We had a decent show in Durango (pretty good for a Wed), then left that night for Alamosa because we didn’t have a place to park for the night. We got to Pegosa Springs before we pulled over to sleep. The next morning we drove through Wolf Creek Pass, which constantly reminded me of the C.W. McCall (who also wrote “Convoy”) song except that we were heading from Pegosa Springs and weren’t hauling chickens. We got to Alamosa around noon, and discovered that it’s apparently the scenic anomaly of Colorado. After pillaging the Wendy’s dollar menu Ty, Ben & Jonny laid down for a nap and I headed out on a walkabout (in the style of Brandon Lechtenburg) in search of the fabled “internet”.
After walking for about 2 miles I still hadn’t found a coffee shop (the most common source of free wifi) but realized that I was right in the middle of the Adams State College campus (had I known I would end up here, I would’ve worn my CSC FB shirt again, despite the odor). I just happened to be across the street from the library, so I went in and sweet-talked the librarian into giving me a temporary library card. After killing about 3 ½ hours cruising the net I walked the remaining mile to the venue to meet the other guys there.
We had another decent night (again, good for a weeknight), though the venue was big and open and sounded like we were playing in a tin shed. Afterwards, the owner of the bar gave us the key and directions to his “band house”, where we could shower and spend the night. The house looked (and smelled) like one of those old abandoned country houses that you sneak into when you’re a kid to look for various treasures and to break everything that’s made of glass. Nonetheless, about half of the lights worked and it had running water and beds, so we were tickled pink to be there! After crashing on a 4’6” long RV couch for 10 days, I felt like a king in the old, squeaky, garage sale special double bed that I called dibs on, and got my best night’s sleep since this tour started.
Tonight we have a show in Breckenridge, which we have fairly high expectations for. We negotiated a hotel room when we booked this show, but probably won’t be sleeping there. Since we have a show in Salt Lake City tomorrow night, we’ll most likely just shower then start driving so we don’t have to knock out the drive all at once.
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