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Day 36: Nebraska Forgiven

10 Days til home and we are not sure how we feel about it. Today was a heavy drive day. We knew we’d be in the car for about 4.5 to 5 hours, so we got in some exercise before we left Yankton. The bridge that we found the first night in Yankton had been...

Day 35: The Hero Yankton Deserves

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

Well, it is a damn good thing that I have a sweet son and a VERY understanding husband, because. . . wow. Can we all say HUNGOVER??? I think the lesson here is that I must always pay for my booze. Because, when I get liquor for free. . . it’s ON! Oh my. ....

Day 34: In Like A Lamb, Out Like a Lush

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 1 comment

The apartment we’re staying in has a washer and dryer, so laundry is priority #1. Coffee at Abe’s (where we stopped on our last time through) and then we were ready for some park time. Since it’s summer, there is no shortage of kiddos at the park at any given time, so Rudy was pretty...

Day 33: Something New!

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen

So we knew we wanted coffee and we didn’t want gas station coffee (The PNW has damn near ruined us!) so we looked up cafes on our route and saw “Beans On Butler” in Ackley, Iowa. Alright then, let’s go! GPS guided us right to. . . Casey’s Gas station. What? We JUST came from...

Day 32: Finding our Wheels Again

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen

With a few days off, we decided to put some distance between us and the negative. After assessing what we wanted to do and how far we wanted to get, we settled on aiming for Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I gotta tell you, almost immediately upon leaving Illinois, we felt better. The first gas station we...

Day 31: We Gotta Get Outta This Place If It’s the Last Thing We Ever Do

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

Ok. I am not going to focus on the negative too much more. All the gigs can’t be 100%, 100% of the time, I do get that. But 2 in a row?!?!?!? To begin our night with this, “Can you please start an hour later? We’ll have the dinner crowd, but they should all be...

Day 30: Fool Me Once, etc.

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 4 comments

You know how you are in a relationship that you KNOW is bad, so you decide to break up? Then you get about a year away from it, get desperate one night, thinking there’s no one better for you, and decide to give the person another shot? THEN, at 4:00am, when your body is being...

Day 29: Bourbon and Rain

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 1 comment

You just can’t be in Kentucky and NOT do a bourbon tasting. Caanan and Kris both had to work today, so we looked up bourbon distilleries and tours within 30-45 min away. Jared is a huge Maker’s Mark fan, so that was the first one we looked up. Almost 2 hours away. . . let’s...

Days 27 and 28: Uncle and Aunt Time in Kentucky

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen

Heading to Uncle Caanan and Aunt Kris’s in Kentucky!!! Well-rested on the border of Ohio with a power breakfast of coffee, pop tarts, and peanut butter and jelly on Ritz crackers, we began the 6 and 1/2 hour drive. After almost 8 HOURS, a shit ton of traffic, several pees in the travel “toilet” (including...

Day 26: East Aurora

6 years ago3 years ago

Jessi Fredeen 2 comments

What a darling little town!!! Today we were scheduled to play a pick-up gig at a spot not known for having Sunday music, but they gave us the spot because they originally booked us Friday, then realized they already had an act booked for that night. I feel like that was nice business. The pay...