day 2: the little apple

It's funny how an 8 hour drive seems to last maybe 45 minutes to an hour. I mean, it's not like I'm in the car much. ;)

Today has been our first day off after 4 days of playing. I think it's also the first day I've had moments of feeling alert...

We're in the middle of a farm town in Kansas... after going to sleep by the fire underneath a large deer head (apparently named "Elvis"), I woke up right next to Tifah with icicles on my feet, or at least it seemed... this whole time I've been excited to get out of the coldness of Colorado, only to discover Kansas is deceptive with its sunny days yet bitter cold temps.

Okay, I can see myself going into too much detail, so here's a faster synopsis: Lunch at the Little Apple Brewery (oh yeah, we're in Manhattan, Kansas...hence all the "Little Apple"-ing) with our friends from the former band Moving Rushmore, driving illegally through the KSU campus (the roundabouts led us astray), touring downtown (which took about 2.6 minutes), band workout (with the boys working out their fingers on their computers), and watching Episode VI of Star Wars. Not bad for a Monday afternoon...

In other news, Tifah is on voice rest, which means it's up to the rest of us to decipher in record time what exactly she's trying to communicate... and then effectively communicate our interpretation to the rest of the world (ie: who we are in conversation with). Mostly this includes a lot of hand-signals, drawings on napkins, and lip-reading. I have complete confidence that we will all be competent in this most-important skill. At least I know we're going to have a lot of practice.

Tomorrow we drive to Kansas City!