Mango Tree
3/7/12 2:31pm 522.4 miles We stopped at the store to pick up a few snacks for the road, and while filling our shopping basket, got the brilliant idea to swing through the automotive section and grab a couple air-fresheners to keep the car smelling like…not hummus and dill pickle chips. Car fresheners are tricky business; the scent you choose will pervade the car and linger for days if not weeks, and rightly so, since that’s what they’re... Read More
South By Southwest 2013
3/5/12 11:33am 43.2 miles Day one. The sun is out and shining bright, but the temperature is anything but warm. It’s one of those days when you look out the window and think it must be beautiful, and then you walk outside and the icy air hits your skin and you instantly regret not bringing your gloves. The forecast says sunny and dry; hopefully it stays that way. Amarillo,Texas is the destination today. We won’t be back to Colorado until... Read More
January Tour Part 3: 14 hours in Amarillo
Here is the final entry of our January tour through Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas. Hope you enjoy! We spent a total of about 14 hours in Amarillo, TX, but we had so much fun it felt like 5. We had a great time meeting our Couchsurfing host, playing at The 806, and scarfing down more of our favorite southwestern cuisine–TACOS! We drove into town around 7:30pm on Wednesday night, and went straight to our venue–our favorite Amarillo coffee bar–The... Read More
January Part 2
Below is the 2nd of 3 posts about our time on the road in January. Enjoy! It’ s sunny and 79, and we’re heading north to Dallas on I-35. It’s January, one of the most miserable months of the year if you live in the Midwest, and since that’s where I grew up, I’m conditioned to abhor January and it’s weather. But last night in Austin, it felt like a warm and humid July evening, and it was wonderful. We spent two... Read More
January Tour Part 1
Here’s a post from my road journal about our short January tour. Hope you enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January has been an interesting month. Today is the 26th day of the new year, and so much has happened in those 26 days, it’s hard to grasp how quickly time is passing. It all started at The DeSoto House in Galena, IL. We were ringing in the new year with a last minute show that we were asked, and thrilled to do. We assembled... Read More
SXSW Tour
The sign says, Dallas: 252 miles. We’re leaving Amarillo and The 806 behind us for now. Outside my passenger window the scenery has been mostly vast open Texas plains, at times stretching out like an ocean into the horizon. The islands of civilization we occasionally come upon have no shortage of coffee, ice tea, or friendly smiles, making our trip down 30 south a one. Yesterday was day one of our ten day tour through Texas... Read More
