I had some fun throwing together this little video of my trip to Utila. I left Friday afternoon right after finishing Request & Dedication. I got to Utila at about supper time. The first order of business, of course, was transportation. My friend Lance Bodden helped me out as always with an ATV. Then I took a quick trip out to the transmitter site to get the AM transmitter back on the air.
Following that, I headed over to the Utila Lighthouse to get my room and drop off my bag before supper. The shower sure felt good that night after a day that had started at 4:30 AM.
The next morning, I bought electricity (it’s a pre-paid system) and tried to arrange for the phone company to fix the line out there this coming week so we can once again use the remote control system Frederick Henderson had put in a few years ago. The phone quit working last week. The secretary at Hondutel said they would try to get it fixed soon. I hope we will get our remote control back on line this coming week. I did some cleaning and removed some unused wires that used to run from the fatally vandalized generator to the transmitter shack. I think I see where the crooks are getting under the fence, but it will take quite a bit of work to seal it off. So far, they do not seem to be trying to get into the transmitter shack. I hope we do not end up having to take the extreme security measures we have taken at our FM transmitter site here on Roatán.
I got back home last night after one of the smoothest trips to and from Utila (via ferry boats) that I’ve ever had, but still pretty tired. I hope you enjoy the little 10-minute version of a 30 hour trip.
A Short Trip to Utila from Jerry Petersen on Vimeo.
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Thanks for giving us a taste of your adventures! I have to think you enjoy the ride up to the cow pasture on the ATV. Thanks also for what you are doing in Roatan. Hug Mildred for us.
Thanks Dave. I usually like the ride out there. It’s not so fun when it’s raining or when the lane is full of cows that won’t get out of the way. Have you ever tried to push a santa gertruda? Might as well try pushing your house! LOL!
Great video. I enjoy seeing the area where you work. For future videos can you make your voice a little louder or turn down the volume on the music. It seems the music is twice as loud as when you are speaking. It makes it hard to find a good volume setting. Or I can just watch the videos at night when all the kids are in bed.
Thanks Kevin. The volume of the voice and the banjo were both normalized to 0 dB, but I guess the music has more apparent power. I can see how it might be an issue when you don’t want to disturb others in the house. I’ll try to remember in following videos to reduce the music volume a bit.
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