About a month ago the band made yet another trip out to the west coast.  Here are a few photos from round 2...

We all passed out pretty early last night, but this morning we got things rolling early.  Looks like the agenda today includes some grocery shopping and writing and possibly an open mic night tonight at a local coffeehouse.  We’ll check back in later with more pics and videos. 

Well we finally made it.  We arrived in Seattle around 10:00 a.m. this morning after driving straight through the night from Denver .  The trip was long and took almost 20 hours, but we’re finally here.  We stopped for breakfast about 45 mins outside the city at a pancake house and continued on to Vic’s apartment.  After getting lost for a little while we arrived at Vic’s place, which is really nice.  Today we drove around downtown Seattle and saw the city.  We ate lunch at a restaurant on the water and checked out the local Guitar Center .  After all this driving I think we’ll call it a day early tonight.  There’s some pics from today further down the page, be sure to check them out.

We arrived in Denver tonight at 8:30 p.m. our time, which would be 10:30 back in Rochester .  It’s weird driving through these time zones and gaining an hour each day.  Anyway, we left the hotel this morning around 10:00 a.m. and hit the road.  We are staying with Matt and Emily, Jon’s roommates from Ithaca College .  They have a really nice apartment right outside the city.  Tonight we went to dinner at Champs and then took a tour of the city.  Matt works as a physical therapist for the Nuggets, so we drove passed the arena where they play.  It was a fun night but we need to rest up because we’re planning to drive straight to Seattle in the morning (a 19 hour drive).  We'll check in when we get to Seattle, but until then check out some of the new pics from today.

Well we finally did it.  At approx. 10:30 this morning the band piled into Jonny's new van and we headed out for the West Coast.  We won't actually arrive there until Thurs, but the road trip should be a fun part of the experience.  Anyway, today we made it as far as Iowa City and got a hotel room for the night.  We've spent less than $80 on gas, tolls and food so far which is pretty surprising considering how far we made it.  Along the way, we grabbed dinner at a local mall, which we all agreed was probably the cleanest and nicest looking mall we’d ever seen.  We also went to see ‘Batman Begins’ at this mall, mostly because Tank was raving about how good it was (having seen it the night before).  Then we hit the road again, arriving in Iowa City around 3:30 a.m.

  There are a few pics further down on this page from the day, be sure to check them out.  The ride went fairly smoothly despite the fact that the van was packed to capacity.  The single passenger seat left in the back (which is surrounded by gear) is quite a claustrophobic environment, which we nick-named 'The Cell'.  We each took turns driving and everyone dreaded their turn to inhabit the cell.  Tomorrow we will arrive in Denver and stay with Jon’s old college roommate Matt Fria.  We’ll check back in then.