Entering the Home Stretch
I’m currently typing as I race the checkout time at my hotel in Omaha so I can hit the road for Missouri for stops in and between Kansas City and St. Louis. I have decided to conclude the sixth episode of Project Tumbleweed in the state where Lewis & Clark ended their expedition.
The continued growth of COVID-19 cases throughout the South and the sheer volume of interviews gives me confidence this is the right time and place to hit pause. We will have 36 total interviews conducted in 13 states over five weeks. That’s quite the initial snapshot of life in America during a pandemic.
What’s most exciting is that VidLoft and I are putting the final polishes on Episode 1 for its world premier while I’m still on the road (as promised). You get to experience the beginning of this journey for yourself before I arrive at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
On Friday, I plan to head to Georgia to reunite with my son, Ethan, and deliver his possessions. Then, I will hunker down to edit and publish the other five episodes. Now that we have the episode format figured out, I feel like we’ll get into a rhythm and chunk through terabytes of footage I have captured.
What can you do to help in the home stretch?
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I sincerely believe this real-time documentary will become more and more important as this pandemic continues to unfold. My sense is that these six episodes are just the start of an ongoing journey to document what’s happening around us.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me to date and welcome to those of you who join them!
