A father takes his young daughter, Emerald, on a bushcraft adventure in the woods during autumn. The outing focuses on outdoor exploration, teaching basic survival skills like fire preparation, and sharing a meal of pancakes and marshmallows in a cozy, natural setting.
You need to hold on to me tight and don't move, okay?
We did it.
We're going
to get you right now.
Be careful because some trees have prickles on them.
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
I did not keep...
Keep climbing.
Keep climbing.
You got it.
You got it.
Go.
You got it.
It's in my way.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Okay, you got to cross this log here, baby.
Go ahead.
Cross that log there.
You can do it.
Either go over it or under it.
Pick one.
Okay, go.
We're going
to stay on
that side.
Keep going.
Okay. Okay, you lead the way.
Baby. Baby, come this way.
Okay, your
eyes closed.
Your eyes
closed.
Okay, ready? Open them.
That's what you think? Cool?
Yeah? Look, here's a
bench where we can sit down.
What do you think? Does it work?
Yeah, but it's cold for my dad.
Well, that's why I brought a wool blanket
and I brought some
sit pads and I brought
some hot chocolate and
we'll make a fire and we won't be cold.
Yeah, it's called a fire reflector.
think this is nice yeah it's
my bushcraft base camp say that
you say falafel falafel
epsom salts epsom
salts could i collect
the sticks for what
for the fire
yeah okay go ahead sweetie yeah next
to the fire pit good idea yep feels nice and dry good
what's cool
let's go look
at it
this tree
yeah this is
a cool old
tree this
is an oak
Last time I was here when I camped out overnight, I cut this tree,
this oak, this dead one, for firewood right there. Smooth eh?
Yeah, we'll cut it in half
so that it fits inside the fire pit.
No, it doesn't. We'll cut it in half
or we can burn it in half if you want really want to.
Yeah, you shouldn't do that because it could break up
and come up and hit you, right?
Hey guys, as you've seen I'm out here with my daughter Emerald.
Here's your baby Elias.
and you want your ball go over there we'll throw
it we'll throw it okay see it go get it and we've
got marshmallows we got a bunch
of stuff we're gonna cook up some food we got a wool blanket
to lay down in here hang out for quite a few
hours today nice throw kid go on over there
okay go on loose cannon i'll press
the door go go over there go over there run run run run run nope
nope look that way watch
your footing ready catch
good catch man hop in the
fire we'll cook up some
emmy there and if you get cold you can cuddle up
with it cover up with it i mean you can turn back
down and you
cover her up
and the ball
do not go
the ball go to
sleep where'd
your ball go
you've got to look for it
okay you ready to help
me make firewood stomp
right here bam now do this
here go hard go harder okay
so we want to make the fire now right
but we don't want to build
the fire right on the on the ground
so what we want to do is we want to put some sticks
in here to cover the ground
so maybe can you take some of these short fat sticks and put
them in there neatly yeah those ones look perfect
keep going line them in there no line them next
to each other
i got two more
got one more why
no we can't baby get
right back down
no we can
climb a tree though okay what do you bring out
with a four-year-old to the woods in the fall
well not too much different than what i would
bring normally except for something to occupy
her like her doll here a ball oh sorry i don't touch
the doll a ball some warm clothes for her
extra spare clothes i got a lot of good food like
an orange some pancake uh but then there's also
not a lot of good food like oh and i
also got like a couple granola bars but then we've got
rocket candy I think
in the States they call them Smarties in Canada Smarties
are like M&Ms Reese's Pieces M&Ms raisins Sour Patch Kids
and then to top
it all off marshmallows because she
really wanted to roast marshmallows and
then I got a couple things of water a daddy drink
which I think I'm gonna
gonna get to cracking in here real soon I got
the wool blanket to keep her warm
or to keep her comfortable if she wants i got
a pot to make the the hot chocolate in fire steel
knife all that fun
stuff across it okay
you wanna go climb
a tree now yeah okay
very good balancer
man other hand you can
do it oh she's going down
stuck in the ground stop
right there wait wait
wait wait stand up stand
straight down straight
down straight jump to me
come on you got it hold
Hold on to the tree.
You got it.
You gonna walk across?
Put your foot here now.
Put your foot here now.
Is that what you hear
when I talk?
When the wind comes, the trees move back and forth.
Look, you can see right there.
And when they do that, some of them creak.
Here, get your boots up.
Get your boots.
Get your boots off.
And the boots.
No, no, I just meant your feet off the blanket,
but I said feet and boots at the same time.
Boots and boots.
boots
and boots.
But this fire is almost ready,
so we can start to warm up our pan to make our, to make our,
well it'll eventually become, but we're going to eat it first.
We're going to eat our, I don't know, I meant we eat the food
and then the food becomes the, then it becomes that bird.
Don't drop that,
don't drop that, don't
drop that, eyeball,
don't drop that,
like dent it, don't
drop the dentist.
All right, what are we doing?
We're gonna make pancakes, right?
So we need to pour some of this into here
Do that. Pour some into there, please. No, into here, sweetheart
Tell me when to stop. Stop. Perfect.
I gotta add some water, but I don't know.
We gotta do it slow, okay?
So you stir as I add water.
You stir this as I'm adding the water.
Go. It's melting
Yep, it's lard, but it's melting. Yep, it's melted though.
It turned into that liquid. Yep, pretty cool, huh?
yep we're doing one big pancake we'll share it
and then we'll cook another one
oh daddy might have messed it up
again i don't know maybe maybe not
maybe not maybe not it might be okay here it all depends on the flip
oh it's okay it's okay it's okay i can live
with that i can live with that one
that one this one here
that one there you can have them both you can have them
both let's have them you can just have them both
okay well
how were
those
pancakes
kiddo
done
Yeah, go ahead round two
of the pancakes came out better.
Oh, excuse me smaller is the way to go
Pancake wise.
Oh, excuse me.
Well, hello.
What do you get?
For the fire
That's what I got right here kid
Yeah, it's long enough to sit here and roast some marshmallow
so you need right what else do you need in life?
What can you what?
stick for you no no i'll just wait till you're done
this is good this is good okay okay come
cop a squat over here okay sit down this first
one is mine okay yeah you want to do it or you
want me to do it for you i want
to right here yeah like way up there that's going to do something
see right here where it's red hold it
right about there try to hold it up
though because
it's going to fall if i let go there you go
that marshmallow it looks so yummy
look at that there you
go nummy nums nummy
nums was it good what
do you mean
no what's wrong with
it what stuff let
me see i'll eat it
then no can't
be that bad watch
your hair what
am i doing right
now why do you think i'm doing that so that it
doesn't catch fire and burn the forest down
good idea okay so i think the general
consensus is that we both have to poo
and she doesn't want to do it out here
so we're gonna go we're gonna head home but uh yeah good
times man we had a we're out here for a few hours anyway
so i had a fun time what about you yeah
it's all about poop with her today
so thanks for watching guys i hope you enjoyed it um these are
the kind of videos that i hope you you watch with your kids
and your family and stuff this is
everybody she says then proceeds to fall just like
her dad you know look at me look at me look at me
and then thanks for watching guys have
a great day goodbye can you say goodbye to the camera
say goodbye to the people no seriously come
on okay bye say thanks for watching guys that's
what you get that's what you get folks