Gallivanting

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Stormy Saturday

We woke up this morning after sleeping in the Morgan Creek Grill parking lot and decided to head on down to Jacksonville for the European Street Cafe show. We were heading out from the Charleston, SC area so we took I-95 South the whole way down. It just so happened that a strong cold front was sweeping through the area and was firing off some pretty nasty thunderstorms, some of which had tornadoes embedded. Given what happened the prior day with the same system, we decided to hunker down for a bit at a nearby rest area. I do have a background in meteorology and I get excited over such things, but I've never been one to seek out imminent danger. 

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We made it to the venue intact and did the usual: eat a quick dinner, set up, play, breakdown and head to wherever we're sleeping (not the van tonight). Magnolia Fest folks came out and were as enthusiastic as usual. 

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Isle of Palms

Blue Bell kept us safe again last nigt in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Mount Pleasant. This is starting to become our routine now: pull into the parking lot, go in and buy whatever essentials we need for the night, then wait for the other RV's to pull in. It makes us feel a little more safe. It's a strength in numbers kind of thing, and the RV's are usually bigger than Blue Bell, so it's like the older brother pulled into the neigborhood to keep the bullies away. It's strange, we rarely ever see the people driving them, but we still feel a real camaraderie with the folks inside. They're almost always gone by the time wake up in the morning. We never get a chance to thank them, not that we would anyway.

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We headed over to our favorite Starbucks in the area to do some booking; however, Nikki was still feeling under the weather so she mostly slept in the van. We had a gig at Morgan Creek Grill in the evening so we headed over around 4'ish to take advantage of the free meal they were throwing our way. We managed to push through a 4-hour gig with Nikki's throat just barely staying intact by the time we were done. They let us park the van in the restaurant parking lot overnight to sleep....got a five-hour drive tomorrow morning.

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Palm Coast Coffee

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Great night at Palm Coast Coffee in St. Simons Island, GA. We have a long drive back to NC so we stopped off at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Hardeeville, SC.

Capt. Stan's, Night Two

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After spending the day at the local waterfront park in Woodbine, we headed back over to Capt. Stan's for the second gig. We gorged ouselves on free ribs then hopped up on stage for a 2 hour set. One of the locals joined Nikki on stage with his harmonica....didn't sound too bad...

Koolatron

Keeping things cool is quite the pain in the ass. We used a nothing but a styrofoam cooler through January that started leaking 5 days in. We upgraded to a Koolatron. It plugs into the cigarette lighter and comes with a converter to use a wall socket. So far it's keeping the beer nice and cold :)

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