... just to get this out of the way. This is what I sat down to this morning. ... always try and leave things better than you found them. That's how I was raised. ... moving on. October 3, 2013
Travel day. That's all days like today are... a day in the van... chewing through the 'time remaining' on the GPS... stopping every few hours to pee and/or eat. It's nice scenery driving through the mountains though... especially if you've spent a fair amount of time driving around the prairies. Everyone woke up around 8am, got cleaned up, and then headed over to Ricky's for breakfast. Rule of thumb, if the place ends in y's, it's a safe bet for breakfast. On travel days, you might as well load up on food in the morning... since it could be a while until you're stopping some place decent again. Also, when you have multiple drivers, you should take advantage of it, and not stop for long (more than 20 minutes) periods of time. It really adds up when you have a 10+ hour drive to do. Bacon and eggs for breakfast. Good start. We ran a few errands, picking up some more merch and stopping at Long & McQuade. L&M had my snare skin of choice in stock in Calgary... Evans Super Tough... they don't carry them at my local L&M anymore (it seems)... I grabbed something that was close, but after putting it on last week and trying it... not the same. I like a bit of a 'ring' in my snare... without it, I feel like I'm playing a phone book... a really loud one... but it's missing that extra thing I like. A lot of a drummers personality is in their snare sound in my opinion. I think we left Calgary around 11am... 10-ish hours on the GPS... a walk in the park for me considering Matt, Brent, and Trevor have been driving for 3 days already... while I flew in last night. If you haven't been in the van as long as the others who have been in the van, you can't complain about anything related to being in the van. Nothing too much noteworthy today... lots of stupid jokes and staring out the window at the scenery to pass the time. Minor highlight was this raven (I think) that swooped down at me while we were stopped in a town called Golden. I was just standing there... watching this giant black bird flying towards me. Part of me started thinking... "that bird is getting pretty low..." Then I started thinking "I hope it doesn't poop on me... because that's a big bird." Then as it got closer and closer... getting lower and lower... "This bird might swoop down at me... this bird might attack me... I might have to fight this bird." Part of me was totally down with fighting this bird... I mean... if that bird's got questions... I'm sure I could find it some answers. Bring it bird. ... while the other part was thinking... I don't really wanna fight something that doesn't really have arms... I'd feel obligated to only use kick attacks. So the bird skimmed over my head (missed me by 3ft maybe), it was pretty loud... landed behind me... then standing sideways, started giving me stink eye, and hopping towards me. Kinda reminded me of the Igor type character from Young Frankenstein. I guess I was standing near some sandwich droppings in the parking lot it was after. I moved out of the way and let it chow down. It was a really funny bird though... it had a lot of personality... almost as if a very tiny person was in costume controlling it's movements. If I could have a pet bird, I would pick that bird. Sorry Big Bird. More driving, until an Arby's stop for dinner. It was between that and Carl Jr's. I've never had Carl's before... but when I'm hungry, I want to go with a safe bet... taste wise. Too hungry to be disappointed (just in case) so Arby's it is. Driving, driving, driving... and we're finally in Vancouver/Richmond. The hotel here is super nice... and there's a casino attached. If it wasn't so late I'd wander around just to have a look... but it's been a long day and I have a bunch of things to catch up on online in the morning... it adds up quickly not having email (or cell reception) majority of the day. ... buffet breakfast tomorrow... quick acoustic/vocal rehearsal... then it's off to the venue. Since we're opening on this tour (first of three) the set will fly by. Short sets are really fun to play though... and it'll be nice to get the rust off in front of a few people the next couple nights. ... for now though... time to get some sleep. - Mike
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Dawn Kudron
10/4/2013 01:04:48 am
Love it! Glad to hear I am not the only one that "please don't poop on me" is the first thing that comes to mind when a bird is involved! LOL!!! Just for the record Mike, Carl's Jr is delish:-) Have a great day!
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Anthony
10/4/2013 01:37:43 am
I agree with you on the toilet paper issue.
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