So far our parlor trick this week has worked. The 5 of us are in the Atlanta airport awaiting our flight to Airzona, where we will resume our normal route and rendezvous with Doug and the White Whale for our show Monday. We dive in head first with 8 shows in 7 days…Phoenix, San Diego, L.A., San Fran, Portland and capped off with a 3 show stand in Seattle.
The coming month is brisk, with 25 shows in 27 days.
It was great to swing into Virginia this weekend for a few off—route tour stops. For a few hours, Jesse got to fly back to providence and hang with his wife and boy, and Carter and Terry got to see their wives and kids and check off a few abandoned chores from a few weeks ago. We packed up our cars with our studio gear and headed Saturday to Lexington for a VMI class reunion show, and Friday to Fredericksburg for an event benefitting Gwyenth’s Gift Foundation.
Gwyenth was a 12 year old girl who went into cardiac arrest during her school’s field day and no one knew what to do. She died, and the foundation was created by her parents with the goal of educating communities about hands-only CPR, and what to do in situations that could save someone’s life or prevent brain injury until paramedics arrive. It’s an unfathomable loss. Learn more about CPR and those AED defrillators you see on walls through Gwyenth’s story. www.gwyenthsgift.org
The Whale generator is repaired and back aboard and we have 6 new tires, which is one of those unsexy car things you don’t want to spend the money on but then rest easy knowing that your wheels will roll. By the way, if you live in the Hartford CT area, Cusson’s Automotive in South Windsor run an excellent ship and are some of the most solid and communicative technicians we’ve come across. They do it all…car, light and heavy trucks, commercial rigs and RVs. Thanks Don and crew.
ROAD JOURNAL 9.26.2021 3 WEEKS IN
