Lake Stevens Pet Show 96′
As some of you may know and others don’t. Last month I lost my friend and feline co-pilot Bird. She lost the good fight to her second stroke. She had her first stroke a year prior and fought if off and kept on keepin on. But this stroke was too much for her at the old age of 16.
I’m back in Las Vegas to check out the Pinball Hall of Fame Museum. This museum has about 200 pinball machines and some are as old as the 1950’s. Check out there website at http://www.pinballmuseum.org
What is RB- Road Bandit is an interactive RV travel web series that features unique people and places around the country. He’s a simple man with a simple plan, live life and love life. And he wants to take you along for the ride.
Japan Tsunami Video Hope over Fear– Donate towards hope atRedcross.org
Q-13 Fox Interview – First Live TV Interview
Indiegogo- Since people aren’t standing on the street this afternoon giving away free HD Cameras and Laptops…Road Bandit has partnered with the world leader in Crowd Funding: Indiegogo.com. Check it out, even if you can’t donate, hit the feature option, it’s a nice way to say “atta boy, I like your style.- http://www.indiegogo.com/roadbandit
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To get your music featured on the Road Bandit show contact us at music@roadbandit.com
Suit up and soar high with Road Bandit at Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving. If you haven’t tried it, put this down on your bucket list. It’s perfect for all ages, just make sure you’re ready to smile and have the time of your life!
Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving- http://www.vegasindoorskydiving.com/
What is RB- Road Bandit is an interactive RV travel web series that features unique people and places around the country. He’s a simple man with a simple plan, live life and love life. And he wants to take you along for the ride.
Extra, Extra, read all about it- Road Bandit is all the buzz, and on the news- check us out this week’s Q-13 Fox News Coverage of Road Bandit- http://www.q13fox.com/
These chicks know the Biz, and they’re talking with the best in Social Media all month long to find out how Facebook, Twitter, and other social buzz biz can send your business sky high. Blog Talk Radio- TheBizChicks Interview Road Bandit-
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thebizchicks/2011/03/09/road-bandit-shares-travel-adventures-on-facebook
Indiegogo- Since people aren’t standing on the street this afternoon giving away free HD Cameras and Laptops…Road Bandit has partnered with the world leader in Crowd Funding: Indiegogo.com. Check it out, even if you can’t donate, hit the feature option, it’s a nice way to say “atta boy, I like your style.- http://www.indiegogo.com/roadbandit
If you’re looking for a precocious playlist of tracks- Chris Hopp’s ‘bringin the best to the rest’ with his avant garde lyrics and unprecedented sound in this week’s “Eye of the Bandit” – Song Title: “Over Come” Written and Performed by Chris Hopp.
http://www.reverbnation.com/chrishopp
Wanna give us a suggestion, comment, or tune?
To get involved with the show you can send us an email at producer@roadbandit.com
To get featured on “Mail Time” send your questions and comments to contact@roadbandit.com
To get your music featured on the Road Bandit show contact us at music@roadbandit.com
Intro- Welcome to the world of Road Bandit. He’s on the road day and night hitting up different spots in the U.S. Road Bandit has been a long time coming, and ladies and gentlemen. It’s here. Get ready to be Educated, Entertained, Interacted with and Inspired like no web series has before. Hold on tight, it’s gonna be a crazy first season.
What is RB- Road Bandit is an interactive RV travel web series that features unique people and places around the country. He’s a simple man with a simple plan, live life and love life. And he wants to take you along for the ride.
Nelson Ghost Mines- Just south of Boulder City, going east as you leave Las Vegas you will find the hauntings of the Nelson Ghost Mines. Nelson, back in 1775, wasn’t Nelson at all. It was called Eldorado by the Spaniards who originally discovered gold in the area that is now known as Eldorado Canyon. Disagreements over ownership, management and labor disputes led to some sticky situations that resulted in wanton killings so frequent…they were down right ordinary, and just part of the daily routine.
Mail Time- This week’s letter is from Dave in Seattle, WA. Dave wants to know how the heck a big dude like Randy Primm lives in a class C RV and doesn’t suffer from daily concussions…
Express Lane- Move trick, get out the way! Road Bandit is in the Express Lane…this week’s gnarly feature: Best Picture Academy Award Nominee, 127 hours. Yeah, so they lost…here’s why Road Bandit thinks they should of won. http://www.127hoursmovie.com
Indiegogo- Since people aren’t standing on the street this afternoon giving away free HD Cameras and Laptops…Road Bandit has partnered with the world leader in Crowd Funding: Indiegogo.com. Check it out, even if you can’t donate, hit the feature option, it’s a nice way to say “atta boy, I like your style.”http://www.indiegogo.com/roadbandit
RPS- Rock Paper Scissors…yes, with my cat named Bird. And she wins, GOULE…you win…you always do!
To get involved with the show you can send us an email at producer@roadbandit.com
To get featured on “Mail Time” send your questions and comments to contact@roadbandit.com
To get your music featured on the Road Bandit show contact us at music@roadbandit.com
The new Road Bandit interactive web show is about to make its debut!
Tomorrow is the day I have been waiting for my whole life. The Road Bandit Project was formed in March of 2009 but tomorrow will be its real coming out party.
The show will be between 10-12 minutes long and will be every Wednesday. It will be uploaded to every major video sharing site but RoadBandit.com will be the best place to check it out.
So stay tuned for the very first episode of what some are calling the most anticipated show nobody has ever heard of :)
Indiegogo.com is the world’s leading international funding platform, helping people create campaigns and fund ideas since 2008.There are over 18,000 campaigns on IndieGoGo and now The Road Bandit Project is one of them.
So what is crowd funding and why did I choose Indiegogo.com for my campaign?
Crowd funding (sometimes called crowd financing or crowd sourced capital) describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowd funding occurs for any variety of purposes, from disaster relief to citizen journalism to artists seeking support from fans, to political campaigns, to funding a start up company or small business or creating free software.
IndieGoGo was my choice over other similar crowd funding sites out there like Kickstarter.com because if you don’t meet your funding goal, you still keep the money you raise with your campaign. IndieGoGo charges a 9% fee on campaigns with unmet funding goals and only 4% on campaigns that meet their funding goals. Kickstarter.com however, doesn’t give you anything if you don’t meet your goal.
So lets talk about What’s In It For You! With each crowd funding campaign there are incentives that come with each level of donation.
These are the incentives for the Road Bandit crowd funding campaign.
For a minimum of $10 you get to be listed on the Road Bandit website as a supporter and forever will be known as nice person in the eyes of myself and all those who come to RoadBandit.com
Like Rob Schneider in the movie The Water Boy you wanna scream You Can Do It! You see great things happening for the Road Bandit Project and you’re not shy about letting it be know. For your support, you’ll receive an awesome one of a kind Road Bandit t-shirt.
You have the power to make things happen and you’re not afraid to show it. With this donation you’ll receive a copy of the first season of Road Bandit on DVD. This DVD will be loaded with extra footage and unique never uploaded videos.
Ok so now we are moving up to the big donations where your donations not only make me do my “happy dance” but also will get your name and/or organization a shout out on RoadBandit.com
Welcome to the show! With this donation you will be forever immortalized as a participant in the one and only Road Bandit show. Get ready to get involved because I plan on showing the world how awesome you are during one of our weekly webisodes.
Lights… Action… Bandito! Welcome to the club and because you’ve donated towards my project its only fair I donate my time and skills towards yours. Lets work together and produce an exclusive Road Bandit commercial that you’ll have exclusive rights to and if your video has the right message we will even feature it on a weekly webisode.
Since the beginning of the project Road Bandit has relied entirely on the funding from freelance production work. We have invested every dollar we have to build the successes we’ve shared so far, and now Road Bandit is ready to go to the next level. With the next level comes sustainable production costs. In addition to this effort on IndieGoGo, we are seeking funding from foundations and individuals. We are appealing to you for a donation in any amount to help us keep Road Bandit road bound and help see the project through it’s first official full season, set to commence on March 1, 2011.
SPREAD THE WORD!!! If you ain’t got the funds to donate but would love to still help out, tell your friends, family and all those internet friends we chat with daily on Twitter and Facebook. Also If you would like to become an Official Promoter of Road Bandit please contact me at Contact@roadbandit.com
It’s December 16th 2010, I’ve been up in Seattle Washington since the end of June and man am I eager to get back out on that wonderful beauty we call the open road. Since first arriving up here in Washington I have made some huge steps towards building a stable foundation that Road Bandit can operate on. I have a full-time executive producer and a Road Bandit accountant…life is good :)
I awoke two days ago to a notification on my phone that someone I’ve never met in my life decided to make a donation towards the Road Bandit Project for $200 bones. I nearly fell out of my bed with joy. Seriously dude…you rock and what timing Mr. Stephen Kiser!
We are in the first stages of developing a better website and also we are getting “Betsy” my RV repaired from last years devastating tire blow out that tore up my bathroom. All that cost cashollla and now we can start making some progress.
Money has been my nemesis since the Road Bandit Project was first started. I’ve invested every dollar that comes my way towards moving forward and keeping that drive within alive.
I plan on doing some amazing things next year and I know that if I work my ass off and show the world what I have to offer…good things will happen.
Thank you to Stephen Kiser and all those who have helped me up to this point.Your kind actions have made me realize that the world has more to offer than I ever thought possible and now I just have to go out there and introduce myself :)
Happy Holidays!
This was the first video I ever shot and uploaded to YouTube. It was recorded in a parking lot in Las Vegas about two years ago. This video happened when I decided to try and learn a design program called Dream Weaver and got bored and started messing around with my camera. Now I have over Twenty-Five Road Bandit videos that can be found on my YouTube channel.
Check out all my videos here –http://www.youtube.com/user/RoadBanditUSA
The Road Bandit Project is being evolved into possibly a weekly show and lately I have been looking at other travel shows for inspiration and format ideas. I was recommended to check out the HBO series of The Neistat Brothers because I was told it was right up my alley. So time to check out their first episode and see what the fuss is all about.
Here is a link to The Neistat Brothers YouTube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/neistatbrothers
Well today sucked. Woke up to a cat who wasn’t all there. Apparently my 15 yr old cat “Bird” had herself a minor stroke during the night and when I awoke in the morning she was looking like she wasn’t going to make it through the day. She wasn’t responding to me and she kept walking in circles around the RV and falling in the step next to the door over and over again.
So, with the help of the one they call “Mother” we took Bird to the vet to get some blood work done. Hopefully we get some good news and it turns out that she was just drunk last night and really hungover this morning. Either way, Bird is still around and each hour she’s looking better and better.
I’ll admit it, I struggle with asking for help and even accepting help when its being offered. Call it pride or call it ignorance, either way help is very powerful and nobody should turn down or be afraid to ask for.
But to depend or rely on help will send you towards a path of dependence and failure. However, to accept and embrace help will allow you to grow and eventually help others including those who first helped you. I have had a very up and down last couple of years and I know there would be a ton of more downs if I didn’t let others around me lend a hand.
Being out on the road I have seen the kindness in people that I always thought wasn’t there unless they wanted something for it. Most of these people understand how powerful their helpful hand can be and just want to help.
A helpful hand can pick someone up from the ground or stop them from falling. A helpful hand can pat you on the back and let you know that you have done well. A helpful hand isn’t always friendly and sometimes it has to slap some sense in you to really be helpful. A helpful hand can point you in the right direction and then salute you when you go for it and accomplish your goals.
To all those helpful hands I have come across so far on my journey…Thank You So Much and I am so glad I let you lend me a hand.
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson
I’ve heard the saying that your life is made up by a handful of moments. Well I got pretty big hands so I think I can hold a ton of moments :) I think about that saying and it brings me back to April 10th 2008….the day I first headed out in my RV. This day is definitely one of those moments. As I leave Everett Washington I get the kind of excitement and nervousness I’ve only gotten one other time in my life. That other time came at 13,000 ft when I was just about to jump out of an airplane and experience skydiving for the first time. Both of these scenarios get described by many as foolish and crazy, while others would describe them as brave and inspiring.
Fast forward to June 22nd 2010 as I cruise the 101 north with the ocean to my left and grass fields to my right I watch the odometer slowly turn from 99,999 to 100,000. Of course, I should have pulled over and slowly crept to the 100,000 to ensure a perfect picture for everyone to enjoy. But just like the last 2 years of living in an RV I kept the pedal to the medal and grabbed what photo’s I could. These last 2 years have gone by in such a weird and fascinating way. See most people say “wow time flies” for me it was wow “time is insane”. Some moments lasted for ever, such as the cold ass winters in Vegas. While other moments like when I was traveling the country with Jason Moffatt went by like a lighting bolt in storm. Some may have caught a glimbse but for most it was an unseen and unheard event that hopefully won’t be the last.
It’s Mofatt Season!
I am Moffatt hunting as I type this. Thats right Jason Moffatt hunting! See Mr. Jason Mo-to-the Fatt is out traveling the country ala Bandit style and I am sitting here at an Oregon rest stop just hours away from where he was last seen. Now I don’t know how long Jason will be on the road or if and when I will be able to meet up and reunite the Bandit’s. But one thing is for sure, if I catch a Moffatt you will all here about it real soon:)
So whats next? What will the next 100,000 miles hold for this Bandit? Will Bird finally learn to talk?
All these questions and more will be answered as you follow along. I can tell you this though. I have met some amazing people, who have supported and cared about me since I first hit the road. I am not a religious guy by any means but I feel somewhat blessed. If you are one of those amazing people who have commented, emailed, called or even just smiled at me since my journey first started…Thank You from the bottom of my heart. If we ever get a chance to meet I will give you one great tall man hug and if thats not enough how bout a slap on the ass :)
So here is to you and those like you, for without you there would be no me and without me this post would not exist and instead you would be reading some crappy blog about Internet Marketing or Lady Gaga or a recipe for Black Bean Casserole.
Stay classy and keep on smiling :)
