10/21/08 Ithaca, NY

///long rainy drive through north western Pennsylvania and in to New York state up to Ithaca. cold and rainy was definitely the theme. beautiful place though. still plenty of fall leafery remaining for our eager eyes. lisa, however, stayed focused on her reading addiction...

show that night was mostly about visiting Ithaca and seeing our BFF Liz Bageant. all of those things were accomplished marvelously. show was fun, although pretty sparsely attended. good times. cool place. Lost Dog Lounge. right in downtown. thanks to Sprocket for having us and for incredible hospitality.

another wild adventure after the show as The Grown Children's infamous van James Brown was once again not starting... we pushed it around in the rain for awhile with some drunk guys, then shuttled everyone to Liz's house for some sleep.

///gilbert

10/13/08 another epic drive day. wyoming - south dakota

///we ended up cancelling our Minneapolis show for this particular monday night due to venue issues, van trouble for the Grown Children and questionable road conditions ahead... turned out to be a blessing in disguise as we didn't get out of Sheridan until about 5pm... we were blessed with a big 'ol full moon for our late night drive though... pretty amazing. we drove until the wee hours by moonlight... crashed in the van for a couple of hours in South Dakota... before getting up with the sun and continuing on to iowa city... gnarly drive.









///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///gilbert

10/12/08 drive day. montana - wyoming

///woke up to slush and sun in Bozeman. the Grown Children's van James Brown wouldn't start the night before, but Kevin and I cruised over in the morning and managed to coax him into firing up by throwing in some fuel additives and jumper cabling it to our trusty Ghost Ghost. after a stop at the Co-op we trekked off toward Iowa City... 1249 miles away...

our Minneapolis show the next day had been cancelled due to the backup venue being closed by coppers... which was a blessing in disguise with snowy roads in front of us and a limping James Brown...

the drive was gorgeous. tons of snow in some places. fall colors still on the trees... obviously an early snow... it was beautiful. roads were mostly dry and we made good time. cashing in the day in Sheridan, Wyoming. landing a cozy place to stay at the Trail's End Motel. ate dinner in their lounge. sipped some whiskey rocks. and got a solid night of rest.

hit the continental breakfast this morning... now James Brown is not starting again and we're waiting on some service help. the lounge here at the Trail's End has been incredibly accomodating with Wi-Fi and coffee... hope to hit the road soon. Iowa City is still 1000miles away. we have 28hours until we have to be there. hope is not lost...

we'll keep you posted.

here are some more photos from our drive yesterday...

JAMES BROWN









///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///gilbert