Open Road

Three Days Ago we left Willmar, MN not knowing what was in store for us yet very excited for whatever it was. 6 hours later, we arrived in Mcgregor Iowa, just across the Mississippi River from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. We rolled in right at 4:00 and spent a little bit of time explloring Main street, which is what the town basically consists of. We then headed up to our host, bob Eggen, who is 80 years old but had more energy than us young whippersnappers. We unpacked our personals, then went back across the river to eat dinner, then went to the park where we played in a gazebo! It was so awesome! in the middle of Speaking Louder than Before, our monitors went out. usually not that bad but we were all packed in a regular gazebo and me, being the loudest, had to focus and keep the beat so that all the others could stay on beat, because the monitors is what projects the sound back to us, so we can hear what we are playing. Well, apparently we still sounded good because everyone cheered and things like that. It was a total God thing because nobody thought that we played well at all but apparently we did.
The next day we woke up at 5:30 to play at a church a halfhour away at 8:30, then we went to another church to play at 10:30. We played a simple acoustic set because the average age of the congregation was about 60-70. After that we had church in the basement of the second church and then went to a 97 year old ladies house and played some hymns we knew and just talked. That was super cool!!! She was truly a blessing to us. After that, we napped until 530, then went to dinner at our contacts house at 6. That was the most delicious meal i have eaten in a long time. Topped off with apple pie and ice cream!!!! after that, we came back to the house and hung out a bit, then us guys played poker til about midnight.
Today was our day off. We woke up and had breakfast at 9, then went to Pike's Peak Park (No joke) and went on a little hike. That was very cool and scenic and then just sat at the park and hung out and saw a Walking Stick!!!!! Now we are at the coffee shop which is the only place with internet for a while around.
Tomorrow our plan is to have lunch at a nursing home and then after that we will play for the old people that are there. This town is a very oldperson town so there are quite a few old people here! Which is kinda cool because they are always accepting and glad to have us which is very cool!

This is all for now.
-Bo :)

CTI #3

Tomorrow i leave for my first tour.
Training tour.
Three weeks on the road.
Living in a van with 7 others and Chris Reed our trainer.
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We go to Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We play 15-20 venues so about 20-25 concerts in three weeks. Our drive time varies from ten minutes from venue to venue or 6 hours from city to city. Well, its dinner time here at the ministry so i will sign off! Bye!