day 01 - Sept. 16, 2006 (Saturday)

we started our road trip on september 16th of 2006 at 5am. i was working til friday and only had friday night to pack - added to this the excitement of going on a road trip i couldn't sleep. i finally ended up trying to go to bed and falling asleep around 3am - that's why my eyes are so puffy in episode 01.

day one took us from seattle, washington to great falls idaho. total miles - 794 miles.

episode 01 : introduction

i've had an idea of this sequence for many days and i finally got to shoot it. the original idea was much longer with additional scenes, but once i shot it and tried to edit it in i found it didn't work - so i ended up shortening it and this is the final cut.

episode 02 : our first sunrise / our first gas stop

so needless to say after the inital sequence of shots i was super tired. jesse drove first / pawan was in shotgun and i was in the back - so i decided to take a nap. BUT i wanted to capture our first sun-rise on our road trip so i kept waking up every few min. to capture some footage. when it came it was super bright as it rose in front of us.

episode 03 : our first touristy stuff

so these are the first few stops on our road trip - it isn't very exciting as we quickly passed through idaho. we basically stopped for 2 things. one was the mission - and the idaho visitors center. not very exciting i know - but on a lighter note i did have a lovely chat with an 79 year old gentleman in Post Falls, Idaho. we stopped to get post cards and when waiting to pay this old guys says to me...

old guy : How you doing?
me : Great. How you doing?
old guy : Great. Today's my best day every. I'm gonna hit on girls all day.
me : (laughing) You and me both.
old guy : Boy I hope it rains.
me : Has it not rained much here?
old guy : No not much, where you from?
me : We're from Seattle.
old guy : What do you do there?
me : I'm a designer - mostly web stuff. What do you do?
old guy : I sit on my ass all day.
me : Really. How old are ya?
old guy : I'm 79.
me : Wow, you look great for 79. Well it was nice talking to you.

episode 04 : paradise

so we drove and entered Montana, i have to say montana is a beautiful state with some amazing views. along the way on I-90 we decided to stop for lunch. we just stopped - we figured why not. it was the coolest decision we made - mainly cause what i thought was just some random eatery was actually a 'town' called Paradise. it has a population of 300. the video shows the 'downtown' of Paradise, Montana and all it has to offer.

after having lunch here we continued on to Great Falls, Montana.