My cute little boy

Here is just a little taste of the fun times we get to have while at home:

Summer Tour: Day 16 - Morning of and gig in Worthington, MN

SO it's early morning still (relatively for me anyways these days). I just finished up eating breakfast, one of the highlights of road life, free hot breakfasts, or continental, when you stay at hotels that is :). I am about to head down to the hot tub, soak a bit, then swim some laps this morning. I'll probably sit and read some more, drip dry a bit. I am thinking of heading out on a walk, perhaps going to the downtown part today, perhaps the lake even. I think it would be a good walk, and it would be nice to get out for the day.

Tonight we start the first show in our last run of five consecutive shows in a row, for this leg of the tour. We'll play from 8:00 p.m. until Midnight tonight here in Worthington, and then we'll head out tomorrow for Sioux Falls, SD, followed by two nights in Omaha, NE, and then one night in Lincoln, NE before we hight tail it back to nashville to rest up and re-gear for the Europe leeg of our summer tour.

It's been a nice couple of days off. I have enjoyed being able to lay around, soak in the hot tub, swim in the pool, read, and talk to my wife on the phone for long spans of time. I am excited about gearing up to play tonight though. We have had at least two radio interviews for this show, plus a ton of radio press, newspaper press and other advertising for it. In addition to it all, there's a meet and greet with the band this evening before the show, and then we kick things off pretty hard, and rock out the place.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and catching up on all things roadworthy. I am hoping to have internet over the next couple of days to be able to post more about how things are running. Until then!

Summer Tour: Day 15 - Day off in Worthington, MN

So today we had the day off. We slumbered late, and meandered throughout the town all day, and best of all, just did a lot of nothing. I woke up, grabbed breakfast, and then immediately went to the hot tub, a great place to soothe my sore muscles from days of playing and riding in the van. It was good times. I spent the morning talking to my family on the phone, touching base with some friends, and reading. The book I am currently on now is Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys. I finished the two harry potters, and I finished the book, True Worship, which I HIGHLY recommend you reading.

For lunch, I went on a walk, and found a little place to eat on the other side of the interstate. Some of the other guys ate an an ethiopian restaurant, and some of the guys made it to downtown Worthington, to the thrift stores and the lake. I didn't go as far, I hiked back to the hotel, had some more hot tub time, finished up my laundry, and then read and emailed some more. I did end the day with a great meal downstairs at the bar, compliments of the bar owner herself. It was some good food.

So the day is closed, and it is time to get to bed, tomorrow starts the last of our day off time for this run. Chow!

Summer Tour: Day 14 - Travel day

today, we're driving. end of story. We have about 10 hours or so, to drive from Bottineau ND, to Worthington, Mn. The plus side is once we get there, we have tomorrow off. And then the following day, our gig is IN worthington, so we don't have to travel and play, just play. It'll be nice not to have make a 10 hour drive right before a show :) So there you have it, we'll be turning south, hitting Sioux Falls and turning east for the last little part of our journey. you can be sure that I am curled up with a book for a good chunk of the ride, I'll probably do my fair share of driving today, and who knows, I might even nap!



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