After some time of editing (about 287 hrs), the teardrop trailer film is complete enough to have a preview of what will be in the final full-length documentary. The final documentary will be about 50 min. in total length. Enjoy!
Film Preview: “Historic Camping & Teardrop Trailers” Read More »
“There’s a straight loud shot that was the start of it…” – The River Empires Several years ago, I went to a concert to see a band , “Paper Astronomer” (they recorded in my music studio), open for a pretty well known band “Falling Up”. Little did I know the connections that would be made
Music that Travels Read More »
This past summer, I traveled the US in search of the story of teardrop trailers. The goal: make a documentary film about teardrop trailers that can be used in high school classrooms & viewed by enthusiasts (support and read more about the film here). As part of this project, I asked a student at WWU,
Overland Trailer film featured at WWU Read More »
I pulled the jPod out of the garage for the first time this year. I wish it was to go camping. With single diget temperatures promised by the weather people, I am not going to see camping very soon. However, it was nice to pull it out and look at it outside. I did some
10% funded & music to my ears! Read More »
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
Kickstart this new film… Be a hero! Read More »
Summary of Adventure 01: At last, the jPod has made its first excursion as a vehicle for camping (North Idaho – as readers decided by the poll on this website). In an earlier post, I stated that I wanted to have the jPod weather tight by July 24. This deadline was set so that Senior
Adventure 01 – The jPod goes to Camp Read More »
It looks like a little silly story about my free sander has made it big (record number of hits in a day). This is sort of ironic since my website is not about sanders but my trailer build but I’m happy for the attention just the same. My blog “Craftsman but not Techmen” was picked
My blog makes it big Read More »
One of the main purposes for the jPod trailer is to get into nature. Since Senior Management & I have this as our goal, gardening seems a natural step. We decided to put in a garden this year. We’ll store the food for use while camping in the jPod & throughout the winter. Since we
Our Garden Project Read More »