Well. I must confess that I collapsed under the pressure of keeping the blog up to date on the tour. It would be a lot easier if we had someone else to do the driving! I’m writing this one on a 13 hour drive from Ohio to Oklahoma. We have internet in the car now though, which is a treat (providing we have a cell phone tower nearby). We’ve played in 24 states on this tour. It’ll be 25 after our shows in CA later this month. But the pace has slowed considerably in these last few weeks. It’s nice to have some time to breathe again.

I just wanted to say hi, let you know we are alive and well, and give a big thanks to the people who have cheered us on along the way. Thanks for believing in us.
See you again before you know it
Ryan

Hi Friends,

I though that we’d have seen it all by week 7 of the tour, but no….

This is the WORLD’S LARGEST SNOW-WOMAN!
Check out the little snowmen next to it for perspective

We’d seen this place on the map, but only dreamed of the day when we’d actually get to drive through it….

AND FINALLY

We’ve seen A LOT of hotel rooms in our day, but never before had we walked into a room to find this….

Where’s the rest of the toilet?

Oh, here it is…IN THE CORNER!

Exactly whose pants are on Cameron’s bed?

And since when do hotel rooms come with complimentary bread and beer?

Ah the fun of life on the road. Catch up with you soon!
Cheers
Ryan

Ok, so I just couldn’t keep up the pace of getting these things updated weekly…so for this installment we’ll have a GREATEST HITS photos of the last few weeks. YES we have been continuing to rock the country, and here are the photos to prove it…

this is me

this is cameron

this is a nature-made ice sculpture

this picture is not doctored

this is our first house concert

this is our windshield cracking

these are some tie-wearing friends from NACA

this is a pretty rockin photo from New York the other night

ok, now you’re all caught up
See you soon!
Ryan

Hey Guys, Sorry for the late update (I'm aiming to get these up every Sunday, but ran a couple of days late this time around). We ate at a lot of uniquely-local restaurants on in Michigan..I think that will be this week's thematic-link. Show 9 - Allendale, MI (Grand Valley State University) We were welcomed by snow as soon as we got to Michigan. But better yet we were once again welcome by students in neckties. Special thanks to them for making us feel at home during the first of our 5 shows in Michigan. Show 10 - Adrian, MI (Siena Heights University) Adrian is a tiny little town, but we still managed to schedule two nights in a row there. We also found a pretty cool Mexican Restaurant called El Chapulin (the grasshopper...who knew!?) Don't forget dessert :-) Oh yeah... the show... Everyone was very kind to us, and bought lots of CDs...thank you! And just when we...

Buenos Dias, Week two was a good one, featuring a good mix of business and pleasure. We've seen some pretty creative advertising for our shows so far, so I thought I'd start by sharing a couple of them. This from the Wichita show (below) And who could forget this one from Albuquerque So back to the shows... Show 6 - Fort Hayes, KS (Fort Hayes State University) They have a beautiful brand new student center that we got to play in. So we were stoked when we got there and saw the great stage/lighting. As we re-strung our guitars before the show, I saw the news about Heath Ledger's death on TV, which tripped me out. Then I drank about half a bottle of a Naked Juice Protein drink... ...and spent the rest of the night, including the show, so dizzy I could hardly keep my eyes open. I found out from a grocery store worker the next day...

Greetings from the road! I have felt compelled to document this tour, perhaps because it's so massively long that I must dissect it into digestible portions. We've got some new tricks up our sleeve this time. Cameron's brought his harmonica And I've got my tambourine and shakers in tow: Show 1- Albuquerque, NM (Winning Coffee Co.) We weren't sure what to expect, since we'd never seen the venue before, and the venue doesn't normally host concerts, but man were we pleased with the results! The owner essentially let us convert the coffee shop into a venue, and a full house turned out to see us play! (And naysayers tried to tell us Albuquerque is dead in January!) This was an absolutely fantastic start to the tour, and a special thanks to all those who brought friends out to see us for the first time! Show 2 – Kansas City, MO (Main Street Café) The venue was difficult to...