An Overnight Trip on the Motorcycle!

I'm learning the basics of video editing, how to tie clips together and cut them down, how to add music (next time I'll have a library downloaded, the choices inside the app were pretty bad haha!)

And I wanted to see if it was possible to do it on my phone rather than laptop...and the short answer is yes. I used Youcut and I know with a lot more playing around I could fill in narration, throw in text boxes, work out sound equalizing etc.

However it is far more clunky and time consuming than on a computer. What should be more convenient simply is not. At least not with my Google pixel 4, maybe if I upgrade which could happen this winter.

Most importantly in future I want to tell a story with my video that doesn't just go "And then, And then, And then this happened" which is the fastest way to lose someone's interest. No, a story needs a rhythm of "this, therefore this...but this happened, therefore this.."

For example our initial intention of the trip was simply to ride somewhere within a couple hours of home that we hadn't been to before, find a cool view and grab a hotel; but when we looked up the town of Naples- while we were already on the road- we discovered it had several hiking trails.

And we chose the most difficult one- unintentionally hah- but our time in the woods made us wish for camping & prompted us to find a cabin through Airbnb instead, and wow was that ever the better decision!

I can't stress enough how awesome this little place was. Super cute with bunk beds, a coffee maker, a pile of wood for the fire, plenty of coffee, and a gift bag with stuff for smores- it's the little touches :)

And most importantly, extremely private, surrounded by nature instead of people!

Our saddle bags in combination with a nearby dollar general made it possible to grab some dawgs and charcoal for the grill- if someone had told me I would be camping and barbecuing in November, I would have envisioned a trip to the south- unbelievably beautiful weather we're having in NY!

Record breaking temperatures for this time of year in fact :0)

To have a more complete story of the trip, definitely have a peek at the above video, but essentially we went on several joy rides around two different lakes, this one is Canandaigua-

I am in love with shadows, and this was a perfect day for them!

View of the lake...

From on top of a lifeguard chair XD

I forgot Howie had a clip of me on my arse in the leaves, so it didn't make it into the vid, but here you go XD

Those leaves were deep and almost as slippery as dealing with mud!

Hope you're weekend was as fantastic as mine :) Remember to Make it a Great Day!