Tour Day 15: the list, part 1
Posted on March 25, 2010 with 0 comments
By some miracle, we have made it to the Wisconsin, and have only 3 shows left to go on the "extensive driving" portion of the tour. And it has been extensive. We got caught in some serious snow in Texas-- TEXAS!!-- and missed our would-have-been killer show with Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines. However, I did get to eat a waffle in the shape of the great state (TX) at the Best Western Breakfast Bar in Canyon, Texas. This only partially made up for the terror of driving on glare ice with a trailer, but at least it was a start.
We limped into Iowa at 3 AM, having finally escaped the treacherous and icy Great Plains, and it's been easier going since then. Milwaukee, our current home city, is cold and windy-- I miss LA. (Even though in LA I couldn't stop complaining about how damn hot it was!)
There is so much to say about this tour I don't even know where to start-- so many great towns and people- so I'll start with the list. I learned this trick from Laura Veirs, who always has great tour blogs. It will probably take me a while to get the hang of this. I guess I will start with the basics.
1)Longest drive between gigs: 1900 miles. (Never, ever again.)
2)Best Breakfast: The Breakfast Club, Lake City, Washington. (Second place is the waffle shaped like Texas)
3)Scariest moment: When the power supply in the van died and the Italian lost his shit in the backseat: "This is a big F***ing problem for us..."
4)Van breakdowns: Throttle cable, Speedometer, Power Steering, battery (only once, in New Mexico). Engine: still truckin'!
5) Most hilarious not-funny moment: When the border patrol stopped us in New Mexico (I just have a tough time with this state!)and said, in response to our band name, "Can't say I've ever heard of you...." (He must have believed us though-we were not searched!)
6)Best Coffee: Cafe Paradiso, Fairfield, Iowa. Creamy, creamy cappuccino!
7) Most meditation per square mile: Fairfield, Iowa.
8) Most drivers that speed up in response to a pedestrian in the roadway: Madison, WI ( I am very surprised at you, Madison drivers! Maybe living in Seattle for 10 years has made me soft. And weak)
9) Most PBR drunk in an evening: Madison, WI. (The end result was buying gravy and cheese curd covered fries.)
10) Scariest hotel: The Economy Lodge in Brownfield, TX. No lightbulbs in the lamps. Smelled of doom. No dogs allowed. Juno smuggled in in pillow case.
11) Best times: All the amazing hosts. Nick,Bob, Ian, Steve, Bonnie, Heather, Lauryn and DJ, Gretchen and Craig, Shelby, I LOVE you guys. You make this all possible.
12) Favorite place to wake up: it's a big toss up, but I'm gonna have to go with the state campground at Pismo Beach. Amazing oceanfront camping, and California style vegi juice.
Be back soon!
We limped into Iowa at 3 AM, having finally escaped the treacherous and icy Great Plains, and it's been easier going since then. Milwaukee, our current home city, is cold and windy-- I miss LA. (Even though in LA I couldn't stop complaining about how damn hot it was!)
There is so much to say about this tour I don't even know where to start-- so many great towns and people- so I'll start with the list. I learned this trick from Laura Veirs, who always has great tour blogs. It will probably take me a while to get the hang of this. I guess I will start with the basics.
1)Longest drive between gigs: 1900 miles. (Never, ever again.)
2)Best Breakfast: The Breakfast Club, Lake City, Washington. (Second place is the waffle shaped like Texas)
3)Scariest moment: When the power supply in the van died and the Italian lost his shit in the backseat: "This is a big F***ing problem for us..."
4)Van breakdowns: Throttle cable, Speedometer, Power Steering, battery (only once, in New Mexico). Engine: still truckin'!
5) Most hilarious not-funny moment: When the border patrol stopped us in New Mexico (I just have a tough time with this state!)and said, in response to our band name, "Can't say I've ever heard of you...." (He must have believed us though-we were not searched!)
6)Best Coffee: Cafe Paradiso, Fairfield, Iowa. Creamy, creamy cappuccino!
7) Most meditation per square mile: Fairfield, Iowa.
8) Most drivers that speed up in response to a pedestrian in the roadway: Madison, WI ( I am very surprised at you, Madison drivers! Maybe living in Seattle for 10 years has made me soft. And weak)
9) Most PBR drunk in an evening: Madison, WI. (The end result was buying gravy and cheese curd covered fries.)
10) Scariest hotel: The Economy Lodge in Brownfield, TX. No lightbulbs in the lamps. Smelled of doom. No dogs allowed. Juno smuggled in in pillow case.
11) Best times: All the amazing hosts. Nick,Bob, Ian, Steve, Bonnie, Heather, Lauryn and DJ, Gretchen and Craig, Shelby, I LOVE you guys. You make this all possible.
12) Favorite place to wake up: it's a big toss up, but I'm gonna have to go with the state campground at Pismo Beach. Amazing oceanfront camping, and California style vegi juice.
Be back soon!