LOCATION: EL DORADO HILLS
LISTENING TO: THE DAY I LOST MY VOICE (THE SUITCASE SONG)
BY: COPELAND
THE COUNT DOWN HAS TRULY BEGUN …
THE REALIZATION OF THE END OF TOUR IS SO SO CLOSE …
THE JOURNEY IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END …
BUT IT IS ONLY THE END OF THE BEGINNING …
WE ALL KNEW THAT THIS DAY [...]

LOCATION: POCATELLO
LISTENING TO: BANGIN’ ON A TRASH CAN
BY: THE BEETS
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHO DOUG FUNNY IS …
HE WAS A CARTOON CHARACTER FROM MY YOUTH WHO WOULD WEAR THE SAME THING EVERYDAY …
HE HAD A WHOLE CLOSET FULL OF THE SAME SHIRT, SHORTS, AND SWEATER VESTS …
WELL I FEEL LIKE I HAVE STARTED TO DO [...]

LOCATION: LITTLETON
LISTENING TO: HAVE YOURSELF A MARRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
BY: FRANK SINATRA
THIS THANKSGIVING WAS A LITTLE BITTERSWEET …
I USUALLY SPEND THIS DAY WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK HOME …
WITH THE FRIED TURKEY AND THE TWICE BAKED POTATOES …
OH! AND THE DESSERT …
BUT I COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOREVER …
ANYWAYS …
THIS THANKSGIVING WAS SPENT WITH [...]

LOCATION: DENVER
LISTENING TO: AMERICA IS MY HOME
BY: JAMES BROWN
WHAT IS FOOT PATROL YOU MIGHT ASK …
SINCE WE ARE ON A SHOE TOUR …
WE TEND TO LOOK AT PEOPLE’S FEET TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SHOES THEY’RE WEARING …
WELL IT HAS SLOWLY TURNED INTO SOMETHING SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CASUAL GLANCE AT PEOPLE’S [...]

 
LOCATION: DENVER
LISTENING TO: SWAN AND THE SWIMMING
BY: IRON AND WINE
WHEN FOUR STRANGERS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER …
IT TAKES TIME TO TRULY BECOME A TEAM …
FINDING OUT WHAT MAKES THEM TICK …
AND WHAT TICKS THEM OFF …

 
 
LOCATION: MOSCOW
LISTENING TO: GIVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT
BY: JOHN LEGEND FT. ANDRE 3000
HERE ARE SOME MORE THINGS TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT HITTING THE ROAD …
TIP #4: THE BIG GULP
FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN MONEY IS GETTIN’ TIGHT …
AND TRUST ME IT WILL HAPPEN …
THIS IS ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO SAVE SOME [...]

 
 
LOCATION: SEATTLE
LISTENING TO: FLY TO ME
BY: KEANE
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW THINGS I’VE LEARNED ON THE ROAD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU… THEY MAY HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND MAKE IT EASIER TO GET AROUND SOME THINGS …
THEY CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED AS TIPS AND TRICKS FOR FUTURE TOURS …
TIP #1: [...]

LOCATION: PORTLAND
LISTENING TO: TWISTED
BY: KEITH SWEAT
ON THE ROAD SOMETIMES WE CAN GET KINDA CRAZY AND THINGS GET A LITTLE GOOFY …
AND SO WHEN WE NEEDED A GREAT WAY TO SELL SOME TOMS HATS WE HAD A GREAT IDEA …
THAT GREAT IDEA WE LIKE TO CALL BRENDA IN HONOR OF OUR CAMPUS REP INTERN …
NOW SHE [...]

As we near the end of week 3, what I have been most impressed with thus far is the hospitality people have given us. We have slept on couches, futons, dorm floors, in the occasional bed (if we’re lucky) and in the van (if we’re not) – well, only two members of our team had [...]

LOCATION: BEND
LISTENING TO: CHIN UP
BY: COPELAND
THE END OF WEEK 2 IS HERE …
IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE WE HAVE FINALLY PASSED THROUGH THE ROCKY ROAD …
AND AS WE ALWAYS SAY IN TEAM NORTHWEST – WE ARE OUT OF THE VALLEY NOW AND ARE HEADIN’ UP THE MOUNTAIN TO THE TOP …
SO FAR SOME OF OUR EVENTS [...]