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 [...]
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Mid-Day Update: Day 6
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, [...]
End-of-Day Report: Day 4
by Bradi We made it over the Utah border and found our final destination for the day just outside of Salt Lake City where we’re staying with a friend (Matt Glass) who attends Cranbrook, the art school from which Jordan just graduated. After finding Matt’s house, he jumped in the van with us and we [...]
Mid-Day Report: Day 4
by Bradi Shane and I stopped by the historic Wyoming State Penitentiary, which is now defunct and serves as a museum, in Rawlins in the early afternoon. Afterwards we grabbed a quick lunch and decided to eat on the outdoor patio. We’ve wondered if Jordan could smell our food when we ate and if it [...]
Mid-Morning Report: Day 4
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 [...]
End-of-Day Report: Day 3
by Bradi The second half of the day was lovely: clear skies, open road and no ominous rain or wind. It was also…monotonous. Never let it be said that Nebraska doesn’t like its corn. The state is beautiful–especially this time of year–with its green corn fields, wide open spaces and blue sky. It’s also miles [...]
Mid-Day Report: Day 3
by Bradi It’s been a bumpy ride thus far. The detour took us WAY out of our way, but we finally hit Omaha and headed toward Lincoln. Looks like our intended destination for the night is a bit too ambitious due to the unexpected re-routing. That’s okay, though; we built a tiny bit of cushion [...]
Mid-Morning Report: Day 3
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 [...]
End-of-Day Report: Day 2
by Bradi The second half of today was relatively uneventful. We had nice weather (at least, not as hot as Arkansas) for the most part. There was a brief thundershower (right as we drove up to the Christ of the Ozarks, no less.), followed by a decent afternoon with cloud cover. Unfortunately, I think the [...]
Mid-Day Report: Day 2
by Bradi Nothing much to report yet. Shane and I are driving along, and Jordan’s…in the box. We shot through Sonic in Valley Springs, Arkansas, for a quick lunch and had a bathroom break. We ordered only sandwiches and small drinks off the value menu–small meals for two full-grown people–because we’re cheap and are sort [...]