Chicago Go South to St. Louis

Well, there is just so much to say, but basically many things have transpired, and now I am dreaming about starting an outdoor movie theater which sits within an urban organic garden in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. I envision benches and fruit trees instead of drive theater stalls. Perhaps a small brew pub provides great local brew, and dogs and goats run free over the property. It is all a dream. But it is an amalgamation of a road filled with daydreaming.

Check out Paolo and Lisa at the Echo Park Film Center. They had us play with making film, and their passion for each other, creativity, film, music, Los Angeles, and Life, absolutely tickled me to no end. I am so happy to be from La La Land.

We then sweat it out in Valparaiso, IN at the county fair, and I got to meet the almighty Sean "Shug" Emery (check out his hammock camping vids at shugemery). I am a big fan of his hammock camping and outdoor vids. He met up with us in our RV, and has been hands down the most animated interviewee to date. His story telling was hilarious and poignant, and I was sort of star struck. It was great to have such a candid discussion about life, the struggles and the triumphs.

We changed the course of this trip against the will of the rigid producer. We were heading to Iowa, and we duck hooked it to St. Louis for an interview with Bob Cassilly the created of the City Museum--think playground and acid flashback, rolled into what Disneyland should be, then microwave it, spit on it, and jump in the first hole you see--that is a taste of the brilliance. The encounter saw us running and climbing like Thundercats were still on the Saturday morning line up, and then heading to Bob's new project, Cementland. I climbed a 270ft tower, with no guidence or saftey net, and I got the blisters to prove it. After that we spent a few hours jumping off a rusty dock into the Mississippi River.

We have since booked it West, and are in Wyoming, but pictures and thoughts on that front will have to come retrospectively. I am tired and spinning, but I love you all.