Hittin' the Road

Kyle: It's Friday 4/29 and we are hittin' the road earlier than expected. The van is packed and ready to go. Our first stop will be down at Lake Nacimiento. Only a short 1.5 hour trip but a start none the less. The next stop after that will be SLO town which is still just another short trip but we are not in any hurry.

Our "Kids"

Jen: The opportunity to do this trip couldn't come at a more perfect time in our lives. Almost every person we have told about our planned adventure says, "Do it before you have kids!" And we agree, this kind of long road trip would be much more complicated if we had more than ourselves to worry about. But saying we only have ourselves to worry about it not entirely true. Anyone who knows us, also knows our 3 cats: Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin and Fluffles (AKA Moli). As our plans started to develope, what to do with our "kids" was top of mind. We were so grateful when my parents agreed to take them in  for the 3-4 months we plan to be gone. The car ride with all 3 cats in the van from San Juan Bautista to Oakland was not fun (imagine 2 hours of nails on a chalkboard), but it was a small price to pay to know they are safe, happy, fed and being loved. This weekend we visited my parents (and the cats) - probably for the last time before we leave on our extended vacation and I am happy to say that they are well adjusted and ruling my parents house as they did ours. It is one of those loose ends that now feels tied up and will allow us that much more feeling of freedom as we embark on a journey of a lifetime.

Fluffles

Jerry Garcia in the walnut tree in my parent's back yard

Kyle with Janis Joplin

Furthur Summer Tour Announced!

June 3-4th, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, CA

July 14-17th, All Good Festival, Masontown, WV

Sat, Jul 16th, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY

Sun, Jul 17th, Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY

Tue, Jul 19th, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Thu, Jul 21st, Comcast Center , Mansfield, MA

Fri, Jul 22nd, Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT

Sat, Jul 23rd, The Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA

Sun, Jul 24th, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Tue, Jul 26th, Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY

Thu, Jul 28th, Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC

Fri, Jul 29th, Charter Amphitheatre, Simpsonville, SC

Sat, Jul 30th, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL

Sun, Jul 31st, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

What shows will we make????