captainchristmas

(the email i wrote to you)

ahhhh, what up baby? long time no type, how have you been?

im great, its been very interesting lately. the past week on the road has been lesson after lesson in patience, and life in general i guess. i am typing to you now from a one computer internet cafe somewhere in the hills of southern-central oregon. we have been stranded in totally different small, middle of nowhere, yet eerily friendly, towns.

ill take you through a quick rundown;

first it was nebraska, in a small town twenty miles south of omaha, called council bluffs. we stayed the night at a sketch trucker prostitution sting kind of a motel, cancelled a gig in omaha and dropped six hundred bucks for a new clutch fan. then we tried to make it to our next days gig in colorado but after about seven hours at ninety miles an hour some radiator hose blew out. this was in ogallala nebraska. we met these nice folks from denver who owned an ice-cream shop and had a cute little four year old daughter named alex. they made us a complimentary breakfast and gave us a great deal on banana splits for the whole time we were there. at this point we had cancelled a total of three gigs and were getting broke so we tried to book some stuff at the local bars. this actually ended up being a really good time. and lucrative, in fact it almost put us back on schedule money-wise. at this point we had a couple days to get get to victoria for our next show, so we took a constant but leisurely cruise all the way up 89 (the oregon trail). (i dont know if youre a ben folds fan but shouts to twinn falls idaho). anywho we were doing great until last night when we stopped for a quick break from driving and the transmission basically bought the farm. we spent the night sleeping in the van next to a small tool shack that had a light on inside. there were no windows though, you could only see a little light coming from under the door. anyway we got up at seven this morning and had the van towed to the baker "city", OR. i took a shower and went into town, found a cafe and here i am, typing you this email. i hope i didnt bore you.

anyway, never a dull moment, you know the deal.

awww, i miss you too baby. thanks fo the digits, ill call you randomly, in the middle of the night, sometime soon.

hope youre well,

-captainr