Our Future Van

Kyle:

This is bad-ass!

I hope they make these someday.

Phish Summer Tour Announced

Last week Phish announced their summer tour schedule. We know we won't be able to see nearly all the shows, but the prospect of getting to see any of these shows (as they are all located on the East Coast) is really exciting! Today they announced "Additional summer announcements will be coming. Following the Summer, the band has no touring plans for the remainder of the year." They have not released the 2nd leg of shows yet. Tickets go on sale next Friday for the first leg of shows. And the shows are (drum roll please):

PHISH 2011 SUMMER TOUR
5/27 - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
5/28 - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
5/29 - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
5/31 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
6/01 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
6/03 - DTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston, MI
6/04 - Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
6/05 - Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
6/07 - Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
6/08 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
6/10 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
6/11 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
6/12 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
6/14 - Verizon Wireless @ Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
6/15 - Verizon Wireless @ Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
6/17 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
6/18 - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh, NC
6/19 - Ntelos Pavilion at Harbor Center, Portsmouth, VA

Big Sur Daytripping

Jen: This weekend we took a day trip to Big Sur/Andrew Molera State Park and went for a pretty awesome hike. It was 5 miles round trip, 2.5 to the top and 1300 foot climb. The day was beautiful - sunny, crisp and cool - great hiking weather! It has snowed the night before at sea level and we still saw traces of it as we drove down the coast. Once we got to the top, it actually started snowing on us! "This is better than rain!" we said, as the tiny snow balls bounced off our clothes and landed on the ground. And then for the decent... you don't realize how hard you've worked your body until you start using those muscles to brase yourself as you go downhill. Within minutes of getting to our car there was a huge downpour of huge wet drops of rain! We made it back in the nic of time (as my mom would say)! We dried off and changed (in the van of course) and headed down the coast a bit further to have lunch at one of our favorite restaurants of all time - Napenthe! Two Ambroisa burgers please and a warm seat by the window! Gorgeous, vast ocean views, a glass of wine (or beer, in Kyle's case) and the feeling of accomplishment. On our way back we both were feeling full from lunch and warmed by our beverages, so we decided to park the van at a look out along the coast and take a nap! Yep, my first time sleeping in the van. I was a little sceptical that I would even fall asleep, with noise and distraction from the wind and passing cars on the road... but that didn't seem to be an issue.
Here are a few photos from our hike...