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There never seems to be enough time. I guess I didn’t really expect to have ‘free’ time while on this adventure per say. But at the same time I didn’t really consider how busy I’d be. I’ve said it before and told many people, we’re taking on two monumental tasks. We are walking across the country which many people find incomprehensible. However we’re also making a film which I consider to be the more difficult of the two tasks. Each day we need to walk, film, interview, edit, eat, shower (or at least I’m always hopeful we can), write, provide content to keep people interested and maintain personal relationships. It is not easy to maintain a healthy balance between these things.

We started the first week with a good pace. We were walking twenty to thirty five miles a day. It made us feel like we were making incredible progress with our walking journey. However it had drawbacks. We weren’t having enough time to write journals (something I’ve been slacking on) or edit pictures and video. Ultimately it was hurting the film.

The last major walk we did and probably will do was twenty seven miles starting from the De Bary inn. We left early in the morning to go to Angie’s restaurant for a few interviews. We met with Sara, an adorable six year who told us about her dream to be a singer. Sara wanted to be a singer because of how great it made her feel to sing and for money. She thought it would be hard to be a singer and knew if she didn’t make it as one she’d also like to be a veterinarian.

Coincidentally our next interview Elise also loves animals and has been working with them at her business the Preppy Pup for decades. Elise was a fantastic interview. She was animated, yet intimate about her passion of working with animals. Her love for life was apparent through her mannerisms and tone the entire time we talked with her. It is such a refreshing experience to meet someone like Elise. She’s the type of person who inspires others every day through her personality. Although she attributes her new lot on life to defeating a bout with breast cancer I can’t imagine meeting Elise before this horrible time in her life would have been much different.

Aside from Elise’s wonderful interview and personality our experience with her had another large impact on the project. After we where finished talking with her and some of the other locals at Angie’s we still had to walk twenty five miles. We also had the opportunity to walk ten minutes back in the other direction to visit Elise’s shop and get some wonderful footage of her at work. Unfortunately we were already almost two hours behind schedule. It may seem like it would only take twenty minutes of walking, which is true. However it would also take the time to actually set up and film. I hated to make that decision, but we couldn’t go backwards. This led to a more positive decision that we will only walk 15 to 20 miles a day in the best interest of the film. Ultimately we will always be limited in how far we can go to get footage. But we shouldn’t have had to miss that opportunity.

Walking too far in one day also led to Tendinitis in Josh’s foot and knee. If you haven’t read his journal yet I would take a look at it for the whole story. I certainly thought his pain was normal from the extreme amount of walking we have done. We were very lucky he spoke up about it and it was caught when it was, otherwise we might have done permanent damage too it.

All in all things are getting smoother each day. With any dream comes the need for patience and persistence. Ours was wearing thin but we’re already solving the problems that come with each day and getting into as much of a routine as you can have with a project like this. Hopefully after a few days rest Josh’s knee will be as good as new and we can be on the road again.

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