Time is getting short.



Even with careful planning and preparation, there are so many things that have been left to the last 30 days. We will be exhausted by the time we actually get behind the wheel and drive. I am not complaining, don't get me wrong, I am so excited I can barely sleep, and my mind is constantly racing with people, and maps and lists. There is a lot to see and do.

Shane has built a rig to help eliminate camera shake, it is pretty cool and only took PVC pipe, glue, and bike tape to make. It looks pro and appears to work quite well -- Let us know what you think in the next few weeks.

We are making short introduction videos to ourselves, Shane has already been working on his. He has interviewed his mom a bit and is looking up some old friends. I can see digging up his past affecting him, well that and the fact we are staying with his mom, stepfather, and sister. It is having good and bad effects.

Of course it has been nice visiting them, they have been very supportive of our various crazy projects over the years. Shane rambled off a list of times his step-father Mike has helped him build stuff or move, or just been there for him. I'd have to say he has been Shane's most positive male influence.

We have been sleeping on their basement floor as we prepare for the trip, well we were on the floor, then we were on a twin size inflatable mattress, but that now seems to be mysteriously deflating at night , so I guess we are back to sleeping on the floor -- The spiders like the company I'm sure! Certainly, it could not be our weight deflating the air mattress, Shane is blaming the turtle (I really don't get his theory on that one). Admittedly though, I have been doing a lot of baking which everyone here has mixed emotions about -- Tastes good -- Too filling.

Working on my intro video is hard to even think about. I have not even been to visit my family yet -- I haven't seen my hometown in years. They are far on the South Side, and we are staying way Northwest of Chicago. All the work for this trip has kept me pretty much chained to the computer here. Delving into my past, my childhood and such, isn't a place I really like to go. I don't mean that like I was locked in a closet or anything, much of my childhood seems really perfect and Norman Rockwell-esque TO ME, but over the years just telling a few seemingly innocent stories from my childhood raises eyebrows and has even caused a bit of choking. So we will see how it goes....

I guess that's all for today, I had a whole thing I wrote about that kid getting tasered in Florida, but one of our claims for this trip is "UNBIASED" --- that is so much harder than I would have ever expected.

Over & Out,
Amy Bugbee

We're printing some postcards, below you'll find the front and back of a postcard that we'll be sending out before we hit the road.


The image above is the back of a postcard we printed. If you'd like one before we hit the road - email Amy( amy@ayearatthewheel.com )

Set up a cool section on revver.com. It's where we'll dump the odd, the extra and the totally raw video footage that don't make the A YEAR AT THE WHEEL cut.

Go to our odd365 section on revver.com to get a look at test videos and the stuff that was shot as we toyed with the idea of hitting the road for the entire election year. I look at these test videos like a pencil sketch before the painting.

Please let me know what you think - shane

DIRECT LINK TO OUR REVVER PROFILE: http://one.revver.com/account/show/odd365

We are now at the 60 day mark.

That is, 60 days until we embark on this exciting and daunting journey.

We have been working on this trip full time for several months now, and we have a lot more work to go. Our seeds have been sown, and now the seedlings are turning to crops, crops we will reap throughout the next year.

It feels like we are getting out there just in time. The headlines in the news has gone from bad to worse, foreclosures are up, bridges are falling down, and our war costs are climbing ever higher. It also seems like many of our politicians are falling apart at the seams.

We are willing to bet, Our Nation is going to have a lot to say when they are given a voice.

Now is the time to get involved, this rip is happening. Let us know if you want to talk, tell us if you know some spots we need to see, and if you want to offer your support we are coming up with some easy and cheap ways to do that.

We greatly appreciate all of the help and the excitement we have gotten so far from you and people like you.

Look for updates coming more and faster, and be sure to subscribe so you can keep up on all that is happening. - Amy

Amy put together on hell of a media kit, it's so great I thought I'd post up small jpgs of it.

If you're interested, click ANY of the jpegs or THIS LINK to down load the PDF version of the A YEAR AT THE WHEEL MEDIA KIT.

Click HERE to download our PDF media kit.