1st Leg of the Tour Recap
August 6, 2007 | by brett | Permalink
It’s been one crazy month on the road. With all the action that was jam packed into our schedule, it feels like I just lived the best year of my life. Every day ranged from “enjoyable” to the “best day ever.”
Here’s a run down of what happened during the first month:
The Tour
• Over seventy-five interviews
• 5,459 miles traveled
• No breakdowns, except when the RV wouldn’t start in Berkeley…(we got a jump and were on our way within a half hour to barely make it to our next interview).
• Fifteen official city stops, although we made quite a few stops in towns like Missoula (MT), Flagstaff (AZ), Coeur d’Alene (ID), and Rawlings (WY).
• Nine western states visited
• Visited landmarks that included: the beach (Southern California), Hollywood strip (L.A.), Golden Gate Bridge (S.F.), Trans America Building (S.F.), Vineyards (Sonoma County), Space Needle (Seattle), Pike Place Market (Seattle), Yellowstone National Park (MT & WY), Budweiser Brewery (Colorado).
• 32 Nights where someone crashed in the RV…although there were only 3 nights that all four of us slept in the RV because in every city, except Yellowstone and Spokane, we found someone that let us crash on the couch.
• Ten couch crashing sponsors.
• Fourteen Never Eat Alone Lunches
• I estimate that I came into contact with over 1,000 new people, either on or offline, in the month that I was on the road.
The Press
• 5 Television appearances
• 8 newspaper appearances
• 5 Radio appearances
The End Result:
We’ve got some work to do before we go on tour on August 18th, when we kick off the second leg of the tour by heading for Las Vegas. We have two weeks to reflect on all the information we gathered, how we can improve, and then dive into the tour well rested and somewhat sure footed.
I’d like to hear from you on what you think we need to do to improve. Please comment below or send me an email because I’d love to hear your thoughts.
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Jay W. Says:
August 6th, 2007
more free lunches
Kelly G Says:
August 7th, 2007
Jay must be back on the Hot Pocket Program!
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