Days 29 & 30 - Cedar Falls to Red Wing, Minnesota (167 Miles, 5147 Total)

Our long circle around the US came full circle today as we pulled into Red Wing, Minnesota, A few miles from where we set out a month to go. "Ah" I hear you exhale, "then your tour is done Alan, well done, good job. Those efficient tour booker's have brought you right back to where it all began so you can conveniently drop the van and the set off and come home."

Sorry, no. Still a month to go (although we're all rather happy about that) and the small matter of Kansas, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, New York and New Hampshire to go.

Anywho, yesterday brought some more jollies as we performed in the morning and partied in the afternoon. Well, I watched a Newcastle game alone in a bar, Alex and Anna went round a lake and Karina bought tat, so lots of individual partying... yeah.

My walk into town from the sports bar took me along some real American streets, with big wooden houses, basketball nets in the yard and lots and lots of leaves to kick!



Dinner involved a restaurant that claimed to be Mongolian. We couldn't see much authentic Mongolian cooking on offer but having never been to Mongolia, who are we to argue. It did involve putting a lot of meat, veg, noodles and sauce in a bowl, passing it to a man who put it on something hot and then gave it back. We did this several times and were jolly full by the end. Well done those Mongolians (although my Mongolian was called Chad and from Iowa).

Today we took a little jaunt up the US-63 to Red Wing, Minnesota. Home of Red Wing shoes (apparently they don't make you fly, lesson learned) The town is nice enough and our hotel is next to something called the Bierstube which I plan to investigate thoroughly later.

Right now Obama's infamous half hour ad is airing on most channels. Its quite an audacious feat but if it gets him through the door at the white house then its worth it. Just watching it now, as I write this, I am filled with a sense of urgency and this guy NEEDS to be elected next week. Quite simply it will make a difference, and the world will be a better place. We can but wait

I shall leave you with another common sense sign from those adorable yanks. This one only just beat the sign on the back of a lorry that said "DO NOT FOLLOW ME INTO WORK SITE". I plan to wear a similar sign tomorrow stating "DO NOT FOLLOW ME ON STAGE" can't be too careful.

Hope everyone is well



Alan

State lines crossed 1 (18 Total)
Time Zones crossed 0 (2 Total)
Oil Changes 0 (1 Total)

6 Days to Election

Bumper sticker/ Yard sign/ Anything else advertising a candidate count:
Obama 134
McCain 55