Mad Roads.

Lead us to and take us away.
Guides to our memories.
Detours in our minds.
Journeys.
Sharp turns.
Endless.
Mad roads… Driving.

–David Howell

We’re always excited when filmmakers and videobloggers incorporate home movie footage found here at Lost in Light into their work. This week we’re especially pleased to feature this gritty and stirring work by David Howell, in collaboration with Jack Kerouac.

Click the “REMIX ME” category on the right for a list of video posts available for reuse and remix.

The adventure takes place on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon in 1979. The fishing outfitter, River Trips Unlimited of Medford, Oregon, is still very much in business and celebrating 41 years of river tripping on the wild Rogue.

From California, contributor Diane Dobronte offers a little bit of the fish tale:

The trip was during the time that my dad, Dr. Frank Dobronte, was in private practice as a periodontist in Pleasanton, CA. There were 10 or so other dentists in his study group and they met once a month to study together and keep up to date on the latest information in dentistry – they went on fishing trips together every year or every six months plus other fun stuff with the wives. My dad was about 10 years older than all the other men and outlived them all but one….. He always thought they exercised too much….haha…his love was fishing and vodka…I do know they had a great time together.

Be sure to check out our File Directory for a link to the unedited, full resolution version of this film on the Internet Archive, which also includes footage from Washington, D.C., and a Mother’s Day celebration with the kids — all with glorious SOUND!