Green Caravan Tour, Phase 0.75: "The Van Delivery"

[echeng]

Day 4:

North Platte, Nebraska
Iowa
Naperville, Illinois

http://echeng.com/journal/2007/03/31/gr ... our-day-4/

[youtube=425,350,_71EqBT59us]Green Caravan Tour, Day 4[/youtube]

[echeng]

Hey guys. Is there somewhere official (or unofficial) where I can upload the videos I've been making so you can download higher quality versions? They're 20-30MB each.

I have been using iMovie so I can crank them out quickly, but it unfortunately isn't producing high quality output. Still, it's better than the YouTube versions.

[echeng]

No ratings on the video? Click through and rate 'em so they look good.

[Michele]

Hey guys. Is there somewhere official (or unofficial) where I can upload the videos I've been making so you can download higher quality versions? They're 20-30MB each.

I have been using iMovie so I can crank them out quickly, but it unfortunately isn't producing high quality output. Still, it's better than the YouTube versions.

Torrent as a DVD when you're done, with Giles' vid response as a bonus feature

Will be sure to rate later today!

[Reileen]

Vienna is now called “Stormbringer” because every time she sits down in the driver’s seat, the clouds roll in.

..."Stormbringer Teng"?

Dude. That's awesome. I vote that she uses that as a name at least some of the time while on tour. It's a bit New Agey, but she makes it awesome.

[CandaceC]

Naperville?!

I freaked out when I first saw that, before even watching the video, because I grew up for 6 years of my midget (child) life in Naperville! ...ah the memories! >.> I'd give you guys a request to find my old house but that'd just be weird. And eeee, bear.

[Ang Mo]

Never order trout at a place called the Cracker-Barrell, not to mention not ordering any kind of fish in the middle America, with the exception of catfish perhaps.

Vienna had three different hairdo's in one day. Think I liked the one where she was in the shorts and tank top outfit the best since it was to fit in with the Nebraska safari motif. Not a whole lot of lions on the plains of Nebraska......probably saw some cows though.

[darthscsi]

Naperville, Illinois ...

I thought I sensed a great presence a while back...

too bad I'll have to wait for a few weeks to be sure

[tanthalas]

Driving while on the cell phone... bad Vienna!

[lordmorphy]

There's a character in a classic series of fantasy novels named Elric, and his demonic magical sword is named Stormbringer. That's not typically the association I make with Vienna.

[Eric]

ha! I read some of those books. I forgot about that. =)

[rahau]

Never order trout at a place called the Cracker-Barrell, not to mention not ordering any kind of fish in the middle America, with the exception of catfish perhaps.

The scenes at the Cracker Barrell somehow brought to mind Garrison Keillor's accounts of The Chatterbox Cafe in Lake Woebegone.

Speaking of which: Deep South really should arrange to have Vienna appear on A Prairie Home Companion. She could sing a few songs, and make a cameo appearance as the femme fatale in Guy Noir, Private Eye ...

[Scot]

With all the shots of Vienna and Thelonious the first three vids, I loved the
shot of Eric and Thelonious in this last one. Naperville? Used to stay there a lot
when I was visiting the folks over at FermiLab. Hope you went downtown
and had some good food at least- especially after that Cracker Barrel episode!
Also a very good tea shop there, if you're into tea....

Safe trip!

scot

[echeng]

Day 5: Naperville, IL to Independence, OH

It hasn't made it onto YouTube yet, but it's up on my site:
http://echeng.com/journal/2007/04/01/gr ... our-day-5/

Again, give it a few minutes for processing.

Also, the Veoh series it here, if you want to subscribe to it or download the videos (for Veoh player):

http://www.veoh.com/series/vtgreencaravan

[CandaceC]

The video on your blog seems to stop off at 3:46 and won't go further boooo.

By the way, Vienna has my utmost respect and admiration (more so than already) for doing pushups and situps in the morning. (It's okay Eric, I fall into your catagory....>.>)

Playing in the park FTW. You guys should start a count of how many car washes you break, and how many storms Vienna has brought on. XD (I now have this incredible urge to draw Vienna in armor with a sword summon0rzing the rain...)