A producer who makes DVDs for the recreational-vehicle market is filming a documentary about Route 66, reported KFDA-TV in Amarillo, Texas.
John Holod of RV Adventure Videos started shooting in Chicago two weeks ago and was working his way west “through every city” on Route 66, reported the station.
Holod said:
“I have traveled the country a lot on the interstates. The interstates take you from point A to point B, which I’ve always done. You don’t see too much, you don’t learn too much on the interstate. But if you go the back roads then you learn stuff, meet people, you see things you wouldn’t see otherwise. So I wanted to see what it was like off the beaten path […]”
At the end of John Holods’ travels he will turn his adventure into a DVD, which he hopes will bring more people to the road that started it all.
“Maps, campgrounds, restaurants, The Big Texan…all of the stuff people might want to see, the Cadillac Ranch and things like that. So that way they can bring it with them on the trip and know where to go. Hopefully when they see the video they will go out in the world and travel as well.”
The station did not report when the DVD would be available. An email to Holod on Monday hadn’t been returned at the time of this report.
Holod’s website shows 10 RV-related DVDs for sale, including those about the Gulf Coast, Baja, Alaska, Northeast Coast, Rocky Mountains, Southeast Coast, and more.
UPDATE 10/4/2011: Holod posted this message on Travel Adventure Cinema:
Check back every few days for new video clips or friend RV Adventure Videos on Facebook for alerts. I plan to be in LA by October 13. I’ll be presenting my videos at the Pomona RV Show (www.carvshow.com) from October 14 thru 24th and then hit the road back up Route 66 for three weeks to shoot what I missed the first time.
Here’s Holod’s first video from Chicago:
https://youtu.be/i5Bg9PfS5Qk
UPDATE 10/5/2011: Holod posted another video:
https://youtu.be/Kt_p9owL-ww
UPDATE 10/8/2011: The Oklahoman newspaper caught up with Holod.