Wow – that last post seems like a long time ago. We’ve covered a whole bunch of miles in the past two weeks since I last updated this blog. We did that ‘Jersey Boy’s’ trip from San Antonio to Philly in record speed. Sometimes the shows need one or two of their trailers to get to the next destination as quickly as possible, if not sooner. So they will pay a little extra bonus money as an incentive to get the drivers to expedite that load. That means a lot of speeding and very little stopping. That’s exactly what we did on this trip. We basically drove nonstop except to fuel and let Rocky out for 1700+ miles. Boy, that seemed like a long ride! We’ve definitely done longer but we were just so exhausted by the time we arrived in Philadelphia. We took our time getting to the next stop which was Cincinnati.
While parked in downtown Cincinnati, we had a little extra time on our hands and Jorge decided to do some work on the truck. I told him when we bought this truck we didn’t need any more lights on it and don’t even think about adding any to it. That was a waste of my breath as he busied himself putting strobe lights galore on the front and back. We’re going to look like a fire truck by the time he gets done. He justifies it by telling me it’s all for our safety as we’re backing into these loading docks in various downtowns and that we need to have all these lights to be seen. I left him alone to work on that while I walked to my daughter Mandy’s law office which happened to be about a half mile away from where we were parked. Unfortunately my camera battery died on me that day. I was only able to take a picture of Mandy in her nice office, which overlooks the Ohio River, using my cheap cellphone and it turned out to be subpar.
The next day was Saturday and we drove out to Mandy and Orville’s beautiful country home to visit them there. Too bad the bonfire and weenie roast had to be cancelled due to rain. Instead we played inside with the three weenie dogs – Rocky and two of my grand-weenies, Hank and Elvis. Anyway… we had a nice visit with them before we left town for Spokane, Washington.
We brought ‘South Pacific’ to Spokane from Cincinnati – another 2100 miles under our belts this week. Our trailer was unloaded this morning and we’re staying here in Spokane for a couple days while the show plays. It is absolutely gorgeous here right now and we are really enjoying the colorful trees and the smell of autumn leaves. Today we found an old park in town where we let Rocky chase the squirrels and tomorrow we’re planning to make a thirty mile daytrip over to a lake in Idaho that I believe is one of the prettiest parts of the country.
This Saturday we pick up the same show here in Spokane and will be taking it down to Costa Mesa, California.
While parked in downtown Cincinnati, we had a little extra time on our hands and Jorge decided to do some work on the truck. I told him when we bought this truck we didn’t need any more lights on it and don’t even think about adding any to it. That was a waste of my breath as he busied himself putting strobe lights galore on the front and back. We’re going to look like a fire truck by the time he gets done. He justifies it by telling me it’s all for our safety as we’re backing into these loading docks in various downtowns and that we need to have all these lights to be seen. I left him alone to work on that while I walked to my daughter Mandy’s law office which happened to be about a half mile away from where we were parked. Unfortunately my camera battery died on me that day. I was only able to take a picture of Mandy in her nice office, which overlooks the Ohio River, using my cheap cellphone and it turned out to be subpar.
The next day was Saturday and we drove out to Mandy and Orville’s beautiful country home to visit them there. Too bad the bonfire and weenie roast had to be cancelled due to rain. Instead we played inside with the three weenie dogs – Rocky and two of my grand-weenies, Hank and Elvis. Anyway… we had a nice visit with them before we left town for Spokane, Washington.
We brought ‘South Pacific’ to Spokane from Cincinnati – another 2100 miles under our belts this week. Our trailer was unloaded this morning and we’re staying here in Spokane for a couple days while the show plays. It is absolutely gorgeous here right now and we are really enjoying the colorful trees and the smell of autumn leaves. Today we found an old park in town where we let Rocky chase the squirrels and tomorrow we’re planning to make a thirty mile daytrip over to a lake in Idaho that I believe is one of the prettiest parts of the country.
This Saturday we pick up the same show here in Spokane and will be taking it down to Costa Mesa, California.
The rest of these pictures I took myself while driving thru Montana near dusk. It’s a good thing our truck is an automatic so I can hold the steering wheel with one hand and my camera with the other. There’s so much to see in this state!