Life on the road.

“Travel is not for the weak of heart.”

Looking up from the receipt breaking down the different fees of my hotel room, the hotel concieage gives me a knowing smile. After confessing that I wouldn’t need the voucher for breakfast as I had to leave in 5 hours to make my next flight, she gave out a light sigh and replied, “Travel is not for the weak of heart.” Her father had been a traveling businessman who left for days working on the road, and knew the look of someone that only had a few hours to rest before getting ready for the next leg of their journey.

And the last few months had been a journey. After completing a grueling 2 and a half week shoot across the west coast my last 3 months had consisted of weekly edit deadlines premiering 9 episodes of the Off-Road TV show, “The PowerStop Trail to SEMA”. On top of that, I had flown into Nashville for 30 hour turns to produce a live stream show that coordinated with the premiere of the latest episode. The first was fun; accompanied by all of the excitement of launching such a larger project, it didn’t seem like work. but 4 trips later the wear of travel was beginning to get to me. 

TBD crew shooting final interview of 2019 Trail to SEMA.

As we closed out our final live stream there was a sense of completion to this mammoth project that had taken so much of my winter. Our team from There Be Dragons had accomplished a huge feat over the last few months. We had successfully delivered over one hundred and thirty minutes of digital television on time meeting our weekly deadline, that two months ago seemed impossible. As I finished packing away all of the equipment, I couldn’t stop the creeping smile across my face. We had come at last to the end of the journey.

As I stood in front of the reception to another random hotel, I felt connected to the road. While it may be weary and not for everyone; to me it felt like home. The thought of resting for just a few short hours excited me, because it meant that the next destination was within reach. So off I went to board the elevator where 3 hours of sleep and a busy day lay ahead taking me to New York and the next shoot.