With the help of Larry Shank, I have started a new short film project that is about hist family’s adventures with teardrop camping right after WWII. This project grew out of the Overland Film project that is currently in post production (update on this project at the end of this post). As I was working […]
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“Christmas … is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” –Freya Stark Christmas for a teacher, such as myself, is an event that I look forward to as much as my students. It gives time for me to take a break from 12hr+
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As snow falls outside my window and the temperature drops into the single digets, I realize that the camping season for the jPod has come to a close until spring. It was a great season of camping. The jPod put on over 4,000 miles & camped in over 12 states in the US. Senior Management
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Mom and Dad do know how to throw a birthday party. The little Assistant to the Senior Manager celebrated her 1 month old birthday on a camping trip in the jPod. Since this family arrangement is new to us, Senior Management and I thought it would be wise to camp someplace near our home-base and
When Dean Martin sang “When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie…That’s amore” in 1953, he was singing about this pizza. Recently, I have cut back on the amount of dutch oven cooking. My motives have nothing to do with the quality of cast iron food -it is the best food on
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I always enjoy a good vintage camping film. This is a rare one: A vintage 1958 film of a custom Station Wagon. This station wagon has similar designs to a teardrop with a rear galley. However, it is much more automated & prehaps not quite as convenient. Yet, a great Michigan state prototype.
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I never thought I’d fall in love with a hairy toothless…woman but I have. The jPod camping crew is embarking on its greatest adventure. The Little Assistant to the Senior Management was born in good health and cuter than any baby I’ve ever seen (of course). Once Mom (better known as Senior Management) and I have
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This is the eighth post on the Adventure Film project. If you haven’t read parts 1-7 of the adventure film blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Film 01: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 02: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 03: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 04: Glacier National Park Adventure Film 05: To Camp-Inn Teardrops Adventure Film 06: Lakes & Origins Adventure Film 07: The
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This is the seventh post on the Adventure Film project. If you haven’t read parts 1-6 of the adventure film blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Film 01: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 02: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 03: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 04: Glacier National Park Adventure Film 05: To Camp-Inn Teardrops Adventure Film 06: Lakes & Origins I
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This is the sixth post on the Adventure Film project. If you haven’t read parts 1-5 of the adventure film blog series yet, you can read them here: Adventure Film 01: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 02: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 03: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 04: Glacier National Park Adventure Film 05: To Camp-Inn Teardrops “I’ve got a great ambition to die of
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