Stomping Grounds - Vinalhaven, ME

Описание: This isn’t really a video for just the casual viewer, but I figured some might be interested to see it. This is where I grew up. A small island off the midcoast of Maine. It had been a long time since I’ve been back home and work drew me out there to look at a job for a customer. While there, I decided to stay the night so I had time to visit my old “stomping grounds”. All the places (that still remain) that I spent the entirety of my youth. These roads, these sidewalks, these buildings, these trees and these rocks shaped who I am today. Every corner holds countless memories. There is nowhere on this island I can venture that doesn’t conjure up a pivotal memory of my childhood. I took the time to go back and visit the places I spent the most time as a kid. As a teenager. As a young adult. I spent a day and a half chasing ghosts. Flooding my head with vivid, sometimes fragmented memories. The best of times. The worst of times. The best of moments. The worst of moments. Where I laughed. Where I cried. Where I hurt. Young loves. Lasting friendships. The best conversations I’ve ever had. The spots where I used to sit and work through my thoughts and feelings, alone. Where I used to dream. Where all my passions were born.
I spent countless days staring out over this great big beautiful blue ocean with hopes and dreams that were as big as the ocean itself.
So, to most, this will not be overly interesting to watch. Random streets and places that could be anywhere. But when I watch, I see a life lived. My life. In every frame. A place that somehow manages to simultaneously have changed so much but also remained exactly the same. And I think there may just always be a part of me than can never fully let it go. Home.

“Hey, let’s go for a ride.” (If you know, you get it…and you all know who you are)