After the Chico show, I drove with my cousin Chris to Salt Lake City at 6 am. I think I hit rock bottom, but I’m not sure. It is quite possible. It took about 10 hours of desert driving to sit down to a diluted Polygamy Porter beer. Very odd. We opened for a group called Buddha Pie which I found to be ironic. We had about 36 hours to drive to Chicago for a show, which seemed very possible until we got a flat tire in Wyoming. I tried to take advantage of this moment and run out to a pasture of cows. They all ran away from me. We drove on a spare tire to Cheyenne, Wyoming. We couldn’t go all the way to Chicago on a spare tire so we decided to stop at North Platte, Nebraska Enterprise to switch cars. We said goodbye to the van with 11,000 miles, a broken door, and a flat tire, and received a new car without all those misfortunes. We reached Chicago 14 hours later just in time for our show with friend Cody Copeland (www.myspace.com/whoiscodycopeland). I got a Cubs hat for 5 dollars. A perfect ending to a great tour! Thanks to everyone who assisted us in our trek. It means so much to us.
love
Pat

