DRIVING COAST TO COAST – DAYS FOUR & FIVE

by | Apr 4, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

Morning came quickly in Fort Stockton.  We still had a good drive ahead of us just to get out of Texas!  We were now heading for the border and El Paso.  Several hours later, we managed to wind our way through El Paso and into New Mexico.  The stop also gave Ethan...

DRIVING COAST TO COAST – DAY THREE

by | Apr 4, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

Once again, we were up early and on the road by 7:45am.  We had a lot of ground to cover today – Texas is a big state!  We pulled back onto I-10 West and headed for the West Texas desert.  We drove through Houston and toward San Antonio before it was time for...

DRIVING COAST TO COAST – DAY ONE & TWO

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

Ethan and I left out of Clearwater around 4:30pm and started the journey to Los Angeles, CA.  It is 2,580 miles from coast to coast – and lots of different scenery along the way.  And just as we pulled onto Highway 19 North, our Garmin GPS died!  We tried...

FLORIDA TOUR – RUTH ECKERD HALL

by | Apr 2, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

The drive from Miramar to Clearwater took us through the Everglades of south Florida – including Alligator Alley!  Incredibly, we actually saw some 50-60 alligators along the banks of the river.  As we drove up I75 toward Tampa, we also realized that we...

FLORIDA TOUR

by | Apr 1, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

The last few days are kind of a blur.  We had five shows in four days in Florida.  I’ll do the best I can to recap those days! LAKELAND CENTER We started at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, FL.  We’ve worked in this venue before but it was many years...

DRIVING TO FLORIDA

by | Mar 25, 2009 | Tour Journal 2009

We left Madison, Wisconsin on Sunday for the leisurely trip to Florida.  We don’t have to be there until Wednesday night so it’s nice to be able to take our time.  The weather has changed considerably and we finally have the shorts and t-shirts on! We...