Given as our car-trip in July (see previous posts) will take us through ~27 States and 6000+ miles, I decided to ping some groups that might find it interesting to use our experience as a plug for their services. E.g. "27 States, 6000 miles, 4 kids, and we enjoyed every night of it because we slept soundly at such-and-such hotel...."
I've received a few "What a brave dad!" replies. I didn't realize that "brave" was a synonym for "foolhardy"! ;^) As well as several "Thanks, but no thanks" replies.
I just received one from an audio book company who said it sounds very interesting. They've asked me to make a narrative of the trip for them to review and consider marketing. Cool! I had thought of blogging the trip, but an audio narrative could make for a fun artifact at the end. I could capture some sounds along the way of the different places. Put them with photos and we could have an interesting slide show.
Of course, I'd have to edit out the "Don't make me come back there!" comments that are bound to occur at some point along the way!
I'll have to give this some thought on how to generate an effective intro and conclusion, as well as the central commentary. I'll also have to stop by the library to see if I can find similar audio narratives that I could use as a guide.
This makes for a fun slant on the trip that I hadn't anticipated.
Have any of you done something like this before?
BTW, Happy Leap Year Day!
My wife and I have a tradition for Leap Year Day - We go out to a restaurant that neither of us have been to before. Tonight marks our 5th such outing together. It would have been 6, but Leap Year Day was on a Sunday last time and we don't eat out on the Sabbath...
Read the original "Lines of our Times" post here.
A Narrative for the Trip
Linear Mode
