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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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This is the fifth post on the Adventure Film project. If you haven’t read parts 1-4 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 Days 6-7 On the morning
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The goal of the Adventure Film Project is to create an educational film about teardrops & tiny trailers which connects standard high-school US History topics (ie National Road system, Effects of Labor Unions, Model T & mass produced automobiles, national parks, and world war II). Read more about the film here. For part 1-3 of
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This is part 3 of the Adventure Film reports. If you haven’t read parts 1 or 2, you can read them here: Adventure Film 01: Ocean Shores Adventure Film 02: Ocean Shores Day 3 We awoke early on day 3 to pack up and go home. Day 3 was Father’s Day and since we’re going
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This is part 2 of the adventure film adventures at Ocean Shores, WA. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, you can read it here. Day 2 We awoke at about 9 am but didn’t want to get out of bed. The rain landed on the roof of the trailer and the Assistant to the
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It is a very busy time for the jPod Overland Trailer. The first travels have started for the educational film that I am making with the help of the Library of Congress, National RV Museum and many other wonderful people (read more about it here). Here is a quick schedule for this first bit of
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Recently, I was doing some spring cleaning (cleaning up some hard drives) when I found some forgotten film footage from last summer (2009). It is of the jPod’s second trip -but first off-road adventure- on the Lolo Motorway in the Nez Perce National Forest. If you have not read the adventures of the Lolo Motorway,
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Nothing earth shattering has happened to the chassis of the jPod in recent months. It is essentially done. However, after our adventure on the Lolo Motorway last summer, I have felt the need to put some shocks on the jPod. It was nice to do a little metal work after all of the wood work
This evening, as the light was fading behind some pretty dark storm clouds, I was inspired to shoot some photos & pretend that I was camping. I am like most people in that I am not able to camp every day of my life. However, those brief times when I can shoot photos by myself,
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As a high school history teacher, I regularly view educational films. This got me thinking one day so I started plans to make a film which would feature teardrops & tiny trailers. Recently, I received the Don Keele Award for Excellence in Education to create an educational film (in HD) which will feature teardrops and
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