Hours upon hours have passed by as we work on assembling the footage of Just Passing Thru. There is little to be said about what we’re up to in terms of the project, so I’ve been trying to think of some other ways to get some stuff on the site. I have a few ideas in the works, and you should expect to see some fun things popping up from time to time here at justpassingthru.tv

Last fall I shot some photos with my 35mm film camera. Nothing too exciting, but I thought I’d throw a few separate installments of my photos up on the site.

This first batch of photos was taken at a dirt bike track just outside of Loveland, Colorado.

Here, Freeskier.com columnist Brian Schroy, flags the start of a race between a thirteen-year-old kid and my two friends, Willis Brown and Tyler Lawson. I’m pretty sure Willis and Tyler lost…

These two dudes are just living.

The track isn’t just for dirt bikers as there was some serious peddle biking going on.

Freeskier.com columnist Brian Schroy tells “A Whole  of BS.”

This was my first time printing photos in the dark room. Looks like I mixed up which way the negative goes into the enlarger. I could have fixed it in photoshop but I’m not that motivated, sorry…

Anyway, that’s my first installment of 35mm prints. More to come in the future…

The last day and a half have been a long, long adventure.. with a three hour nap..

After a slow start to day one, we finally picked up Keri Herman in Breckenridge, and hit the local City Market to snag some grub for our first day.

Our slow pace continued as we managed to leave Breckenridge by about 6:30PM on route to Moab. Keri decided the children’s cart fit her  best during our stop at the supermarket.

By the time we reached Glenwood Springs, we decided it was time to pull over at the local Conoco and whip up some turkey and cheese sandwiches.

After a tasty meal, Keri palmed some jugs while Blake took a look at some time-lapses that were shot during the drive.

We managed to reach Moab by roughly 1:30 AM. Earlier that day, the kind woman at the information desk informed us that we could easily find campsites in a variety of areas around the park. Unfortuneatly she was quite incorrect on her assumptions as nearly every site was taken as we meandered around the area. By the time 3:00 AM hit, we realized that we had driven nearly forty miles and were out of luck on finding a site. This was when I realized that my car’s empty light had just popped on, meaning roughly thirty miles till we were stuck on the side of the road without a campsite or gas. Fortunately enough we were able to coast in neutral to the nearest Mavericks. Remember to always check your gas gage before adventuring into the wilderness at two in the morning..

With that being said, the gas station attendant was nice enough to point us in the right direction. Our tent was pitched and we were ready for bed by 5:00 AM..

The following morning we awoke by 8:00 AM. Even a three hour nap in the wilderness is quite refreshing..

Blake and Keri were peacefully sleeping when I awoke..

We quickly rose from bed and grilled up some steaks for breakfast. Nothing like a piece of beef in the wilderness. I felt like a real man..

We took a quick photo prior to packing up the Subaru and heading out. Not a bad site to wake up to..

We then ventured towards the Arches National Park where we got to see Utah’s license plate in real life. There were spectacular vistas in all directions, with plenty of senior citizens soaking it up with us.

Apparently these women thought it would be a good idea to take a photo of Keri..

Just Passing Thru..

Blake and Keri leap beneath an enormous arch..

That’s all for now. We’ve made it to Park City where we’re staying with US Ski Team member Dylan Ferguson. We’re going to join him on one of his typical training days tomorrow..

We finally managed to esape the clutches of the Boulder preparation blunders and get on our way. Down to Denver we go to officially start shooting our trip. We ate at the Brother’s Bar on Platte street just a block or two from the new Jiberish store. Clarke has big ideas for the intro, which we shot under partly sunny skies.

Clarke inspecting Jiberish’s new shotgun microphone.

Trip intro camera trickery at the Jiberish retail space, currently under heavy construction.

Clarke explaining ideas for intro shots to Pete Drago.

Everything we have done to prep for this tip has been ten times more difficult than it has needed to be. Clarke is outside right now futzing with the Thule rack. Far too many complicated Swedish illustrations with far too little words to describe what we should actually be doing. Launching soon. 

   It takes 3 quite expensives boxes to attach the rooftop circus to the vehicle. 

Awkward hand twists.