Tour Blog
Day 1: Otter Pops and Familiar Stops
Otter pops in hand, we piled into our Lincoln Aviator (who we call “Abe”), the familiar loading of the pod up top (newly... Read more
Day 2: A-Wen-AT-chee
Something that has always continued to astound me about our music in particular, is how many lifetime bonds have been formed over it.... Read more
Day 3: Head east 397 miles, then turn right.
And so, we did. Last night, after the show, Jared was wide awake and so he did the first 2 hours of the... Read more
Day 4: “I’ve Got No Motivation . . . “
You know it’s a good ol’ fashion day of lazy when you watch Karate Kid 2, and THEN Karate Kid 1, only getting... Read more
Day 5: Toy Story, A Toy, and the Tooth
Today was all Rudy’s day. After being dragged all around, told to sit still, told to be quiet and behave, told to wait,... Read more
Day 6: Garnet, Montana
You know how every horror movie starts with a sentence kind of like, “Hey! There’s a ghost town right up ahead. Let’s go... Read more
Day 7: Takin’ Care of Business
Day 7: Takin’ Care of Business… Breakfast. Laundry.Lunch. Web frustration. Laundry. Dinner. Play with clay. Throw up 5 times. Bed. Wait. What did you say? Throw up 5 times? Yep. ... Read more
Day 8: “Mommy!!!” (Stevensville)
Aaaaaaaand the 3rd tooth is out! First thing this morning, once we determined his tummy felt all better and, yes, it probably WAS... Read more
Day 9: Some Driving Thoughts and a Reflection on Our First Week Out
This year feels so different to me. I was saying to Jared how I feel a bit bad for our blog readers because... Read more
Day 10: Crow Peak Brewery and the Best Splash Park in the Country
Last night, Rudy was crazy because we had been in a car for the whole day. Just when Jared and I were pulled... Read more
Day 11: Back to the Grind…GRAPES and GRINDS, that is!!!
Thus far, this whole tour has felt like a family reunion. Seeing old friends, kids growing up, having people who saw us last... Read more
Day 12: The Show We Weren’t Supposed to Have
A few weeks back we got a phone call from a venue we played last year and then booked for this year’s tour... Read more
Days 13 and 14: All. The. Driving.
South Dakota, you were absolutely lovely! We said goodbye at a coffee shop called Abe’s Coffee, where our darling bartender from the night... Read more
Days 15 – 17: Family and the Fourth
“I need to go out there and explore. I haven’t visited this village in a long time!” said Rudy as he put on... Read more
Day 18: Hometown Bound!!
If you’ve ever heard Jared mention his home town, you’ve maybe heard him talk about how it houses several churches and ONE bar.... Read more
Day 19: Haircuts, Legos, and Tractors
Nope. Not a strange, children’s country song. Just some of the stuff we did on our day off. An easy morning of lounging,... Read more
Day 20: The Wheels Are Off!!!
Heading to Ithaca, New York today to visit our cousins, Matt and Emma, who, because they are super smart, career-driven, goal-oriented humans, left... Read more
Day 21: Ponderings
Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? Honestly don’t mean to be ungrateful or look a gift horse, etc,... Read more
Day 22: An Ode to My Baby Mine
When your boy grows fastAnd your boy grows strongThe time you’re allowed with him isn’t that longWhen your boy grows keenAnd your boy... Read more
Day 23: Such a Night
We honestly weren’t sure what to expect from our show at Beefeaters. We knew it was going to be an entirely different kind... Read more
Day 24: Our Last Day at “The Village”
Glass /ɡlas/ Learn to pronounce noun 1 1. a hard, brittle substance, typically transparent or translucent, made by fusing sand with soda, lime,... Read more
Day 25: On the Road Again
Saying Goodbye: Over the week we were at the farm, Rudy had built quite a LEGO village out of Jared and his brother... Read more
Day 26: East Aurora
What a darling little town!!! Today we were scheduled to play a pick-up gig at a spot not known for having Sunday music,... Read more
Days 27 and 28: Uncle and Aunt Time in Kentucky
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,... Read more
Day 29: Bourbon and Rain
You just can’t be in Kentucky and NOT do a bourbon tasting. Caanan and Kris both had to work today, so we looked... Read more
Day 30: Fool Me Once, etc.
You know how you are in a relationship that you KNOW is bad, so you decide to break up? Then you get about... Read more
Day 31: We Gotta Get Outta This Place If It’s the Last Thing We Ever Do
Ok. I am not going to focus on the negative too much more. All the gigs can’t be 100%, 100% of the time,... Read more
Day 32: Finding our Wheels Again
With a few days off, we decided to put some distance between us and the negative. After assessing what we wanted to do... Read more
Day 33: Something New!
So we knew we wanted coffee and we didn’t want gas station coffee (The PNW has damn near ruined us!) so we looked... Read more
Day 34: In Like A Lamb, Out Like a Lush
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... Read more
Day 35: The Hero Yankton Deserves
Well, it is a damn good thing that I have a sweet son and a VERY understanding husband, because. . . wow. Can... Read more
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... Read more
Day 37: There’s Bears in Them Thar Hills!!!
FINALLY!!! Today was all about them bears, them bears, no kidding, all about them bears, them bears, no kidding…ok. I could do this... Read more
Day 38: Return to the Celtic Cowboy and the Errant Nudist
Back at the Celtic Cowboy. So excited to be back in Great Falls! Since we had a day to kill, we opted to... Read more
Day 39: Back at Mighty Mo Brewing
The Montana State fair began last night and we thought it may be fun to go for a bit, however, when we saw... Read more
Day 40: Imagination Brewery
Last night, we were so very tired, and even though Missoula was only 2 hours away, we knew we had better sleep instead... Read more
Day 41: If You Don’t Have Gigs…Get Them.
In one day, we found that a gig never confirmed with us, had, indeed booked us. Some fans had showed up to see... Read more
Day 42: Saying Goodbye
The kids had to be up for a dentist appt. pretty early, which, KUDOS to Brooke for rallying her three boys after two... Read more
Day 43: So Close, Yet so far Away.
So bittersweet waking up in the truck for the last time this morning. My momma-heart already aches for these sweet moments to continue,... Read more
Day 44: Bavarian Bistro
Jared has been really missing his gym time and bike rides, so today he hit himself with a double dose. First, Phil, an... Read more
Day 45: My turn!!!
Well, now I want to bike ride! So, Jared took me out to the 10-mile loop!! Oh!!! It was glorious. We went early... Read more
Day 46: A Joyous Anniversary Celebration and our final trek home!
Saying goodbye to Bonnie and Phil was so bittersweet. We love them, Wenatchee, and our time there dearly. . . but we were... Read more