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21st Century Vid on a 19th Century Schedule

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As Casey Gill sets out to follow the Butterfield Overland Mail Co.'s Click here to learn about third-party website links maiden voyage—150 years to the day!— he shoots video as much as he writes text. (I should know — I have to edit the raw footage.)

Here's some vid from Missouri last week. The story of how it took a week to post it is, well, historic. It involves trouble connecting to the web in remote places. Just as Waterman Ormsby sent his dispatches from the frontier, on the first Overland trip West, by handing it to the passing Eastbound stagecoach, Casey had to find places to stop that had connectivity. And the uploads often took enough time that his schedule was disrupted. The story involves arrivals at his wi-fi destinations long after they were closed—let's just call that the human factor! And of course, his ability to shoot the story and upload the vid was affected by a little bump in the road called Hurricane Ike.

But all's well that ends well, right? Here's the first of many videos from Casey On the Road, following the Butterfield Overland Mail Co. Route. And no, he didn't take a bluegrass band along for the ride. But it's a GREAT idea!


Comments

Great video, love the adventure.

Nice video addition! I hope the rest of the journey is smooth. Take care of yourselves.

great video!!! keep up the good work casey

The video is awesome! And my very own theme song (thank you Charles and the rest of the bluegrass band)! The videos will get better and better I promise. We have filmed so much in so many great locations. cj - the trip is going much smoother. Connie is here and has whipped the RV in shape and is keeping me organized and most importantly making sure I sleep!

What LONG days and nights. Keep up the good work!

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