Originally, I intended to only produce video entries and have this be a Video blog or VLOG... but I think I need to write as well....so straight blogging it is.
I do have some more footage up through burning man and a couple clips from San Francisco. However, I did leave my digi cam charger in SF. I had my cousin send it to me and I should get it in a day or two. I have been without it for a week and unable to compile footage of my travels thru Nevada to the western slope of Colorado.
tonight, I am sitting in my truck in downtown Paonia, Colorado. This little town is in the heart of the north fork valley. that's the north fork of the Gunnison river. This place has such an amazing energy to it... very fertile, alive, giving, comforting... hard to describe.
I've been here about a week. The local people I have met have taken me in to their community so quickly... it really feels great! In fact, it looks like I might actually get some work at the local pizza shop in trade for some food and drink while I am here. How cool is that !?!
This weekend is their Harvest Festival. It was HIGHLY suggested that I stick around for the festivities. Four bands in four venues, all night saturday... full moon tonight leading into the weekend... beer, music, food...OK...twist my arm.
Within a week I should be over the rockies and catching up with the Uncovering America by Horseback crew. They are heading south from cheyenne down east of denver.
I am surfing off the wireless of the Paonia library and just about ready to call it a night and drive out to a little section of public land to call it a night.
First of all, I need to re-edit this video. Somehow, it has a bunch of double audio glitches. But I wanted to get it up here anyway for now. Also, I am getting tired of calling these episodes and keeping track what number is next. From now on, just little clip edits and that's it.... whatever, right?
Here, I stop in Cokeville, WY at the home of the John and Celeste Jackman. They were gracious and generous hosts. Yummy chocolate chip cookies too!
One of my favorite things to do is find a pristine, steaming hot spring to soak my cares away. Here I am in eastern Idaho doing a little search for some GPS coordinates from idahohotsprings.com to find a supposed hot spring in the area.
Hi.....I've been behind on updates because I haven't had internet access for a week. I wanted this to be as close to real time as possible, but now I will need to play catch up.
I'm just got off the playa at burning man Friday. Crashed in Reno for a night, then to South Lake Tahoe to clean out the back of my truck. Wow... the dust! I just got into Berkeley last night and crashed with some new friends. Now I am in San Francisco at my cousin Paul's. Check out his film, Bus Trip. Within a couple weeks I will meet back up with the Uncovering America team.
Meanwhile, I still need to spit out some old clips from Idaho and Wyoming. Nothing as exciting as burning man, but still... if you want to see me make a burrito and my favorite guacamole, then stay tuned!
Forgive the overexposure... it was a little dark and backlit, so I had to pump up the light.
This is a little interaction with a guy visiting the area who I befriended for a short time. He told me that he helped as a storyboard artist on a 1979 film called Black Stallion. I added his credit to the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB)
My new favorite place is Lava Hot Springs Idaho. I have so much fun floating on, swimming in and soaking next to the Portneuf river. It's a quiet little town that comes alive in the summers and on the weekends, catering to travelers looking to soak away their cares in mineral rich thermals springs that bubble up from under the ancient lava flows.
Well, this is not so much an episode as a continuation of the footage I shot after my "welcome" intro post. I haven't yet come up with a format for what these posts or clips will look like, contain or feature. But, for now... it is what it is.
I've been living in this truck since mid March of this year. I am traveling across the country filming a documentary about a guy riding his horse across America (see uncoveringamerica.com)
“There is something liberating about just having what you need, on your bike. A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you’re going and that’s all you need. There is something beautiful about that.” - Ewen McGregor "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” -Abraham Lincoln
“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.” - Albert Einstein
This blog was born after my traveling spirit had me leap out of my New York City loft into my pickup truck to wander the continent.
I seek Truth while celebrating our lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness! - Dallas J.
