First, I’m feeling much better. We were able to pull over the other night kind of early and I got some much needed rest. I know everyone is tired – this has been an unusually long stretch for us on the road. We normally don’t stay out for two months at a time without a quick trip back home. This leg of the tour has been very steady from coast to coast. Cindy has been a real trooper though, hanging in there without complaints.
We spent the last two days finishing up the drive from Farmington, NM to Beebe, AR. We were so excited to pull into Oklahoma and see green grass! Farmington was the most lush place we had been in New Mexico but there still wasn’t a lot of green. The final two days of our drive wasn’t too bad – only about 6 hours each day. In the evenings, we would get checked into our hotel so we could try and finish up some office work. We’ve had bad internet connections and, when most of what we do relies heavily on the internet, that means we get further and further behind. I spent last night finishing up a project that I’ve been working on for about 5 days. Literally, it should have taken only about 5 hours! But now it’s done and that’s great.
I’ll be posting next season’s tour schedule very soon on the website. It is still being finalized but the basic structure is there. We’re also working on another really exciting project with Jim Steinmeyer. I’ll keep you posted on that one as well. He is such an amazing man – brilliant I think is a good word to describe him…and genius! But he’s also just a great guy. We always enjoy the time we have with him and Frankie.
Tonight we’re performing in a small Arkansas town called Beebe. We’ve been here before and had a good show so it should be fun tonight. My family lives close by so my parents will be here and my sister, Tammy, and her family. I’m really excited for them to see some of the new illusions in the show; especially the segment on “childhood magic” and how important my parents were in my early motivations.
I have some things to do before we head over to the theatre so I’m signing off for now. I’ll write more after the show.