Holiday Inn Express Siloam Springs, Ar

... me a post card from Rogers Arkansas about 20 or more years ago, Everythig in town has rogers this or rogers that, even the bowling alley is the Rogers bowling alley. Its like I own everything in town!!!!
Walmart had only 100 stores when I graduated from High School in 1972, they now have 8159 stored now. Had I invested my paper route money when I graduated from high school, I would be on easy street now!!!!

We decided to steer clear of the major free and took some back roads from Muskogee to Fayetteville, Arkansas. It's beautiful. I really need to start taking some videos and photos now because the scenery is actually starting to look like America (as opposed to looking like Australia).

Tomorrow we're going to ...

WOW!!! Today is our first day off and I have been having a blast. I'm not sure what anyone else is doing, but I have been in the center of Bike Week. I was hoping to get some good photographs that I could use for my homework assignment, but sadly, while I'm getting some great pictures, nothing will really fit with anything for school. Ah well. Most of the bikers came into town on Thursday night, and since then there has been a ...

... hotel said that a few hundred thousand people ride into town for this. I have a feeling it's going to be insane! And I love the fact that the two things going on in town this week are so contrasting: a motorcycle convention and tech rehearsals for a musical. I hope we get into a little rumble, leather vs. lycra!

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... some other random auxiliary parts, we need to actually sit down and talk through how much I can play at one time to make us sound as full as possible. So while the rest of the musicians just sleep in and relax, I'll be getting right to it (but I make a little more than them so I shouldn't complain).

Right now I think I just need to had to bed. To add to the complication of starting another tour and taking 4 classes, I just quit smoking ...

... day but it won't be so bad knowing that we will be spending a week in paradise.

I have booked a limo to pick us up at the airport. I read lots of great reviews on Trip Advisor about this limo company and its not much more that a taxi. We are staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village July 1-6. We booked our trip using Sam's Club travel and got a great deal on an ocean front room. I also found a coupon on-line ...

... plane. It gives great advice as to what seats have window, air vents, video screens, and the negatives about certain seats. Another part of my obsessive travel planning is constantly checking our flight status and checking to see if any new seats have opened up, what movies will be playing on our flight, if any upgrades are available, etc. Sometimes I think I should be a travel agent, as much as I enjoy doing all of our travel planning.

Just locked in the dates and booked the hotel in Burbank. It's a great suite. The realization I'm going to travel 1600 miles to Burbank alone is kind of intimidating to me. This road trip will also mark the first time I've ever been single while traveling for this company. I'm equal parts excited and scared. The best thing could happen is I'll have a great journey of self discovery and adventure. The worst...well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

... 3: Beware the slinky stuff. No campsite is perfectly level, so I always seem to be sliding somewhere. I mean, the sleeping bag is slinky, the Thermarest is slinky, the tent floor is slinky -- If I left the zipper door undone, I swear I'd slide right out of the tent!! I end up crammed against one end of the tent, or laying half off the pad, and it's driving me nuts. I thought it was smart to sew strips of elastic to the ...

... the entire way and was even cool enough to travel with the window open most of the way. We didn't make any stops on the way there because it was dark most of the drive and I really just wanted to get to the resort, check in and pass out. I was blown away by how well behaved the boys were. I was expected them to be bored and irritable but to my surprise were completely as excited as I was to be going on a road trip.