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Anchorwoman Noreen Turyn from WSET ABC-13 highlighted The Great American Road Trip in Thursday Heart Of Virginia report.

People go on road trips all the time, but not many document them and make a show out of it. Unless of course you’re part of the new media generation. For our Heart of Virginia report, four local guys who set out to tell a story of their weekend trip from Smith Mountain Lake to Durham — just because.

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Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog is the largest business blog on the web, boasting traffic numbers of over a million visitors a month. As a feature article on the site, Dane catches up with Dan Portnoy on his thoughts on the project and how it all came together.

Dan Portnoy wanted to make a movie. So, instead of spending his days dreaming about what it would be like to be a big-time Hollywood director, or studying the minutia of filmmaking and watching movies in his basement, he made one. And it’s good. Plus, as you’ll read in my interview, it has an inexpensive and innovative distribution system. I think that his story should be an inspiration to everyone here, even if you’d rather invent something or sell a service because it shows what happens when you just get out there and just do it!

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Sean Tubbs and the rest of the collective at the Charlottesville Podcasting Network featured The Great American Road Trip.

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Sunday’s issue of the News & Advance lands The Great American Road Trip with the feature story on the project. Jon Busdecker’s article showcases a lot of the process and thought that went into the project.

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The plans keep moving forward for the big trip this year.  Justin found this great article on Route 66 done by National Geographic.  The article really captures the essence in both “The Mother Road” and faith in humanity.  I definitely recommend it.

Click here to read about the Mother road at National Geographic.