Everyday

When Tim and I woke up this morning, we were exhausted but still glowing from the fun of the night before.   Thank you to everyone who made the U2 show such a great time.  U2 was amazing, but I think it was the company that really made it memorable.

Our day started slowly.  We worked and [...]

Bono

Tuesday was all about the big show.  Tim and Chico were up until 11 the night before making food for the 15 people we expected at Frank’s tailgate party.  When the day started, we got up early and worked so that we could start playing as soon as possible.  The day picked [...]

After 4000 miles of travel over the past 12 days, we enjoyed an extremely relaxing day in the Viscovich household in Oakton Virginia.  The day started with hugs from Sophie and Anna before they went to school.  Tim and I then got ready for a full workday, the first in weeks that wasn’t spent on [...]

We woke up this morning to a true Southern breakfast banquet.  Homemade Pumpkin Bread, Fried Apples, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage and Cantelope started the morning.   After this big meal and 5 days of 5 hours of sleep, Tim and I immediately went back to bed for a nap.  2 hours later we finally began to [...]

This morning we woke to the pitter patter of rain in Lexington KY.  We only had 430 miles left to drive to Ringgold VA and it seemed like no problem since we’d just finished up relatively easy 3500 miles.  We got on the road with Tim at the wheel.  The sprinkles of rain turned into [...]

Today was the last drive/work/drive day on our agenda for a little while.  Tim and I will both be glad to finally get somewhere and stay for a day or two.  Somewhere will be Ringgold, VA for Nene’s 95th birthday celebration.  From there we’ll have a relatively short trip up to Northern Virginia to celebrate [...]

Eastward Bound

First things first, we want to start the blog with the MOST important event of the day, Nene’s 95th Birthday!  I asked Tim for a tribute on this important occasion:

“Today is a huge day for us and Nene…” he hesitated and asked, “Should I get sentimental? ”

“Yes” I reply.

“I am so [...]

The managers of Walmart are brilliant.   Not only have they mastered the art of providing inexpensive value to the masses, they also allow 24/7 free camping to all RV’s who want to stay in their parking lots at night.   And here is where Tim and I have settled for our evening in Hays, KS.  We’ve [...]

After jumping up and down to Franti until midnight last night, Tim and I woke up bleary for our drive away from Salt Lake City.  Our plan over the next few days is to drive 200 miles in the morning, work, then cover 200 more miles at night until we get to Virginia.  We each [...]

Last night we went to Michael Franti with high expectations.  We’d seen him last winter in downtown Park City and he was incredible.  This trip to Salt Lake he played at an old train Depot that has been renovated and made into a very cool venue for music.   The place was full and we staked [...]

Early Saturday morning, we arrived in the driveway at Jimmie and Keri’s, popped the top of Frank and finally got a full night’s sleep.   We didn’t stir until 9 am.  When we got up, it was time for some long overdue clean up of ourselves and Frank.  We started with the first showers we’d had [...]

After a long night of driving, I finally pulled into a truck stop in the Mojave Desert gateway town of Baker. Though Tim and I anticipated a remote sandy campsite surrounded by Joshua trees, instead we got a parking lot, sandwiched between tractor trailers. We couldn’t have cared less. We were exhausted and [...]

As we drive down the 99 towards Bakersfield, we come to the end of our North to South tour of Central California.  We spent the day in Fresno in the waiting room of Sportsmobile West.   Stu, Allen and Lynn had our long list of todo’s to fix on Frank ranging from specialty light bulb’s to [...]

Last night we drove to SLC and dropped off everything that didn’t need to make the trip to California during the gutting of Frank.  It was also a chance to briefly see Jimmie Shell and try to talk him into a spontaneous road trip to Fresno.  We nearly had him convinced that it [...]