Re: [Paddlewise] Self-Produced Outdoor Movie Craze

     Oregon is beautiful this time of year. It has rained about 2 inches 
from
     8:00-10:00 am today. Bring your drysuit and snorkle.

     BRC


    Subject: [Paddlewise] Self-Produced Outdoor Movie Craze


> The latest self-made and self-produced film about 2 people doing something
> in the outdoors is "Paddle to Seattle". (
> http://www.dudesonmedia.com/HOME.html ). Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelly built
> two plywood kayaks (they look a lot like Pygmy kayaks to me) and paddled
> 1200 miles from Alaska to Seattle and made a movie about it. It's not 
> their
> first movie either. They made another movie called "Peddle to the Midnight
> Sun" in which they made two plywood bicycles and.... what's that?..... 
> oh...
> my mistake. They weren't plywood bicycles, apparently, but you get the 
> idea.
>
> Then there are the two outdoors people (one of whom has an MA in "art
> therapy") who are planning to leave somewhere on Earth Day of 2010 (April
> 2nd.... I dunno why they can't leave on April 1st; maybe it's not too late
> to change that) and paddle kayaks, canoes and dogsleds.... what?.... 
> oh.....
> maybe they won't paddle the dogsleds... and make a movie about it and post
> their daily exploits for school children to watch and learn from.
>
> Then there's the guy who pedaled from Mexico to Seattle and Paddled from
> Seattle to Skagway. I don't think he built anything, actually. But he did
> make at least a few presentations about it.
>
> I was sitting here on the sofa in my Spongebob jammies waiting for the
> latest re-run of "I Love Lucy" when I got to thinking.... "Hey!" I thought
> to myself, "I could do that." So I am formally announcing my plans for a 
> new
> adventure movie called "Grampa Goes South".
>
> In my movie (and updates on my weblog) school children all over North
> America will be able to follow Grampa (namely, me) as he travel south
> searching for weather that won't bother his arthritis or stuff up his 
> nose.
> They'll be able to see him dealing with such emergencies as taking the
> awning on the RV in at 3am during a hurricane in Oregon, looking for the
> men's room at 4am, and trying to figure out how to program the microwave.
> With any luck I'll be able to get a few scenes of highway roadkill that 
> will
> dampen eyes everywhere.
>
> The catch in my movie will be that both Grampa and the RV he is towing 
> with
> his old pickup truck are old.
>
> I expect to make hundreds of dollars out of this.
>
> Donations are welcome.
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
> www.nwkayaking.net
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