Tea Bazaar. (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Dinner.
Dinner.
Dinner.
Loading in at the Charlottesville downtown pedestrian mall
Downtown Pedestrian Mall – Charlottesville, VA
The Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar – Charlottesville, VA
the band photographer.
the dreaded load-in.
Beers, friends, and the stage – Tea Bazaar, C’Ville VA
Loading out at the end of the night.
For all of the time spent sitting on our arses in a van, we get a good workout with the load-ins and load-outs. We’ll be taking the stage in about 20 minutes, to play a 2 hour set. I’ll post more later, after the show… or in the morning on our way to Knoxville.
headed south. (Boston, Massachusetts)
Beers’ dad has a mechanic shop just outside Boston, so we took the van there to get a look-over, and his dad fixed the hitch on the van, which was about ready to fall off after bouncing down the interstate to Philadelphia. I-95 is the bane of our existence on tour. Always full of traffic, always crappy roads that beat up the van, and tolls to add insult to the injury. The trailer hitch was getting jerked around like crazy, and the left side of it basically snapped off the frame.
We got it reattached and solid, and we’re now making our way south to Virginia. It’s about a 10 hour drive to Charlottesville, where we’re playing at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar tonight. We’re staying at another gorgeous farm outside of the city tonight, which should lend itself to a good night of sleep for all of us.