Another tour, another road trip!

Wow, it HAS been awhile since I last posted! After a busy summer on the U.S./Canada border doing my agriculture inspectional duties, things have finally died down. During that time, I was excited to hear that Five For Fighting was planning another tour this year. John Ondrasik will be hitting the road for a rather short acoustic run, visiting some cities that he missed on the last two tours. I was hoping John would be coming to Seattle since had to cancel his show there in November of '09 due to illness. But, as this year's fall concert schedule was finalized, Seattle was missing from the itinerary. Of course, something like that would never stop me from seeing John perform, at least if I can help it!

I had enough vacation time saved up for another road trip, but I had to do some finagling to make it happen. With the help of a couple of generous coworkers who changed their time off to accommodate my needs, my road trip became a reality! The next step...buying the concert tickets! When I saw the three Los Angeles area shows on the tour schedule, I knew my road trip would center around those. Any Five For Fighting concerts on the West Coast are fair game in my book, and logistically, those three shows were my best bet. I contacted my friend Lynne down in L.A., and it turns out she was free to attend two of the shows! I've gone to two previous Five For Fighting shows with her, and it was a lot of fun.

With the tickets purchased, I went to work making hotel accommodations. I'll be traveling in late October through mid-November, which is a great time to do so. Hotel rooms are less expensive this time of the year, and places of interest in general are less crowded. One thing I'll be contending with, though...the weather. During my November road trip last year, I basically hugged the coast, avoiding any potential inclimate conditions. This time, part of my route will take me into areas where things will be colder, with snow a constant possibility. For me, planning my road trip is just as fun as experiencing it. And, I'll be doing a LOT of planning between now and the start of my new adventure. There's never such as thing as overplanning in my book! If I take the time to organize things now, less time wasted and more time to concentrate on fun later! Ahh...I'm such a stickler!