything in that toilet
498
00:27:58,370 --> 00:28:03,100
goes downhill into a tank,
but ultimately the water
499
00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:06,300
goes out the top of that tank
through another four inch pipe
500
00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:07,770
into what's called
a leach field.
501
00:28:07,770 --> 00:28:12,400
But if you compromise
that leach field,
then the tank will fill up.
502
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,870
It'll plug all the way back up
to the toilet and you've got
a problem.
503
00:28:15,870 --> 00:28:17,800
It's not like we can't do it.
504
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,900
We just have to be very be
careful building this building
505
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:25,770
so that we don't traumatize
the leach field.
506
00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:29,100
So we got a problem
right out of the gate.
507
00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:33,770
[narrator] Changing plans on
the fly is nothing new on the
Whelchels' homestead.
508
00:28:33,770 --> 00:28:38,600
Three years ago, before other
projects could begin,
509
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,770
Marty, Matt and Barry's
firefighter friends
510
00:28:41,770 --> 00:28:45,470
had to defend the homestead
from an oncoming wildfire
511
00:28:45,470 --> 00:28:48,670
just five miles away,
and growing.
512
00:28:48,670 --> 00:28:50,900
[Marty] This is going to be
that defensible space.
513
00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:53,270
So those trees
are coming down.
514
00:28:53,270 --> 00:28:55,300
How many trees? I don't know.
515
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,300
But with this much help,
we just got to get
something going
516
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:04,000
because right now, every
minute really counts from this
second forward.
517
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,100
All right, we'll get it done.
518
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,670
[narrator] Marty's plan,
cut down the dozens
519
00:29:08,670 --> 00:29:11,600
of dangerous trees
within a hundred foot radius
520
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,370
of the homestead's cabin,
then, using the excavator,
521
00:29:15,370 --> 00:29:19,300
he'll clear out the logs and
brush and flatten the ground.
522
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:22,370
The lumber will be repurposed
into building materials
523
00:29:22,370 --> 00:29:26,700
and to provide the Whelchels
with a winter stockpile
of firewood.
524
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,570
[saw buzzing]
525
00:29:42,170 --> 00:29:45,600
Right now you hear
the chainsaws and you hear
trees coming down.
526
00:29:46,970 --> 00:29:50,900
That makes me really happy
because they're saving
our house.
527
00:29:59,170 --> 00:30:00,670
[Marty] Look at how fast
these guys work.
528
00:30:00,670 --> 00:30:02,870
-Holy moly!
-[Marty] What do you think?
529
00:30:02,870 --> 00:30:05,200
This is so awesome.
530
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:10,770
These trees have been scaring
me to death for five years.
531
00:30:10,770 --> 00:30:13,900
[narrator] With accessibility
still a primary concern...
532
00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:17,270
Clint, we got a problem.
533
00:30:17,270 --> 00:30:22,470
[narrator] ...Marty works with
Clint to devise a solution to
their barn build dilemma.
534
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:25,370
Does that look like
the leach field out through
there where that plastic is?
535
00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:26,500
Kinda does.
536
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:30,500
All right. So, let's mark this
with an extension cord.
537
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:32,600
Take off, please.
538
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,300
Thank you.
539
00:30:36,170 --> 00:30:38,370
Clint, this is going to be
a line of demarcation.
540
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:42,500
We cannot get near this
because underneath this,
straight down,
541
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:47,070
will be a septic tank and
a leech line, and we don't
know how deep they are.
542
00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:49,370
And we're not going
to investigate.
543
00:30:49,370 --> 00:30:52,140
We're just going to stay away.
Keep going, please.
544
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,300
All right, sir. That'll work.
545
00:30:56,470 --> 00:30:59,470
Come on back.
Let's talk a little bit.
546
00:30:59,470 --> 00:31:01,470
I was thinking about going
all the way around Clint,
547
00:31:01,470 --> 00:31:03,970
but that's a long ways.
We have to breach
548
00:31:03,970 --> 00:31:06,500
the end of the system
and come all the way back.
549
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,970
How about if we just
build something over here,
550
00:31:08,970 --> 00:31:11,640
and then build a breezeway,
a walkway or something?
551
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:12,970
Over the top?
552
00:31:12,970 --> 00:31:15,170
We cannot have them
driving over this.
553
00:31:15,170 --> 00:31:16,400
We can't build on this.
554
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,600
-I think it's a mistake.
-All right.
555
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:22,470
On that note, please jump
in the excavator and we'll
scratch out a footprint.
556
00:31:22,470 --> 00:31:24,270
Hopefully, we've got this
leach field correctly.
557
00:31:24,270 --> 00:31:29,870
If we dig a leach field up
right now, it's probably
2,000 miles back to Alaska,
558
00:31:29,870 --> 00:31:32,100
and I'll just start walking
right through the wilderness.
559
00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:32,970
I'm serious.
560
00:31:32,970 --> 00:31:35,800
We came to help 'em,
not make it worse.
561
00:31:41,570 --> 00:31:46,100
It would have been great
to put on an addition,
three walls, be done.
562
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:48,700
Septic tank and leach field
were in the way.
563
00:31:48,700 --> 00:31:53,970
So now we need a separate
a barn, four walls, a roof,
its own doors,
564
00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:57,800
and we need to connect it
to their home with a breezeway
565
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,170
because our mission
is to help Michelle
566
00:32:01,170 --> 00:32:06,570
when it comes time to storing
and feeding the animals.
567
00:32:06,570 --> 00:32:09,870
[narrator] To avoid
interference with
the homestead's septic system,
568
00:32:09,870 --> 00:32:12,200
and leach field,
Marty will construct
569
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,370
a separate 120-square-foot
hay barn 10 feet away
570
00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:20,470
from the goat barn,
joining the two with
an enclosed walkway.
571
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:24,600
He'll then connect the barn
to the house with a 40-foot
breezeway,
572
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,470
utilizing stone
and logs from the property,
573
00:32:27,470 --> 00:32:30,240
which will also double
as fire prevention.
574
00:32:30,970 --> 00:32:33,400
There's ten. [whistles]
There's ten.
575
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:37,800
So we have a plan. Now
it's up to us to get it done.
576
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,630
Thank you.
577
00:32:52,570 --> 00:32:57,000
[narrator] As day two begins
on the Whelchels' 40-acre
Montana homestead,
578
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:03,000
Barry and Michelle's friends
and family once again
579
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,700
push to fill the nearly empty
woodshed before winter
arrives...
580
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,030
Okay. All right. You're set.
581
00:33:18,970 --> 00:33:21,300
[narrator] ...while Marty's
plan for a more accessible
582
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:23,630
hay barn begins to take shape.
583
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:29,300
Got the stones off the side
of the road. Digging right
where I'm standing,
584
00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:31,000
you find a boulder like this.
585
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,600
Before you know it, you have
all of these building blocks.
586
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,100
You've got to use them.
587
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:41,670
I think we'll build something
cool out of these stones,
a really cool wall
588
00:33:41,670 --> 00:33:47,300
and entrance to the real
project, which is through
this stone entryway
589
00:33:48,370 --> 00:33:53,370
we will build a hay storage
barn, if you will, shed.
590
00:33:53,370 --> 00:33:55,270
So right now,
we'll scratch this out,
591
00:33:55,270 --> 00:33:58,400
build the floor,
build the walls,
put a roof on it.
592
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,170
And be that much closer,
but I mean, we're already
593
00:34:01,170 --> 00:34:06,500
a day and a half into four
days, so yeah, it's going
to be tough.
594
00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:08,900
And what we've chosen
to do here is ambitious.
595
00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:10,530
Not good, perhaps.
596
00:34:20,670 --> 00:34:24,170
This homestead had plenty of
logs, it had plenty of stone.
597
00:34:24,170 --> 00:34:28,870
But there's hardly anything
to scrounge here
for building materials.
598
00:34:28,870 --> 00:34:30,140
Ask me why.
599
00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:31,870
Exactly.
600
00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:34,770
Our entire crew was here
a couple of years ago,
601
00:34:34,770 --> 00:34:38,170
and we scrounged every board,
every scrap of plywood,
602
00:34:38,170 --> 00:34:40,100
sheet metal,
everything they had
603
00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:41,800
to build what
we did last time.
604
00:34:42,270 --> 00:34:43,440
Almost there.
605
00:34:44,170 --> 00:34:45,070
Watch out!
606
00:34:48,270 --> 00:34:49,740
This time around,
there's nothing here.
607
00:34:49,730 --> 00:34:53,800
So we've got some materials
and we're about ready to bang
them together.
608
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,300
Here we go.
609
00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:59,770
When you hear Michelle talk
about how difficult it can be,
610
00:34:59,770 --> 00:35:04,100
especially in winter,
to keep this homestead up.
611
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:05,570
It's a motivator.
612
00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:07,100
But here's the catch.
613
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:12,870
They love that crazy
candy cane tree
pole barn so much,
614
00:35:12,870 --> 00:35:16,400
I think they're expecting
another cool, unique,
615
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,770
one of a kind build.
We raised the bar high.
616
00:35:20,770 --> 00:35:23,670
The question is, did we raise
it too high?
617
00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:26,000
We're about to find out.
618
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,500
Let's paint it.
Let's build some walls.
619
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:28,900
Let's go, build some walls!
620
00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:30,270
Whoo!
621
00:35:34,270 --> 00:35:36,870
[narrator] As his homestead
buzzes with activity...
622
00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:38,300
[saws buzzing]
623
00:35:41,770 --> 00:35:45,470
When Matt built me
this blind here,
624
00:35:45,470 --> 00:35:47,900
he really didn't know
what he was doing.
625
00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:52,070
[narrator] ...Barry takes
Marty aside to show him
the most meaningful space
626
00:35:52,070 --> 00:35:54,600
on their entire
40-acre property.
627
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,870
When I walk through here,
I'm having a bad day,
628
00:35:57,870 --> 00:36:00,200
you know, PTSD comes on...
629
00:36:02,270 --> 00:36:05,000
and you never know
when it's gonna hit you.
630
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,770
A baby crying, loud noises,
631
00:36:07,770 --> 00:36:12,000
just, it brings you back
to bad times,
632
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,200
you know, as a fireman.
I've done
633
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,300
just about everything
imaginable under the sun
to help people,
634
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:25,170
including having to tell
mothers that their 13-year-old
will be 13
635
00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:26,740
-from now on.
-[Marty] Mm.
636
00:36:27,870 --> 00:36:29,440
[Barry] And that's
pretty hard to do.
637
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,230
And when Matt
built me this blind...
638
00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:36,600
he, uh...
639
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,000
he really didn't know
what he was doing.
640
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,770
He had a good idea.
641
00:36:39,770 --> 00:36:42,770
But when I have problems
or something happens and
something
642
00:36:42,770 --> 00:36:48,270
triggers it, I just walk down
here and I sit and I just look
at it,
643
00:36:48,270 --> 00:36:54,370
what Matt did for me,
and it has helped me so much
644
00:36:54,370 --> 00:36:58,140
to be able to sit somewhere
and get back to nature.
645
00:36:58,870 --> 00:37:01,170
And you know nothing else.
646
00:37:01,170 --> 00:37:03,970
Nothing else matters,
nothing else exists.
647
00:37:03,970 --> 00:37:10,440
Except for that right there
and it's nice and quiet,
648
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,800
and it's a good place to go.
649
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:19,900
[narrator] Three years ago,
Matt had other plans
650
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:23,970
for what had become Barry's
most cherished retreat.
651
00:37:23,970 --> 00:37:27,100
[Matt] I think getting Barry
underneath this shaded area
652
00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:32,570
and then making it a wall
with an opening that's not
very big
653
00:37:32,570 --> 00:37:35,670
is really the best thing
because he's out of the sun,
654
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:40,470
but those trees are gonna make
it all seem like hey, nothing
to see here.
655
00:37:40,470 --> 00:37:46,900
This hunting blind has got
a doorway to the wilderness
and a window with a view.
656
00:37:49,170 --> 00:37:50,600
Okay, Here we are.
657
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,500
Awesome! A shooting table.
658
00:37:54,770 --> 00:37:57,140
-Yeah.
-Golly!
659
00:37:58,170 --> 00:37:59,670
Belly up to this bar here,
660
00:37:59,670 --> 00:38:02,600
and I need to see
how it feels.
661
00:38:04,070 --> 00:38:05,400
That's perfect.
662
00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:07,170
I'm enclosed.
663
00:38:07,170 --> 00:38:10,670
I'm able to hunt
without being in the elements.
664
00:38:10,670 --> 00:38:13,000
I don't know if it was going
to fit the big guy
that you are,
665
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,670
but it looks like
it fits perfect.
666
00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:15,770
It's way clear.
667
00:38:15,770 --> 00:38:17,770
You can see all the way
to the bottom of this valley.
668
00:38:17,770 --> 00:38:19,300
You can see the game trail.
669
00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:21,600
Yeah, this is truly amazing.
670
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:25,770
Matt built me the coolest
hunting blind you've
ever seen.
671
00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:28,670
I have a roof over my head.
I have walls.
672
00:38:28,670 --> 00:38:30,670
I don't see how
it could be any better.
673
00:38:30,670 --> 00:38:34,600
I mean, it was perfect
before just as a spot.
674
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,770
-But now, with all this...
-Yeah.
675
00:38:37,770 --> 00:38:40,400
This is where I will thrive.
This is where I will
676
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:47,230
be able to come back to nature
and just I forget everything
in my head.
677
00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:51,100
There's nothing more important
than that to me,
678
00:38:51,100 --> 00:38:55,770
and I'm really happy that
you can get back out there.
679
00:38:55,770 --> 00:38:57,140
Thank you so much.
680
00:39:01,270 --> 00:39:06,200
So you're telling me
that this hunting blind
681
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,570
is doing a little bit more
than serving as
a hunting blind.
682
00:39:09,570 --> 00:39:12,000
It's like a place
for meditation, maybe?
683
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,770
It is. That's exactly
what I do.
684
00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:15,200
I come down here
and I meditate.
685
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,130
I get away from everything.
686
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:18,400
And Michelle,
687
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,630
I'll look at her and say,
I'll be back.
688
00:39:21,270 --> 00:39:23,000
She knows exactly
where to find me.
689
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,300
-Right here.
-Right here.
690
00:39:25,170 --> 00:39:28,870
It's just a soothing,
calming place, man,
691
00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:30,870
where I can go
and just get away.
692
00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:32,470
And that's what I told Matt.
693
00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:35,870
And he just laughed and said,
"Yeah, I know," but I don't
think he really knows.
694
00:39:35,870 --> 00:39:41,000
I wish I could get him back
here and just sit when I'm
having a problem.
695
00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:47,100
Well, Barry, guess what
I'm gonna do.
696
00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:52,400
I'm gonna see Matt in about
10 days, and the first thing
I'm going to do
697
00:39:54,470 --> 00:39:57,970
is share with him
what you just shared with me.
698
00:39:57,970 --> 00:40:01,370
-I'll tell you right now, he's
gonna be happy about that.
-Well, I appreciate it.
699
00:40:01,370 --> 00:40:02,500
Thank you, sir.
700
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,730
No, thank you.
701
00:40:03,730 --> 00:40:08,660
I'll get back to work and get
back to your peaceful setting.
702
00:40:08,670 --> 00:40:10,900
That's right. Get back
to my nature.
703
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:13,570
Yeah, thanks for sharing that.
I know it wasn't easy.
704
00:40:13,570 --> 00:40:15,570
I know it wasn't easy.
Thank you.
705
00:40:15,570 --> 00:40:17,900
-Thank you.
-I like you.
You're a good man.
706
00:40:45,270 --> 00:40:48,700
[narrator]
Marty has returned to Montana
with a small build crew
707
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,200
to re-rescue the Whelchels,
708
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,230
who struggle to manage
their 40-acre homestead.
709
00:40:56,170 --> 00:40:58,600
When the Raneys arrived three
years ago...
710
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,470
[Marty] How are
you guys doing?
711
00:41:01,470 --> 00:41:03,470
-Overwhelmed.
-[Marty] Why?
712
00:41:03,470 --> 00:41:07,100
Because you're taking our
homestead and bringing it
closer to us.
713
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,300
[narrator] ...Marty and Matt
carried the load
714
00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:11,300
until help arrived.
715
00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:14,000
[Misty] Hey, did you guys
need some metal?
716
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,700
[all laughing]
717
00:41:21,670 --> 00:41:23,300
[Misty] How are you?
718
00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:26,570
I'm Misty, by the way.
719
00:41:26,570 --> 00:41:29,000
-Michelle.
-Jessica.
720
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,170
Hi, Jessica.
721
00:41:30,170 --> 00:41:32,470
[Misty] Three weeks ago,
I end up getting really sick,
722
00:41:32,470 --> 00:41:34,670
and I tested positive
for COVID.
723
00:41:34,670 --> 00:41:39,300
I fully quarantined and I'm
definitely not contagious.
724
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,870
I've been cleared
by a doctor to work,
725
00:41:41,870 --> 00:41:45,570
and hopefully every day
from here, I just get better.
726
00:41:45,570 --> 00:41:50,000
I'm so sorry and I'm so
excited to be here
and so excited to get to work.
727
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:56,570
My time here is so short
that I'm gonna try and find
how to best help you guys.
728
00:41:56,570 --> 00:41:59,600
I've heard that there's
amazing people
729
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,470
that have been showing up
and picking up the slack.
730
00:42:02,470 --> 00:42:03,870
Guess what?
731
00:42:03,870 --> 00:42:06,100
The nine firemen
are leaving today.
732
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:07,670
Having Misty show up,
733
00:42:07,670 --> 00:42:11,500
that was such a huge surprise
and it was such a blessing.
734
00:42:12,370 --> 00:42:15,300
How can I best help
Barry and Michelle?
735
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:19,570
I've started this greenhouse
with Martin and firefighters
and my family.
736
00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:22,270
But is that alone
gonna do it?
737
00:42:22,270 --> 00:42:25,770
We need more than just what
that greenhouse can produce,
738
00:42:25,770 --> 00:42:29,570
so I don't know if we can get
raised beds for them, too.
739
00:42:29,570 --> 00:42:31,600
Just because they enjoy this,
they want to do stuff.
740
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,470
I don't want to do everything,
they're hard workers, too,
741
00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:37,070
so to watch everybody do
this is very hard for them
742
00:42:37,070 --> 00:42:40,670
to just sit back and not
be a part of it.
743
00:42:40,670 --> 00:42:42,300
[Misty] It's super
unfortunate.
744
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:45,170
When I first met Barry
and Michelle that these are
the homesteaders
745
00:42:45,170 --> 00:42:47,070
that I didn't really
show up for.
746
00:42:47,070 --> 00:42:49,670
So at this point,
I'm just going to get
747
00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:53,000
to work as best as I can,
help them as best as I can.
748
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,770
Okay, so we're gonna
pull this back.
749
00:42:54,770 --> 00:42:58,100
And then we'll open up a space
where we can kinda move in
750
00:42:58,100 --> 00:43:01,370
and start a new
raised bed idea.
751
00:43:01,370 --> 00:43:04,200
So the plan is,
I want to do raised beds.
752
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:08,170
And get the beds to a place
where Michelle could be
harvesting
753
00:43:08,170 --> 00:43:10,000
and not all bent over,
weeding.
754
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,100
It's just everything's
at eye-level.
755
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:13,400
So that's the idea.
756
00:43:15,770 --> 00:43:19,000
[narrator] Once again,
Marty needs
all the help he can get
757
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,470
if he's going to finish
what he started.
758
00:43:21,470 --> 00:43:23,300
-Hey, Marty.
-Yes, sir.
759
00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:25,670
I got a friend
I'd like you to meet.
760
00:43:25,670 --> 00:43:27,770
He came all the way
from Georgia.
761
00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:30,800
-How you doing, sir?
-He drove down here in his RV.
762
00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:33,370
How do you guys
know each other?
763
00:43:33,370 --> 00:43:36,770
My very first shift at
Henry County Fire Department,
764
00:43:36,770 --> 00:43:39,600
I was the new guy and he was
showing me the ropes,
765
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,370
-and we've been...
-Friends ever since?
766
00:43:42,370 --> 00:43:43,700
Good friends ever since.
767
00:43:43,700 --> 00:43:45,200
Must be a good friend
if you came out here
768
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,070
in the middle of nowhere
in the cold weather.
769
00:43:47,070 --> 00:43:47,940
I love helping people.
770
00:43:47,930 --> 00:43:50,060
-It's great.
-What is your background?
771
00:43:50,070 --> 00:43:52,270
Besides, we've got the fire
department, on my days off,
772
00:43:52,270 --> 00:43:53,070
I'm a plumber.
773
00:43:53,070 --> 00:43:54,470
I've been doing that
for 40 years.
774
00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:56,000
Let's Let's talk right now.
775
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,070
Is there anything
that this homestead
776
00:43:58,070 --> 00:44:01,070
needs in the way of plumbing
so we can put this guy
to work?
777
00:44:01,070 --> 00:44:03,770
Yes, we need water.
778
00:44:03,770 --> 00:44:06,800
We can't cut our water on now,
because if we do,
779
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,100
the pump continuously runs
and it'll burn up the pump.
780
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:13,770
And we have no hot water
because the one gallon RV
781
00:44:13,770 --> 00:44:16,600
heater that we had,
it's gone out.
782
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,370
It had so much sediment
and stuff in it.
783
00:44:19,370 --> 00:44:23,370
We've been living out of
buckets and jugs for
eight years.
784
00:44:23,370 --> 00:44:28,570
So every time we have to use
the toilet, we have to fill
the back of it up.
785
00:44:28,570 --> 00:44:33,270
So to have a toilet
that flushes and a shower
786
00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:36,600
that runs would be
just amazing for us.
787
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,670
How long have you been
on this property?
788
00:44:38,670 --> 00:44:40,300
Eight years.
789
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:43,370
Eight years you've functioned
with hot water, either heating
it on the wood stove,
790
00:44:43,370 --> 00:44:45,540
-I assume?
-Heating it on the wood stove.
791
00:44:46,470 --> 00:44:48,200
[Marty] I discovered,
for the first time,
792
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,100
things I didn't even know
last time I was here,
793
00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:54,600
that they don't really have
adequate hot water.
794
00:44:54,600 --> 00:45:00,100
And if they just turn their
water system on,
the pump cycles.
795
00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,270
I don't have time
to troubleshoot any of that.
796
00:45:03,270 --> 00:45:06,270
If Barry's friend
can fix these problems,
797
00:45:06,270 --> 00:45:07,470
that dude's a hero.
798
00:45:07,470 --> 00:45:10,800
That guy put
the Jorge in Georgia.
799
00:45:11,270 --> 00:45:13,100
You hear that chainsaw?
800
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:15,000
All your other friends
are cutting firewood.
801
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,870
-Yes, sir.
-To try to set you up
for the winter.
802
00:45:17,870 --> 00:45:20,370
And we're trying
to help your bride
803
00:45:20,370 --> 00:45:23,100
have an easier way
when it comes to feeding
the animals.
804
00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:26,370
-So I don't have time
to look at the water.
-I got you, buddy.
805
00:45:26,370 --> 00:45:28,770
-That's pretty cool.
Thank you.
-I got you.
806
00:45:28,770 --> 00:45:30,170
-No problem.
-Thank you, Marty.
807
00:45:30,170 --> 00:45:33,400
Let's thank Jorge, if you can
figure it out. This is good
to learn.
808
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:34,500
Thanks for telling me.
809
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:35,800
Keep me posted.
810
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,970
-And right now, guess what?
Time's ticking away.
-Let's do it.
811
00:45:38,970 --> 00:45:40,270
All right. Let me know.
812
00:45:40,270 --> 00:45:41,470
Let me know, Let me know.
813
00:45:41,470 --> 00:45:44,000
-Thank you, Jorge.
-All right.
814
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,000
[narrator] As his
second day in Montana
winds down, Marty meets
815
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,500
with Barry and Michelle
to give them a preview
816
00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:53,230
of what he has in store
for their new barn.
817
00:45:53,670 --> 00:45:55,040
[Marty] All right, guys.
818
00:45:55,030 --> 00:45:57,960
The sun's gonna set
in a little bit, and we're
halfway through.
819
00:45:57,970 --> 00:46:00,070
This is two days
and we gotta talk.
820
00:46:00,070 --> 00:46:01,470
-Okay?
-Okay.
821
00:46:01,470 --> 00:46:06,700
So, you're looking at
a 10 by 12 structure that can
hold 100 bales.
822
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:08,000
-Perfect.
-Okay.
823
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,270
That's said,
I'm thinking of the winter.
824
00:46:10,270 --> 00:46:12,170
I'm seeing how
you guys get along.
825
00:46:12,170 --> 00:46:14,900
You're both on canes or
walking sticks,
826
00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:18,100
and I'm thinking about
tomorrow morning.
827
00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:20,900
Starting a covered breezeway
from that door
828
00:46:21,370 --> 00:46:23,000
to that door all the way.
829
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,170
-[Michelle] Oh, wow!
-Where you can come out
of that bedroom
830
00:46:26,170 --> 00:46:32,500
-and do these chores barefoot
in your long underwear.
-[Michelle] Wow.
831
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:37,000
-[Barry] Wow!
-It's almost 40 feet.
832
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:41,170
We're gonna build it
out of the logs and rocks from
your property.
833
00:46:41,170 --> 00:46:43,400
We've got to figure out
which way we shed the snow.
834
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:46,900
-Right.
-So a covered walkway again,
835
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:50,100
where you could come out
of this door barefoot...
836
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:52,030
I can't even believe that.
837
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:57,570
[narrator] Breezeways have
been utilized for centuries to
provide shaded walkways
838
00:46:57,570 --> 00:47:00,770
between structures.
In off grid environments,
839
00:47:00,770 --> 00:47:04,700
they can increase energy
efficiency by promoting
cross ventilation,
840
00:47:04,700 --> 00:47:09,300
keeping indoor areas cool
while reducing energy
consumption.
841
00:47:09,300 --> 00:47:14,070
By creating seamless
transitions between indoor
and outdoor spaces
842
00:47:14,070 --> 00:47:19,070
breezeways can also enhance
the connection to natural
surroundings.
843
00:47:19,070 --> 00:47:22,270
-I can't imagine it.
-You know,
I tell Barry all the time.
844
00:47:22,270 --> 00:47:25,600
The hardest part of doing
the chores is getting dressed.
845
00:47:26,300 --> 00:47:27,430
In the wintertime
846
00:47:27,430 --> 00:47:31,260
it is physically hard, and
I have to bundle up so much
847
00:47:31,270 --> 00:47:34,200
I look like the little kid
from A Christmas Story
848
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:35,400
out here trying to carry hay.
849
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,800
-I understand.
I know all about it.
-It's hard, it's hard,
850
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:40,500
so it's life changing.
851
00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:44,470
Having that hay barn
and that breezeway means
852
00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:48,370
we'll be able to keep
gardening and keep the animals
853
00:47:48,370 --> 00:47:51,300
and not have to worry
about all of it.
854
00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:56,170
[narrator] Three years ago,
it was Matt who began
the process of consolidating
855
00:47:56,170 --> 00:47:58,470
the Whelchels'
livestock operation.
856
00:47:58,470 --> 00:48:04,500
Well, Mr. Whelchel,
here's the new
and improved and accessible
857
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:08,300
livestock pen and structure.
858
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:12,500
Wow.
859
00:48:14,870 --> 00:48:16,170
[Matt] What do you think?
860
00:48:16,170 --> 00:48:17,870
I think it's awesome.
861
00:48:17,870 --> 00:48:21,270
I think that they
will love that.
862
00:48:21,270 --> 00:48:25,770
With the goats and chickens
being so close now,
we're totally safe.
863
00:48:25,770 --> 00:48:29,200
The pen is accessible
and we can get to it.
864
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,100
Plus, the goats will alert us,
865
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:34,170
you know, if we have any
predators, and the only thing
I have to do
866
00:48:34,170 --> 00:48:36,070
is walk out my back door
and look.
867
00:48:36,070 --> 00:48:37,240
We've got a fence.
868
00:48:37,770 --> 00:48:39,500
We've got all the wiring.
869
00:48:39,500 --> 00:48:41,670
We've got a place
to get chicken eggs.
870
00:48:41,670 --> 00:48:43,000
They can roost.
They can be happy.
871
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,000
They have their own coop
inside, out of the elements.
872
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,230
What's missing?
873
00:48:48,170 --> 00:48:49,370
The livestock.
874
00:48:49,370 --> 00:48:51,400
Well, let's get Michelle
and let's bring
those goats over
875
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,170
and I'll grab some chickens
and we'll get this thing
filled up with livestock.
876
00:48:54,170 --> 00:48:55,940
[Barry] Sounds great.
Let's do it.
877
00:48:56,970 --> 00:48:58,670
Goat pen is accessible.
878
00:48:58,670 --> 00:49:02,670
We don't have to
go down the hill,
and with everything closer,
879
00:49:02,670 --> 00:49:05,870
we won't have to worry
about predators.
880
00:49:05,870 --> 00:49:08,940
That is a huge game changer.
881
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:12,170
-[Matt] Happy livestock.
-Yep.
882
00:49:12,170 --> 00:49:16,270
[narrator] Now,
Marty shows the family
just how easy
883
00:49:16,270 --> 00:49:18,600
the new feeding process
can be.
884
00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:21,000
-[grunts]
-Okay?
885
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,870
-Good Lord.
-This is amazing.
886
00:49:23,870 --> 00:49:27,500
So, does it help you to have a
breezeway from here to there?
887
00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:28,770
Absolutely.
888
00:49:28,770 --> 00:49:31,000
But I told you you could
feed your goats.
889
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,500
Barefoot and in your
long underwear.
890
00:49:33,500 --> 00:49:36,300
-Oh, yeah. That's right.
-So how are you going
to feed the goats?
891
00:49:36,300 --> 00:49:39,800
Well, I can't from here
in sock feet.
892
00:49:40,270 --> 00:49:41,540
Yes, you can,
893
00:49:41,530 --> 00:49:44,100
because we're going to build
a breezeway from here
to there.
894
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:45,700
-[Barry] From here to there?
-[Michelle] Oh, my gosh.
895
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,570
So it'll be from the hay barn
to the goat shed?
896
00:49:50,570 --> 00:49:54,870
How cool is that!
That is so cool.
897
00:49:54,870 --> 00:49:57,540
Being able to go
right out of the door
898
00:49:58,870 --> 00:50:01,870
be able to feed the animals,
be able to take care of the
chickens,
899
00:50:01,870 --> 00:50:05,570
be able to take care
of the goats just right
outside the door.
900
00:50:05,570 --> 00:50:12,100
That's just his way
of thinking how to help
disabled homesteaders.
901
00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:13,700
-Thank you.
-Okay.
I gotta get back to work.
902
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:15,170
You good?
903
00:50:15,170 --> 00:50:16,670
-Yeah. He's good. Okay.
-All right.
904
00:50:16,670 --> 00:50:18,170
-You need help getting out?
-No.
905
00:50:18,170 --> 00:50:20,670
-Need help getting back?
-No.
906
00:50:20,670 --> 00:50:22,370
-[Michelle] I got this.
-If you make it
through the rocks
907
00:50:22,370 --> 00:50:24,900
one or two more days,
the day is gonna come
908
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:27,170
you can just walk across
here barefoot.
909
00:50:27,170 --> 00:50:28,070
[Michelle] I cannot wait.
910
00:50:28,070 --> 00:50:29,500
-[Marty] Fair enough?
-[Barry] Yes, sir!
911
00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:30,770
-Thank you.
-[Marty] Thank you.
912
00:50:30,770 --> 00:50:31,670
[Michelle] Thank you.
913
00:50:39,370 --> 00:50:42,000
That garden is a lot
of hard work for me.
914
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,700
So I just want to make sure
that this one doesn't hit
anything.
915
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:49,140
Uh-oh.
916
00:50:59,470 --> 00:51:01,370
[narrator]
With only 48 hours left...
917
00:51:01,370 --> 00:51:02,700
We're going for it.
918
00:51:02,700 --> 00:51:06,000
[narrator]
...to re-rescue the Whelchels'
Montana homestead...
919
00:51:06,470 --> 00:51:07,800
[Marty] Do you like it?
920
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,500
Well, I mean,
it goes over that door.
921
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:12,130
That's what we want to hear.
922
00:51:12,130 --> 00:51:17,160
[narrator] ...Marty races to
complete the new hay barn and
breezeway system.
923
00:51:17,170 --> 00:51:19,470
[Marty]
All right, so you've got
to keep your word right?
924
00:51:19,470 --> 00:51:22,370
We told Michelle she'd be able
to come right out of her house
925
00:51:22,370 --> 00:51:26,870
and walk through a breezeway,
covered, protected from
the elements,
926
00:51:26,870 --> 00:51:29,570
go right into a brand new
hay barn, and then take that
927
00:51:29,570 --> 00:51:35,240
hay through that breezeway
and feed her goats without
getting frostbit.
928
00:51:45,770 --> 00:51:48,270
All right,
let's look this over.
929
00:51:48,270 --> 00:51:50,670
[narrator] As Marty scours
the edge of the forest,
930
00:51:50,670 --> 00:51:53,700
searching for more building
materials and firewood,
931
00:51:54,570 --> 00:51:58,000
a potentially dangerous
situation catches his eye.
932
00:51:58,770 --> 00:52:00,970
[Marty] A couple of years ago,
I was standing
933
00:52:00,970 --> 00:52:05,470
right here in Montana,
cutting a lot of trees,
934
00:52:05,470 --> 00:52:10,100
and the mission was to get
a winter supply of firewood
for the Whelchels.
935
00:52:10,100 --> 00:52:13,700
I must have cut a hundred
trees at least.
936
00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:16,830
And one of those trees
went the wrong way.
937
00:52:24,170 --> 00:52:25,740
[Marty] Let it lay right over.
938
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:29,400
[Michelle] Holy crap,
the outhouse.
939
00:52:31,270 --> 00:52:32,600
The outhouse!
940
00:52:34,370 --> 00:52:37,600
-My God.
-Hey, anybody
in the outhouse?
941
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:39,070
I hope not.
942
00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:44,370
Whoever's in there doing
number one, just did
number two.
943
00:52:44,370 --> 00:52:46,100
[Michelle laughing] Yes!
944
00:52:46,100 --> 00:52:50,400
Oops, I'm hoping
they forgot about that,
945
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:57,670
because today, in the exact
same area, there's a tree that
can hit the outhouse.
946
00:52:57,670 --> 00:52:59,700
Okay, see the stump
next to it?
947
00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:00,630
Yeah.
948
00:53:00,630 --> 00:53:04,260
That tree was very similar
to this one.
949
00:53:04,270 --> 00:53:07,300
And Barry and a friend of his
cut this one down.
950
00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:09,270
-This one here?
-Yes, sir.
951
00:53:09,270 --> 00:53:10,800
-They cut this one?
-Yeah.
952
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,170
-That one landed in my garden.
-Really?
953
00:53:13,170 --> 00:53:16,570
It crushed my tomato plants
and I thought it was gonna
hit the house.
954
00:53:16,570 --> 00:53:17,800
Which way were
they trying to fall in?
955
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:23,370
They were trying to I fall it
this way, and it hit this tree
956
00:53:23,370 --> 00:53:26,770
and went the other way,
I was standing on the porch.
957
00:53:26,770 --> 00:53:28,100
I thought it was
going to hit me.
958
00:53:28,100 --> 00:53:29,670
I ran back in the house.
959
00:53:29,670 --> 00:53:32,300
That garden is a lot
of hard work for me.
960
00:53:32,300 --> 00:53:35,270
So anything I lose
is traumatic.
961
00:53:35,270 --> 00:53:39,440
But, yeah, I just want to make
sure that this one doesn't
hit anything.
962
00:53:40,870 --> 00:53:43,370
All I wish is that I hadn't
brought you over here
963
00:53:43,370 --> 00:53:45,800
because now there's
a lot of pressure.
964
00:53:46,100 --> 00:53:47,170
You'll do good.
965
00:53:47,170 --> 00:53:48,870
-There's a lot of pressure.
-I have faith in you.
966
00:53:48,870 --> 00:53:51,700
We'll see if we can get
this one down without hitting
the house
967
00:53:51,700 --> 00:53:53,870
or the the greenhouse
or the garden.
968
00:53:53,870 --> 00:53:55,170
[Michelle] Okay.
969
00:53:55,170 --> 00:54:00,070
So we've had this tree
for eight years that we've
been watching,
970
00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:05,000
and each year ice forms
on the trees, they start
to lean.
971
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:09,170
And every year that tree
leans towards the house.
972
00:54:09,170 --> 00:54:13,140
Okay. We're gonna do a little
different style on this tree.
973
00:54:19,470 --> 00:54:23,100
When it comes to
falling trees, you realize
there's no two trees
974
00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:26,870
the same. Lot like people,
a lot like raising kids.
975
00:54:26,870 --> 00:54:29,500
I've got four kids,
not all the same.
976
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:31,700
This tree we're about
to cut down,
977
00:54:31,700 --> 00:54:33,600
it's a problem child.
978
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:36,100
I mean, problem tree.
979
00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:38,170
It's a stubborn tree.
980
00:54:38,170 --> 00:54:39,770
Commands more attention
981
00:54:39,770 --> 00:54:41,470
than the other trees.
982
00:54:41,470 --> 00:54:44,840
We're just going to call this
a Misty tree.
983
00:54:48,370 --> 00:54:50,000
All right,
let's talk about it.
984
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,770
We cut this piece out so that
when this tree goes over,
985
00:54:54,770 --> 00:54:57,770
this piece doesn't catch
at the bottom and compromise
something.
986
00:54:57,770 --> 00:54:59,900
So now this can freely fall.
987
00:54:59,900 --> 00:55:03,800
It's got room to turn and come
out of there, and I think
we're getting close.
988
00:55:19,970 --> 00:55:21,500
Watch this piece right here.
989
00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:27,000
[Michelle whoops]
990
00:55:27,670 --> 00:55:29,040
[Michelle] That was awesome.
991
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:36,970
Marty made the neatest cut
I've ever seen anyone do.
992
00:55:36,970 --> 00:55:40,800
And the tree landed exactly
where he said it was
gonna land.
993
00:55:41,770 --> 00:55:43,070
Come on in.
994
00:55:43,070 --> 00:55:48,870
And you know,
that's expertise there.
995
00:55:48,870 --> 00:55:52,000
There's no way
I could have done it.
996
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,370
So leaving this piece on here,
still into the stump,
997
00:55:55,370 --> 00:56:00,400
solid, it ensures that your
tree is not going to go
that way.
998
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,370
It's not going to go that way.
999
00:56:02,370 --> 00:56:06,170
It's going to go the one way
that this beam is going
1000
00:56:06,170 --> 00:56:09,240
to allow it to fall,
and that's how you do it.
1001
00:56:11,700 --> 00:56:13,770
-How was it?
-It was awesome, man.
1002
00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:15,200
How's the tomato plants?
1003
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:16,870
-They're alive.
-Alive and growing.
1004
00:56:16,870 --> 00:56:20,770
I heard a little story
about the other tree there.
1005
00:56:20,770 --> 00:56:22,370
I'm not gonna go into it.
1006
00:56:22,370 --> 00:56:24,470
-You want to know why?
-Why's that?
1007
00:56:24,470 --> 00:56:28,870
Because the last time I was
here, I cut a tree right there
and it hit your outhouse.
1008
00:56:28,870 --> 00:56:29,870
-That's right.
-You remember?
1009
00:56:29,870 --> 00:56:30,900
That's true. Oh, yeah.
1010
00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:31,870
So, it happens.
1011
00:56:31,870 --> 00:56:33,300
Our outhouse remembers.
1012
00:56:33,670 --> 00:56:35,570
It happens.
1013
00:56:35,570 --> 00:56:37,100
Yes, it does.
1014
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,270
-Wow, how amazing is that?
-That was awesome.
1015
00:56:40,270 --> 00:56:42,700
[Michelle] Golly,
now I feel safer.
1016
00:56:46,570 --> 00:56:47,400
[narrator] Coming up.
1017
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,000
This is what would've
made us leave.
1018
00:56:51,070 --> 00:56:53,500
I just didn't think
it was going to happen.
1019
00:57:04,770 --> 00:57:07,240
[narrator] In the rugged hills
of northern Montana...
1020
00:57:08,370 --> 00:57:10,100
[Marty speaking]
1021
00:57:11,270 --> 00:57:14,470
[narrator] ...as Marty
and his small build team
continue their mission
1022
00:57:14,470 --> 00:57:17,470
to further consolidate
the Whelchel homestead...
1023
00:57:17,470 --> 00:57:19,600
[Marty]
Set that one on there, please.
1024
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:22,670
[narrator] ...Barry, Michelle
and her sister, Beth, marvel
1025
00:57:22,670 --> 00:57:26,370
at the state of their woodshed
now filled with firewood
1026
00:57:26,370 --> 00:57:29,170
thanks to the hard work
of the many volunteers.
1027
00:57:29,170 --> 00:57:31,870
All right, we're done.
1028
00:57:31,870 --> 00:57:35,800
Tell you what, that right
there is our winter.
1029
00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:37,570
[Michelle] With what they did,
1030
00:57:37,570 --> 00:57:41,770
we have enough for at least
a year and a half, maybe two
years in here.
1031
00:57:41,770 --> 00:57:45,270
And then we still have
enough out there cut,
1032
00:57:45,270 --> 00:57:49,200
ready to split for probably
another two years.
1033
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:52,870
This means that we can
actually focus on our health.
1034
00:57:52,870 --> 00:57:54,570
Yeah, and we don't have
to break our backs
1035
00:57:54,570 --> 00:57:58,200
-to get this far to get
to this distance.
-That's right.
1036
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:00,870
This would have
taken us months.
1037
00:58:00,870 --> 00:58:06,270
I absolutely think that
Michelle and Barry will be
in a way better situation.
1038
00:58:06,270 --> 00:58:10,300
Just seeing the things
that are starting to happen,
1039
00:58:10,300 --> 00:58:12,930
I can already see
how their lives are going
to be much easier.
1040
00:58:13,670 --> 00:58:15,100
I'm really happy.
1041
00:58:16,100 --> 00:58:20,970
From the time winter ends
until the time winter begins,
1042
00:58:20,970 --> 00:58:22,700
our summer is doing firewood.
1043
00:58:22,700 --> 00:58:24,130
I know. Now we can go fishing.
1044
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:26,470
Okay.
1045
00:58:26,470 --> 00:58:28,870
-Let's do that.
-Get food.
1046
00:58:28,870 --> 00:58:32,570
[narrator]
The Whelchels' full shed will
allow them to stay warm
1047
00:58:32,570 --> 00:58:34,170
without risking injury.
1048
00:58:34,170 --> 00:58:37,000
During Marty's
last visit, however,
1049
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:41,130
his concern wasn't the amount
of wood, but where
it would go.
1050
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,100
It's gonna get dangerous.
1051
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:44,800
So if you don't mind,
head over there to the porch.
1052
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,600
-Okay.
-Yes, sir.
1053
00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:51,600
[Marty]
I'm going to create a woodshed
closer to the homestead cabin.
1054
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,100
I'm going to incorporate
not one, not two,
1055
00:58:54,100 --> 00:58:59,800
but three candy cane bottomed
trees that we cut down
for defensible space.
1056
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:00,900
Hold on, hold on.
1057
00:59:01,470 --> 00:59:03,170
It's gonna come towards you.
1058
00:59:03,170 --> 00:59:05,240
Matt. Swing, please.
1059
00:59:06,870 --> 00:59:08,000
Whoa!
1060
00:59:08,570 --> 00:59:09,700
Here we go.
1061
00:59:10,270 --> 00:59:12,000
Steady as she goes, baby!
1062
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,170
[Marty] So if I can get these
J logs to fit
1063
00:59:14,170 --> 00:59:18,000
on top of these
pinnacle posts,
1064
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:19,800
connect it all with rebar,
1065
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:21,000
we're good to go.
1066
00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:23,400
Hang on!
1067
00:59:24,870 --> 00:59:25,840
Okay.
1068
00:59:25,830 --> 00:59:29,160
This entire thing
was built with a chainsaw,
1069
00:59:29,170 --> 00:59:31,200
a drill and rebar.
1070
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,400
Take that rebar,
1071
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:34,170
grind yourself
a little point on it.
1072
00:59:34,170 --> 00:59:37,540
And now, it's a nail,
right? Or a spike.
1073
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:39,800
[drilling]
1074
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:41,630
Give yourself a pilot hole.
1075
00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:45,500
And then, nail it together.
1076
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:47,370
It's got to be
a pretty big earthquake
1077
00:59:47,370 --> 00:59:51,300
before you compromise
this connection.
1078
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:52,770
Okay?
1079
00:59:52,770 --> 00:59:54,670
You don't have to drill down
in here so much
1080
00:59:54,670 --> 00:59:57,400
because this is actually
like a nail, right?
1081
00:59:57,400 --> 00:59:59,270
It's got a point on it,
and it's just right now
1082
00:59:59,270 --> 01:00:02,170
driving, driving, driving,
driving, stop.
1083
01:00:02,170 --> 01:00:03,670
Driving all the way
into there.
1084
01:00:03,670 --> 01:00:04,870
A nice, solid connection.
1085
01:00:04,870 --> 01:00:05,870
Stop!
1086
01:00:05,870 --> 01:00:07,000
Ready?
1087
01:00:07,970 --> 01:00:09,600
-[man speaking]
-[hammering]
1088
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:10,700
I got it!
1089
01:00:12,270 --> 01:00:14,000
I got it fixed!
1090
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:16,100
[Michelle] What's really
cool to me is
1091
01:00:16,100 --> 01:00:17,570
that all of this wood
1092
01:00:17,570 --> 01:00:20,100
that they're using
for these projects,
1093
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:22,100
they were trees in our yard
1094
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:24,900
and it's a serious
fire threat.
1095
01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:28,470
And now they are doing
something functional for us.
1096
01:00:28,470 --> 01:00:30,670
It's just awesome.
1097
01:00:30,670 --> 01:00:32,270
[Marty] Well, we might have
a few tweaks
1098
01:00:32,270 --> 01:00:34,670
and a few modifications,
1099
01:00:34,670 --> 01:00:37,900
but as long as you sign off
on the first logs.
1100
01:00:38,270 --> 01:00:39,240
Yes, sir.
1101
01:00:39,230 --> 01:00:43,060
That is the the coolest
start of a wood shed
1102
01:00:43,070 --> 01:00:44,670
of a build I've ever seen.
1103
01:00:44,670 --> 01:00:45,800
That's amazing.
1104
01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:49,030
That was just
a very typical day
working with my dad.
1105
01:00:49,770 --> 01:00:52,600
So this arch log
like a brick arch,
1106
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:54,670
like a stone arch,
1107
01:00:54,670 --> 01:00:58,300
is designed to carry
millions of pounds above it.
1108
01:00:58,300 --> 01:01:01,000
In this case,
we get 17 feet of snow.
1109
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:01,800
What?
1110
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:04,800
I don't care
if it snows 100 feet.
1111
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:07,570
This building
is here for eternity
1112
01:01:07,570 --> 01:01:10,600
to withstand any
severe winter.
1113
01:01:11,900 --> 01:01:13,070
[narrator] Now...
1114
01:01:13,770 --> 01:01:16,370
their shed is
at capacity once again,
1115
01:01:16,370 --> 01:01:18,370
thanks to the efforts
of their family,
1116
01:01:18,370 --> 01:01:20,470
friends and neighbors.
1117
01:01:20,470 --> 01:01:23,000
-[Barry] Look at this.
-It's a beautiful sight.
1118
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:25,200
This is just worth
more than gold to me.
1119
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:27,270
It's awesome to be
able to help you guys.
1120
01:01:27,270 --> 01:01:28,770
Thank you, Beth.
1121
01:01:28,770 --> 01:01:30,600
[Beth] Oh, thank you.
1122
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:32,570
[narrator] With just over
24 hours
1123
01:01:32,570 --> 01:01:35,470
remaining to re-rescue
the Whelchels,
1124
01:01:35,470 --> 01:01:38,100
Marty brings the family
one step closer
1125
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:42,070
to surviving the long,
cold Montana winter.
1126
01:01:42,070 --> 01:01:44,470
-What we did is we--
-Hey, hey, hey.
1127
01:01:44,470 --> 01:01:46,170
What's the latest
on the water, please?
1128
01:01:46,170 --> 01:01:47,170
-Hey...
-So...
1129
01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:48,370
Good news or bad news?
1130
01:01:48,370 --> 01:01:49,970
Good news. We able to install
a check valve
1131
01:01:49,970 --> 01:01:50,900
and get it resolved.
1132
01:01:50,900 --> 01:01:53,000
-So there's no
broken lines anywhere.
-No.
1133
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,000
-That's amazing.
-Amazing.
1134
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,230
We have water.
1135
01:01:56,230 --> 01:01:59,700
[Jorge] I think we'll just
put this check valve
back there.
1136
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:02,300
Go ahead and put the pump on.
1137
01:02:02,300 --> 01:02:03,770
-Let's see what we got.
-[Michelle] Okay.
1138
01:02:04,700 --> 01:02:07,700
The issue with the well was
it had just a bad check valve,
1139
01:02:07,700 --> 01:02:09,300
so we just needed
to replace it.
1140
01:02:09,300 --> 01:02:10,400
[Michelle] There it goes.
1141
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:11,870
[gasps] Look at that, honey.
1142
01:02:11,870 --> 01:02:13,570
[Barry] Awesome.
Amazing accomplishment.
1143
01:02:13,570 --> 01:02:16,800
[Michelle] So we have water
in our sink now. [laughs]
1144
01:02:18,300 --> 01:02:20,100
[Barry] When you
don't have water,
1145
01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:22,170
you don't have life.
1146
01:02:22,170 --> 01:02:23,770
[Jorge] Well is
working good now.
1147
01:02:23,770 --> 01:02:25,770
I think that check valve
did it.
1148
01:02:25,770 --> 01:02:27,270
Thank you, brother.
1149
01:02:27,270 --> 01:02:28,770
[Jorge] You're welcome.
1150
01:02:28,770 --> 01:02:33,470
I just can't explain
the way that it...
1151
01:02:33,470 --> 01:02:36,100
it makes you feel inside
as a homesteader
1152
01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:38,500
when you have running water.
1153
01:02:38,500 --> 01:02:40,270
It's just amazing.
1154
01:02:40,270 --> 01:02:41,440
Oh yeah!
1155
01:02:43,270 --> 01:02:46,300
It's the biggest thing
on our homestead.
1156
01:02:46,300 --> 01:02:47,500
[Michelle] Hey.
1157
01:02:47,500 --> 01:02:49,000
[Jorge] Barry's always
been somebody
1158
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:50,470
you could count on,
and that's what's important.
1159
01:02:50,470 --> 01:02:52,270
He always had his heart
in the right place.
1160
01:02:52,270 --> 01:02:54,170
So it's really good
to come out here
1161
01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:55,500
and help him and Michelle.
1162
01:02:56,170 --> 01:02:57,500
[Michelle] Thank you so much.
1163
01:02:57,500 --> 01:02:58,870
[Jorge] You're welcome.
1164
01:02:58,870 --> 01:03:00,370
-You've got water.
-Yes, sir.
1165
01:03:00,370 --> 01:03:01,570
And how long has it been
1166
01:03:01,570 --> 01:03:03,200
-since you've had
a reliable water source?
-Eight years.
1167
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:04,270
-No.
-Yes.
1168
01:03:04,270 --> 01:03:05,200
-No.
-[Barry] Yes, sir.
1169
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:06,570
-[Marty] No.
-Yeah.
1170
01:03:06,570 --> 01:03:08,200
So, I'm sorry.
1171
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:09,500
A couple years ago,
when I was here,
1172
01:03:09,500 --> 01:03:12,170
we were so overwhelmed
with the work.
1173
01:03:12,170 --> 01:03:13,700
[Barry] Listen,
y'all did so much.
1174
01:03:13,700 --> 01:03:14,870
You don't understand.
1175
01:03:14,870 --> 01:03:16,000
Thank you so much.
1176
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:17,400
Don't thank me because
1177
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:20,430
I think water is more
important than firewood.
1178
01:03:21,100 --> 01:03:22,400
Barry and Michelle,
1179
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:26,000
every year, they have to cut
probably five to six cords
of wood,
1180
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,270
maybe seven,
just to survive the winter.
1181
01:03:28,270 --> 01:03:29,570
And for the last eight years,
1182
01:03:29,570 --> 01:03:31,470
that wood has heated
their home.
1183
01:03:31,470 --> 01:03:32,770
It's heated their water
1184
01:03:32,770 --> 01:03:34,300
and they cook
on the wood stove.
1185
01:03:34,300 --> 01:03:35,700
That's rugged.
1186
01:03:36,670 --> 01:03:39,770
Have you ever had legitimate
hot water in eight years?
1187
01:03:39,770 --> 01:03:42,300
-[laughs] No.
-Do you want hot water?
1188
01:03:42,300 --> 01:03:43,470
We'd love hot water.
1189
01:03:43,470 --> 01:03:45,570
Will you look
that way, please?
1190
01:03:45,570 --> 01:03:47,400
[instrumental music playing]
1191
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:53,070
Jorge.
1192
01:03:53,070 --> 01:03:54,770
-Nice to meet you.
-[Marty] And Barry.
1193
01:03:54,770 --> 01:03:56,170
-Nice to meet you, sir.
-Pleasure to meet you.
1194
01:03:56,170 --> 01:03:57,240
Nice to meet you.
1195
01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:59,200
So these guys have brought
1196
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,700
a complete gas fired hot water
1197
01:04:01,700 --> 01:04:03,370
on demand system,
1198
01:04:03,370 --> 01:04:05,700
and they're gonna
install it right now.
1199
01:04:05,900 --> 01:04:06,930
[Jorge laughs]
1200
01:04:07,470 --> 01:04:08,600
That's awesome.
1201
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:11,400
It's a Rinnai water heater.
1202
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:12,770
-It's a Rinnai.
-What?
1203
01:04:12,770 --> 01:04:13,970
[Marty] 'Cause it's the best.
1204
01:04:13,970 --> 01:04:15,100
It's a Cadillac.
1205
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,270
I think it's amazing.
1206
01:04:17,270 --> 01:04:18,300
Thank you so much.
1207
01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:19,870
What's your wife gonna think?
1208
01:04:19,870 --> 01:04:21,870
Where's your wife at?
[whistles]
1209
01:04:21,870 --> 01:04:23,200
Michelle?
1210
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:25,300
-She's gonna...
-Come here, please.
1211
01:04:26,370 --> 01:04:27,640
[Michelle crying]
1212
01:04:28,870 --> 01:04:30,870
[Marty] Well, what's it like
to have hot water
1213
01:04:30,870 --> 01:04:32,400
for the first time
in eight years?
1214
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:36,170
It's just--
That's the one thing--
1215
01:04:36,170 --> 01:04:38,840
This is what would
have made us leave.
1216
01:04:39,900 --> 01:04:43,500
So it just gives us all
the security in the world.
1217
01:04:44,700 --> 01:04:47,000
I can't thank you guys enough.
1218
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,800
You don't know
what it means for us.
1219
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:49,700
You really don't.
1220
01:04:49,700 --> 01:04:52,700
It's not just life changing.
1221
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:55,230
It's just life. Period.
1222
01:04:56,970 --> 01:04:59,170
When you get so cold,
1223
01:04:59,170 --> 01:05:01,770
so chilled to the bone
doing the chores,
1224
01:05:01,770 --> 01:05:04,170
it is almost impossible
to get warm.
1225
01:05:04,170 --> 01:05:06,170
You need hot water.
1226
01:05:06,170 --> 01:05:08,100
[Barry] I can't imagine
what it's going to be like
1227
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:11,770
just to turn a knob
and have hot water.
1228
01:05:11,770 --> 01:05:14,200
I mean, it is life changing.
1229
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:17,900
It makes our health better.
1230
01:05:17,900 --> 01:05:20,970
We're saying we ain't going
anywhere now. [laughs]
1231
01:05:20,970 --> 01:05:23,000
-On that note, thanks again.
-Thank you.
1232
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:25,100
And do you guys need
anything from us?
1233
01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:26,270
No. We're gonna get started.
1234
01:05:26,270 --> 01:05:27,570
[Barry] Thank you
so much again.
1235
01:05:27,570 --> 01:05:28,900
I'm gonna get
back to work.
1236
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:31,170
-All of you, thank you.
-Thank you so much.
1237
01:05:31,170 --> 01:05:32,300
You're welcome.
1238
01:05:41,570 --> 01:05:43,000
[intense music playing]
1239
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:47,270
[narrator] As the final day
dawns on the Whelchels'
1240
01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:49,140
remote Montana homestead...
1241
01:05:49,770 --> 01:05:51,200
[sawing]
1242
01:05:56,570 --> 01:05:59,770
...Marty faces
a familiar challenge.
1243
01:05:59,770 --> 01:06:02,300
All right, so hours from now
I'm gone, and
1244
01:06:02,300 --> 01:06:04,100
we're not even
close to being done.
1245
01:06:06,070 --> 01:06:07,400
Welcome to my world.
1246
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,800
Anything you do
with logs takes longer.
1247
01:06:10,570 --> 01:06:12,300
Usually it's more expensive
1248
01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:14,830
because of that,
but always looks better.
1249
01:06:16,870 --> 01:06:19,800
[narrator] Marty and his
build crew hope to leave
the Whelchels
1250
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:22,400
with a more functional
homestead footprint.
1251
01:06:23,870 --> 01:06:26,800
As time ran short
during his previous visit,
1252
01:06:28,070 --> 01:06:29,600
Marty attempted to complete
1253
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:33,300
another large scale build
before saying goodbye.
1254
01:06:33,300 --> 01:06:36,000
[Jessica] If there's time,
I would like a pasture
1255
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:38,270
for my horse
so I can bring her home.
1256
01:06:38,270 --> 01:06:41,270
[Marty] She does so much
for Barry and Michelle.
1257
01:06:41,270 --> 01:06:43,570
I just think we have to do
something here for Jessica.
1258
01:06:43,570 --> 01:06:46,100
She has a horse
and it's not on this property
1259
01:06:46,100 --> 01:06:49,270
because she doesn't have
a place to keep it down
by her cabin.
1260
01:06:49,270 --> 01:06:50,670
This time tomorrow
we're leaving.
1261
01:06:50,670 --> 01:06:53,100
So hopefully we can
build a barn in one day.
1262
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:55,230
Pound it, please.
Don't be shy.
1263
01:06:56,570 --> 01:06:59,570
The difference between
a 24-hour build
1264
01:06:59,570 --> 01:07:01,370
and a four day build
1265
01:07:01,370 --> 01:07:05,100
is there's no time at all
to make it look perfect.
1266
01:07:05,100 --> 01:07:06,200
What do you think?
1267
01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:07,270
[Jessica] I love it.
1268
01:07:07,270 --> 01:07:08,640
It's amazing.
1269
01:07:14,700 --> 01:07:18,070
[Marty] Get me the wood drill
and some rebar, please.
1270
01:07:18,070 --> 01:07:20,000
[instrumental music playing]
1271
01:07:20,870 --> 01:07:21,900
[Marty whistles] Good, good.
1272
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:23,600
Thank you.
1273
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:26,670
So here we are for
the second time in Montana,
1274
01:07:26,670 --> 01:07:29,670
wrapping things up,
hoping we got it right.
1275
01:07:29,670 --> 01:07:34,100
Because we've never
went to a homestead
three times.
1276
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:34,900
-This is it.
-[whirring]
1277
01:07:34,900 --> 01:07:37,700
We either get it right
or we don't.
1278
01:07:39,100 --> 01:07:40,270
[hammering]
1279
01:07:41,070 --> 01:07:43,240
Talk about too long.
Give me a saw quick.
1280
01:07:43,900 --> 01:07:45,800
Chainsaw, chainsaw
chainsaw, please.
1281
01:07:46,470 --> 01:07:48,440
Perfect! Almost finished.
1282
01:07:50,170 --> 01:07:51,370
[narrator] Later
that afternoon,
1283
01:07:51,370 --> 01:07:54,070
after eight years
of dry faucets
1284
01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:55,700
and cold showers...
1285
01:07:56,400 --> 01:07:57,530
[knocking at door]
Anybody home?
1286
01:07:57,530 --> 01:08:00,260
[narrator] ...Marty stops by
to see if the Whelchels
1287
01:08:00,270 --> 01:08:02,470
finally have the water
they deserve.
1288
01:08:02,470 --> 01:08:04,500
-You guys here?
-[Michelle] Oh yeah.
1289
01:08:04,770 --> 01:08:06,140
-All right.
-Hey.
1290
01:08:06,130 --> 01:08:08,400
-[Marty] So is there water
coming out of this?
-[Barry] Watch this.
1291
01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:11,270
-[Michelle] There is water
coming out of our faucet.
-[water flowing]
1292
01:08:11,270 --> 01:08:14,270
I haven't used this faucet
to do dishes
1293
01:08:14,270 --> 01:08:15,570
in eight years.
1294
01:08:15,570 --> 01:08:16,840
-Until today?
-Till today.
1295
01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:19,370
[Marty] I'm so glad
that we came back
1296
01:08:19,370 --> 01:08:21,100
and we were able collectively,
1297
01:08:21,100 --> 01:08:23,170
principally Jorge to
1298
01:08:23,170 --> 01:08:26,570
troubleshoot it and realize
it was a very simple fix.
1299
01:08:26,570 --> 01:08:27,570
Right. Yeah.
1300
01:08:27,570 --> 01:08:29,700
A check valve went bad.
1301
01:08:29,700 --> 01:08:31,070
-[Michelle] Yeah.
-Okay.
1302
01:08:31,070 --> 01:08:34,000
Now, how are we doing
for hot water?
1303
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:35,670
Because I know
they're working hard on it.
1304
01:08:35,670 --> 01:08:36,470
Do you know anything about it?
1305
01:08:36,470 --> 01:08:39,000
I just heard a breaker
got flipped.
1306
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:41,430
So, I'm ready to try it.
1307
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:44,200
[laughs]
1308
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:45,730
[water flowing]
1309
01:08:46,370 --> 01:08:48,370
-[Marty] Give it a chance.
-[Michelle] Yeah, I will,
I will.
1310
01:08:48,370 --> 01:08:49,700
[Marty] You're talking
about a line--
1311
01:08:49,700 --> 01:08:51,200
[Michelle] I know
that hasn't been used.
1312
01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:52,670
[Marty] Never been used
in eight years.
1313
01:08:52,670 --> 01:08:54,200
[Michelle] No.
1314
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:57,100
-Still cold?
-[Michelle] Yep. So far.
1315
01:08:57,100 --> 01:08:58,900
It's starting to get warmer.
1316
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:04,170
-[Barry] Oh my gosh.
Oh my gosh.
-[Michelle] Oh it's steaming.
1317
01:09:04,170 --> 01:09:06,140
Yes. [laughs]
1318
01:09:12,370 --> 01:09:13,340
[crying]
1319
01:09:15,670 --> 01:09:17,040
[Michelle speaking]
1320
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:19,330
[Barry] Oh my goodness.
1321
01:09:23,900 --> 01:09:25,000
[crying]
1322
01:09:25,570 --> 01:09:27,570
[Marty] I know what this
moment is like.
1323
01:09:27,570 --> 01:09:28,600
It's a big moment.
1324
01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:31,300
-I know.
-It is a huge moment.
1325
01:09:32,700 --> 01:09:34,570
What does it mean to you
to have hot water?
1326
01:09:34,570 --> 01:09:37,400
It means that
we can feel clean
1327
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:38,600
at the end of the day.
1328
01:09:38,600 --> 01:09:42,470
It means that we can feel like
our dishes are truly clean.
1329
01:09:42,470 --> 01:09:45,770
It means that...
It just gives us our life.
1330
01:09:45,770 --> 01:09:47,440
-It does.
-[Marty] I understand.
1331
01:09:48,770 --> 01:09:52,040
Every single day
for eight years,
1332
01:09:53,170 --> 01:09:55,870
just getting water, period,
1333
01:09:55,870 --> 01:09:58,370
and just having
even cold water
1334
01:09:58,370 --> 01:10:03,900
has been at least two hours
of work a day for me.
1335
01:10:04,270 --> 01:10:07,200
So having this now is...
1336
01:10:07,470 --> 01:10:09,870
It's just--
1337
01:10:09,870 --> 01:10:12,540
[sniffles] I just can't say
thank you enough.
1338
01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:19,500
[Marty] I'm happy for you.
1339
01:10:19,500 --> 01:10:20,870
Thank you.
1340
01:10:20,870 --> 01:10:24,200
-I'm really happy
'cause I know what this means.
-[Michelle] Yeah.
1341
01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:26,770
And I'm glad that it happened,
and it's all because of Jorge.
1342
01:10:26,770 --> 01:10:28,470
-Yeah.
-[Marty] So that's a good man.
1343
01:10:28,470 --> 01:10:29,670
[Michelle] All right.
Thank you.
1344
01:10:29,670 --> 01:10:31,270
-[Barry] Thank you.
-[Marty] Don't thank me.
Thank Jorge.
1345
01:10:31,270 --> 01:10:32,600
[both] Thank you, Jorge.
1346
01:10:32,600 --> 01:10:33,470
[Marty] Thank you, Jorge.
1347
01:10:38,270 --> 01:10:39,370
[Marty] Follow me.
Everybody over here!
1348
01:10:39,370 --> 01:10:41,470
Quick, quick, quick!
1349
01:10:41,470 --> 01:10:44,570
[narrator] As Marty gathers
the volunteers to say goodbye
1350
01:10:44,570 --> 01:10:46,570
and thank them
for their efforts...
1351
01:10:46,570 --> 01:10:48,200
[Marty] Check out that view.
1352
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:49,100
[man] Wow.
1353
01:10:49,100 --> 01:10:50,270
[Marty] Look at that.
1354
01:10:50,270 --> 01:10:52,770
[narrator] ...he first reveals
a much needed surprise
1355
01:10:52,770 --> 01:10:54,570
to Barry and Michelle.
1356
01:10:54,570 --> 01:10:55,900
[Marty] Who likes fire pits?
1357
01:10:55,900 --> 01:10:57,100
[Barry] Oh yeah.
1358
01:10:57,100 --> 01:10:59,070
Who knows how to roast
a weenie?
1359
01:10:59,070 --> 01:11:01,100
[all laughing]
1360
01:11:01,100 --> 01:11:03,330
[Marty] Now,
Barry and Michelle,
1361
01:11:03,900 --> 01:11:05,600
in case you guys
haven't noticed.
1362
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:06,770
Wow!
1363
01:11:06,770 --> 01:11:08,670
This 40-acre homestead has
1364
01:11:08,670 --> 01:11:11,270
-a few stones laying around.
-Yeah, just few.
1365
01:11:11,270 --> 01:11:13,000
Is this fire pit
location okay?
1366
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,770
[Michelle] This is awesome!
1367
01:11:14,770 --> 01:11:17,470
We have talked about
having a fire pit
1368
01:11:17,470 --> 01:11:19,870
or doing something out here
for eight years.
1369
01:11:19,870 --> 01:11:21,270
But that was just a dream.
1370
01:11:21,270 --> 01:11:24,770
I mean, you know,
we needed water. [laughs]
1371
01:11:24,770 --> 01:11:25,700
Well, you got that now
1372
01:11:25,700 --> 01:11:27,700
-and the firepit.
-And firewood. [laughs]
1373
01:11:27,700 --> 01:11:29,270
And we needed firewood.
1374
01:11:29,270 --> 01:11:30,800
Well, now it looks like
1375
01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:32,470
you can do something else
this summer.
1376
01:11:32,470 --> 01:11:33,970
-Yes.
-Yes, beautiful.
1377
01:11:33,970 --> 01:11:35,600
[Marty] Look at this view.
I mean...
1378
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:36,870
-Oh my gosh.
-[Michelle] Look at
this chair.
1379
01:11:36,870 --> 01:11:38,670
What more could you ask for?
1380
01:11:38,670 --> 01:11:39,900
Look at this.
1381
01:11:41,300 --> 01:11:42,270
[Marty] How's that chair?
1382
01:11:42,270 --> 01:11:44,200
We're having party tonight.
1383
01:11:44,870 --> 01:11:46,200
The Queen has her throne.
1384
01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:47,230
This is awesome.
1385
01:11:49,170 --> 01:11:50,770
Now, a place where we can,
1386
01:11:50,770 --> 01:11:52,800
not only us enjoy
our homestead,
1387
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:55,000
-but we can
have friends come...
-Yeah.
1388
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:57,000
...and enjoy our homestead
with us.
1389
01:11:58,000 --> 01:11:59,200
-That's awesome.
-It is awesome.
1390
01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:00,370
[Marty] All right, guys,
1391
01:12:00,370 --> 01:12:01,740
-we've got to talk
a little bit.
-[Michelle] Okay.
1392
01:12:01,730 --> 01:12:05,160
[Marty] These guys needed
firewood, you came
to their call.
1393
01:12:05,170 --> 01:12:09,800
You guys performed
day after day after day,
1394
01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:13,030
and this homestead
will never be the same.
1395
01:12:13,470 --> 01:12:15,670
So thank you, guys.
1396
01:12:15,670 --> 01:12:18,100
[narrator] Marty's gratitude
for the volunteers
1397
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:21,700
was earned through three days
of endless work.
1398
01:12:21,700 --> 01:12:24,230
But last time the Raneys
came to Montana,
1399
01:12:25,070 --> 01:12:27,070
it was Barry who earned thanks
1400
01:12:27,070 --> 01:12:30,400
for his 30 years of service.
1401
01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:32,670
We have a little something
for Barry.
1402
01:12:32,670 --> 01:12:34,870
A few years ago,
Barry got hurt on the job.
1403
01:12:34,870 --> 01:12:37,570
When that happened,
he didn't really get
1404
01:12:37,570 --> 01:12:39,370
an official going away party
1405
01:12:39,370 --> 01:12:42,170
or a retirement party
or anything like that.
1406
01:12:42,170 --> 01:12:44,400
So that's what
we're doing here today
1407
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,770
on behalf of your
brothers and sisters
1408
01:12:46,770 --> 01:12:48,170
at the Henry County
Fire Department.
1409
01:12:48,170 --> 01:12:51,570
The first thing that
all firemen get
when they retire,
1410
01:12:51,570 --> 01:12:53,370
every old fireman
needs an axe
1411
01:12:53,370 --> 01:12:55,570
that he's never,
ever gonna use.
1412
01:12:55,570 --> 01:12:57,870
[Michelle] In recognition
and appreciation
1413
01:12:57,870 --> 01:12:59,200
of your commitment
1414
01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:02,470
and dedication to the Henry
County Fire Department.
1415
01:13:02,470 --> 01:13:03,600
[Michelle sniffles]
1416
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:07,070
That is beautiful.
1417
01:13:07,070 --> 01:13:10,370
[Barry] Each one of you are
special to me.
1418
01:13:10,370 --> 01:13:11,700
I think you know that.
1419
01:13:11,700 --> 01:13:13,200
And... [sniffles]
1420
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:17,400
There's nothing I can ever do
or say that will let you know
1421
01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:18,800
how much I appreciate.
1422
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:21,770
The last time I saw the guys,
I was injured
1423
01:13:21,770 --> 01:13:23,870
and it was in a bad situation
1424
01:13:23,870 --> 01:13:27,170
and to be able to
see them here and...
1425
01:13:27,170 --> 01:13:31,470
and working side by side
with me one more time
1426
01:13:31,470 --> 01:13:33,270
is just awesome.
1427
01:13:33,270 --> 01:13:35,100
-I love you, brother.
-I love you too.
1428
01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:36,300
Thank you.
1429
01:13:44,470 --> 01:13:46,300
[Marty] What you guys do here,
this remote
1430
01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:48,100
is pretty inspirational.
1431
01:13:48,100 --> 01:13:52,570
You guys go, "I've got
all this baggage and pain.
1432
01:13:52,570 --> 01:13:56,340
But I'm still gonna live life
or pursue a dream."
1433
01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,170
The last time I ever saw
1434
01:13:59,170 --> 01:14:00,900
that many people
on a homestead
1435
01:14:00,900 --> 01:14:04,700
was, let me think,
Oh yeah, right here.
1436
01:14:05,270 --> 01:14:07,570
The firefighter friends
of Barry
1437
01:14:07,570 --> 01:14:11,470
came from several different
states just to help him
1438
01:14:11,470 --> 01:14:12,770
the last time I was here.
1439
01:14:12,770 --> 01:14:14,770
This time it's all
the neighbors,
1440
01:14:14,770 --> 01:14:16,070
all the locals.
1441
01:14:16,070 --> 01:14:18,000
Neighbor helping neighbor
1442
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:22,630
is alive and well
in rural Montana.
1443
01:14:26,370 --> 01:14:27,400
[instrumental music playing]
1444
01:14:28,470 --> 01:14:31,200
[Michelle gasps] Oh my God!
1445
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,270
No way!
1446
01:14:33,270 --> 01:14:34,400
Are you kidding me?
1447
01:14:41,300 --> 01:14:44,570
[playing harmonica]
1448
01:14:44,570 --> 01:14:46,670
Campfire songs!
Camp fire, camp fire,
1449
01:14:46,670 --> 01:14:48,670
camp fire, camp fire,
Camptown. Camptown.
1450
01:14:48,670 --> 01:14:50,300
Camptown!
1451
01:14:50,300 --> 01:14:51,930
[playing "Camptown Races"
on harmonica]
1452
01:14:53,070 --> 01:14:54,500
[singing] โชโช Camptown... โช
1453
01:14:55,170 --> 01:14:56,700
[all laughing]
1454
01:14:57,870 --> 01:14:59,200
Give me some doo-dah!
1455
01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:01,470
-[man] Doo-dah!
-Not now. When I get there.
1456
01:15:01,470 --> 01:15:03,170
-What the hell? Ready?
-[man laughing]
1457
01:15:03,170 --> 01:15:04,870
[playing "Camptown Races"
on harmonica]
1458
01:15:04,870 --> 01:15:06,000
[stops harmonica]
1459
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:07,170
[all] Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
1460
01:15:07,170 --> 01:15:08,500
You guys suck.
1461
01:15:08,500 --> 01:15:09,670
[all laughing]
1462
01:15:09,670 --> 01:15:11,240
[continues playing harmonica]
1463
01:15:11,770 --> 01:15:12,870
[Michelle] We do.
1464
01:15:12,870 --> 01:15:14,470
[Marty] Wow!
1465
01:15:14,470 --> 01:15:16,140
How's my people skills?
1466
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:18,670
Did you hear what she said?
1467
01:15:18,670 --> 01:15:20,340
Is this all you got, Marty?
1468
01:15:21,570 --> 01:15:22,870
I love you.
1469
01:15:22,870 --> 01:15:24,500
You're coming back
to Alaska.
1470
01:15:25,470 --> 01:15:27,270
And I've never met
someone so honest.
1471
01:15:27,270 --> 01:15:29,400
All right. Till next time,
smoke follows beauty.
1472
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:31,400
[woman] Yep, yep, yep, yep.
1473
01:15:32,270 --> 01:15:34,870
That's what they say.
"Smoke follows beauty".
1474
01:15:34,870 --> 01:15:36,670
Whoo! All right.
Thank you. Thank you.
1475
01:15:36,670 --> 01:15:38,140
[Michelle] That was fun.
[laughs]
1476
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:43,000
[instrumental music playing]
1477
01:15:45,470 --> 01:15:47,940
[narrator] On the Whelchels'
40-acre homestead...
1478
01:15:48,470 --> 01:15:50,270
[Marty] Well... [exhales]
1479
01:15:50,270 --> 01:15:54,100
We've come to that time
where I've got to head off
to another homestead.
1480
01:15:54,100 --> 01:15:57,070
[narrator] ...as his time
in Montana draws to a close,
1481
01:15:57,070 --> 01:16:01,100
Marty has one final test
to ensure Barry and Michelle
1482
01:16:01,100 --> 01:16:04,300
can thrive
long after he departs.
1483
01:16:05,100 --> 01:16:06,170
[Marty] A couple years ago,
1484
01:16:06,170 --> 01:16:08,370
when I drove
out of this homestead,
1485
01:16:08,370 --> 01:16:11,000
frankly, I thought I'd never
see you guys again.
1486
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:12,400
So, thank you
1487
01:16:12,400 --> 01:16:16,000
for inviting me back
because you've reminded me
1488
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,600
that the challenges
never go away.
1489
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:19,570
-No.
-No.
1490
01:16:19,570 --> 01:16:21,870
-And we're all getting older.
-That's right.
1491
01:16:21,870 --> 01:16:24,740
But that doesn't mean
we still can't live like this.
1492
01:16:24,730 --> 01:16:26,000
Because we want to.
1493
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:27,400
We've been doing it
1494
01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:29,400
and now, we can do it
1495
01:16:29,400 --> 01:16:31,670
-a million times much easier.
-[Barry] So much easier.
1496
01:16:31,670 --> 01:16:33,200
Just so much easier.
1497
01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:34,970
Let's put that to the test.
1498
01:16:34,970 --> 01:16:36,000
-If you don't mind.
-Okay.
1499
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,300
-[Barry] Sure.
-Should we try to
store the hay
1500
01:16:38,300 --> 01:16:39,770
and feed the goats
for the first time
1501
01:16:39,770 --> 01:16:42,570
-in the new process?
-Absolutely. Let's try.
1502
01:16:42,570 --> 01:16:44,170
I cannot wait.
1503
01:16:44,170 --> 01:16:45,070
I am so excited.
1504
01:16:45,070 --> 01:16:46,800
-We'll head for the truck.
-Let's do it.
1505
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:48,000
Thanks, thanks, thanks.
1506
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:49,670
[Marty] When you move this far
1507
01:16:49,670 --> 01:16:52,270
out into
the Montana wilderness,
1508
01:16:52,270 --> 01:16:55,670
you want to work smarter,
not harder.
1509
01:16:55,670 --> 01:16:59,500
We've streamlined
their feeding process
1510
01:16:59,500 --> 01:17:04,800
and we've consolidated the hay
and the barn proximity.
1511
01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:06,370
Michelle and Barry
1512
01:17:06,370 --> 01:17:09,670
can be on this homestead
for years to come.
1513
01:17:09,670 --> 01:17:10,900
Feel free
1514
01:17:12,070 --> 01:17:13,100
to open the door.
1515
01:17:13,100 --> 01:17:14,130
You see the latch
at the bottom?
1516
01:17:14,130 --> 01:17:15,560
-[Michelle] I do see that.
-[Marty] That's okay.
1517
01:17:15,570 --> 01:17:16,740
[Michelle] Okay.
1518
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:20,600
[gasps] No way!
1519
01:17:21,370 --> 01:17:23,740
-Cool?
-Yeah, we're moving in.
1520
01:17:23,730 --> 01:17:26,060
-You can see it's pretty easy
to do now, right?
-[Michelle] Yeah.
1521
01:17:26,070 --> 01:17:28,170
-Look at the elevation
of the building.
-I know.
1522
01:17:28,170 --> 01:17:30,870
-Look at the elevation
of the truck.
-It's perfect.
1523
01:17:30,870 --> 01:17:32,600
-[Marty] It's a
standard truck.
-Yeah.
1524
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:33,900
And there you go.
1525
01:17:33,900 --> 01:17:35,100
[Michelle] Thank you, sir.
1526
01:17:35,100 --> 01:17:36,400
[Marty] I don't know
how you want to stack
them in there.
1527
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:37,600
It's your hay barn, not mine.
1528
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:39,730
[Michelle] Okay, I'm gonna
start like this.
1529
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:43,870
[Marty] I got to tell you,
this isn't that hard, is it?
1530
01:17:43,870 --> 01:17:46,800
[Michelle] No.
This is a breeze
1531
01:17:47,370 --> 01:17:49,400
compared to what I'm used to.
1532
01:17:49,400 --> 01:17:51,270
Barry hates me going out
1533
01:17:51,270 --> 01:17:53,770
to do those chores
all winter long
1534
01:17:53,770 --> 01:17:56,570
because he just didn't want
to see me working so hard.
1535
01:17:56,570 --> 01:17:58,000
Beautiful, beautiful.
1536
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:00,070
-[Marty] All right.
-[Michelle] Last one.
1537
01:18:01,270 --> 01:18:03,970
Actually, let me put
this one up here.
1538
01:18:03,970 --> 01:18:05,270
[Marty] Let's do
a little math. Ready?
1539
01:18:05,270 --> 01:18:06,570
How many bales in here, kid?
1540
01:18:06,570 --> 01:18:10,270
We've got two, four, six,
eight, ten, eleven.
1541
01:18:10,270 --> 01:18:11,570
Okay, we've got 11.
1542
01:18:11,570 --> 01:18:15,070
So at least 25 to 30...
1543
01:18:15,070 --> 01:18:17,000
-Twenty five to thirty I feel.
-...could go there.
1544
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:18,900
-That's thirty.
-Yep.
1545
01:18:18,900 --> 01:18:21,770
-There's room for bales
on one side of this...
-Oh, okay.
1546
01:18:21,770 --> 01:18:23,170
-...all the way up.
-Wow!
1547
01:18:23,170 --> 01:18:24,470
So 40, 50.
1548
01:18:24,470 --> 01:18:28,170
-And then another ten, twenty.
-[Michelle] Yep.
1549
01:18:28,170 --> 01:18:30,170
[Marty] So there's
a lot of storage in here.
1550
01:18:30,170 --> 01:18:31,470
Now, do me a favor.
1551
01:18:31,470 --> 01:18:34,000
-Show me, please...
-[Michelle] Mmm-hmm?
1552
01:18:34,000 --> 01:18:35,870
[Marty] ...how much
you normally feed the goats.
1553
01:18:35,870 --> 01:18:36,900
[Michelle] Like...
1554
01:18:37,470 --> 01:18:39,000
about that twice a day.
1555
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:40,070
Would you follow me, please?
1556
01:18:40,070 --> 01:18:41,200
Yes.
1557
01:18:41,770 --> 01:18:44,200
Oh no way.
1558
01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:45,900
-[Marty] Check this out.
-[goats bleating]
1559
01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:49,500
Go babies.
1560
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:51,230
Hey, babies!
1561
01:18:51,670 --> 01:18:53,170
Hi, mommy.
1562
01:18:53,170 --> 01:18:56,270
Come here. Sweet girl.
1563
01:18:56,270 --> 01:18:59,170
Now, I don't even
have to walk outside
1564
01:18:59,170 --> 01:19:00,670
to feed my goats anymore.
1565
01:19:00,670 --> 01:19:04,170
So it extends the life
1566
01:19:04,170 --> 01:19:07,500
of what we'll be
able to do up here.
1567
01:19:09,870 --> 01:19:13,000
[gasps] Oh my God!
1568
01:19:14,270 --> 01:19:16,670
No way!
1569
01:19:16,670 --> 01:19:17,800
Are you kidding me?
1570
01:19:18,270 --> 01:19:19,570
Are you kidding me?
1571
01:19:19,570 --> 01:19:20,800
This is our house?
1572
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:22,000
After you, please.
1573
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,230
[Michelle] Oh my God.
1574
01:19:25,770 --> 01:19:27,500
Oh my God.
1575
01:19:28,300 --> 01:19:30,230
This is beautiful!
1576
01:19:30,470 --> 01:19:31,500
[sniffles]
1577
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:34,000
-Oh my God.
-[Marty] Cool?
1578
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:36,570
[Michelle laughs]
It's beyond cool.
1579
01:19:36,570 --> 01:19:37,970
[Marty] It's pretty cool.
1580
01:19:37,970 --> 01:19:39,770
-All right.
-I'll be so safe.
1581
01:19:39,770 --> 01:19:41,800
Nothing can get to me
from this direction
1582
01:19:41,800 --> 01:19:43,370
or this direction.
1583
01:19:43,370 --> 01:19:45,270
All right. So...
1584
01:19:45,270 --> 01:19:47,270
this has a roof on it.
1585
01:19:47,270 --> 01:19:49,470
-It's gonna shed
that direction.
-Yeah.
1586
01:19:49,470 --> 01:19:53,170
And it's gonna be dry.
1587
01:19:53,170 --> 01:19:54,770
This should never get wet.
1588
01:19:54,770 --> 01:19:56,470
If snow or a big storm
1589
01:19:56,470 --> 01:19:57,900
were to spindrift under here,
1590
01:19:57,900 --> 01:19:59,800
-you might have to do
a little shoveling.
-Yeah, maybe.
1591
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:00,670
-But the point.
-Yeah.
1592
01:20:00,670 --> 01:20:02,970
-Does this make it easier?
-Oh my God.
1593
01:20:02,970 --> 01:20:05,600
-Could you feed
in your slippers?
-Yes.
1594
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:07,670
Could you feed barefoot?
1595
01:20:07,670 --> 01:20:10,570
-Yes, and I will.
-I think I could.
1596
01:20:10,570 --> 01:20:13,070
-I promise. I will be
feeding barefoot.
-[laughs] And guess what?
1597
01:20:13,070 --> 01:20:14,270
I believe you.
1598
01:20:14,270 --> 01:20:16,240
-You should.
-Okay.
1599
01:20:17,070 --> 01:20:18,200
[narrator] Three years ago,
1600
01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:21,070
the Raneys built
an upgraded goat barn,
1601
01:20:21,070 --> 01:20:24,670
-allowing the Whelchels easier
access to their livestock.
-[goats bleating]
1602
01:20:24,670 --> 01:20:28,100
But the exhausting chore
of feeding the animals solo
1603
01:20:28,100 --> 01:20:30,170
exposed Michelle
to the elements
1604
01:20:30,170 --> 01:20:31,600
and predator threats.
1605
01:20:32,870 --> 01:20:36,900
Today, Marty has brought
the entire feeding process
1606
01:20:36,900 --> 01:20:38,200
to their back door.
1607
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:40,770
Engineering a covered
breezeway system
1608
01:20:40,770 --> 01:20:42,370
with a stone firewall
1609
01:20:42,370 --> 01:20:45,070
that connects the house
to the new hay barn.
1610
01:20:45,070 --> 01:20:48,600
Allowing direct access
to the goats.
1611
01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:51,770
With enough space to house
over a year's worth of hay,
1612
01:20:51,770 --> 01:20:54,170
Michelle can manage
her livestock
1613
01:20:54,170 --> 01:20:57,740
with ease and comforts
well into the future.
1614
01:20:57,730 --> 01:21:00,360
-[Marty] Is your life
gonna be easier?
-Like million times.
1615
01:21:00,370 --> 01:21:02,200
-Would you do me a favor?
-Yeah.
1616
01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:04,600
Find that six foot five
husband of yours
1617
01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:05,570
and meet me at my truck.
1618
01:21:05,570 --> 01:21:07,100
Because I think
it's time to go.
1619
01:21:07,100 --> 01:21:08,500
Okay.
1620
01:21:14,270 --> 01:21:18,570
[Marty] Well... [exhales]
That four days went by fast.
1621
01:21:18,570 --> 01:21:19,770
-Real fast.
-Yeah.
1622
01:21:19,770 --> 01:21:21,770
-Did anything get done?
-[Barry laughs]
1623
01:21:21,770 --> 01:21:24,500
More than we can even believe.
1624
01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:27,200
I'm very happy
to have been here
1625
01:21:27,200 --> 01:21:29,370
and seen you
finally get water.
1626
01:21:29,370 --> 01:21:30,770
Not to mention hot water,
1627
01:21:30,770 --> 01:21:32,900
not to mention another
1628
01:21:32,900 --> 01:21:34,400
winter supply of wood.
1629
01:21:34,400 --> 01:21:39,270
-Right.
-And an easier way
to store hay
1630
01:21:39,270 --> 01:21:40,740
and feed your animals.
1631
01:21:41,570 --> 01:21:44,770
None of it could have happened
without people from Montana
1632
01:21:44,770 --> 01:21:46,770
and Georgia.
1633
01:21:46,770 --> 01:21:50,270
In my behalf please tell them
how much I appreciate
1634
01:21:50,270 --> 01:21:52,170
what they've done
because they helped me.
1635
01:21:52,170 --> 01:21:55,170
My mission
is to help homesteaders.
1636
01:21:55,170 --> 01:21:57,300
But what happened here
was kind of epic.
1637
01:21:58,100 --> 01:22:02,370
And the volunteers did
most of the epic work.
1638
01:22:02,370 --> 01:22:03,540
So I'm in their debt.
1639
01:22:04,670 --> 01:22:06,470
Barry and Michelle
1640
01:22:06,470 --> 01:22:08,500
moved out here
about eight years ago,
1641
01:22:08,500 --> 01:22:12,000
and it's been hard
I think every single day.
1642
01:22:13,970 --> 01:22:15,270
We came a couple of years ago
1643
01:22:15,270 --> 01:22:17,370
to help them figure this out
1644
01:22:17,370 --> 01:22:19,370
and have an easier way of it.
1645
01:22:19,370 --> 01:22:21,140
I'd like to say thank you.
1646
01:22:22,570 --> 01:22:24,470
Our homestead now will be
1647
01:22:24,470 --> 01:22:27,300
something that
we can be proud of.
1648
01:22:27,300 --> 01:22:32,000
That we will be living on
for the rest of our days.
1649
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:34,330
[Marty] I believe that.
1650
01:22:39,170 --> 01:22:41,070
Here I am,
a couple of years later,
1651
01:22:41,070 --> 01:22:43,000
back on this homestead,
1652
01:22:43,000 --> 01:22:44,400
trying to fix problems.
1653
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,170
But when I come back
to these homesteads
1654
01:22:48,170 --> 01:22:49,740
for the second time,
1655
01:22:49,730 --> 01:22:52,560
I realized that
the work never ends.
1656
01:22:52,570 --> 01:22:54,870
And I'm pretty confident
1657
01:22:54,870 --> 01:22:56,770
that the way
that homestead looks now,
1658
01:22:56,770 --> 01:23:00,400
even without a caretaker
helping them out,
1659
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:04,100
they're gonna be here
as long as they want.
1660
01:23:04,100 --> 01:23:05,070
[Barry and Michelle]
Thank you.
1661
01:23:05,070 --> 01:23:06,740
-[Marty] Thank you.
-[Michelle] Bye, Marty.
1662
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:12,370
[Marty] This lifestyle
1663
01:23:12,370 --> 01:23:14,870
is not for everyone.
1664
01:23:15,670 --> 01:23:18,340
But for some of us,
1665
01:23:19,070 --> 01:23:20,470
it's worth it.
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