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We arrived late Friday into Thunder Bay. As soon as we got into cell range I got calls from Bobby from Boston who was possibly joining the van crew in Halifax (was also doing Thunder Bay to Hamilton with other friends), and Joe from Los Angeles, California who we had already met in Vancouver. Cali Joe would be joining us from Thunder Bay through...
Middle leg of the tour. The van needs an oil change. 18 hours, longest drive of the tour. Drove 10 hrs today. Will do the rest tomorrow. Took a break from driving, had lunch at a rest stop overlooking Lake Superior, the largest lake in Canada. Played some guitar, a guy from Minnesota pulled up beside us and offered us some weed. Picked up...
June 2006
Carolina, Florida, Maryland, New York
Showers, hurricanes, flooding
With the first leg of concerts over, and a whole month before the second leg begins, it would have been good time to relax and take it real easy. This was not the case. I drove the van down to Florida for the sun and surf, and made it all the way t...
