In preparation for the exodus I have freed up a couple of totes, into which will go, things I do not need now, but are put aside for moving into the rig…. like the hatchet.

Another task is to divide all my clothes into going and not going and then discard the not -going… mostly to get tossed as thread bare oldies, and then then sentimental T shirts that may become wall art….

I also am slowly preparing to shift gears in term of getting in the mode of daily recording what I am doing, or not doing… ( oh the sun has come out, finally burning off the fog, so the outside is calling.) The video cam I have is dated…. like very dated, however it does a half decent job when I use it well, but in order to make usable video I can’t just carry it around. I need a gimbal. I have been evaluating them for about the last 9 months as part of my previous job at the Public Access station. I also am a huge fan of buying yesterday’s “best product” at a substantial savings. I am quite sure that a brand new $600 gimbal would be better than the $189 used one on it’s way to me from California via an eBay purchase.

The model I chose, I did so because of the mounting ability, ease of use and the affordable cost. ( there goes some of the funds from selling sound gear)
https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/crane2/en

There is just no way to make videos on your own without one. I can;t just plop my ample self into a chair everytime I record something and the gimbal will allow me to create video at anytime, doing anything.

Part of the challenge in this entire project is doing with less and doing without, but the right tools have the power to over rule these guardrails. There will be items that will break the budget barrier, like a decent air pump for the tires, that doesn’t take to hours to go from 65 to 70 psi.

So it is with the gimbal. There is no way to make good digestible video without this tool. I am also looking at drones, but even used, they are more than I want to spend on one at this time. I *could* get along fine without one, but there will be constant pressure to use one as I venture out across the continent.