what's shorter and faster than my trip to Chino Valley, AZ? Anybody?
Time's up! Trick question. The answer is NOTHING.
Our cast arrived around dinner time and were greeted by our host family with a massive Colorado Broncos flag. This was nice to see some home state spirit. We figured this to be the HORSES host code, but we were really hoping that our family would show up on actual horses to take us home. Hah. A few hours later, we made a great dinner - spaghetti dish with pepper and chicken - and we finished dinner at close to 10:30 pm (which felt like 11:30pm because of the time change). phew!
Day 1: host-family day
finally, a day off! on sunday we had a host-family day. my roommates, Rafa (Brazil - tech manager) and Lise (France), were delighted to sleep-in for once, something i had almost forgotten how to do.
at about 1pm that day, after we had a great night's rest, we traveled down to downtown Prescott, AZ. We saw the plaza and walked down the infamous Whiskey Row. We had a drink in the Palace which is famous for a lot of old Western activity both historical and theatrical. Then we traveled up the street to the Hassyama Hotel, which is known for its ghost that haunts the upper room in the tower. We found an awesome pizza place for lunch and cruised went back home.
i chilled out for a while that evening. and later, Rafa and I had an awesome night of shooting. shooting our cameras, that is. later that night, we had the luck of capturing some lightning in mid-strike. i never knew how to do that...until Rafa shared his deep photographic wisdom and knowledge. he compared this activity to fishing. i wont forget it. here's one that i got...
then to my surprise, a small scorpion crawled to the patio. Dan grabbed a handy UV (aka blacklight) flashlight and shined it on the scorpion. boom. it turned neon yellow. it glowed in the dark! check it out. by the time i got the photo i wanted, this poor insect probably felt like a Paris Hilton walking down the red carpet.
Day 2: Show day (already?)
back to work. we set up shop in the gym of chino valley high school. this was totally different than any other experience we had facility-wise. our stage was floor-level with the audience. they were right up front, up-close and personal. you could even see the wrinkles on their faces. also the venue only held close to 500 people. we did well to fill most of it, but the best part was the energy we received from the smaller crowd. they loved it! there was a lot of hooting and hollering. and the claps were loud and sincere.
then: goodbye. it was that time already. on to lake havisu.
back to work. we set up shop in the gym of chino valley high school. this was totally different than any other experience we had facility-wise. our stage was floor-level with the audience. they were right up front, up-close and personal. you could even see the wrinkles on their faces. also the venue only held close to 500 people. we did well to fill most of it, but the best part was the energy we received from the smaller crowd. they loved it! there was a lot of hooting and hollering. and the claps were loud and sincere.
then: goodbye. it was that time already. on to lake havisu.
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