tour - the first couple days

it started out well enough: we got to sleep at 4 am after the cd release party, got up at 6:30 am, went over to all-city coffee, and were on the road by 7:30. our radio went out in tacoma (goddamn circuit city!! we said...), but spirits were high. about an hour outside of portland we noticed that something was wrong.

it seems that shirly, our rv (named after it's speed: we'll get there, slowly but shirly), had thrown a fan belt. it turns out, the fan belt also turns the alternator, and without that, we ran the battery out with our radio, thus no tunes. (sorry, circuit city, we didn't mean to besmirch your name.) as we didn't have another fan belt with us, we called sky's father, who lives about half an hour from where we were. he came with an assortment of fan belts, we found the one that fit, and we were on our way. until shirly threw that belt too. we made it to the nearest service station and had it fixed. if you're ever in kelso-longview area, go to kerr's kar korner (or something like that), and have manuel help you. he got us back on the road for about $10.

problem is: we missed the radio show in portland. but we made the cd store show, and got a nap beforehand. I think we still won.

we got to see some good friends in portland, played a fun show at mississippi pizza, ate our fill of delicious pie, and fell asleep early. well, sky didn't, she had an adventure instead. but I'll let her tell you that part.

this morning we had a delicious breakfast with em from swallows (who we played with at miss. pizza) as is our portland custom, and now we're hanging out in eugene. sam bond's garage is an awesome venue, we're looking forward to it. man, I'm thirsty (that means I need beer).

okay, that's all for now. see you soon.