I'm Clean!

9:18 AM 10/14/2005

It's amazing how something like taking a shower can change your perspective. In a small way, I have learned to empathise with some of the survivors, go a few days with out a shower, or a good bed, or feeling safe and secure, or knowing if you have enough food, or looking for shade so you don't get heat stroke. Except, when I'm done, I get to go home. I'm here by choice...

I'm hanging out for a few days with Lori, the lady I met at the airshow a couple of weeks ago, when I first got into Memphis. Since its her friend who is having the wedding later this month, and I'm sort of short on travel funds anyway, it makes more sense to just sit still for a while!

Plus now I'll get a chance to start on the video editing. At least I can look at the tapes and start logging, and maybe edit some of what is done, like the wedding from the shelter. So at any rate, I won't be doing much driving for a few days, and the rest might do me some good. Taking a shower last night, the first since Monday, sure helped my attitude, too!

I'm going to try and post some pics and video clips later if I can figure out how.

Stay Tooned!
Carlin

PS... if anyone would like to help me out with gas money, I'd really appreciate it!
http://www.ncwvideo.com/survivors_stories/
Look toward the bottom of the page, there are some buttons. I'm not greedy, I just need enough to get to New Orleans, then on to home. Its hard for me to concentrate on what I'm doing here when I'm in "survival mode". I hope you all get a chance to see what I'm getting here, some of the stories are just amazing.

... feeling a little like a PBS phone-a-thon here... and thanks to people like you... :)
I think I already posted this, but in case I didn't, it should take me about $500 in gas to finish the trip. I have used about $600 already, most of that was gas.. or, I've filled up 11 times since leaving home. Funny thing is, at least this was a surprise to me, gas is cheaper here than it was at home in Wenatchee. After seeing all the news reports about $5 and $6 a gallon, I was pleasently surprised when I filled up in Baton Rouge at $2.69, at a Chevron, right at the interstate. Wish I had bigger tank on the Van!

Thanks!