Going Home :)

Well, I've decided that its time to head on home.

While I can't say I did everything I intended to do, I can honestly say it was a worth while trip. I met some incredible people, got some amazing stories on video, and learned a lot. Who knows, this may be the start of something big for me.

One the one hand, the contributions that made this trip possible have been overwhelming. To all those who helped, I thank you all. When I get home and settled, I'll see what I can do about some kind of proper recognition.

On the other hand, life has a way of restoring balance. There are no free rides, and all great things come with high costs, both in time and energy. I'm just about wiped out, even though the last week or two has been much slower than the first 2 weeks, its just life on the road or away from "home". But like all experiences, this has taught some lessons. I was able to test some new things, and found a few things that just won't work :) I'll be working on the business plan or what ever it takes to do a better job next time.

In the last week I've had some down time, which I used to review the tapes I have shot to date. While I could choose to be disappointed in not doing everything I had expected to do, it only takes looking at any one of the tapes I have shot to realize how fortunate I have been. I plan to make the Survivors Stories available as soon as possible, and in a way that as many people as possible can share in the experience. Its always been my plan to treat this as a commercial venture, but at the same time I'm not in this for the money. If I am able to turn any kind of a profit, I'll be donating some or much of the proceeds toward disaster relief. No specifics on that yet, lots to do before that happens, but that's kind of been how the whole adventure has been run!

Anyway, I figured out my route back home. I won't have enough gas money to run the way I'd hoped to, but will at least take a different track from how I got here. I'll post when I leave Memphis, and will try to post from the road as I am able to.

Stay Tooned!
Carlin