OH NO! Big Board, Little Door.




This isn't our trailer...our trailer has a basement.

 
So this morning was spent measuring the trailer....and the gear. It wasn't until doing this that we realized we are going to have some minor issues with the installation of the equipment.


Our board is a 32 channel Soundcraft Ghost. 

It's measurements are about 4 ft x 6ft x 10 inches. The door of the trailer is big enough but since it is right in front of the refrigerator we are unable to make the turn. We are going to have to pull out the main front window (see also: Front Shot). This sounds like a pain, but we figure  at least no one is going to steal it.

I talked with Erin (Aaron, Eryn, Air-inn, Error-in?) at ABC and they are going to do a story on us next week. She is a really fun to talk with and it was great to banter with her about the life of a big shot new reporter:) Apparently she still has a push lawn mower and she doesn't drive a Bentley....yet. 

She wanted to interview us and one of our local sponsors. I picked Rogue Garden Supply because they are local to where I live and they have been so extremely generous with the project. R.G.S. has made some amazing contributions, and their store is beatiful, so I only found it fit to have the interview in their store. She said she needed visuals....visuals make for good stories. I can't think of anything super awesome for her....Here at A.M.P.P. we are all about making quality and interesting news. I would hate to be the boring story between 'The Worlds Fastest Chainsaw Juggler' and 'Local Prison Forgets To Lock Up!'

Mabye I'll wear face paint

......because right now all we have for visuals is a board that is too big and a door that is too small. 

Joshua 
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The Van (The B-Team) What do you think? Should we buy newer or go Retro?

We have been looking for a van for the last month. We  want a Chevy conversion van. Scott, the mechanic on the trip, says they are easier to work on. Hopefully we don't have to replace transmissions in Waco, TX.

Captain's chairs, DVD, queen bed in the back. You know. Here is one we just found....20,000 miles on the new engine. That's Rhino Lining along the bottom! The guys from Colorado and he says R.L. is the only way to roll in gravel. Its a little older than the ones we have been looking at (it is a 1988) but it might match the trailer better. What do you think?   

Its tan and teal? We have a tan trailer. Maybe all we have to do is paint a teal stripe around the outside

and call it good.  We are planning a four person

crew and this back bench seat folds down into a

queen bed. He says he has paper work on everything but the car has 200,000 on it. He went through the transmission then but I just don't know. I haven't had good luck buying used. The last car I bought drove 2,000 miles before it blew a head gasket. He seemed like a straight shooter too. 

Yeah that's right...that's a lumber rack on top.

Gaskets and the Love of Brothers.

For the last few hours my little brother and I worked on repairing gaskets that we thought might fail. Some gaskets aren’t made anymore so we had to make them ourselves. No one told me that the Gasket Fix doesn’t come off. (Apparently Jesse knew, but thought it was funny.)
Awesome, we get to rock black arms for the next few weeks. I hope it comes off while I sleep and ruins countless sets of sheets. Reguardless, we'll wear it like a badge. Thank you Jesse for getting tarred with me.  

Joshua (Is that a "W"? Why is he doing that?)

Jesse ("I can see what you are thinking. You should be ashamed")

Joshua (Lead AMPP)

The Trailer Part One.

The Media Isn't As Mean As Everyone Says They Are As Long As You Aren't Charlie Sheen.

We spent the day talking to the various forms of media here in Oregon. Everyone is so great. After the initial shock of how crazy the idea sounds wears off they all understand. What we are doing is not only important to the country, it is important to the area of Oregon we are from. When I lived in Portland all I would hear about Southern Oregon is how dumb, undereducated, and ignorant we were. Who's got the fore site now Portland? A.M.P.P. will become a point of pride for this area in the years to come.

The papers are getting their stories together. You will start seeing them pop up in the various papers in the next week. They are going to follow the development of our project to our day of departure. I think we might work out something that will let them follow us on the road. Vicarious journalism. Not quite as cool as Gonzo journalism, but way more truthful and happy in it's ending.

"It sounded like a book dropping in the room next door"

Joshua and Scott