Christmas night I sent out a tweet linking to KELO’s SkyCam on the northeast corner of the four-way stop in Miller. (four-way and courthouse links) Jen Dixon, expat living in England and artist extraordinaire, became mesmerized with the early morning snow falling on the empty street and hoped she would see someone walking by. So, I offered to walk down and wave at her from half-way across a continent and all the way across the Atlantic.
The plan was done via Twitter so I put on some pants and wandered out into the wee hours to say hi to a distant friend.
Thanks to her housemate, Pete Cooper, this moment of stupidity was captured forever.
Because of the world we live in, someone I haven’t seen in person in over twenty years was able to see me act a fool from half a world away. Fun morning.
Now I should scoop the sidewalk. Dang it.
Matt Semmler
This made my day
William DeGeest
Glad to be of service, Matt! Consider it a day late Christmas present.
Vivian E. White
It was fantastic to see someone having fun and letting others enjoy their small hometown. I miss Miller,SD. For all its small town issues it was a great place to raise my children.
William DeGeest
I’m glad I did it. It was a little thing, but fun and memorable. Thanks for stopping by!
Suzi Keck
I agree with Matt — this made my day!
William DeGeest
Thanks! 🙂
Greg
This may be a first for the 4-way stop 🙂 BTW, how did you get the KELO camera to focus in on you???
William DeGeest
It was pointed at that corner when I left the house, had been for several hours, but while I was walking over there it moved. Jen Dixon was live tweeting the thing and let out a “Oh no! Someone is changing the web cam focus! Nooooo!” When I got over to the corner I leaned on the lamp post for a bit and waved a few times, having no idea it was no longer looking there.The thing either has motion sensors or somebody at KELO was operating it and turned it back just in time to catch me sitting down and waving. Dumb luck, I guess, but, as the video shows, the timing was excellent! And thankfully Pete captured the stream.
Shirley Apley
I always knew there were large hairy men wandering the dark streets of Miller in the middle of the night. The legend lives!
William DeGeest
Truth is stranger than fiction!
Nancy Taylor
You can sure tell the wind was blowing the way it was whipping your beard. Great video.
William DeGeest
It was just a tad breezy, but totally worth it. Thanks!