Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to seeing us or Pontiak in either Iowa City, IA or last night in Norman, OK.  Both of those shows didn’t work out for completely different reasons.  We were thwarted in Iowa by floodwaters which blocked our way into town.  Then yesterday, on our way to Norman, our van began to violently shake and we were forced to take a 3 hour detour to have a bearing replaced on one of it’s front wheels.  That coupled with the 8 hour drive forced us to miss the show.  We’re all sad that the shows didn’t work out, but we can only promise that we’ll do our best to be back through both of those towns before the summer is out.

On the upside, the van is running smoothly and we shouldn’t be missing any other shows for the rest of the tour.  Also on the upside, during our mad detours, we made enough money on scratch-off lottery tickets to purchase a bottle of Smirnoff (see picture).

Another highlight was meeting the sweetest dog in the world at a cafe in St. Louis.  Please note the resemblance to Falkor from the Neverending Story.