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Détournement à l’arrache vapolitesque La vape prend d’assaut les toiles. Trois films documentaires auto-produits se retrouvent sur les écrans. A Billion Lives, documentaire américain d’Aaron Biebert, Vape Wave, du renommé Jan Kounen et Beyond the Cloud de Ghislain Armand et Sébastien Duijdam. Passage en revue des deux premiers, avant de voir le dernier au Vapexpo, de cette nouvelle vague en…
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You don't Know Nicotine
Is nicotine as addictive as heroin and cocaine? Is it dangerous? Are there benefits? This unprecedented independent film is saying "You Don't Know Nicotine".
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You Don’t Know Nicotine
Award-Winning Filmmaker
Award-winning independent filmmaker Aaron Biebert is on the move again. He and his core team are ready to get to work on his new ground-breaking documentary, “You Don’t Know Nicotine”. In just four days, momentum is building quickly towards the first goal of funding this new film.
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Vaping In The News - August 11th, 2018
Vaping In The News – August 11th, 2018
Vaping In The News covers media stories on smoking, vaping, snus, heat not burn, e-cigarettes, exposing tobacco control, public health, government, regulations, policies and more worldwide.
“The largest threat to Public Health is an informed consumer.”
A Billion Lives: Aaron Biebert, Uncut ~ The FDA Blatantly Hands E-Cig Market To Big Pharma ~ Forget the little guy, it’s all Big Pharma now ~…
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A Billion Lives: Aaron Biebert, Uncut - Two Years Later
A Billion Lives: Aaron Biebert, Uncut – Two Years Later
The Board of Directors at THR4Life decided to reach out to Aaron Biebert to chat with him about the 2nd anniversary of the North American premiere of his film, “A Billion Lives” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – on what is THR4Life‘s podcast debut. Aaron and I talk about the inception, grass-roots research, and his perceptions while preparing for the film. He allows us an intimate perspective of both…
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Molecule Labs Present the A Billion Lives recap
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Milwaukee Filmmaker Fights for 'A Billion Lives'
Milwaukee Filmmaker Fights for ‘A Billion Lives’
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By Audrey Nowakowski
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The World Health Organization predicts that within this century a billion people will die from smoking. Despite rising taxes on tobacco and legal victories against tobacco companies in the late 20th Century, millions of people worldwide continue to start and, in turn, get addicted to, smoking.
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Day 2 was greeted with another adventure. We were meeting up for lunch at a top-secret location somewhere in Milwaukee, but close to the Pabst Theater. Jake and I headed on over to the Intercontinental to meet up with Shannon and Agent Ania. We followed the instructions past the Bronz Fonz and entered an alley way just across the way from the theater. Aside from some garbage and locked doors, there was only one place that looked like it could be the one. International Exports…this couldn’t be it, could it?
We step inside and there is a lady with wonderful colored hair, who just happens to be a vaper, sitting at a desk. There’s no other door in and the only way out is the way we came in. She asked us for the password. None of us had it…so she said in order to gain entrance, we must squat and cluck like chickens for 20 seconds. So… we did. Felt like an absolute tool, but it was hilarious and totally worth it when the secret entrance opened up to an amazing spy themed restaurant, The Safe House. You should check out their website because this is one of Milwaukee’s best kept secrets!
We joined Aaron and his team with many others, Joe Barnett, Robin Barsky, Fig and his son, Dave Goerlitz, Chris Hughes and more.
After lunch, we went our seperate ways and Jake and I ventured off to check out some sites and find some vape shops. We found one at 1550 North Water Street called Infinite Vapor. Jake picked up some gear and I got a bandana. I was impressed to see promotion for A Billion Lives as well as quite a bit of advocacy information. Product selection was good and the kid working the counter was pretty cool. I’d totally go visit them again.
Once we were done there, it was inching closer and closer to the premiere. We headed back to the hotel and started getting ready. Jake opted to go for the ZZ Top look with a touch of Johnny Cash. Me? I had a beautiful Marilyn Monroe style dress with the dark blue Chuck Taylor’s. Needless to say, we both looked pretty shnazzy. I got a lot more compliments than I anticipated. This was the first time I have been in a dress since 1997. I hope the ABL team realizes how much they mean to me; I don’t wear dresses for just anything! We caught a cab back to the Intercontinental and kind of wandered around for a little while, chit chatting with everyone and commenting on how gorgeous every one looked. I was so impressed (and felt a little out-of-place) with all the classiness happening around me. Yet again, I took less photos than I intended to. You see, these people (most of them anyways) are part of my extended family, I don’t want to be all up in their grills, taking pictures and yakking about “Oh look at who I know.” Ok…well sometimes I do…however, I just wanted to keep it low-key and just snap a shot here or there. Check out the pics below.
All of this was seriously outside of my comfort zone. My anxiety, which is a very real thing, was pushing my limits. Seconds after I snapped the pic of Shannon waiting for the red carpet, I had to get out of there. It was so hot, so many people, and so many people clamoring to get closer and closer the red carpet. I had to go find my seat. I couldn’t breath anymore. I took my seat with Jake and was so very grateful to be in cooler air and away from the insanity happening outside of the theater. It was great. Don’t think that it wasn’t. My brain just can’t process some things as easily as it should sometimes. I purposely left my anxiety meds back at the hotel because I knew I could deal with most of this on my own and I did.
Our seats were perfect. We were right smack in the middle of the theater and aligned just right for the best view of the movie. The people were slowly filtering in from the outside and it was starting to get pretty noisy in the theater. This was something unlike anything I have every experienced. Usually when you go to a movie, people are pretty quiet, talking in hushed voices and getting situated before the flick starts. This was like a massive family reunion. Even though it is estimated that only 30% of the attendees were vapers, all around me people were hugging each other and waving to one another. Lots of talking going on and it was great to see it all taking place.
I was also beginning to get the impression that THIS premiere wasn’t going to be like the others before. Most of those were people from the film industry, professionals of much higher degrees than I can even fathom. I am sure there may have been some clapping from the die-hard vaper advocates who were in attendance, but I could tell by the energy flowing through the Pabst, this was going to be like your home town baseball team scoring a run every few minutes and the crowd erupting into cheers. Boy was I ever right.
Aaron spoke just before the film began and I was quick enough to catch it on video. Of course you can hear my loud mouth, but the rest, well that was all you guys! I have always said, alone our voices might be quiet and weak, but together we are loud and strong. I have never been any more correct about anything in my life. The next 90 minutes was full of cheers, clapping, whooping, hooting, and hollering. There were also some douchebags, but I will talk about them more a little later on. Right now, I don’t want to kill this vibe!
Check out the pre-documentary commentary from Aaron!
Aaron also had a few words to say after the film.
My Thoughts
First, I have to say…There wasn’t enough of this documentary. Like many other advocates, I think there could have been more…just MORE. I can’t say what that more is, but I also know that MORE wouldn’t have had the same impact that THIS had. Sometimes people aren’t ready for the truth and the Attention Era Media team knew the right amount of truth to give for the biggest impact. Regardless of me wanting MORE, the documentary was MORE than enough to do exactly what it needed to do.
I can’t remember the exact sequence the movie played out in, but I know the parts that hit me the hardest.
The opening scene was something I have been having trouble describing to people who have asked me what the film was like. It was snippets of comments from people in the media, government, medical professionals and more. The snippets kept coming and coming and coming, faster and faster until you felt like you just couldn’t take any more in. Then silence. What came next was a powerful and at times, heartbreaking film.
Dave Goerlitz played a massive part in the film. He featured in the first 30 minutes or so and while I have heard some vapers say that this was too much time to spend on tobacco, we needed Dave there to tell us all exactly what he experienced. Having met him only the night before, I had fallen in great awe of this powerful and kind man. I have experienced him angry too, back when I did SmokeFreeRadio with Dimitris. I know he has passion and I know he has anger. What I didn’t know was how smoking and his position as the Winston man had taken its toll on his life. He delivers his message with a punch and tear filled eyes.
As the film goes on, we hear testimonials from experts from around the world. Many of which most of us vaping advocates know relatively well since we read all of their research, track their comments on medical journals and news releases. Clive Bates, Gerry Stimson, Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos, Derrick Yacht, Dr. Human, Hon Lik himself, Dr. Ricardo Polosa. The list goes on. These are the people leading our scientific fight. They have the credentials and the research to back up their findings. They often rip apart the shoddy information being played out in the media and they are the front line attackers on bad research. They delivered the facts. Told the audience what I already knew, but can guarantee most of them did not. Their information was delivered in a way that I am incapable of delivering because I am just some blogger on the internet with no fancy letters behind my name. They’re the ones whose facts most viewers should take on board and consider as being the absolute.
From there, the film changed direction and told you the story of Vince van Heerden, whose Australian based vape company, Heavenly Vapors, was raided by th Australian government on some bogus law designed to prevent the sales of candied cigarettes. You can visit his GOFUNDME page and see that over $111,000 has been raised to help fight his legal battle, but that it still wasn’t enough to help him win.
2 months ago, he released this last update:
Hi Everyone,
This will likely be my last update.
After a long wait I have finally been advised by my lawyers of the costs being sought by the health department.
They are seeking $54,000 in costs which the courts have already approved. I have 21 days to argue the costs but it is not likely to change the outcome.
There was not enough money raised to appeal to the high court so the road will sadly end here.
I have a few thousand left on trust with the lawyers so will have to pay that to them and then see what the prosecution wants to do about the remaining balance.
I pray they will not foreclose on my home but only time will tell as it is entirely within their discretion.
Thank you to everyone for all of the support over such an extended period of time, it really means the world to me.
Though this is a terrible loss please keep advocating for ecigs. All of our actions do make a difference we can’t win every battle, but we must always fight for what is right. Through this journey more people have undoubtedly become aware of ecigs as a life changing alternative to tobacco and lives will have been saved, sometimes that’s all we can do, and it is worth doing – no matter the cost.
All the best Vince
His advice to us in the film? With a solemn look in his eyes, on the verge of tears, he told us, “Don’t let the bastards win.” and the audience in the theater erupted into cheers and shouting. His GOFUNDME is still active and people can still donate, but as he has said in his last update, the road ended there.
The next story to be told that really touched my heart, was that of Caty. She’s a model and writes for Vape Magazine. What wrapped its fingers around my heart and squeezed a sob out of me, was how similar our stories were. We both had uncles whom we loved very very much succumb to the horrible death caused by Lung Cancer. I thought of my Uncle Phil while she spoke and remembered all the great times we had while I was growing up and I started to really cry. Us advocates not only fight to maintain our freedoms and our right to choose less harmful alternatives to cigarettes, but we also fight to help save people like mine and Caty’s uncles before it is too late.
Cloud chasers got a huge shout out in the film too. The ABL team was right to include this because the cloud chasers are the ones who are seen first and heard last. You can spot them a mile away and are usually the ones with the loudest voices. This part of the film also had the audience shouting and hooting. The song choice for this part was perfect. Speaking of which, AARON! I want the soundtrack. I won’t go into too much detail about this part because I honestly don’t remember too much about it. Not the films fault by any means, but more or less by this point I was getting severely irritated with the belligerent assholes over my shoulder who were going above and beyond what they should have to be heard in the theater. But hey, I get it. This is what makes vaping cool and what attracts a lot of the younger adult smokers to vaping. I am glad this part was included as well
As we got closer to the end of the film, A Billion Lives began to live Facebook feed and unfortunately, Facebook refuses to let me embed the video here on the site.
Check it out HERE. You get to see the very end of the film where Aaron delivers a VERY important message. One that made me cry (again) and I couldn’t wait to thank him again for this amazing film.
Now I am no professional film critic and I have no idea if what I am writing will make you want to see this, but you all know me, when I tell you that you HAVE to do something, it’s usually a pretty good indication, that you NEED to do it…and I am telling you NOW.
You Must See A Billion Lives and so Must all of your Smoking and Non-Smoking Friends
Subscribe to their newsletter so that you know when it is coming to a theater near you. If you have to travel to get to it, then do it. If I could break my bank and drive 2400 miles round trip, there is NO EXCUSE. We left Milwaukee with just under $200 between Jake and I both. I honestly wasn’t sure we would make it home. Luckily my paycheck went in on the morning of the 8th and even though my car payment is late, I wouldn’t change a single thing about this past weekend. Every penny spent was well worth it for those 90 minutes in the Pabst with 1400 people on their feet and cheering after this film.
Here comes the Rage
I was going to save this part for another blog but I decided not to. It really needed to be right here after all the feel goods I just wrote because you need to know how some people were a disgrace to the vape community and were just down right idiots.
First of all, this is a red carpet premiere, why the hell are some of you showing up in tattered shorts, ripped t-shirts and FLIP FLOPS? I mean come the hell on, ABL asked us to dress as nicely as possible. For the love of all things cloudy we had one of THE MOST POWERFUL Senators there and he doesn’t need the impression that we are all a bunch of low life miscreants. Baseball hats? Take that shit off. Have them on backwards with your jeans sagging and your ass hanging out? Get the fuck out of here. You aren’t cool and you aren’t making this industry or us vapers look good. If I can put on a dress after nearly 20 years and slap on a little make up, then so can you. Some people have style and can pull things off, Jenee Fowler pulled off combat boots with a beautiful ankle length dress, I pulled off my white dress with a pair of navy blue chucks. But ripped clothing that looked like you’d slept in them for days? Go home Vaper, you’re drunk.
Now, I understand that this movie has been something A LOT of us have waited for, for a very long time. I was one of the first people to start following A Billion Lives and one of the first who questioned “Who the hell are these guys?” So I am totally down with the anticipation of what the film was going to bring. But having a full-blown conversation throughout the first half of the movie, WITH THE MOVIE, is slightly more than overboard and a horrible distraction to people like me who have sensory issues to begin with. Shut UP. You don’t need to talk through every single millisecond. I think who ever it was, heard me tell Jake I was about to lose my shit, and I appreciate you toning it down a little bit, but you ruined my experience of the movie for the first 30 minutes. Thanks.
https://twitter.com/vapemestoopid/status/762111501402374144
Next, Whoever set the fire alarm off just as Dr Atilla Danko was coming on-screen. A massive fuck you. I can laugh about it now, it makes the entire experience a little comical. However, what YOU DID, could have caused a panic in 1400 people and ended up hurting just as many. THAT was NOT funny. When you have a venue as packed as the Pabst was that night, whether is was a vape cloud accident or some little jerk who thought it would be funny to pull the alarm, not only could you have ruined the night for every single person there, had people panicked, you could have cause serious injuries! Thankfully Aaron kept his cool and announced that the film would continue and:
https://twitter.com/vapemestoopid/status/762112234222858241
I have a couple more rages. To the belligerent assholes sitting behind me over my right shoulder…you make me sick. Shouting FUCK YOU and BULLSHIT at the screen when someone was on there you didn’t like or when something happened that you didn’t like. IE The Sarah Jakes part where she recreated the bunk Formaldehyde study in her living room? You reacted to her video like she was faking her reaction. Maybe if you had SHUT THE FUCK UP for 30 seconds you would have understood what her part in the film was. But Noooo you couldn’t.
Now as we were leaving the theater, I am pretty sure I pegged who your little group was because there was no mistaking your loud booming voice over the heads of a few hundred people when you shouted to your “homie” that he was famous and I very “Meg style” began making fun of your friends famous chin because I certainly did not recognize him as any major player in the film. Your little group, caused a lot of negative feelings just in the area I was sitting, I am sure you pissed off more than just the couple of rows around us. You should have been kicked out in my opinion and I was so close to standing up and turning around to tell you to show some kind of decorum and shut the hell up but then I would have been just as disgraceful as your lot. Just be aware that people were paying attention and you were nothing but a bunch of fucking assholes who played NO part in making this experience shine positively on vapers.
Afterward the only other complaint was leaving the theater. We actually had to escape to across the street because 800 people under the Pabst canopy was not fun, nor was it when the cloud chasers used this opportunity to cloud it out. Show some respect for fucks sake.
Here we rage a little on video and leave it up to Jake to lighten the mood!
After Party!
We made our way to the Whiskey Bar, which was pretty high-class. I really enjoyed being here. As soon as we go inside, Jake was pulled aside for an interview and then so was Shannon. I got to snag Aaron up for a moment and hugged him. I thanked him for making this film and of course I began to cry again. His team did an amazing job, off their backs with no financial assistance from the vape community. They did something spectacular and it was enough to bring me to tears. I can’t thank them enough for A Billion Lives.
Check out the last batch of photos for the night. We ended up leaving the Whiskey Bar a little later on and headed to yet another German bar somewhere else…We took Shannon back to her hotel and then we went to ours and crashed out. We still had Sunday and sleep was needed!
Stay tuned for Part 3 and the goodbyes…
A Billion Lives – Part 2 The North American Premiere Day 2 was greeted with another adventure. We were meeting up for lunch at a top-secret location somewhere in Milwaukee, but close to the Pabst Theater.
I am going to have to break this blog up into a couple of sections because there is simply way too much to pack into one blog. So I will try to get them all done this week, but I can’t make any promises. Right now I am still reeling from the last 5 days.
So how did it all start? Well, there were a couple hiccups. The car I had intended on taking, needed to be registered and its owner couldn’t get it done until the 8th. I accepted the fact that I would need to take my “not so perfect and in desperate need of repairs” SUV. I grew up in a tow truck and in garages, so I know a thing or two about cars, I just hate doing the work on them. First off, it’s gas hog. 17 miles to the gallon? UGH. Next, it needs shocks and struts like no tomorrow. This thing rides like a dingy in the Pacific Ocean during a hurricane. The AC needed to be topped up and this is where the trouble started. I let a friend do it and needless to say, it didn’t go as planned. The AC unit was overcharged and not working. This is not good. I recognized the symptoms my car was experiencing and I immediately went into panic mode.
I sat in the parking lot after just getting my shoes for the premiere and bawled my eyes out while I called every mechanic friend I knew and was told the bad news. Upwards of $200 and possibly more if the compressor was damaged in the overcharge. Luckily a friend of mine who works over at GMC knew that Masterlube was running a special on recharges. So I called them and it was less than a $100 but I needed new filters and an oil change too. $150 later, I felt better, but emotionally exhausted. Plus I had to work that night and anyone who works in direct care with developmentally disabled people, you know you need to be on your A game ALL the time. It was a long day and an even longer night. I didn’t get any packing or cleaning done and we needed to hit the road at noon the next day.
Just after 10pm, Jake, manager at Vapor Craziness here in Billings, text me a picture of his shoes, his roommates dog had chewed them up. 8 am rolled around and we went to pick him out new shoes. They were snazzy. I drop him back off at his place and I get to mine so I can actually pack, make sure the fish were fed, garbage was taken out, and the dishes were done. Get that all done and race to my hair appointment. Finally 2 hours later, I am done and I pick Jake back up. We head to his shop to grab e-liquid, batteries, chargers and Reese’s GPS.
We snatch up some lunch and fill the beast up, then hit the road. I’ve driven I-90 so many times in my life, that I know all kinds of quirky hidden gems along the way. I had really hoped we could make some good time to get to Wall Drug, so Jake could experience that. Sturgis was also happening so getting through South Dakota was a nightmare. Speed limits were lowered and there were motorcycles everywhere. It was a pretty hairy ride until after Sturgis.
We were making good time and I kept telling Jake about a place called WALL DRUG where you could get free ice water. He had to of thought I was insane. I kept pointing out the signs along the highway to him and he’d just roll his eyes at me. As we got closer, he said we might as well stop if the place was still open. Well, I think he was pretty glad we did stop. I have been going here since I was 14 yrs old and my kids have been here every single time we’ve driven by it. Wall Drug is the second most magical place in the world! Anyways, Jake and I wondered around for a little while and I snapped this pic of him on the worlds largest jackelope. We waited around for the Tyrannosaurus Rex to come to life too. It was just like I remembered it over 6 years ago. I love how some things never change over time. We grabbed some dinner and hit the road. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful until we got into Milwaukee. We left at 1pm Montana Time and got into Milwaukee about 23 hours later.
Wisconsin drivers are absolutely bat shit insane. There was so much construction coming off I-94 into the downtown area that we were practically crawling. Once we did get moving, they all seemed to drive how cockroaches scatter when you flick the light on in the middle of the night.
It didn’t take long to get through it and to our hotel… Which was located in a pretty sketchy looking part of Milwaukee. I honestly wish I had brought my firearm. However! Nothing bad happened except for some weird incident at the bus stop across the street when a bunch of cops descended on it… Who knows.
The room was nice though and I couldn’t find anything to really complain about. Shocker, right?
I tried to nap, that wasn’t happening. In a couple of hours, we would be headed to the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Milwaukee to meet and greet and then pub crawl with some pretty important people. The anticipation was insane! I wanted to see Shannon first out of anyone though. She is my unbiological sister and I can verify that unlike past vapers who have called me their sister, Shannon is 100% real and totally female. We got to the hotel but decided to walk around for a little while since Shannon hadn’t checked in yet and she needed to get ready too. We ended up finding the BRONZE FONZ thanks to one of our drivers who told us about him. Pretty freaking awesome! I did try to get Jake to put his A BILLION LIVES shirt on him, but that didn’t happen! After walking around, going and getting dinner we made our way back to the hotel. Shannon is everything and more than what I expected. she’s hilarious, absolutely beautiful and so passionate. What you see is what you get and what you get is an absolutely amazing human being. Agent Ania was also with Shannon as her personal body-guard. Unfortunately due to strict protocols, I am unable to show her face here in my blog. She has a special device that wipes out any sneaky photos of her the moment they are taken!
What happened next was pretty intense. We went down to the lobby to wait for everyone to show up and it became quite clear what a large family we all are. People were coming up to Shannon and I, people we had known for year on Twitter of Facebook (for me, she doesn’t Facebook). There were so many introductions, so many hugs…Phil Busardo, who as many of you know I met in England at Vape Jam and Vaper Expo and who ate Fish n Chips in the center of Birmingham on the back of my friend Mark’s car…Didn’t even recognize me. He looked at me 3 times before it finally dawned on him who I was! I didn’t get many pics in the lobby of the hotel or at the bars. But here are the ones I did get. If you head over to my FACEBOOK PAGE you can watch some videos, that facebook won’t let me embed here on the site.
We stayed here at the bar called Ugly’s on the rooftop for quite some time. I wish I had taken more photos and that I was better at remembering names. If I forgot anyone, please know how sorry I am! I was able to meet Joe Barnett and Robin Barksy of The Vaping Militia, Bill Goodhsall, Dave Goerlitz, Tricia Busardo (Mrs. Phil) Fig, Drea and her husband, Caty from Vape Magazine was there. I can’t even begin to tell you how amazed I was. Joe Barnett and I had a few conversations here and there and let me tell you, this man knows his stuff and I have been listening Joe! It’s just taken me awhile to get back into all of this! Bill Goodshall is totally not what I expected. He doesn’t bullshit you one bit. Within moments of meeting him we were having a great discussion about the lies and the truth and everything else that was coming down with the FDA. There were also a few other conversations that I will keep to myself, but wanted to note here, that some of you need to be a hell of a lot more grateful for what these great advocates do for all of us.
Jake and I abandoned Shannon to the clutches of Aaron Biebert and Chris Hughes (who I didn’t get to officially meet until the next day) and we wondered off on our own into a little German bar. We were the only two in there and the bartender was amazing and super friendly. We had a couple of drinks and explored the bar before calling a cab and calling it a night.
This is only day one. Now I know some of you are like, “Hey Meg, why aren’t you writing about the FDA?” Right now, I don’t want to. I will at some point this week, but for now, I want to relish in all of the feel good vibes I got from the A Billion Lives weekend. Call it selfish or whatever, but the net is flooded with everyone’s opinion and their own articles about the FDA, I’ll get there, just not right now.
I will start writing Part 2 of this blog tonight after work and aim for publication tomorrow morning. There’s going to be a little bit of raging, but a hell of a lot of raving going on too!
For now, enjoy these photo’s from our #ABLRoadTrip If you have any photos you would like to share, please post them in the comments section!
A Billion Lives – Part 1 The Road Trip to Milwaukee I am going to have to break this blog up into a couple of sections because there is simply way too much to pack into one blog.
