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Day 39: The Royale Treatment

Our last show in Bisbee was a bit strange. We were booked at the historic Royale Theater. A beautifully big building at the end of the downtown strip. A prime location that features food, beverages, and shows movies, and apparently has live music. I mean, it is certainly set up for that. The space was...

Day 38: Our Kind of Town

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

This day was the never-ending day. I’m including so many pictures in this blog, but there were so many more I could have included! First thing on the agenda was breakfast. We were in search of a local spot, and several people recommended “Dot’s”. Oh my gosh. This place is just a darling little space...

Day 37: Bisbee, Trish, and the Grand Hotel

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

The vast dessert sky greeted us with open arms as we barreled out of Albuquerque almost before our alarms went off. We had about a seven-hour drive to Bisbee, with a gig at the end of that drive, so we wanted to get there with plenty of time to rest before the show. Before we...

Day 36: Albuquerque . . . A Town

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

Actually, the once “little” town of Albuquerque “Has grown, and continues to do so.”, says local coffee roaster and 8th grade teacher, Thaison Garcia, creator and owner of “Rust is Gold”, a curious coffee shop that combines caffeine and gasoline to create a unique atmosphere. The aesthetic definitely caters to the bad asses of the...

Day 35: The Road to Albuquerque

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

I honestly love the blogs where I just get to lightly report on things we’ve seen and simpler times. This day of tour found us just on a solid seven-hour drive from Fort Collins, CO to Albuquerque, NM. It was very beautiful. We got to do some crosswording and visiting, but mostly we just respected...

Day 34 (addendum): You Belong

7 months ago7 months ago

Jared Fredeen

Jared here: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for writing to us after we posted about our experience in Keystone. You really brought us around. Me especially. On the road, our entire sense of home needs to be redefined. Our house becomes the truck, a rest stop, a friend’s guest bed, couch,...

Day 34: Love and Friendly Competition

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

With a couple good nights’ sleep and the kind of love only family can provide, we were excited to play our second open mic in Fort Collins at Avogadro’s Number. Or as the locals know it, “Avo’s”. It was a completely different vibe from The Lyric, but we had reached out to this place a...

Day 32 – 33: Here Comes the Sun

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

(Jared here: The more astute of you may have noticed a sudden gap in the “Day” count. That’s because It felt like we’ve been on the road longer than thirty days, so I finally took the time to count them. We’re caught up now with Day 32 being Sunday, July 28th and Day 33 being...

Day 29: Feelings About Keystone

7 months ago7 months ago

Jessi Fredeen 1 comment

Well, after some down time, Jared and I were eager to get another show under our belt. We made the drive from Yankton to Keystone in about six hours, stopping a few times for gas and once to have dinner at the Smoking Mule. There was a chalkboard in the lobby that encouraged visitors to...

Day 26 – 28: With Fondness

8 months ago8 months ago

Jessi Fredeen

Saying good bye is never fun or easy. So we did some things to aid in the process of leaving Yankton. With the weather slowly creeping up to reach the low 90’s and even higher after we left, I was eager to get in my remaining water time when it wasn’t too unbearable. If there...