4 July 2006: Celebrating the Birth of Our Nation By Sitting in the Van

Been unable to find the time to write the past few days, what with all of the drinking, driving, skinny-dipping, and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show watching.

We're currently holed up at the Sheff's compound in Worcester, MA, playing in Cambridge tonight. We had the 4th off, which we spent driving straight from Cleveland, about a 12 hour trip in total. Our route took us on I-84 through southern New York, which I don't believe anyone had ever bothered with before on previous trips. The scenery was gorgeous, though the aftermath of the recent storms there left a lot of places still flooded. Stopped at a Quizno's/Starbuck's in Binghampton, NY for lunch, then traveled on. The sun had dropped by the time we reached Schenectady, and we saw bits and pieces of maybe 5 different town's July 4th fireworks displays exploding over the Catskills.

There was another bit of drama during the van ride, but that will have to wait for another post.