On the Road, in Ohio

Myself, Jason Robertson, with Rudy Bednar, Executive Producer for ABC's Final Witness airing this winter at 10 pm.  

Last day of shooting on a farm in London, OH. Cold night to be hanging out in a corn field. Hot chocolate kept 'em warm though.

Finished with Final Witness

Woah... I feel like I was hit by a freight train. Six days shooting Final Witness for ABC got me done tuckered out. But things went very well. Lots of company moves which is hard when you are the caterer and craft service person, but I was never late with a meal, which is no small task. Everyone loved the food and it was a GREAT crew to work with. Met some folks I had never worked with and enjoyed catching up with the New York peeps I did episodes 1 and 3 with. Some pictures and video will follow... Need sleep first.

The Empress in Cheyenne

Nebraska Empress

Filtering oil in Cheyenne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6vWKLAtr-M&sns=em

Made it to ohio

Exhausted but happy to have made it in one piece.
2,400 miles and only $120.00 in diesel. The rest was veggie oil!!
More videos on the search for veggie oil to come shortly.

Sidney nebraska

Made it to the Midwest! First night in a motel. Miss the walmart but oh well. Got an iPhone so will post some videos soon.

Utah

Made it to Ogden Utah and stayed at the most beautiful Walmart parking lot I have ever seen. It was awesome. I pulled in about dark and had to filter about 50 gallons of veggie oil, being careful to not spill any on the clean pavement. It was a nice warm evening and the filtering setup worked well. It takes time to filter on the road, but it's what I do. Have only spent about $50 on diesel so far for 800 miles. I was able to find a bunch of oil at a McDonald's in mountain home Idaho. Word McDonalds!!

Now it's time for scary Wyoming.

Truck fixin'

Bummer... Ball joint broke and come to find out my truck needs $1,900 worth of work for the front end. Yikes!!! Alas, better to find out now than on the road in Wyoming, still scared of Wyoming. Hoping to leave on wednesday and will have about 8 solid days to get there. C'est la vie.

Now it's jack and I

video try 2

Leaving Portland

Getting ready to head out, and testing my video uploading capabilities.

Here is me and Jack.

Almost ready to go to Ohio!!

The trailer is ready to roll again. After a great summer in Oregon I am getting ready to head out for another week of work with ABC on Final Witness in Columbus Ohio. I was driving the truck the other night and heard a loud clunk and alas, a ball joint on the front end just broke off and left me hanging on labor day weekend. Bummer... I was hoping to go climbing in city of rocks Idaho and may not be able to do that now. But I will have time to get to Ohio so that's the important thing.

I still wonder about the sanity of doing all of this driving across the country, but for now it is what I am doing. I just hope everything stays tight on the way out there and I have a safe trip. Wish me luck.