A Chance Encounter
A path driven by chance, is a path worth taking
Setting out from Boulder, Colorado on a weeklong road trip, the crew was ready for anything.
With the destination set just above the Mexican border for a screening of As It Happens: Pacific Crest Trail, we had point A and point B. The rest was up to the road.
The journey to California marked a spring revival. Treating the road as a remote ribbon, an unplanned path where and taking in the moment is priority.
On the way back to Boulder a spirit intersected with this sentiment.
Stopping at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon we picked up a hitch hiker. Continuing east, five miles from the paved road, we set up camp inside Utah’s red desert. On this final night out, she played her song…
– Andy Laub, Director of As It Happens TV
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