Gustaff and I made a short stop for dinner in Santa Fe, New Mexico before heading up north to Colorado. We didn’t have a whole lot of time, but I got to have a brief look at Santa Fe’s downtown and it’s Latin influence. For dinner I had a beef burrito with really spicy green chili. It was delicious! As the… Read more →
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Hutchinson – The Dirty Little Spoons reunion.
Gustaff and I arrived in Hutchinson, Kansas just after 10 pm on Saturday, March 5th. With uncontrollable excitement Maggie and Adam greeted us outside of their cozy little home. After meeting this vibrant couple in Key West two years ago, they declared Baha’i, got married, and migrated to Washington State to learn how to farm. From there they moved back to… Read more →
Oklahoma is OK – The road-trip continues.
Before heading to Oklahoma we had a short, luxurious and relaxing stay in the Dallas Metro area. It was nice to have a bit of a break for a couple days, but still getting to meet with friends and see a bit of the city. We left towards Oklahoma on Thursday, March 3rd, planning to make a stop or two… Read more →
San Antonio – Our longest stay yet.
We arrived in San Antonio the evening of Sunday, February 21st to a home cooked meal and a luxury suite equipped with a giant bathtub (which I took advantage of every night). Day one in San Antonio was pretty laid back. Our main event of the day was performing at a children’s center in an apartment complex full of refugees… Read more →
Next stop Missouri City, Texas.
With a long day of driving ahead of us Gustaff and I said goodbye to the sunrise and set off from Pensacola Beach, Florida around 7:30 am on Friday, February 19th towards the sunset in Texas. It didn’t take us long to cross the state line into Alabama, and then right away into Mississippi. The landscape had quickly changed from… Read more →
Final stop in Florida: Pensacola Beach
Gustaff and I arrived at the Holiday Inn Resort (room donated by the owner) in Pensacola Beach just before sunset on February 16th. The drive was absolutely mind blowing as we swerved through Navarre Beach and the Gulf Islands National Seashore, with white sand blanketing the road and the ocean on either side as the sun dipped low in the… Read more →
From Gainesville to Tallahassee
Once again we were blown away by the immense generosity of the friends! The Gainesville show had just about thirty people in the audience but they made us feel so loved and appreciated that I could have sworn there was much more. Gustaff and I left that evening buzzing… they even gave me a new guitar to take with me… Read more →
Orlando to Gainesville and in-between
We were off to a very good start after our first show in Tampa and the second in Orlando was right on par. We played for a multi cultural crowd of young and old at the lovely home that we were based out of during our stay in Orlando. Since we had a lot of younger ones there we finished… Read more →
EP Shadows Road Trip begins
On Saturday February 6th, 2016 Gustaff and I said goodbye to Key West, hopped in our rental car, and began our 82 day road trip across the United States, planning to play musical concerts in at least 50 cities through 11 states. After a short stop in Plantation to pick up Gustaff’s suitcase we continued the rest of the way… Read more →