The Meter’s Running

Home.

Sweet Home. Yes that was the only thing I could think of after driving 12 hours a day for 2 days straight over 1,500 miles and I think 6,000 total. After a whirlwind tour of the University of Houston, shooting 70 videos in three days, I was burnt out. It was a blast working with the students who helped me and making so many videos in a day I couldn’t remember half of them.  While I had a lot of fun, I was ready to get on the road. So after spending half the night before I left converting videos and uploading them to the editors I finally got to sleep.

The next morning I packed up and hit the road. It wasn’t until I was about an hour down I-10 heading east into Louisiana that it really hit me that the real work was over and that I was heading home for the first time in over a month.

It’s a strange thing not having a place to call home for 6 weeks of your life. Meeting new people, making new friends, eating out somewhere different every night of the week and heading back to a hotel room at the end of the night; it was all a lot of fun, but I don’t know if I could handle that as a permanent lifestyle, though I know some people enjoy such a dynamic lifestyle.

I got to go and see places I’ve never seen and do something that, well I guess myself and Nate will only get to do in a lifetime.  Along the way I stopped in College Park Maryland, Washington DC, Richmond Virginia, Naples and Tampa Florida, Mobile Alabama, Houston and Austin Texas. I had been to 2 of those places before, Naples and Tampa. I also got to stop by and visit a friend in flight training school for the Navy in Pensacola, FL. It was great to stop by and see people I knew along the way. After visiting all of those cities, I can’t wait to go back to every single one of them. All of them had a ton to offer to anyone who wanted to visit.

I also made so many new friends, who I hope to continue my relationships with. The students who helped me at all three schools were some of the most fun and hard working individuals I have ever met. They helped me reach my goals, which without them I could have never done on my own.  I can’t wait to see them again at some point in the future.  To my PRSSA and AMA helpers at all of the schools, I give a standing ovation to all of you on your work, and put me down for a reference if you ever need one!

However, it is good to be home. Luckily I brought some of the warm weather back and have a few days of nice cycling weather left it seems!

I’ll be sure to post some pictures from around home here for those who have followed my journey along the way.

Signing off from the Tahiti Green Aveo,

Chris