Day 11- Orange, Texas (3149 Miles)

Its official. The Lutcher Theater, Orange, is the nicest place I have ever performed. Battered by hurricane's but determined to carry on regardless, our 2 shows here were by far the most enjoyable so far. The schools in Orange only went back a few days ago and yet still over 1000 children managed to turn up for our shows and seemed to have a thoroughly enjoyable time at that. But the shows are only a fraction of why this place is amazing. Afterward we were treated to a "Pot Luck" dinner that was quite stunning. We met lovely people, ate great food (although the American definition of vegitarian is still puzzling Alex and Karina "You can have bacon yes?")

I even met a fella who had family back in Newcastle. He seemed very amused that me and him are the only 2 folks in Orange that know what a Geordie is- a blindly optimistic football fan that wears far too little in winter!


So shows over and an afternoon to kill we made for one place - The Mall. With the hole count in my T-Shirts ever increasing I took advantage of some rather silly Abercrombie and Fitch pricing to replenish stock, now I just need to build up the courage to throw out the U2 T-Shirt. Just as we thought Orange couldn't get nicer we were acosted in the car park by a Mother who had seen the show and then proceeded to force her rather bemused looking child to have his photo taken with us, we obliged and all seemed happy.

So my over use of the word so in this blog continues (any suggestions for other words welcome) and now with the sun setting we're off to local restaurant "Spanky's" for some steak, Texan style. Tomorrow brings the drive to Memphis in preparation for our rearranged day off on Sunday and the mother of all outings... folks, we're going to Graceland.

Its Now or Never

Alan

State lines crossed 4 (8 Total)
Time Zones crossed 1 (2 Total)

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