05.07.2017: Budweiser Commercial Filming

 Tonight, Vince took Mom, Dad, Drake and I out to Coolidge to watch the filming of a Budweiser commercial that his company was working on.  They have been doing drops and filming both yesterday and today.  The premise of the commercial is that there are some Veterans driving around Razors out in the desert and a crate of Limited Edition Budweiser is dropped to them.  No idea of the specifics, but that is the basis of it all.  Vince's company was hired to do the precision air drop of the crates of the beer from a C130.  It was pretty awesome watching the setup of the crates, loading into the plane, and watching it come out of the plane and land exactly where they wanted it to.  We didn't get to see some of the ground filming with the Veterans because they film crew didn't want extra people in the shots.  So, we had to keep our distance for that part.  We did get to see the crates landing when they did the aerial filming.  One of the boxes took a tumble when it hit the ground (although it was exactly in the right spot), but the others landed feather soft right where they were supposed to.  It is pretty amazing that it is all controlled from a little tablet on the ground.

So glad that Mom & Dad got to come join in!  It made a late night for us all, but well worth it.  Last night the guys were all there until after midnight.  We left as soon as the drops were finished today!  Have to say, Vince has a pretty cool job!!! :)

 

 

05.01.2017: End of an Era



Coming up on the end of an era this year.  My parents are soon moving out of their place in Riverside that they have been in for 20 years.  We have benefited from many things, but one that will not be easily replaced is the abundance of avocados we get every year.  This is one of the last batches.  I'm not sure if you can see the little water marks on them. Those are my tears.....