Eating has been a challenge for us. Jenn and I are mostly vegan (for health reasons). Almost no meat, no dairy. Although we do eat the occassional bit of salmon or egg to keep the protein going (especially on the road). It is possible to get all of your protein from plant sources, but out in the smaller towns there usually isn't much selection yet for veggies. Last night we tried a restaurant and asked what the "vegetable of the day" was ( as listed on the menu) However, we found that there was actually NO VEGETABLE offered for that day!!

Here's a pic we snapped out on the road.

We're about 3/4 of the way through the tour. The whole thing has been a whirlwind and hasn't left much time for keeping up with the blog. We've taken pictures along the way so we'll be posting some of those soon. Here's a pic from the southwest as we headed north from Gallup, NM.

The drive up to Ely (E-lee) was great. The color on the trees became progressively brighter the further north we went. There were lots of deciduous trees (maples poplar etc.) The fall colors were amazing and a great way to get started. The weather was suprisingly balmy and felt great in short sleeves. Ely's a very quaint town and the gig tonight was in the auditorium of the local middle school. We had a bit of a learning curve to overcome as we are running our own sound (with a system from Allied Concerts.) We finally got the sound dialed in after some tweaks here and there, and small bursts of stress. It's never easy running your own sound. As you have to run back and forth to make sure that what your hearing on the stage is what the audience is hearing out in the house. It's good exercise though!! Thankfully we also had some help from Peter, who was also the theater teacher and also did a great job with the lights. The show went pretty well,but we were both worried as we hadn't been able to practice as much as we would have liked with all of the driving of the last few days. Once we were on stage though, our energy was up and it was a relief to get back to the part we love. (playing the music!!) :-)

After two days of driving we arrive in Minnetonka, just outside of Minneapolis, ready to get started on our Oct. tour. We just need to meet with the agents that booked the tour, and pick up the rental van for the trip. Jenn and are are really excited about this tour and are look forward to playing our new program for the folks out on the tour. We have added our version of Classical Gas as well as a new version of House of the Rising Sun, which includes some quotes from The Devil went down to GA. Jenn has wanted to play this for a while...

We had a nice trip to Baltimore with Arvin. The weather was good for driving and we always enjoy hanging out with Arv. Both of our showcases went well and we received good feedback from our agents and presenters.

One bummer, was that we got a new dent in the van. The parking garage for the hotel was in the basement of a building that was probably at least a hundred years old. The space was tight!! Backing up I didn't see a fire hydrant sticking out horizontally from one of the walls, as it was perfectly located in a blind spot between both mirrors. Well, we heard the old cruncharoo and got out to look. Unforfortunately, it looks pretty bad. Hopefully it won't cost a lot to repair. We'll see when we get back from our tour in October.

Jenn was glad that it was my fault for the dent:) Now we're even!! :)