The first 24 Hours

14 01 2010

super-8_small

So we have officially been driving the van for 24 hours. Nothing exciting has really happened except for the massive fallen Super 8 sign we found near a Tennessee gas station.

We’ve been trying to eat healthy so we bought a large bag of baby carrots and a tub of Spinach from Sam’s club. Steve (our road manager) brought one of those water boilers you can plug in.  We tried plugging it in to the van so we could cook the Spinach and we ended up blowing up the outlet.  Apparently the cigarette lighters in a vehicle can only deliver 300 watts of power.  The water boiler needed 1000 watts. Oops.

We finally got a fancy GPS guide that speaks to us with a British accent.  Sometimes she gets angry at us when we deviate from her appointed route and says “recalculating route” with such frustration we have simply learned to obey.  We haven’t figured out how to lower the volume, so until then, she is in charge.

Personally, I have given up movies and television for the year, so it’s back to the written word for me.  I haven’t really read anything in years, so it’s been good to know that I am still literate.  I am currently reading:

A Time to Kill (John Grisham)

A Time to Kill

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)

curious incident

We are now napping/blogging at the hotel in Austin, TX before we have to get to the venue at 3pm.  I am going to sleep now because Parker and Steve are breathing so loud I can’t concentrate anymore.

Peace out from the South,

Tim

« »


Actions

Informations

  • Date : 14 January 2010
  • Categories : Tour, photos

5 responses to “The first 24 Hours”

14 01 2010
Eden (19:44:25) :

Have a safe trip driving down to houston! We’re all looking forward to your performances here!

17 01 2010
Linda (01:53:54) :

The curious incident book is good (so i’ve heard); i have yet to read it. i can’t wait to see you guys at lmu! :]

17 01 2010
k (08:31:38) :

Always wanted to read Mark Haddons bk. it any good?

17 01 2010
Krystle (15:33:00) :

just heard your song , Just Another Man on You Tube” just wanted to say thanks for writing that and singing it, those are the issues that no one likes to talk about so they sit in the silence and the darkeness crying out to be heard. Thanks for hearing…

27 04 2010
Paula (14:08:49) :

I’ve read almost everything by Grisham and I’ve also read the Mark Haddon book. Great choices!

WAHOOWA!