Indio Outio Posters

Poster #1
Shot at Salvation Mountain - Near Niland, California

Poster #2
Shot at the famous dinosaurs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure and The Wizard - Cabazon, California

Poster #3
Shot at the end of the Newport Pier overlooking the Pacific Ocean - Newport Beach, California

Poster #4
Shot in the backyard of the vacation house in the pool - Indio, California

The Road Less Traveled

After a week of traveling thousands of miles on the open road to California, getting back to the office seems so painfully ordinary. In just one week my friend Dave and I drove to California and back again, spending 3 nights in Indio, California at his parents' vacation house. With a long list of things to see, Dave and I explored Salt Lake City, had a night in Vegas, explored the middle of the desert and the hidden treasures of the Salton Sea, made the trek out to Newport Beach and the ocean, and took a ride up a mountain in Palm Springs - just to name a few of the highlights.

Like I said many times before, this trip was meaningful in that it wasn't meant to be just a vacation or an excuse to relax, it was also meant to create experiences. It was an escape from routine, from post-university transitioning and the everyday. Seeing the landscape change from prairie to mountains to canyons and desert was amazing. My previous Vegas and California trips were all linked in a matter of hours. With my cameras at my side, I shot as much as I felt was necessary. This latest project titled, Indio Outio, inspired by the location and the speed of our visit, is going to be a fun project to edit.

Below I've posted the short preview I cut together using two different audio tracks. My Vimeo account features the original video, and because of copyright issues, my YouTube account features the second version. For now, I'll leave the story here. There's a lot to say and a lot to show.

The Long and Winding Road

My road trip with my friend Dave begins first thing in the morning. We're driving thousands of kilometers to California as a week of escape and exploration. Think of it like the movie Sideways, but in the desert . . . or maybe the movie Made . . . or The Wizard? In any case, it's going to be exciting. I explained the significance of this trip a couple weeks ago in a post, logically titled, Two Weeks. To be clear, this isn't a vacation for the sake of relaxation, this is a trip for the sake of experiences. You can bet that I'll have my video camera in hand.

Back in week.