01x04 - Nevada Thirst

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I've never been
this far south in my life.

As far
as the eye can see,

there's not one drop
of water.

This is literally like
we've landed on saturn.

This would be
the last place

that I would ever
choose to homestead.

This is
rattlesnake country.

I mean, we're not gonna
be out to get them.

They're gonna be
out to get us.

Don't say that because

I've never seen
a rattlesnake in my life.

I'm a little worried,
kids.

We have zero skills

when it comes
to desert homesteading.

Marty raney's been building
homesteads for 40 years.

He's spent his life passing on
his homesteading skills.

I was raised off-grid.

I've built a life
and a family

in the toughest place
on earth -- Alaska.

And I've taught my kids
everything I know.

Daughter misty has
raised and slaughtered animals

and grown her own food
since she was a child.

A homestead needs to be
nurtured every day.

You get out what you put in.

Son Matt spent 12 years

as a guide and hunter in Alaska.

I have the utmost respect
for wildlife.

Hunting is a privilege
and a necessity.

In the last decade,

2 million Americans
have moved off-grid.

There's no road.
There's no grid.

There's no nothing.

But the wilderness
is a tough place to survive.

- Look out!
- Oh, my god!

This year,

tens of thousands
of homesteads will fail.

We're not gonna make it
another month.

We'll start burning
the furniture

to keep warm,
if we have to.

We're struggling
to stay alive.

We really need the raneys
to come and help us.

For those brave enough
to embark on this lifestyle,

we're here to help them
overcome the challenges

and fulfill that dream.

My résumé?

I'll show it to you
right now.

The raneys
are answering the call

of a desert family
on the brink of collapse.

That's got to be it,
right there.

With broken buildings,
deadly predators

and no water source,

they have just six days
to save this homestead

before moving on
to their next project.

Whoo! This is it.

Man.

This place is out there.

They've traveled
3,000 miles south

from Alaska for their first-ever
desert encounter.

The silver state boasts

some of the cheapest land
in the country.

But despite this, less than
1% of the population

live off-grid
in these arid conditions.

Hello.
Marty raney here.

Nice to
finally meet you.

Glad you guys could come.
- Yeah. Thanks.

And I see you got
a truck here full of barrels.

What's going on here?

Well, I'm just -- I --
I've hauled some water in.

So you're hauling the water
from town, I guess?

Right.
9 miles away.

So, uh, there's no well
on the property?

Oh, no. No.

There's no well here.

There's no spring here.

There's no source of water
anywhere on this property.

What in the world
are they doing here?

For two decades,
the kondors' home

was on-grid
in Carson city, Nevada.

One, two, three.

- Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, everybody.

Life was good
in Carson city back then.

I was working
in construction.

I was busy.
And I was making money.

Oh!
Ah!

I was raised
on a family farm.

And homesteading's been
a obsession of mine all my life.

There's Jonathan.
He's learned how to juggle.

Look at that.
- Yes.

And, for better
or for worse,

I've passed that on
to my boys.

Sons Jonathan and
Caleb were so inspired

by their father's
homesteading fantasy

that, three years ago,

Caleb spent $6,000

to buy 40 acres
of Nevada desert

for his parents.

I've given my parents,
basically, an opportunity to --

to live out a dream.

Out here, where you
can see so far,

and you can feel
the wind and the sun,

and you can see
the stars,

it's a feeling
you can't get anywhere.

I love it, but it wasn't
supposed to be this hard.

Dan planned to use
the money from the sale

of his $200,000 home
to drill for water

and build a two-story cabin
in the desert.

But when the financial
crisis struck,

he lost his job.

And the bank took the house.

I did everything
like I was supposed to.

The system is rigged.

I did everything.
I raised five kids.

I did the work.
I put in the hours.

And they take it
from you in a heartbeat.

They just take it from you.

Living in trailers,
the kondors are now

at the mercy of the relentless
wind and blistering heat.

We planted 100 trees.

At the end of the summer,
100 trees are dead.

Water is essential
for everything we do.

And here,
we don't have that.

Do you feel responsible
for your parents?

Um, they're out here
largely due to me.

And, uh,
this can't be it.

I mean, they're gonna
die this way?

With the brutal
desert summer just weeks away,

the kondors are out
of time and money.

The raneys must source materials
from the homestead

or find fixes that will pay for
themselves or save lives.

Come on in.
Come on in.

This is our home
sweet home right here.

Oh, man.
It's hot in here.

- Yeah, it is.
- How hot can it get in here?

Well, in the summertime,
it --

it'll go over 100
in here,

for sure.

100 in here?

- Oh, oh, easy.
- You can't be in here.

During the hottest time,
it's -- it's 100 outside,

meaning it's,
you know, 110.

It gets way too hot in here.
We can't --

we can't really be in here
in the summertime, so...

There's no way my mom
and dad would be doing that,

enduring 110 degrees
inside that trailer.

That's gonna break
someone's spirit.

What's in here?

A conex, a steel
storage container...

It's pretty solid.
- Yeah.

...is the safest place
on this homestead.

What's it being used for?

Storing hay.

There is precious
little to hunt in the desert.

But Matt faces a new challenge

from its six species
of venomous snake.

In Alaska, predators,
you can see 'em coming.

You can hear 'em.

But out here in the desert,

everything comes from below.

And you won't see it
until that very last moment.

I left my front door here.

And stepping down
and out of the trailer,

as soon as I put my foot
on the ground,

I heard a psss,
right, like,

probably 2 feet away
from where I stepped down.

- Oh, man.
- And when you hear that sound,

you just --
you freeze up.

There's a rat right there.

There's a rodent.

Look at this.
Look at this.

This is not good.

These rats are literally
drawing and attracting snakes.

I don't know
how they sleep at night.

What -- what's on
the other side of...

Yeah. On the other side
of this is the --

the kitchen space.

So if something
crawls in here,

you get out of bed

and you go to the kitchen
to grab a little snack

and there's something waiting
for you down in the cupboards.

Could be.
Very well could be.

I'm not the kind of guy
that actually is afraid

of things smaller than me,

but I think, if I spend
more time around here,

I might develop
a fear of snakes.

Hold on.
Hold on.

Where'd this pile
of dirt come from?

Well, I've been digging
some different holes and...

- What kind of hole?
- Big, deep holes.

I got a hole over here
that I started for looking

for some water.

Are you kidding me?

I'm going down in here,
buddy.

Wow.

There's fricking snake
down here?

- No. Not today.
- I -- I hope not.

Not today?
You dug this by hand?

I sure did.

This hole says
one word to me --

desperation.

Why here?

Phew!
- Um, for one thing,

there's a spring not
too far from here,

some, uh...
- If there's a spring there,

why aren't we just
getting water from that?

Well, it's not on my property.

It's not mine.

Just 500 feet
from the property

is the only freshwater
spring for 20 miles.

It all makes sense.

They thought they could
get water here or, trust me,

they would have never moved
all this stuff in.

No way.

But digging a hole
with a pick and shovel

10 feet down isn't the answer.

Oh, wow.
It is so dry here.

It's very dry.
Yep.

How many trees
did you plant?

- Over 300.
- Wow.

And how many do you think,
um, survived?

Only a small fraction.

Obviously, this hasn't
been easy for you.

No, no.
It's a labor of love.

- Yeah.
- But it -- it's hard when --

when you see it struggle.

Is there a backup plan?

Not really.

I can tell you right now,

hauling water to trees
spread out all over the desert

is a waste of time.

This family is in desperate
need of help.

I give these guys 30 days.

And this place is gonna return
to the Nevada desert.

I'm looking for Wayne Parsons.

I'm kind of in
a desperate situation here.

Marty's contacts in Alaska

have put him in touch
with a local well driller.

But with the kondors
out of money,

Marty needs a favor.

Would you be interested
in coming up here

and looking at this?

Give me an idea.
One day, two days, please?

A couple days?

Can you guarantee me water?

Yeah. I think I knew
the answer to that

when I asked the question.

Uh, I'm -- I'm gonna go for it.

Frankly, it's a roll
of the dice.

You could drill a well
right where I'm standing

and find a artesian well

that bubbles up
out of the desert.

And you could literally
drill a well right here.

And it could be dry
at 500 feet down.

But we're out
of options here.

Coming up...

Dad, look at this thing!

...the desert shows its fangs.

Is it a rattler?

Is it gonna bite me?

And a sandstorm strikes.

This is insane.
Look at this!

In the seven troughs
range of Nevada,

the raney family
are responding

to a call for help
from the kondors.

Deep into a 5-year drought,

they have no water source,

a lethal rattler problem

and no shelter
from the brutal desert weather.

I think that
we need to look

at the housing situation,

at least
for your mom and dad.

Sounds all good.

I spotted this.

That we would drag this out

to your new location
on your property

and convert this into
a living quarters.

I see a metal box right now.

And I am trying to envision it

as an improvement
on our living space.

Well, right now,
it does seem a bit boxy.

The conex
must sit on level ground,

which means moving it
150 yards into the desert

with the kondors'
40-year-old tractor.

This thing weighs
over 5,000 pounds, okay?

Yeah. My tractor
probably can't do that.

But I'm kind of
a nothing ventured,

nothing gained guy.

Who's got the keys
to that thing?

The kondors are not used
to this way of operation.

I'm used to one way,
the Marty raney way.

Here we go.

Just like magic.

Hey, Matt!

Yee-ha!

But Matt spots
a potentially fatal flaw

in the machinery.

Uh, man. Yeah.
Right there.

Look at the other side.

Oh. Huh.

It's literally got
a crack in the bucket

where we need to lift.

If this thing snaps,

we don't know where
that metal will fly.

The thing's a relic.

But it's -- it's all we got.

- Just be ready for it.
- Oh, I see what you're saying.

Let's see if we can lift it.
You ready?

This is a really
big job, you know?

Moving a conex.

I don't even know
how much it weighs.

But it looks like it would be
way too much for that tractor.

To move the conex
with Dan's old tractor,

Marty's taking a page out of
the ancient Egyptians' playbook.

Don't like it so high.

First, he'll attempt to lift
the 5,000-pound container

and place log rollers
underneath.

Stress on the welds will peak

as he pulls the conex
over the first log,

after which the conex
should glide across 150 yards

of desert to its new home
with ease.

Behind the back plate.

Matt, get a log!

The first log is under,

and the welds are holding.

But now, Marty must try

and pull the conex
over the rollers.

Honestly, I've -- I've seen this
tractor's bucket snap twice.

Pick it up.
Here to go.

Everybody watch out
when this thing starts moving.

The 5,000-pound container

refuses to roll forward.

And the tiny tractor
is struggling.

Just hold on.
I want to try to pull it.

And if I get it moving,
I'm going for it.

Working with my dad
is always a crazy experience.

He wears that hat for a reason.

Everything he does is cowboy.

Just stand clear.

Yeah!

Hold on! Hold on!

The conex is finally rolling.

Now they can't afford
to let it stop.

Stay clear!

We got kind of this leapfrog.

People pulling log Poles
from the back,

throwing 'em in the front.

And this is a 5,000-pound conex.

All right. Hold on.

It's impressive.

I've never seen this tractor
in action like this.

As Marty intended,

the conex rolls
across the desert

to its new resting place
on even ground.

Yeah!
You did it.

You did it.
You did it.

The welds have
finally cracked,

but it's time to celebrate.

Did you try the shovel?

The turtle goes nowhere

unless he sticks
his neck out.

You got to take some risks.

You have an idea?

Then you see it
through to the end.

Oh, they like
digging tools.

Keep going.
Keep going.

It's the raneys'
third day on the homestead.

Matt plans to construct
a skirt around

the boys' trailer as a barrier

against rats and rattlers.

We got to put this whole place
on lockdown, I think.

To keep costs down,

he must source materials
from the homestead.

This is scrap.
I mean, it looks --

it looks like we got just --
watch out.

I'm hearing a rattle.

Okay. This is...
- Yeah.

I mean, this is
how paranoid I am now.

I'm, like,
I got snake paranoia.

All right. Let's drop
this thing in there.

Yeah.

Like, a half an inch?
There you go.

How much investment
do you have in this --

in this homestead?

We're mostly in it
for our parents.

This is our plan to, uh,

to set this property up
to have a --

a permanent place
for them to stay.

We think it's appropriate
to give back.

You know, I identify
with Jonathan a lot.

I think he's --
he's really setting himself up

to go through a rite of passage

on this homestead
and become that homesteader.

All right.
- Yeah, it looks good.

Nice, man.

Now that we have it
all attached and skirted,

anything that wants to try
and get underneath your trailer

just will not
be able to.

Mm-hmm.
Yeah.

Yeah, man.

The raneys
have just three days left

on the homestead.

There's still no sign
of the water-drilling rig.

So Marty is pressing on
with the conex build.

What do you think
of this thing?

- Nice!
- Yeah!

He's hired
an excavator for the day,

a $200 investment
for his next radical plan

for Dan and Diana's
future home.

One of the answers

to cooling this place
is underground.

That's where everything goes
to get away from the heat.

Six feet down,
the ground temperature

is 50 degrees all year round.

Marty plans to dig
a series of trenches

and fill them
with 160 feet of piping.

A small fan will circulate
50-degree air,

keeping the conex cool
in summer and warm in winter.

Marty's not from around here.

For us, you know, uh,
a 60, 70-degree swing

in one day could happen.

I'll -- I'll s-- I'll have
to see it to believe it.

But the proof Dan
needs will have to wait.

Hey, men! You ever seen
one of those before?

Follow me.

Do you know what that is,
Diana?

No, I don't.

It's a well rig.

A well rig?

Oh, my goodness.

Deep in the Nevada
desert, the kondor family

are in desperate
need of water.

Whoo! Follow me.

Marty has pulled
in a favor.

And a local well
driller has arrived.

Oh, you're kidding me.
Is that a water rig?

- You must be Wayne.
- Yeah.

- We talked on the phone.
- We did.

I didn't think you were
gonna actually come.

- Ah, I'm thinking twice.
- You were.

- Dan and Diana.
- We're from Alaska.

And we came down here
to help these guys out.

How long you guys
lived here?

- Three years.
- Three years without water.

- Yeah?
- A lot of trips to town.

Do you see Diana's face?

- Wayne!
- Are you gonna hug Wayne?

- Group hug.

Group hug.
Group hug.

Go, Wayne!
One, two, three, Wayne!

I don't even know.

I don't have words to express
how excited I am.

We're happy
to see you, buddy.

This -- this is
the beginning, right here.

Yeah, as happy
as everybody is,

I can't help but be honest
with everyone.

You have to be prepared
for a dry hole.

We have 500-foot, 600-foot,

700-foot Wells
in Alaska that go dry.

Is there any guarantees?
- No, sir.

- No guarantees.
- No guarantees.

With a spring
just 500 feet away

on a neighboring property,

Marty chooses to dig
as close to it as possible.

Well, we're ready.
We'll be ready to start and go.

Wayne can only stay
for two days' worth of drilling.

And on good ground,
he can drill 100 feet a day.

Oh, look.

They've started.

Oh, that is so neat.

This is incredible.

Every time that thing
goes down, one bit by bit.

This is life-changing for me.

This is life-changing
for my entire family.

But if they don't
strike water in two days,

Wayne will leave.

And Marty won't be able
to save the kondor homestead.

50-50 chance.

Might as well just head
down to the casino

and roll a dice
across this desert.

The kondors have lost
300 fruit trees to drought.

They're coming
in west, northwest.

But misty can't wait for water
and is pressing on with her plan

to help Diana grow crops
in the harsh desert.

Conex.

You have the mountains
behind the conex.

Wind comes in from the west,
hitting the conex.

And now
you have this amazing

windproof area
for a greenhouse,

because nothing survives
on this property in this wind.

You have two geodomes.

We wrap one of 'em
in plastic.

You put some ventilation
windows in and a door.

And you have a greenhouse
like that.

Misty plans to build 10 wooden,
raised-bed boxes.

She'll then fill them
with fresh topsoil,

place the dome over the top

and cover it
with plastic sheeting.

But with money tight,
misty must use

whatever she can from
the kondors' homestead.

I think the funnest part

about
entering someone's homestead

is just rummaging
through their stuff.

My dad does the same thing.

He gathers and gathers
and gathers.

And I like being about to have
it all at my fingertips,

because I'm not gonna spend
a dime on this greenhouse.

- Aha.
- It's kind of nice.

Get some girl time in
with the power tools.

Oh, yes. Yes.

All right.
What you think?

Solid, huh?
- Solid.

While the greenhouse

will cut down on the work

Diana has been putting
into her crops,

it will still consume
the same amount of water.

I'm nervous, dad.
I'm, like, so excited.

Like,
how exciting is this,

but so nervous
at the same time.

Hope.
Keep up the faith.

We came out here
with the notion

that we were going
to find water here.

And well, the hope
hasn't gone away.

At the conex,
Dan and his sons

are laying the pipes for Marty's
natural air conditioning system.

The pipes will channel
the hot desert air underground,

where it will be cooled
beneath the surface

before entering the conex
through a vent in the floor.

- Awesome.
- Just bring that around.

And we need, uh,
three of 'em. One.

Three of 'em?

It's not until you find yourself
in a dire situation

that you can really
see the truth of it.

And, uh, you know,
my boys have stood by me.

So I think they're probably
pretty good boys.

Eight hours
of drilling have passed.

Wayne is nearly halfway through
his time on the property.

There is still
no sign of water.

What do you actually
think's gonna happen here?

Oh, I think we're drying out.
I think we'll stay dry.

Like, when you come up
into these hills,

how bad
can it really get?

Oh, it can get bad.
1,100 foot some places.

Dry holes.
- 1,000 feet?

Oh, yeah.

- Dry?
- Yep.

I just can't break it
to these people.

I can't tell 'em this.

That's the way it works
up here, though.

What are you gonna do?

Yeah, that's part
of the game,

living up here.

We don't get water,

there's gonna be
another failed attempt

to survive on this homestead,
and it will be by the raneys.

The raneys
have less than two days left

on the homestead,

and the prospect of water
is fading fast.

I just can't break it
to these people.

I can't tell 'em this.

That's the way it works
up here, though.

What are you gonna do?

Temperatures are on the rise.

And the desert wildlife
is on the move.

Dad,
look at this thing!

What is it?

It's a snake.
It's huge!

It's coming after me.

I just saw my first snake.

And it was that big around.

And it was vicious, vicious.

A man-eating,
man-k*lling snake.

Serious.

Jonathan, the first thing
he does is grabs the bb g*n.

I mean, it's like
bringing a --

a knife to a gunfight.

This is your form of protection
you guys have right now

on this homestead.

At the moment,
this is what we use.

I have a snake head
in mind.

It's this chicken egg.

So what's the first
thing you do?

Well, you got
to c*ck it back.

And you got to pump
this thing about 20 times

before it...

All right.
You do it. Do that.

Keep pumping.

Right now, a snake
is literally slithering.

And it's about
to get you.

And how many pumps
are you at right now?

19, 20.

That's a long time.

Oh, my goodness.

- Did this thing just break?
- The thing just fell apart.

Now that snake
is coming towards you.

What are you
gonna do with it?

Are you gonna
beat it to death?

I got to recommend
something else.

I mean, this shotgun,
this is one of

the most versatile weapons
you can have on a homestead.

Whatever I hit
is going down.

- Yeah.
- And that's what you guys need.

Okay. Just point it.
Get comfortable.

Get your sight
picture in there.

All right.
Whenever you're ready.

Let's see what
you're made out of.

How'd you do?

Shell.

I -- I was kind of scared
'cause my dad, long ago,

he told me the first time
I sh**t a 12-Gauge shotgun,

it's gonna knock me on my butt.

After what I just saw,
Jonathan,

you have the skills, man.

But that bb g*n
is completely useless.

With the conex in position

and Marty's air conditioning
system near completion,

he begins the task
of making it more like home...

Whoo!

...using materials
found on the homestead.

My mom, she does not
like living in those trailers.

She -- well, she hates
living in those trailers.

And so having a home
that's solid,

oh, that's gonna be so huge.

There is just four
hours of drilling left.

And Marty has no idea

if they are any closer
to finding water.

You haven't heard
how they're doing, have you?

No.
I feel like we'd know.

That's not something
I want to think about,

that, uh, there isn't
any water there.

I mean, I don't even know
what our options are.

Could be that that'll be it.

It's -- it's really painful
to think about.

One, two, three.
Lift on the joint.

Despite no signs of water,

misty must press ahead
with her greenhouse plan.

She needs every hand
on the homestead

to move the 20-foot-wide
geodesic dome into position.

- I'm close.
- One, two, three, down.

- Looks good.
- Oh, yeah.

What do you guys think?

- How is it in there?
- What do you think, Diana?

- Amazing. Good job, mist.
- Nice.

I'm excited about this
because it's all contained.

And it's really close to
where you're gonna be living.

To have it all
in one place,

that's just really
exciting to see.

It's gonna be
so much easier.

What is that?

The mountain right here
is disappearing.

It's moving up the valley.

It's going across,
but I don't know.

I mean, are we shielded
from this Ridge right here?

No. It turned
that corner.

We're already in it.
- Oh, my god! Here it comes!

The raneys are about
to experience

one of the rare dust storms

that can hit
this part of Nevada...

Oh, my goodness.

...where wind speeds
can exceed 80 miles an hour.

Go, misty, go.
Conex.

Matt, I'm serious.
- Yeah, let's get out of this.

- We're not working in this.
- Let's get out of this.

Go. Go!

- It's howling!
- Come in. Come on in.

We were, like,
engulfed in the storm.

It was hitting us
from the front.

And then it hit us
from the side.

Yeah. I've never seen it
come from behind us like that.

Everyone immediately,
without being told,

headed for the conex.
Makes me feel good.

Obviously, it's the safest place
to be right now.

Still to come,

the desert puts Marty's air
conditioning system to the test.

Right now,
it's 100 in here.

And it's zero hour
for the drilling.

Hold on!
Hold on!

The kondors' homestead

has been slammed
by a desert sandstorm.

Everyone has taken refuge
in Marty's converted conex...

- Where is Dan?
- I don't know.

...everyone except Dan.

Hey, Dan!

This is insane.
Look at this!

Dan! Dan!

Dan!

Dan has rescued
the family dog.

- You saved her!
- He's okay?

Yeah. She's all
confused out there.

She can't hear.
She can't see.

Hey, but, uh,
solid in here, huh?

Six days ago,
the raneys found two sons

desperate to help
their parents survive

on a desert homestead

without food, shelter or water.

The second day of drilling
is nearly over.

And the well is still dry.

In the conex, Marty's ready

to put his natural air
conditioning system to the test.

Oh.

Can you feel that
with your hand?

You feel a little
bit of something.

Oh, yeah. Blow, boys.

This is
outside temperature.

And that's the inside
temperature.

Right now
it's 100 in here.

All right.
Drop it down here.

It's 100 degrees inside
and 96 outside.

As the midday sun burns hotter

and the desert
temperature rises,

the next few hours
will be the acid test

for Marty's radical design.

Next to the conex,
misty and Diana

are finally turning the dome
into a greenhouse.

How's it look?

And 250 bucks of topsoil
has arrived.

All of these projects
might be for nothing.

Raised beds, greenhouse,
whatever we decide to do,

we are not gonna be able
to make this happen

and grow food without water.

Hey!

What is it?

Water!

Water!

Water!

We've hit some water.

We've -- we've hit
some groundwater.

Ah!

What?!

130 feet down,
against all predictions,

driller Wayne
has struck a spring.

Whoo!

How much is it?

How much?
That's a lot.

- Yeah.
- I'm so excited.

There's water here.
- Woo hoo hoo!

Five gallons
a minute is enough

to ensure the survival
of this homestead.

It's better
than hitting gold.

Caleb and Jonathan's
parents' future is safe.

It means I get
to have a bath.

I get to keep
my plants alive.

I don't have
to go into town.

Can't grow anything
without water.

You can't do anything
without water.

Dust. Nothing's gonna
grow in dust.

You got to have water.

And we -- we got water!

After three years of drought,

the kondors finally have water.

Now Marty wants to know

if his geothermal
air conditioning system

will provide them
with protection

from the desert heat.

Look at --
look, look, look.

We're at 102 degrees
outside...

- Yep, in the sun.
- ...And 67.

Put your face on this,
man.

This thing is gold.

Oh, yeah.
You can really tell.

And now it's --
it's got, you know,

a central heating
and cooling system.

It's amazing.
It's incredible.

But thanks.

Amazing.

Truly amazing.

You guy-- you guys are great.
I don't know why --

I don't know why you guys
would do that for us.

Oh, man. These plants,
they really need some water.

Oh, man.
They were not looking good.

We've been out here
for too long with too little.

And, uh, we've never
given up hope.

But, uh, these guys,

they delivered
some new hope for us.

Hey. Raneys are pulling
out of here real soon.

It's the end for us.
The raneys are leaving Nevada.

But it's the beginning
for you guys.

Well,
not without a hug.

When we first arrived
on this homestead,

this family was
on the edge of failure.

- That was an experience, buddy.
- Thanks.

- Thanks.
- That was an experience.

We've been able
to teach 'em some stuff.

And if they keep on applying
what they've learned,

they have a real chance
of surviving on this homestead.

I can see here, shortly,

that, um, my parents

could actually have
a real life out here.

It is life-changing.

And it's not often you get

to be a part of changing
someone else's life.

Since the raneys left,

the kondors have been busy
in the greenhouse.

So what you got, mom?

You got to take a look
at my first strawberry...

- Nice.
- ...To be harvested.

Time for the first meal
in the conex.

Here we go.

And I'm about to add
my chives from the garden.

Caleb plans
to distribute running water

to every part
of the property

using 1,000 feet of pipe.

We're gonna have enough
water and pressure to --

to water the goats,
to water --

water the trees,
and most importantly,

we're gonna be having
pressurized water

right here at the conex.

And their father, Dan,
has installed a bath.

How's it feel to take
your first bath?

It's so nice.

But with summer in
full flow and without a shotgun,

the family have little defense
against a familiar foe.

Snakes are all over
this property.

And really, the only place
we can escape from them

is inside of the trailers.