we're good
we got it this morning to see Garen
and Ellie off
are you guys ready for the
great adventure?
oh yeah
it says only six hours
six hours and four minutes
so we are thinking ten
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see ya
see ya when we put the roof on
in a couple weeks
[laughter]
that would be fantastic
bye
we'll see you guys
six hours right?
yeah
[music]
I think it works better if you all go
one way
they're gonna meet up on the
other - like the road comes around so
they're gonna meet but it does look
unusual I'm not gonna lie
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all right we made it
got stuck a couple times
partly set up and I think it's gonna
sink
I'm gonna be honest with you
it's pretty muddy up here which is why we got
stuck
hopefully we don't get eaten by
wolves
[wolves howling]
all right
day one
we lived through the night
no wolves got us
no wolves
getting up here was a
bit interesting
we got stuck a few times
it was really muddy but we made it
our little tiny pickup truck pulled out the
big one in the trailer
mm-hmm
it's
really cool to finally be up here
working on this piece of land and building
it's so beautiful up here
it's exciting to get working on
the project and stuff
this is what's left of our old failed project
if you will
it's pretty rough
we were trying to
dome it but we didn't know you needed to
use cement in it so it came down because
you need the cement to settle and harden
so you can get that nice dome in a safe
manner without it blowing out on the
sides
we already have a lot of the
pieces though like doors and windows are
already built and these window frames
I
think are gonna be okay
they don't look rotted or anything
they
just look kind of sun beaten
hardest part about this it's gonna be actually
tearing out this old bad material
there's a lot of dirt here and these
bags are they're real hard to take down
so that's gonna be the hardest part
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all right El
what are we doing?
just tearing it up
it is solid sand
look at that
yeah
we're just cutting the outside
and then ripping it off
all these bags are so dry rotted now
that they really just fall apart
they hadn't been stuccoed over and kept
out of the sun
I think we're gonna
probably end up adding some cement to it
that way it hardens up a little better
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we got our first room torn down
the bags have been really hard to get
down
they're very solid
yeah yeah
we've
kind of found to you like it's easier to
cut out small sections and pull them
out that way you can pull the dirt away
from where you're working and you don't
bury what you're trying to work on
it's quite the process to remove these
things
we learned that the hard way
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there's no rot on the window frame so it
looks like we're gonna be able to reuse
them which is really really cool
all right EL
what are you doing?
tired
a lot of work taking all this down
yeah pretty buried
but we are getting there
almost there
party
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we about done?
yep
here it is
the last bag
it's quite the amount of work to take
down even a partial of these buildings
that's a lot of bags
did we wear you out Diesel?
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what we doing?
tearing out the last layer so we can put in a new one
we kept this last layer on
a few days while we were letting it set that way we didn't
have a bunch of dirt falling over the
bag
I'm going to put a tee post in
center point to pull string off so if you can
measure
are circle as we lay the bag down
all right that's should do it for the center
post and then I have a plan to get it up
higher once we get to that point and
actually get it lower as well
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I got
Ellie doing all the hard work like the
digging
gotta keep your delicate stature
yeah I don't want to get too buff
[laughter]
I'm going to build our
leveling stick
thinking pretty fancy
here for us actually
gotta use duct tape
Oh
Oh
slight problem
wrong side
we're professionals [sarcasm]
here's how my
contraption works so because we didn't
have a long enough center pole to go to the top of the ceiling
I devised this little baby right here
it's
just a level but it's got these fancy
eyelets and hooks on it and then you can
hook here and then bring the level the
level and still go around
then you can
get that extra few feet to hopefully get
to the top
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so last time when
this building fell over
we have to do
something to change that obviously
we can't do the same thing so a couple
things we're doing now is the walls are
now gonna be straight instead of curved
and we're gonna put a roof on and also -
we've noticed that our dirt, when we took
it out of the bag, it was pretty sandy so now what
we've been doing is we've been adding
about a coffee can of cement to every
wheelbarrow we do which we figure is
somewhere around 1 in 20
we're gonna
take and we're gonna do a little test
bag and then let it harden and see how
it hardens and then from there - we can
adjust our mixture accordingly
this was our test piece that we put together
the other night
what we're looking for
is this is
this clumping
that's pretty
good
just needs to harden
and this looks pretty good I think and
you can see all that sand over there
there's like hardly any dirt clods in it
and then just this little pile here has
more and that's what we're looking for
I think we're good
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first row done
woo hoo
party
for the layout of the
building now we have two bedrooms on
kind of Mickey Mouse ears of it and then
there's a little like shower section off
of the master bedroom
it's really the
same size bedroom but it does have the
shower and we'll put a little vanity in
there too but no sink or toilet
yeah we'll do like the main room, you come in
and be like kitchen on the right and
then probably the rocket stove in the
front and then off to the left, a little living area
couch or whatever in there
it's small but it's gonna be - I think it's
gonna be perfect for a hunting
cabin
small vacation home
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we have roughly about twenty-five scoops in here
cement over-the-top
give her a mix
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whoo
we got three layers up
on everything and then four layers in a
couple places which is pretty cool
I
think it's gonna go for really fast
with the mixing of like the cement into
the buckets
it's definitely gonna take
us more time just because it's gotta mix
every single wheelbarrow
we're getting hang of it though
yep
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we made it
we went into the big city and we got a bunch
of pallets for free which are awesome
we got 20 bags of Portland cement
that way we can put up a ton of bag walls
oh here they come
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man he comes good
got a new puppy
there he is
he's so cute
a good boy
his name's Petrol
new member of the family
huh?
the Habitat for
Humanity was having a adoption weekend
at the pet store and he was there
yeah
so cute
we just like fell in love
in love with him when we saw him
really cool dog
cool personality and stuff
yeah
he loves Diesel too
oh you heard your name you
gotta come over
okay
yeah
we love you
too buddy
yeah
[music]
putting in the door frame for the
bathroom here
it's just going to be two
four by sixes on the sides of one on top
[music]
final top piece going on
perfect
looks like a door frame
fancy little
clips
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we decided because we had all this dirt
in here and these two rooms are gonna be
a lot lower and we're gonna have to haul
dirt into them
we might as well level
off the floors with the dirt that's in
here
or at least get them somewhat close
that way when we come down to doing
the floor
we don't have to haul a bunch
of dirt in that we already took out
efficient
because that's what we are
we are
efficient
we are at outlet height now
we're gonna try and level out the
whole building today
that side there's
gonna need quite a few - probably two to
three more bags to bring it up to level
and then same with this side here
just
try and get set to like a level point
that we can put all our outlet boxes in
at and from there
we'll figure out
what's next
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time to put it into power
El's getting our light switches in
oh yeah
then we're at the right level so we're
gonna put in our whole power setup now
we're gonna put one outlet in the rooms
and then a couple here in the living
room and then maybe one in the bathroom
too
this whole place is gonna be on a
really light solar setup
there's no
really use for a lot of outlets in here
because you wouldn't have enough power
to run everything anyway
okay we got all
our wiring in
it's got a good separation
between the barbed wire and the
electrical wire because it would a bummer
get is short and then have to rewire
sections and then this one here, it's
just coiled there because all the rest
have the outlets and the switches are on
a higher level
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okay
we're at window height
get this guy up here
maybe
these are Dad's massive frames
he built them out of two by twelves and I
think we've moved to two by tens since
then but they'll look nice
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two more to go
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the bags are holding up
really good with that 25 to 1 mixture
we're doing
they're very solid like
they're more solid than most of the
walls we've put together and it's so
cool because it's such a little amount
of concrete that's really in there or
cement that's in that rather
they're unmovable
[music]
all right well I think we got about a
third of the building done this week
yeah
so pretty exciting
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we're halfway done
whoo
we got like one more layer and then
we're doing outlet boxes and I don't know what's next
roof?
yeah
I think so
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this week the walls started getting
pretty high
that's a little bit of a
reach throw
those cans in
yeah
it's
gonna be kind of a stepstool type thing
be nice to have more people now but
we'll figure it out
we'll get her
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all right so we've had some changes in
our design
we've got some really cool ideas
for an outdoor kitchen right out here
well make this into a pergola type
thing
we thought it would look really
cool and it makes things
king of fits
this is just gonna become a kind of a
closet area
we are gonna put our solar
batteries in here because they do need
to stay insulated somewhat because you
can't just have your batteries out in
the snow
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this week my parents came
up and helped us a ton
[music]
we were able to get these really tall walls
had some extra hands
where are
you at Petrol?
why are you ignoring me?
why are you ignoring me? [in a funny voice]
[music]
after your parents left some friends came
down and they helped us finish up the
last few rows which was just perfect
timing on both their parts because it
was just like right when we needed
extra hands
thank you so much guys
thank you
we made to the top of the window frame
so now I'm just put together a couple
headers here on the two small rooms
the two shorter rooms in the back
these guys are gonna go on
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one more over here
and we're good
[music]
we're off to get some lumber
for the roof
see if we can fit all in the truck
yeah
it's a lot
quite the load
it is
even the cab is full
full
get her unloaded
party
fun to have all this fresh wood to
build with
and it's fun to to build with reused stuff too
it's fun to do that too but
just to have
new stuff sometimes puts to put something together is fun as well
yeah
it's all fresh
should we try two?
all right babe
here we go
right back over he had it
perfect
never mind we're going with four
four?
or maybe not
remember when you said, "oh
wow, that's really heavy?"
that was four
let's do three then
working up a sweat
I didn't think that was possible
yeah
just trying to keep you on your toes
you are
on my toes and my shoulders
mostly in socket [laughter]
they have nutritional facts
when you're
buying shingles
always check the nutritional facts
you don't want a lot
of ingredients
just sand and tar
sand and tar?
he is turning into quite the
little dog
he's got so much energy
he says, "what, me?"
no, don't chew on
anything
I'm just the perfect animal
hmm
and she's the perfect woman
sarcasm?
no
[laughter]
[kiss noise]
that's funny
I don't remember
sounds familiar
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Garen and Ellie are ready for the
roof
you and me and Bryson jumped in the
truck headed on our way up there
see all the colors
look at
that
double rainbow and I don't know if
I can show it but it goes all the way over
it's a full one
going under the rainbow and through the bridge
[singing under the rainbow]
to my brother's house we go
and my newly adopted sister-in-law
how often do you see a double
rainbow like that
[hollowing]
if that's not proof werewolves exist
I don't know what it
was a really
beautiful drive
to there a little late
we followed them back in
right here
Garen says don't slow down
Oh my okay
oh that's a big rock
oh my
whoa
hang on
do you think image stabilization will help here?
I don't know
my stabilization above my neck isn't
working very well
can we make the turn?
ut oh
come on
oh yeah
going down the ol' driveway
it's a new driveway
new one
okay here we go
oh yeah, there's their place
there it is
Gary, are we going to make it?
awesome
there is their happy little home
this road is amazing
[laughter]
and their home is so warm and inviting
but it was nice
have their camper and
stuff all set up so cute
Garen had his a little fireplace
going
one morning later
ah so beautiful
time to put a roof up
my favorite
thing
sure not very warm here
[music]
hi guys
[music]
hey we actually can see you in person
yeah
right here
I was just in awe
it's
big and beautiful and strong
the camera doesn't even show how much they
did
all the way over here
did all that
in one day
all right Ellie you're on
camera
better pay attention then huh
better start working
this stuff is so fun to put on
it looks like chocolate ice cream
want some?
Oh, it tastes like dirt
we're putting
up the scaffolding
they're only gonna be
there three, four days so you guys had to
really kick into gear
getting to work
all of them done
I like how we're holding this Bry, real
nice and stable
yeah aren't we
you guys are
doing a great job
this is so exciting
[laughter]
okay push it your way
this is my best guess
yeah real center
that's close
measure
down
across here
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if there wasn't any bagging then we
would slide away and do a little bit of
the stucco
you that's got a lot of
stucco done on the outside
Ellie did
Ellie's very quick
coming around the corner
love the look of that cob
[music]
hey Dad
these are facia, right?
2x6 are the facia
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are you under the tarp
staying away from
the rain
yeah
we worked hard
starting to get dark
we had a great day
we got the main structure framed in
all the rafters framed in
and you decided
on not a reciprocal roof this time
not a reciprocal
roof this time
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as you created the little bays and we
could do the bagging in between so we
had to pull Bryson away and then the
three of us
started putting the
bags between the rafters
Ellie, Bryson
and myself we're doing that
three of them we're working on that and they're
pressing us to get done faster because
Garen and I are we're
doing our best but you put up the
commons
that was pretty easy
pretty
simple but we got into the valleys
that's a tougher thing
because there's so
many different facets and then it became
a competition
Garen and I are going if
we don't hurry up and keep these guys
busy they're gonna be standing around so
we were hustling trying to make it our
best effort to try to think through
these very complicated, very articulate
pieces of lumber we needed to put on the
roof
because we were doing lay-ons and
valleys
that was very
complicated
[laughter]
the atmosphere up here in the
mountains and with the trees all around
it's beautiful
so cozy in here at
nighttime and it's a really cute place
up here and they're doing a great job on
the building
I'm so impressed
gonna be fun to see it with the roof
lunchtime in the roof building
business and cobbing business
Ellie, I'm not
sure which towel I'm supposed to use
the blue one is the hand towel
oh good because I've been using the red one
we're doing the upload for the video for this week
upload from the mountains
and we are at -
oops hit the power switch
that's funny
we have to use our phones as internet
what's your thought on the
building?
that it's about the sturdiest
building I think we've ever put up
we?
well, they
Ellie and Garen put up
it is strong
if that volcano explodes
it'll probably only house standing
they did like a month's worth of work
with just two people
we're standing here in the room
you guys just go
out that door right there
like 5 minutes
we better make
it 10
I have some extra -
it's a different angle though
Garen and Ellie have put together the
walls like amazing
it's made putting on
the roof even easier
now Garen's gonna
be doing all these roofs now so I'll be
going to him going hey let's do a roof
I learned some things from Garen
Garen taught me some things today so
that's cool
I love that
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Bryson gets them laid really tight
there
the tighter they are then we don't
have to cob in up in between
sometimes
we do that little spray foam
works really well
[music]
curious huh?
[drone sound]
[music]
day three
we have to get the roof
basically finished today
we got to be
ready for sheeting tomorrow morning
that
is gonna be a stretch but we're gonna do
it
hopefully
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more dirt
more steam
look at this
nothing but clay
I'm just
taking it places
moving it around
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if you put those boards on then you can
no longer pack the bags down
I know one
area who I sheeted and we hadn't bagged
yet so Garen took that sheeting
back off so we could bag
Garen and I were so proud, oh look it
looks great now what you lay our - Garen, we didn't let them -
oh
you guys getting it
oh yeah
if it was easy anybody
could do it
if you look at it like this
it look level
which way?
doesn't look level to me
although
aluminum is found in clay
lunch break
lunch break
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what did you do?
oh no
I'm too strong
oh my gosh
whoops
what happened Bry?
Ellie slammed this against her head and busted it
what can I say, I'm hard headed
I was really
impressed with the guy's abilities up
there
to be able to think
through these things
many times I had no
answers and Garen or Bryson would pop
through with an answer or ask the right
questions to get us to the right end
there were times I couldn't even
think through this and they were just
right there with an answer
we had four
different styles of valleys to do
you have the three circles and the valleys
are in between?
yeah, it's whenever the
roof comes down on one side and comes
down on another side that creates a valley
oh okay
a normal house
we got square
here and a square here and that's a 45
and it all comes together
it's easy but
we had facets
we had 16 different facets
on this roof so it had 16 different
planes to work with
sometimes we made
some mistakes, obviously, you know
cut the bevel on the wrong side or
it's not the right bevel but you don't
make it nearly as flat
as we normally like
the guys did great
they're so smart
Garen from now on can
just go up there and do these things and
Bryson too is probably
he really wanted to
pay more attention this time
I think
he knows more than he thinks so he could
do one on his own in the future too
which I'm sure they'll be able to do
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Mom, what's your new system?
use the broken tamper
easy on
the hands
nice
I just hope it's not your finger
I'll
try to avoid the finger
good point
put the ridge in
yeah, we're getting the other side on
we'll have that done here in a minute or two
oh you're off on the side there
one moment, it's crooked
an eighth of an inch
can't see it from my house
nice
alright guys, 6 more hours
and then we're gonna leave
Garen and Ellie on their own so we got to get a bunch done
we have this generator and
the muffler on it's so loud
we hardly even talk to each other
and Ellie and I
were even talking about ways to sabotage
it and just you know -
take the joy out of it a little bit
what!
getting there
do you need sustenance?
no, it's okay
I'll live
that's a guy job baby
oh no
you're like no way
I got this
is that the last one right there?
ya, after this one
nice
right
[music]
what's up Dude?
what's up Diesel?
Bullet!
looking for some food?
oh yeah
I know on two
of those circles
we typically like a
longer eave but we accidentally ordered
yeah I order 10 footers 2x8s instead of the 12s
but they're still
gonna work and still look nice
up
there not much wind there
they're gonna be about an 18-inch eave
instead of like a two-footer or a 3-footer like we
normally like to have but even at 18
inches, that's still not bad
Bryson is
gonna stay and help us finish up with
the sheeting and the shingles
I don't know what I can
help with but I can help hold a nail things
in
he's good
[music]
a few hours left, we got to get this
valley in and then Garen and Bryson are
gonna put the facia on
and we're
gonna get back and got a kitchen to get
ready for Christmas
[music]
me being the spring chicken I was
I started out pretty good but as we roll
along, it was like grrrr
Garen said to me Dad's done, Mom
he's done
despite that I'm really quite
muscular
it took a little bit longer
than we thought
and because of all the
complications of those cuts
you ended up
getting most of the framing done but the
fascia which is that front board that
goes around that didn't get done
that's complicated
Garen is the best to do that
anyway
yeah, for some reason he has this
knack for it
these guys can handle it
I think we got it
we have to sheet it
fascia
we believe in you
my dog's out there barking
at people you know
people who drive by
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you see it Gar?
I see little bits of it through here
there spot
just barely
see it
yeah
We're not very far from it either
another 100 yards in the back of the property
our tire from the old tire swing
[music]
here's where I wanted to put an outdoor
shower one time
in that area
I love this
just love it
it's a great place
[music]
there it is
be nice when they get those windows in
it'll just really be cute
get the stucco
on there
they're doing a great job
perfect
a wonderful four days up there
they they fed us well
we were warm and
toasty and it's fun to be in that
atmosphere
treed and the weather was
really nice
I'd say we were in easily
into the 60s
well even the low 70s I
think on one day
Bryson's
gonna go ahead and stay behind and help
finish up the fascia and that'll be nice
it's too bad we didn't get it done
but we did our best
[music]
be sure to buy your t-shirts or dog
shirts
team Petrol
no, not Petrol
Ha!
[laughter]
we headed back and left them
there to finish up
I know they're gonna
do a super job
we'll be able to see that
next week
that's gonna be fun
yeah
just
be fantastic
they live in a gated
community
oh yeah
[music]
really fun to be around
Garen and Ellie because they have such a
they have such a sweet and tender
relationship
toward each other
and they work well together
they're a good couple
they're gonna do well
that's gonna make us a lot of
grandkids
I think Garen was talking 12
12 girls right?
I think he said 12
maybe it was 15
I don't know how Ellie feels about that
I should have looked at her face when he
mentioned 12
it's going from My Little
Homestead to Cheaper by the Dozen
[laughter]
[music]
we're keeping Bryson
Mom and Dad are off
Bryson stayed here to help us finish up
the roofing because we really just need
like one or two more days
we're so close
so after Mom and Dad left, we put on
oh yeah, don't look at that spot
everything else is great
we got about half the
building facia on and I think
it's got a really cool look to it
in the front we had to bring it up a little higher
to clear this awning right here
it's got
a nice hood over the window
little eyebrow over the door and then it again
has those really cool little drop downs
right through here
it's a lot of fun
this whole roofline is so we're just
going to finish up the rest of the
fascia and then hopefully get the
sheeting
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it's not widely known the math to just
put it together so a lot of its just
measuring
isn't it Bryson?
a lot of
measuring and re-measuring because
you're like not sure that you're gonna
get through it correctly
yeah and then you're like oh this will fit and you put
up there like oh it doesn't fit
you cut
that one
each board has a couple
bevels and angles per side
this board is perfect
that is insanely long
what did you do?
nothing
I have no idea
this horrific gap
just enjoy this
don't look too close
and it's perfect
[music]
perfect
don't shoot me shiners
fascia
I'll give it to you brother
make it happen
declare the fascia done
now I declare the fascia done
put some paint on it and you won't even be able to see it
[music]
we've been working out there for several
days and we were starting to get really
exhausted and tired
[music]
we ended up getting the fascia on and the
sheeting and we also got
the rain drip on and some flashing
[music]
all right
the roof sheeting and fascia is
done and a little bit of valley work
I have been kind of figuring out those
woo
that's a lot
one week
from no roof to this
all that is left is shingles
[music]
totally different feeling here
looks pretty awesome
starting to look like a house
it's gonna be such a
fun feeling here
good sized
fun to get windows in here too
yeah, it's getting so much lighter in
here
anyway
get some shingles on here
and we'll be set to go
little back room in here
so dark
yeah
all I feel is a wire guys
we're going to have to wire the lights
[music]
okay my lady
what are we doing today?
all
right
oops, sorry D
tar paper the roof and shingle it
let's do it
how you feel about being
back Diesel?
he really doesn't like the
cold
he's a little mopey about the cold
and we got we got to back to
the warmth and he just like lit up
now
he's kind of mopey again
[kissing noise]
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I don't know if you can see
it's pretty
dark in here
we're gonna put collar ties
three of them here and then I'll put
three as well here and then where the
roof comes in
where the ridge comes in
I'm also going to block a little more
so that this big roof will support the
lay on
that stuff's got to be done too
I can wait on that a little
bit until after the roof is finished
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Ellie's been hunting a couple times now and she's had some really good success with it
so we decided that we should both go
this year so we got our tags
on the
second day we got both our deer so it
was really cool
it was a lot of fun
we got a lot of meat
now in our freezer
healthy and not processed
and it's very very
good too
all the tar paper done all the
way around
now it's time to shingle er
up
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time to get started the shingles
it's
gonna be really interesting
there's a lot happening on this roof
a lot of
ridges
we gotta figure out how to do
I watched some videos
I think I know how
to do them but may be a bit of a
learning experience
that's always fun
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we didn't get quite it all done
yesterday and we got the tar paper done
and we got a little bit started on the
shingles
coming together really nice
yeah
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we got the valley figured out now
I need to get some
chalk for my chalk line so we can snap
that and cut the valley and then our
ridges or hips
those guys are set to be capped and I
think that this side is gonna get a
little Ridge cap as well
doesn't have
much of an angle change but it is
there
not too bad for hunting all week
and then coming back and getting this
done I think
it'll work
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freezing out there
it's really cold
all right
we're heading back out to do
shingles
i'm cold
so dramatic
okay what's our plan
well
we went online we learned how to
do valleys a couple days ago
I'm gonna finish this one up so we've got to cut it
and make it look nice
so if you could
hold the chalk line right here at this
point
and we are cutting a straight line
okay yep
then this top layer we're gonna
cut the straight line then we're gonna
glue it down
a straight line so it looks
all Purdy
yep
because that is what we are all about
looking good babe
that'll do it
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Day 4 on the shingles and it is taking us
forever
in our defense it's pretty cold
because we're from such warm
climates
it just takes a little bit but
it is actually cold today by most
people's standards not just ours
we're gonna keep going on this
see if we can't
get a couple done today
it's looking really cool though
like the shape of the roof
I'll show you it on the side
just love the
color
shingles just look really cool
they're fun to put on too
we
decided to call it quits outside today
can you believe how much we got
done?
kind of silly to sit out here and
freeze our fingers off
quite literally
so cold
cuz it's gonna get back up in
50s all week after today so why would we
work out here in the 20s
it's cuckoo
think warm thoughts
send us warm thoughts
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alright Darling
we made it through the night
we did
it was so cold
last night and we may have been out of
propane so it was uh, it was a
little chilly to say the least
ran the fireplace for a while but we're alive
warm today
suns out
yep
let's get this done
we've got three days
it's nothing
like that
I don't know
we have a timeline
here we
go
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it turned out
we don't have quite enough
shingles to do what we'd like to do
today
we have someone coming in to help
us
we want to have all the materials
here so Ellie ran in the store
grab a
couple more so it's  just me
all alone
it's
okay I'm fine
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it's coming together
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so Caleb, Ellie's brother came to help bail us out
here cuz we're freezing to death
get up last
night and help us to a ton
well more like I watched you do a ton
I don't think so
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we ran out of materials again
but we made it a long ways
we've got like half of one
bedroom left
whoo
it's the big circle here
we got that done all the way
the little
pop out and through here
these valley's cut
the very top of the roof here
looking good
just got that one side to do over there
and a little bit more ridge cap but it
is looking good
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when I was at Garen and Ellie's
we were
using some dirt and we wanted to test
out the dirt to see how much of 
it was clay and did our little test
which is basically just take some dirt
put it in a bottle and put some water in
there, shake it up and just set it down
and let it settle and from there you can
kind of see what was sand and what was
clay
clay will be the softer stuff on
top and sand will be at the very bottom
this soil is basically a hundred percent
clay
failed pretty hard on our stucco
mixture
as soon as it dried out
I mean
it's like
[sad music]
it's really bad
so we're gonna have to
sort that out
for sure
our mixture wasn't very
good on the walls
I don't think it had enough
sand in it
we tried adding more sand in
the like the second half
wasn't chipping off as bad but it was
like really powdery
it's close I think
that we're just just a hair short of
sand
you can see it took forever to dry
and then it just like falls off
our first batch had like 2 cans of sand which wasn't near enough
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Ellie's brother Joe came down
he came down and helped me out here
just a couple of these collar ties
we're just
gonna get these put in here so that in
the snow this winter we don't have any
walls getting pushed out because of the
weight on the roof
a couple little
upgrades just to make sure that
the roof is gonna stay on real good
me and Joe finished up all the collar ties
and we also put in that little piece
there to hold the lay on
I think the roof is structurally sound now
enough to
handle a little more snow so now we just
got to go out and finish the last of the
shingles
we have like eight days to do
and then we're finished up
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we're finishing up the peak here and
we're not real sure how to do it
we've
gone with the system of if we think it's
gonna leak, put way too much tar on
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put a whole tube on it
basically
nail it
just glue it and see how it
fares
oh man
I don't think we are nailing it
no nails
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yes
I know this is OSB
that's all
we got so
it's what we are going to use
keep the animals out
we got the roof
done and the outside walls up and
everything's boarded up
exterior is done
except for the like a little bit of
paint and the stucco
so I'll hitched up so you know what this
means
after being up here in the winter for a
little bit or the starting of winter
it's been really cold
so we're gonna
come back here in a couple months when
it's warmer and get back out it again
we're really excited to finish it up
yeah we got some really cool ideas for
the interior
plus we're wimps and we hate
the cold
Shh
everything's all loaded into the
cabin
all our building materials
things all put away
heading out
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all right
we'll be back
ready to go
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ready to go back?
we're gonna get back up to the
cabin see what kind of shape it's in
I think it's gonna be perfect when we get up
there
see if the roof leaked
get right back where we were
get the stucco up
the floor done
the windows in
there's a list
interior
finish the exterior
really excited to get back up there
it's gonna be fun to get back up there and start
working on it again
it's just like
it's been in the back of our minds you know
gotta finish the project
and camp out
with our generator and our solar panels
driving up
see the building over there
first glimpse of it
there it is
nice
everything looks to
be in good shape still
gotta pull our
trailer up through there and back her in  now
get our RV all set up
get more settled
in here and then start working away
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okay
we're back at it
back in again
we're gonna break into it and see what it looks
like inside
we're gonna open up the
building and see what the inside looks
see if it's leaked
okay
everything is still in here
pretty dark in here
yeah
we need to get some windows in
it's looking great
exactly what
we expected to see
there's a small hole
where the bear crawled in
but it's nothing we can't fix
doesn't look like there are any leaks
and then
we'll probably work on the windows
because it's pretty dark inside
the window frames are all boarded up
we are going to be putting some windows in so
we gotta get this board off and stuff
out of the inside
frames didn't settle
at all with the building which is really
nice
sometimes they do a little bit
you know they'll knock out a square just a
little bit
all right
looks like it's all ready for a window
party
we first went
to build that building and it fell over
we had already accumulated a bunch of
supplies
we went to the city and we got
these windows it's off of Craigslist
there were really nice windows
they are like triple panes
brand-new and they've just
been sitting up there gathering dust
I can't believe they're not broken or
anything because they've been up there
for like five years now
yeah even the screens are good still
yeah but the windows just slipped right
in
it was really smooth for putting in
windows
did not take us long
all
righty
we got all the windows in
this is the
master bedroom I guess
the one with the
bathroom in it and then here's this guy
the living room kitchen
and the other
bedroom
all them in
it's so much lighter
in here
these windows are perfect for
this I think
they're nice and bright
yeah it definitely brightened it up in
there with the big door frames to the
bedrooms
it's cheery in there now
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we built the log structure right after
buying that property
we went up there
and we camped for a little bit and that
was the first thing we built
at that
time I think Mom and Dad were planning
on building a log cabin up there and we
were just kind of
experimenting building with logs
turned out that we ended up going a different
way
the bags
so we're gonna be tearing
like this and all this stuff off and
building the awning that's gonna look
similar to the roof
first up we got a
teardown
okay
first one is coming off
whoo
aww
[laughter]
you okay?
it's just been sitting up
there ever since we've had the property
now
I guess the log structures been
there
we built it with the idea that we
were gonna tarp it and put tents
underneath it and that's what we use it
for a lot of years
with just throwing a
tarp on the top of it
we didn't worry
about having a perfectly straight
rafters and all that stuff
it was just
fine to lay the logs on top and put the
tarp on that
heavy little log there
now that we're
gonna try and put a real roof on it
we want to keep the six posts
we're gonna get rid of everything
except the main beam growing across the
center
it's a really nice post up there
and I think we'll be able to just set
the roof right on top of it and it'll
actually make our roof stronger
it worked out really well when we bought
the material
well it was kind of a
mistake but it's gonna work out for the
best
when we bought the material for the
roof, we actually got way too many two by
sixes
so we thought maybe we'd use that
to build the frame for the awning roof
and it was a perfect amount
we still have a little bit left over to do
other things
not gonna mention who over
bought that - [coughing "Dad"]
it wasn't me
we wouldn't
do that
now all my calculations are just under
so we always have to go back to the store
yes
now we can build this into a really cool
shed roof
probably set a beam on
top of this beam
will put a two by six
on top and then the whole roof will set
on this main log here basically
we talked about doing like an outdoor
kitchen and we thought it'd be really
cool to put an awning over that so that
it was sheltered over
we're gonna wait
on the outdoor kitchen right now but we
thought we'd go ahead and get the porch
over
that's where you come in the house
it's raining, whatever, you can get out of
the rain for a minute before you get
inside
it also could be used as a
carport I do think a car would fit
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I've never built one before but I've
seen Dad build a lot so I just kind of
winged it and I called him on the phone
a couple times but you know what, I must
say, I don't think you can really tell
highs 70s and lows is 40 so that's
comfortable
no snow
if it snows we're turning around
I don't know if you can tell
you're not but
you know we left to get
out of the cold
so now we're back here in the middle of
May and it's snowing again
I don't know if you can see that
like it's not
a bad snow and it's not gonna stick but
that's not the point
it's cold
it will be warm they said
it won't snow they said
if it snows it won't
stick they said
it's sticky
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it stopped and hopefully the sun will come
out and it will melt away
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sun shining today
snows gone
thank goodness
and we're gonna start putting
up the sheeting
whoo
getting the right side
down
what can I say
it went together super easy
it was really fun too build to cuz it's square
and we haven't put a square roof on in a long - well I guess they just
did
I and Ellie
we
have not put a square
roof on in a little while so it was a
lot of fun to work with
all right we've
got all these sheeting done so now we're
just gonna put our flashing on the edges,
tar paper and start the shingles
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we're gonna put in this door
I'm gonna start putting in the door
it's a massive opening
it means that we gotta
framing it in just a little bit
build these
out like six inches on either side
almost
all right our door frame is
square and it's proper now
took a little
bit of weird fudging on certain stuff
but it's good
it's got like a double beam all the way around
good and solid
it'll hold the door nicely
this should be pretty good
nice
looks good
I've never built the doorframe before
it came together surprisingly well and it's
a super solid frame
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hey El, what are you doing?
we're polyurethaning these posts
we have some polyurethane here
we're gonna put that on the poles
sealing them in so
that the weather doesn't keep
beating them away
definitely gonna look
good
seal them out from any water
we got them all polyurethaned
now they're gonna
hold up to the elements a little better
the nice shiny rustic look
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get started on the shingles
yeah it's
really it's gonna be awesome to get this
thing finished up
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we had leftover shingles and I had two
bundles
we ended up needing six but
we went to the store I bought one so we
had to go back to the store which is not
close
these shingles are a little
smaller and the original ones we
were putting on
and then it turns out
the shingle size had changed so we had
smaller shingles than we originally had
like by an inch and a half
all the way around so we had to tear back off
what we had on one side
being careful
not to rip it because we needed all
the material and then put it back on
and you can't tell because it's not
I mean
you can't tell
all right it's finished
other than paint this bad boy is done
I think it's gonna work pretty good
it's kind of an interesting connection
between these two here
between the two roofs
the house and the awning but it worked
out and it's gonna be good because we
were able to use these six poles that
were already in the ground
we were like it's going to
take a while because it took - you know
the cabin took a little bit but man, we
got it done in hours
this side all
nice and shingled
looks the same now as
the building
I will say though that the
change to the small shingle, laid out way
nicer
it was good
really he's being
a little dramatic
we only had to pull
out like five
[laughter]
that's how I'm feeling today
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covering myself in paint
trying to figure this out
we're getting it
we decided to use the
sprayer on the eaves because when you're
painting with a brush and eaves, it just
takes a long time
the sprayer
super fast
super easy
this is not pink paint
this is a light red paint and it's
really supposed to be
it's a little
lighter red than we wanted
the paint is
definitely a little pinker than we have
initially wanted and for a little bit
when we were putting it on, it was like
holy cow, this is gonna be super pink
it
actually dried to a pretty nice red
still a little lighter than we were
hoping for but definitely still going to
be perfect for what we're doing
this bad
boy is done and that is a good feeling
Caleb is painting these brackets
there for the posts
posts to the roof
they're looking good
that's old drip edge
these are brackets Caleb made for us
they're gonna work so perfect
he's got
them all bent up nice
this'll just be an extra strap holding this roof on
and it's going to look cool too
one of the poles is kind of splitting at the top
and we're worried that over time it's
gonna get worse so we're just gonna put
a strap around the top of each of the
poles
I thought we'd do some sort of a
strap around them just to keep them from
separating any and we thought might as
well do some barbed wire
nice thing
about the barbed wire
the little barbs
are gonna cut into the wood a little bit
and then that should fix that problem
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we decided we needed to do another test
on our mixture for our stucco
looks like most the stucco did fall off
I think a
lot of it was due to freezing
we need to
make sure that our mixture is right
we're doing these three test spots here
varying mixtures to see which one's
going to work out the best
we go like
cheapest
to most expensive
the
cheapest being we're adding a lot more
clay
it makes it
super porous
it doesn't harden all the
way
these are a heavy dirt clay mixture
sure these are coming out of the
question
you can see that the cracking
and they don't stick to the
wall is good and then we kind of go up
again and you can see it's
getting better as it goes along
less cracking
it sticks a little better to
the walls
this is just sand in cement
and you can see that this one is just
this one was the ratio that you
were to buy stucco
it would be a
three-to-one ratio but it's expensive
and it's it's gonna be unnecessary for
this
I think in all honesty we're gonna
be going with this one
it's a three sand
one cement and half of dirt
this one's fun to put on
it's fairly sticky
it's a little bit drier than the other stuff
but it's not bad and you can see
it has good texture
if we were to break
it off
like look at
this
I mean like that's what we need
we need it to stick to the wall
can't be peeling off
needs to be stuck
to the wall at the cheapest price point
possible
that's less cement we have to buy
that's our sweet spot?
that's our sweet spot
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Day one of stucco is finished
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all muddy there
I think Garen and Ellie have done a
really good job on the stucco / cobb
I think it's kind of stucco at this point
yeah I probably progress more to that as
time went on
yeah they're doing a great
job
pretty excited about how things are
really turning out for them
it's fun to see those walls go up
it's starting to look more like a home as
that stucco is attaching to the wall and
we're watching it kind of grow and you
know it's funny
I know it was difficult
for them
you and I tried to help with
the combination of what mixture they
should use for the outside of the
building and you know from one climate
to the next it's so different than what
worked here for us, we took that same
knowledge up there and then found out
that just did not work
different place
folks will comment saying, Gary
will this work in my area and I go, well it
works in mine
I don't always have an answer so you kind of
test that stuff out
I remember the
times when it was kind of falling off
how we felt
like oh man
you know it should work and it didn't so it took a
lot of experimentation
a lot of persevering and getting through it
no, that doesn't work
okay let's try this
and asking around
getting some
suggestions and help from other people
yeah they persevered through it and
they're just diving in
they're such hard
workers too
when they set their mind to
it they just power on through it and I
know the camera sometimes frustrating
for them because they just want to work
they don't want to deal with the camera
there's only two of them and 
there's five or six of us around here
so somebody's usually available for
camera around here
it's just there that
have to either set up the tripod or one
films the other
it's still gonna have
paint on the outside of it but the
building is looking really cute and
homey
yeah
I guess that's what cabins
are about
it's something fun
cozy
up to the fire
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living up here in the mountains has
really been a lot of fun
the summer up
here is gorgeous
that air is just
beautiful to breathe
if it rains up here
the smells are just really cool
we've seen some elk walking around out
right outside our trailer
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whoo we're so close
we just
have this section right there
and then we're done with the stucco
Diesel
taking his usual position
what can I say
we got fat and happy dogs
Petro is a little more curious
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because the winters up here are so harsh
we're not really planning on living up
here
just a little too cold for us
desert folk
planning on this place being
more of a vacation home that we come up
to and spend a little time at in the
summers as well as
maybe fall
yeah, maybe fall
there'll be more of a cooler get away
from the hot desert
that's kinda what we are planning
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we finished the stucco
whoo
we finally got done with this probably the biggest
project
everything went really smoothly
stuccoing this thing
and turned out really really nicely so we're very pleased
it's very hard
not going to fall off this time
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stuff is just rock-hard
perfect
doesn't
rub off
it is
it's stucco
and that's whole new animal
it's working
great
gonna get some paint today
it's going to look so good
decided to do another coat just
underneath all the eaves and around
everything and it really
it darkened the
paint up
yeah it was s good call
it looks really good now
very red
yeah
no more pink
we're
gonna fill some of the big spots of our
cleats
we have these sections that are
open and we're just fill them with spray
foam
here we go
we're going to start painting
the outside of this building
I think we
can get it done in a day but we'll see
all the fun stuff set up here
put parts
where they're supposed to go
pull the
trigger and have fun
make sure all the
stuffs tight so it doesn't spray me in the face
again
we decided go with kind of a medium
brown
like that color there
so we
think that'll look pretty nice
have a chocolate brown
a little different
I think it will look really good
I'm gonna thin this paint down a little bit
make it go through the gun a little
easier
precise measuring device
is it ready to paint?
it is
okay let's see what else do we
need
we need to go turn on generator
and start spraying
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Garen finished up all the spraying so
now we got to go around and hit
everywhere that he couldn't get close to
the door frame and the eaves and stuff
hopefully it doesn't take too long
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I'm gonna figure
out something for the trim here
contemplating on like using pallet boards
and stuff like that but our pallets
aren't quite long enough so I'd have to
piece it together which would work but
it's not gonna look quite as good
we have a lot of leftover by sixes so I
think what I'm gonna do is I'm going to
try ripping down one of these two by
sixes
see what it looks like
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alright that looks like trim doesn't it?
I think so
these aren't cut to length
but something like that?
yeah, that's going to look really nice
painted up red
and then on this one
probably have to notch this out a little bit
they just make it look more organic and
fun
nice, I like it
unfortunately, I don't have finished nails
these are just the nail-gun nails
I pre-drill them
that way they don't split
the wood
I'm just gonna paint over the
top of them and you won't even notice
they're there
this is the last piece so
I want to make sure that it all butts up real nicely
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oh, that's cold
progress is slowed a little bit
got a rainstorm come in
we got to pull
these face pieces on this door frame off
because that board that go runs across
that way
that's the frame for the footer
there
have to pull that off and then the
boards you to run all the way down to
the ground
okay
put some long ones on and
now it's gonna look really nice
we're
gonna put a coat of paint on these
things and the door frame will be
complete for real this time
this thing is been here for probably
three or four years and it's in great
shape
put it right in here and it's done
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got the door in
getting her painted
I put a piece of trim on a little early so
I'm gonna have to paint around that
unfortunately
the moment it's looking
really good
looking like a house
I'm gonna
paint the door red here and who
doesn't like a red door
it's great on
the outhouse so it'll look great on the
house
it's my theory
what do you think Babe?
good
we've decided to paint these before we
put them up
that way it's just so much
easier to paint trim
you don't have
to have a real steady hand and it really
comes out better I think so we're
giving these quick paint and then I'll
drill my holes
I got these all painted
up and I think that these are about
ready to get put up
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putting the hardware on for the door
I'm just doing the easy part
Garen's going to
put on the door knob
red door which looks amazing
we finished the outside
it is completely
done
all the painting
doors, windows,
trim
it's been a lot of painting
done
in the back there
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the exterior came together extremely
well
we had almost no problems at all
paint was a little weird at times
the paint we got
it gets darker for several
days after you paint it on
we were
really nervous we almost decided to pick
another color and paint over it but we
left it and it just got darker and ended up looking really nice
looks really good
thank goodness we
decided to wait it out a little bit
that would of been a bummer
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that's as far as we're gonna get this
time
we're very excited to come back
sporadically and get finished up
it'll be kind of a vacation
when it gets real hot in the summer and
we want to just get out of the heat for a
little bit
this is the perfect place to
do that
[music]
alright boys, you ready to go?
ready to go?
hop on up
we are finished
we got
everything packed up
we are ready to hit
the road
so long cabin
come on Petrol
you can do it
come on
you can get up
there
all right
you guys ready
yeah
alrighty
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[music]
all right so Garen and Ellie are getting
the camera
yep getting all our fancy
stuff
he's got a drone
we are kitted out
it's
actually a man cave that he's inviting
his wife too
you okay with that Ellie?
as long as I'm invited
I married good guys
[laughter]
above your head that is for sure
I feel like there is a good pun to go here
insert Bree saying a good pun
to test the true strength
of the mule tape we're gonna be running
this quick test
don't do this unless
you're a professional and wearing safety
goggles
isn't that comfortable?
that's very pleasant
that's it
we're installing toilet seats in on
the kitchen chairs because they like
cushion your butt and hold you in
that is a comfortable throne like I could
seriously put some time in
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this board is almost too nice to use for this
yeah
don't put that on
there mom
he's so cute
the mud coating on top is
especially nice because it keep that
water that you just don't want seeping
in
it keeps it beating right off
sand and tar?
if you get the extra frilly stuff, you're just waisting your money
then you get a coffee can but you don't
want a full coffee can
it's that Midway
coffee can right between half and full
3/4
mushrooms growing out of the cow
poop
beautiful
don't see that every day
nope
I wasn't
complaining
I was stating facts
in a mournful way
ya, complaining
how's my hair
look
it looks really good
do I have camping cabin hair?
yeah, i think so
[squeaking dog toy]
oh wait I'm not suppose to film Bullet
Ellie told me to only film Petrol
cause we need a lot more people on team
Petrol
what?
what do you mean?
just kidding
she didn't really
tell me that
she said film Diesel
Hi guys
what are you doing?
what are you
doing huh?
coming to say "hi"
I was...
door needs closed
a little bit needs to go in
edit that out
thanks Mom
you're the best
woah, aggressive kisses
ready?
we did the other side cuz I have to
figure out how to do it and I wanted to
sound smart
this is what happens when you have a
low-budget lighting
and you can't tell
because it's not
it's not
you can't tell
because it's so small and there are
different sides but [sighs]
wow
okie dokie
you have a stick in your hair
thanks Babe
okay, alright
we finished the stucco
whoo
that was so good
I should of got that
[music]
oh yeah
cabin baby
exciting
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