We’re just a few hours away from the final performance, and we’re definitely ready for that to happen. (Although probably not quite so much as Jordan is.) We arrived in Portland around 5 p.m. yesterday (Just in time for rush hour traffic, of course.), and we had a pleasant drive en route. Our first stop [...]

by Bradi We’re in Oregon now, and it’s lovely. Also? Still not much to report. Our first planned “roadside attraction” stop of the day is still a few miles down the road. We don’t shut off the van unless it’s absolutely necessary, since that would mean Jordan would lose power to his computer system; essentially, [...]

by Bradi We had a lovely night in a suburb of Salt Lake City. Although technically the temperature was about the same as it is right now in Arkansas, the fact that it’s so arid was completely outside of our experience. We’re accustomed to incredible humidity that makes the heat index rise considerably, so the [...]

by Bradi We have virtually nothing to report this morning. We departed Alliance headed west through the rest of Nebraska and most of Wyoming. The landscape changed dramatically over the last couple hours; it’s much more hilly and has a few bluffs and outcroppings in the distance. Also, the wind is incredible. Sometimes it buffets [...]

by Bradi Last night was relatively uneventful for me and Shane, although we both slept fitfully because we were worried about Jordan locked up in the van while we were snug bugs in rugs.  We awakened around 5:30 a.m. and decided to hit the road rather than just lie there hoping to sleep and thus [...]