 In 2009, I wrote a paper that I want to live differently. I actually forgot about that paper until my teacher DM'd me on Instagram. Miss Carter? It's nice to see you living a life you've always dreamed of, just like you wrote about all those years ago. As long as I can remember, I wanted to live like this. On that note, this is the sun. It's 148.83 million kilometers away. Normally, it's a bit brighter. It's a lot like I've been waiting my whole life to get here. It's the perfect spot. The perfect angle. We're ready. All right, today is the day you've all been waiting for. Today, we are installing our 10.8 kilowatt solar array at the cabin. We've been preparing for this day for a very long time. A few weeks ago, we started with the foundation. And now it's time to build the fast-racking mounting system and hang the array with the best team out there, Adam, Tyler, and Taylor. It's a good day to install solar and get solar. I am just sitting in awe. This is truly such a special experience and a huge milestone for us. We've been living without modern-day luxuries like power and water for one year now. We've made it work with our van's off-grid electrical system, battery banks, rainwater collection system, and generators for backup. After many months of planning, trenching, supply chain issues, and even failed attempts, we are finally one step closer to a sustainable power system. And this truly means everything to us. I actually have no words. I have no words today. I'm just so, I'm so excited. I'm so emotional to see this. Like, it's just like, I don't know what it is. Just really pulling it together, you know? All the work. So happy. Just to see it up there, like, oh my gosh, it's just amazing, you know? In no time, we're going to be harnessing the sun with this energy and refowering the cabin. It's just so cool. Proud of us. Proud of us. No more telling you to not plug things in. Why am I so emotional about it? Because it's a massive milestone. Yeah, it's a milestone. Like, when we got here, this place was abandoned. It was just full of greenery. And like, did I ever think we'd have this type of solar system in here? No. I thought we might have, like, six panels on, like, a piece of wood. It's going to be a lot of power. It's going to be really cool. It's unimaginable. So happy we can share it with everyone, too. Too. I just can't believe this. Like, looking at one panel on the rack. I know. It's like, it's not even fully built. When it's fully built, you guys all better watch out. We're heavy, like. Woo! Look at that. Surreal. After reading the spec sheet and seeing the material that these pole mounts are made out of, galvanized, thick metal, we tried lifting up the collar the other day and literally couldn't get it over our shoulders. Don't look at this edge. We're not dealing with aluminum. We're dealing with galvanized metal. I'm seeing you out there. I'm seeing you seeing me too. And I like all the ways you shake. And I can relate to the way you move. Working out the sweat? Yeah, already. I'm doing a small percentage of the work, too. Looks so good. I can't get over it. All right, so the collar went on smoothly. The beam went on smoothly. The cross members and the rack. Now they're going to be moving on to the solar modules. Do you have the order list? The what? The order list. We are missing a bunch of hardware. Things that attach to the panels. Just when you think everything's going smooth, eh? Yes. We're missing the splice kits. So Ryan from Canadian Off-Grid, who has become our best buddy and has been teaching us so many cool things and hooked us up with helping us purchase the system because you can't just buy this. You need a distributor. It's really cool. So anyways, what am I getting at here? Oh, yes, they are figuring out all the details and we might not be out of any parts. We actually might have just enough. I think we have exact. You think? Yeah, because I remember the hardware was actually what was stalling it coming because Ryan wanted to make sure. OK. Here you are. What's the verdict? We're not supposed to have three rails per thing, only two. Oh, sweet. Well, it's better than driving to the city. Yeah, that works out well. Perfect. That's great news. Back in business. Jasmine's flying the drone above the solar ray and I was telling her, like, I can't even look at her phone because I feel like I'm going to pass out. It's honestly, this is honestly one of my favorite projects we've done at the land yet. Bye, Far. It's really huge. It's huge. Oh my gosh. I didn't get over it. It's so big. I'm going to get a big broom. We need a snow rake. Honey, I can't wait until they put all the panels down. It's going to be so satisfying to the exact angle for the winter. And actually, these pole mounts can change their angle. So in the winter, I believe you want 45 degrees. And in the summer, you want, what angle do you want in the summer? Nice. And in the summer, 25, 30 degrees. Thanks, Adam. Oh, it's 10 degrees, 20 degrees, 30 degrees, 40 degrees, 15, 60. So we're going to set it at the 40 degree angle and just set it and leave it for Nova Scotia. That's where you want to be 40 degrees. That's so cool. We're just going to be very careful when we're putting this, tilting this that we don't go too far one way because there's a lot of weight here. A lot of weight. I'm so excited. I can't even contain my excitement right now. Oh my goodness. And Adam and his team are actually staying over tonight. That way they can literally put up the second pole mount tomorrow, everyone. Getting this ready for them because that's a big day with heavy lifting. Yeah. Oh my gosh, looks so good. And that way when it's done, they can sit in the sauna and look at it. But they can relax and hopefully have some dinner and just rest because tomorrow's not a big day. Another big day. OK, now it's time for the grand reveal. Oh my goodness. Here goes. Crystal! Oh my goodness. It's nothing I love more than teamwork. Their communication is on fire. On fire. I'm going to get better, right? I'm nervous that Adam's worth right now. I'm losing leverage. Tip forward, tip forward. Forward. Keep going. Keep going. Well, I feel like we're going to sit over here. Whoa! Good work. Oh my goodness. Yo, come look from right here. It's beautiful. I cannot believe you did this in a day. That went up fast. They're quick. What is going on? It's beautiful. Wow. Oh my gosh, it's beautiful. I know why Crystal was crying now. They make such a good team. Yo, I want to go see what this looks like. Yeah. That's **** sick. What a beauty, eh? That looks clean as hell. Definitely a solar flower, eh? I love when people are able to enjoy our space. They're all out there having a fire, playing some live music as Adam is a musician. And I think Taylor can play because when I was out there, he was doing some good little notes. That's what it's called. I'm in here making some roasted veggie sandwiches, a salad, and don't forget the best part, fries. Here doesn't love potatoes. Roasted garlic. I love when we put the oven on at night because it's our only source of heat right now. So you get to cook, eat, and you get to have a nice sleep. It kind of rhymes, eh? I got the door. Good morning, everyone. We have late sleepers and early risers here today. Late sleepers? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't give up. About to the second day. You guys are up so early. How do you do it? This is my view this morning, OK? Well, first of all, baby wizard. Walk out. Look at that view. Are you being a supervisor? Are you a supervisor? Day two, everyone. Day two. Three lattes, please. On it. Adam just looked at me and he said, who's ready to get their hands dirty? Haven't even had my morning coffee. But you better believe I'm ready. Here we go. Coach is putting us in. Oh, he wants us to put some T-bolts in the rail and get them prepped up. Sounds good. We're on to the second pole mount today. This one is a little bit different. We have to start by grinding the schedule 80 and then hammer drilling the concrete that is inside the schedule 80. A couple weeks ago, when we were installing the foundations, the first foundation to the first pole mount went super smooth. The second one, however, was very challenging. So basically, the first pole mount went in 11 feet, where the other one went in 9 feet. So now we need to cut two feet off of the pole. That way, they're sitting at the same height. Yesterday, we want to do a step, read instructions, do a step, read instructions, as we are all figuring it out. But now that we have a rhythm and we know the flow and the steps on things, it's time to help out. Show you all how heavy the hardware is. Now I'm actually trying to get up on the staging and putting this on. No dice. Back in business. Yeah. Let's go. I love how Autumn not only does the work, but he also teaches us along the way. So if anything needs to be like serviced, quick time, or anything comes loose, we're able to jump up on the scaffolding and tighten it ourselves to the correct torque. You want to tighten all your hardware every year, or even more often. We're running the corner, turning the page. And every single second with you feels like a party to me. We kiss just a bit, goodbye, and get higher, higher, higher, higher, higher. Absolutely flying through it today. Look at them up there. We're just about ready to put the panels on. And it's so early on in the day. We're going to have two solar rays today. In actually just a few hours. Maybe an hour. 11 o' five. Oh, wow. And what time is it? What time is it? What time is it? It's 11 o' five. No, but what time is it really? I don't know. Panel time. Oh, it's panel. Oh my gosh, that went way over. Oh my gosh. Feel like a party to me, feel like New Year's Eve. Like to get a little crazy, get a little bougie. Don't hold back your loosely, feeling kind of loopy. We can do it right here like a movie. We're turning the corner, turning the page. And every single second with you feels like a party to me. We kiss just a bit, goodbye. All right, everyone, three panels until we have two completed arrays here at the cabin. We are nearing completion. This feels so surreal. And then there was one, the last panel. And we have a porch back. Are all of you ready for the last panel? Everyone yell at their TVs. We're ready! All right, in the comments with capital letters. Last panel! I actually have goosebumps. Can you see them? Like I have goosebumps just thinking about when the next 12 panels go down. Holy moly. It's gonna be a very exciting few weeks. It's like they've done it before. Wow, it's amazing! Holy s***. It looks unreal. Holy. So surreal. All right, right now Jasmine and Adam have the drone in the air and they're trying to see, we're just lining up the angle of the panel to be identical. It's really easy to move considering how much weight is up there. It's pretty impressive. Perfection! Looking proud. Oh yeah, I'm happy with it. Is that going on Instagram? Gotta. We'll see you later. Thanks. Thank you. What a view. I think we'll just stay here for a while, hey? 100%. You want to have a party in the back of the truck? If we pull it right in the middle, yeah. And just stare? Yeah, we can't put it in the middle because then we can't see the panels and all I want to do is look at the panels. Do you have any plans today? Stare at my panels, do you? Yeah, same. Holy, I can't believe we're at this stage. I'm in awe. In a couple of weeks though we hooked up, wires run, batteries connected. Big moves. Power baby, I think we're gonna make the winter. Wow, yeah. I'm super hopeful. They're stunning. I wish I could sleep on them. I can't wait for the sun to come out and shine so bright on them. I'm so happy that we went with the pole mount too. Me too. Like everything truly happens for a reason. It worked out for the best. I just feel like it was an amazing two days. Amazing. The best it could have been, honestly. Fun too. They crushed it. They crushed. I just like I'm so, I think I need to have a nap and wake back up because it doesn't even feel real. No, just feel real. Not at all. See them on a sunny day? Yeah. See you on a sunny day. To start your solar's lighting up. Oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!