The Tale of Time Square, Songwriters, Fort Williams, Horses, Hikes, Lakes, and Beautiful Banff...

(There are a lot of pictures in this blog post! So I had to make a lot of them pretty small. However, if you click on them they will enlarge to full screen!)

June 15, 2011

Myself in Time Square.

This tour trip started out with a very special stop! New York City. Dad, my friend Michael and myself left from Springfield, Missouri, and traveled to the Big Apple. We only encountered one small problem- we almost missed our connecting flight in Chicago… We had a long layover, so we stopped to eat at the Chili’s there, and they had misplaced our order; so it took a long, long time. By the time we ran out of there, our flight was in final boarding, and the gate was a bit farther away than anticipated! Luckily Michael used to be my personal trainer- so he is in tip-top shape, and ran ahead of my Dad and I to make sure they held the door open! If we had been one minute later they were going to give our seats away! Thank God we made it!

Once we got to LaGuardia, we met a van that took us to our hotel- the Marriot Marquis at Time Square. Awesome hotel! Michael and I decided to head out on the town and go for a walk. The weather could not have been more perfect! Whenever I’m in New York it is always crazy hot or crazy cold, but this was just right! We wandered the city for a couple hours, and then we ended up back at our hotel for dinner. We went to the restaurant at the top of the hotel- on the forty-ninth floor, and it was a revolving restaurant! Such incredible views! The food was pretty nice too!

June 16, 2011

After breakfast, the day started out with a sound check for Dad. So Michael and I went down and joined him in the ballroom. The reason we were in New York was for the American Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Dad was singing “Lovin’ Feeling” with Sam Moore because Barry and Cynthia (the writers of that song, and a million other incredible songs!) were getting a very special award. Sound check went pretty great, and soon Michael and I were out on the street to do some shopping. I just love walking around New York! I truly love that place!

Michael and I on the red carpet!

By 6:45pm Michael and I were dressed and ready for the night’s events, so we headed to Dad’s room to meet him and our escort for the evening. We were all taken downstairs to the red carpet. There was a group of people standing in front of the red carpet holding albums and yelling for my Dad’s autograph, it was pretty cool. Even some of them knew who I was, it was crazy! Then Dad stood on the red carpet in front of all the blinding flashing lights for a while. After that, Michael and I followed behind him on the red carpet… Funny, no flashing lights when we walked by. Maybe someday! Dad had some interviews to do, and that carpet was crowded! It was a lot of fun! Very exciting hustle and bustle!

Michael and I in the ballroom for the event!

After that we walked up to the VIP cocktail party. It was awesome! I met a lot of incredible songwriters. All the people in that room wrote pretty much every song I know! It was insane! And I also got to meet some old friends of my Dad’s, which was a lot of fun! Something extra special was that Michael and I got to meet Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks. I am a big fan of both of them (and Michael and I had seen Garth’s show in Las Vegas this past October- which was amazing!) and Michael’s idol is Garth. So it was a big deal!

Dad and I celebrating after the show.

Once we were escorted into the ballroom, we had dinner at our table and then the show began to start! It was unbelievable! So many amazing artists were there. Dwight Yoakam, Leon Russell, Chrissie Hynde, Drake, Boz Skaggs, Billy Joel, Garth and Trisha- oh, and of course Dad and Sam Moore! Never mind the never ending list of the best songwriters in the world! I am sure I am leaving out a lot of names, but you get the idea! Dad and Sam had to give a speech about Barry and Cynthia- which was hilarious because neither of them are big on giving speeches… Then they brought the house down with “Lovin’ Feeling”! The crowd went crazy! They even stood up in the middle of the song, not just the end! I was a proud daughter!

After the big event, Michael and I met Dad down in the hotel bar for a taste. Dad deserved a good drink after that performance. He needed to celebrate! It was an incredible night all together. I can’t even explain how magical and amazing it was! Words fail me when I try to explain… But it was definitely a night to remember!

June 17, 2011

My alarm started blaring at 8am in my hotel room. I needed to finish packing and get ready for the travel day ahead, but I figured a nice breakfast would be a good start to the day. I picked up the phone and ordered room service. Michael and I sat and ate a nice breakfast, then I got packed up and ready to leave. We met my Dad downstairs in the lobby at 11am. Our van was ready for us, so we threw all our bags in and jumped inside.

It was about a twenty minute drive to LaGuardia Airport. Once we arrived there, Dad and I checked in at Air Canada- which proved to be a bit trying. There were some technical difficulties, and also a rather long line to drop our bags off. But we got it all done! Dad went ahead through security, and I walked with Michael over to American Airlines so he could check in. (He got checked in much quicker and easier than we did!) After that, him and I stopped in the food court to chat for a bit. After a while we had to walk over to my security check point- which was different than his. We said our goodbyes, and I headed on through to the gate.

The menu for the restaurant at the Toronto
Airport.

I had cut it pretty close, right as I got through security our plane was boarding. So I got straight in line and onto the plane. We left the gate close to on time at 1:30pm, but there was a very long line of planes to take off in front of us. Then sure enough right when we were getting close to the front of the line, they pulled us out of it! Apparently the weather on our flight path was bad, so we were supposed to wait until after that passed before we got in the air. We waited on the ground for an hour. Then finally they let us take off.

We were in the air for about two hours before we got to Toronto. We had to go through customs, immigration, grab our bags, and go through security again. There were long lines everywhere! We were done with that, and on the way to our next flight at 4:40pm. However, our flight was at 5pm, and the people at the airport decided we couldn’t make the flight. If we had been five minutes earlier, they would have let us go. So we had to get in line and change our flight. We ended up on a flight three hours later. It was quite a bummer!

We went and got a snack at a restaurant there, but that didn’t pass too much time. We were still at our gate about an hour and a half early. So, we waited. Eventually, our 8pm flight to Thunder Bay began to board. Luckily, this flight took off on time. It was an easy trip, just about two hours. We landed around 10pm, and went to get our bags. It was a very small airport. We found our driver, and once we had our bags we hopped into the bus and got on our way to the hotel.

Thunder Bay Airport.

It was 10:30pm by the time we got to the hotel, yet it was just getting dark. The area was beautiful from what I could see. Once we got to our rooms, I ordered some pizza for Dad and I from a nice local place. It was really good! After that, I just hung out in my room- and stayed up for a while, but once I passed out around 1:30am, I was out like a light. Nothing could have woken me up!

As a side note, Michael- who was leaving LaGuardia as well, (but had a flight that left forty five minutes after ours) his flight got delayed so long that it was finally cancelled due to weather. He didn’t get home until early the next morning. So Dad and I were very lucky we got out of there when we did I guess!

June 18, 2011

The venue when no one was there at sound check.

Myself

My alarm went off way to early at 8am. I jumped out of bed, threw on a hat, and met Larry, Bob, and Gabe downstairs. (Tim was already over at the gig, and Dad was sleeping instead of going to sound check.) We got to Fort Williams Historical Park just after 9am. It was beautiful! We were working outdoors for a Retrofest Festival, and the stage was right on the water- there was a beautiful river flowing by. However, it was rather chilly! We were kind of beginning to freeze! We hung around waiting to sound check, and it was a bit of a disaster. They were not quite prepared for us, and they were not too well equipped. But by noon, we decided we did the best we could.

Myself

We waited for a bus back to the hotel, then we all headed to the restaurant for some lunch. It was rather yummy, but by the time I was done, I was ready for some rest! I got to chill out for a little bit, then I had to start getting ready for the show. I met the band downstairs and rode over to the gig with them around 7pm. I wanted to get there and check out the Temptations, they were on right before us. That night we were actually working with the Grass Roots and the Temptations, but the Grass Roots were already done by the time we got there.

The whole stage.

Myself

However, my Dad’s old drummer David was there working with the Grass Roots, so he hung around so he could hang out with us for the night. It is always so fun to run into guys like that out on the road- in the middle of nowhere! The Temptations sounded great! High energy, and a wonderful band! Dad arrived when they were about half way through their show, so he checked them out for a bit too.

Dad

Gabe

Bob

The night was running a bit behind schedule- which is not surprising for a gig like that. So we had lots of time to hang out in our trailers in the back. We were supposed to go on around 8pm, but we were just starting to get ready to hit the stage by about 9:30pm. A man that was with the festival crew came back and went up to Tim and said, “So, IF the video doesn’t work, HOW does that affect YOU?” And how he said that was just so funny! Then a few minutes later, as all the guys and I were doing our traditional fists in before the show, all of a sudden I saw our soundman Jeff come charging through the forest! Literally! One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen! He came to tell us that the video was not working, and he also came to bring my Dad his microphone. It will be an image we will always remember of him!

Tim

Larry

I waited by the side of the stage as everyone jumped up there and started the show. But soon I was up! It was a lot of fun to do an outdoor show like that; especially right on the river and all. But it was rather cold! I actually ended up onstage in my jeans and a sweatshirt! I never look that casual, but I have to say, it was quite comfortable! The show went pretty good, just a lot of bugs that were attracted to the spotlights. So it was kind of a battle! But for the most part we won the flight… However, there were some bug bites that could not be avoided!

A great bonus was that there was a wonderful photographer there- Greg Malo, taking pictures of the show. And right after Dad and I finished signing, he had two discs of pictures of the show for me! He got some awesome pictures too! I love that!

Dad and I.

Dad and I.

Myself

We all hung around our trailer there for a while and got to catch up with David. It was a lot of fun! Then we were on our way back to the hotel around 12:30am. When we got there, Dad decided to check out what was going on in the ballroom of our hotel, and it turns out it was a wedding. So we did a little wedding crashers thing. However, you cannot crash a wedding with my Dad! He peaked his head into the ballroom, and within two minutes a group of people recognized him. (Of course they did!) So we gave up and went to the bar for a little while. I was not feeling like I was going to last long, but I didn’t want to be a party pooper.

After I finished my water, luckily, everyone was pretty much ready to retire for the evening. I went up to my room, and once I finished throwing a few things into my suitcase, my head landed happily on the pillow.

June 19, 2011

Happy Father’s Day! My alarm was going off by 8:30am, so I jumped into some clothes and headed down to the lobby to meet people by 9:30am. We all climbed into the bus, and we were off to the Thunder Bay Airport. Since it is a very small airport, check in was a breeze! We walked up the stairs and into the little food court area for a quick bite.

Soon it was time to venture through security and into the small three gate terminal. Our flight was just about ready to board. Since it was Father’s Day, they let all the father’s board first. So that just left Gabe and I out. But as Gabe said, “I’ve never been so happy to be left out.” But without too much hesitation, we were on the plane and into the air! It was about an hour flight to Winnipeg, and then we had a short thirty minute stopover, but we were back on the same plane in no time, and continued on to Calgary.

Calgary Airport.

That was about a two hour flight. But it went by really quickly! Once on the ground, we headed towards baggage claim. We found our bus driver/director, and then not too long after, our bags began to appear. We all climbed into the bus and got comfortable. They provided us with a boxed lunch, and it was perfect! There was a lady who was giving us information about the area, and I have to say, we aren’t a great group for that… When people ask, “Ok, so who knows why…” We are either going to be smart alecks or silent. But she did have some interesting facts about the area. We had an hour and a half or two hour drive to get to Banff. It was a beautiful drive up into the mountains though. We kept ourselves entertained along the way!

When we arrived at our hotel- The Fairmont Banff Springs, it was magical. It truly is a castle! Incredible! We had a group of people meet us and help us get checked in and then they took us to our rooms. We were working for a private party for Protective Life Insurance. And they were so amazing, and took such unbelievable care of us! The hotel rooms were wonderful, and all the rooms had views that were stunning- however, Dad’s room was probably the best!

The Fairmont Banff Springs.

We had some time before dinner since we were in our rooms by 3:30pm. So Gabe, Bob, Larry and I walked to downtown. It was about a fifteen minute walk, and so scenic! Downtown was awesome! Lots of great shops and restaurants, we were kind of scouting out for the days ahead. We actually had three full days off there before the show! (We ended up with that situation because it was easier to do that then fly home from Canada for one day, then back to Canada!) Also, our performance for this private party was a surprise! So the few days we were hanging out there, we had to be careful. Our cover was that we were there for the Hanson Family Reunion. Worked like a charm!

View from my Dad's hotel room.

After we roamed town for a while, we walked back to the hotel and gathered together in Dad’s suite for a pre-dinner toast. And this place definitely deserved a big toast! So amazing! We went down to dinner around 7:45pm (that was the earliest reservation they had). But it was a beautiful place, with a great view; and the food was wonderful!

After dinner we all wandered around the hotel for a while. Such an incredible and historic place! And again, it was light out until about 11pm! So crazy! So we had time to look around and still have some daylight! I got up to my room eventually though and got ready for bed. I needed to catch up on a little sleep, so I was happy to crash. I had a lot to do the next few days. There was so much to see and do in Banff!

June 20, 2011

I got up around 8am naturally for a change- I think I was just so excited to be in that beautiful place that I didn’t want to waste any time! I got dressed and ready for the day. Dad, Tim, Larry, Bob, Gabe, Vinny (the guy who booked this gig for us) and I all met downstairs in the lobby and got into our rental car- a Suburban. Gabe and I (being the youngest and most agile) were thrown into the very back. It was only about a forty-five minute drive to where we were going. But sure enough we made a wrong turn and accidentally exited the road at the first exit. So we had to get turned around and then back on the North road again.

Lake Louise.

Gabe, Bob and Dad at Lake Louise.

The scenery was gorgeous. And it only got better and better. We pulled up to the beautiful Fairmont Hotel on Lake Louise and parked our car. We all walked inside and we were struck by the incredible beauty of the view of the lake. (The hotel wasn’t bad either!) Our next mission was to find a way to get outside. We managed to do that pretty quickly, and so we walked straight down to the lake.

Fairmont at Lake Louise.

Lake Louise has Victoria Glacier on the other side of it, and it is the most incredible bright teal water you have ever seen in your life! We were all in complete awe! None of us had ever seen anything like it. We took a million pictures! And we also walked around the lake a bit. The beauty was not to be believed!

Dad and I at Lake Louise.

Eventually we walked back into the hotel to find a place to eat, and we managed to find a place that didn’t have a wait, and looked out at the lake. Perfect! It was truly an experience for all of us.

Myself at Lake Louise.

After lunch, we all hopped back into the car though, and drove back to Banff. When we got there, Gabe and I decided to go hit of the pool. The weather there was somewhat chilly- for summer, it was about sixty-five degrees that day. However, the outdoor pool was heated- almost too much, but it was so awesome! We were down in the pool for a couple hours, basically until we got nice and prune like.

Dad at Lake Louise.

Then him and I ventured to the liquor store, which was right across the street from the hotel. I was intrigued by their mass amounts of ice wine, and also apple cider- and all kinds of cider, which I’ve always wanted to try- so it looked like this was the place to do it! Seemed kind of like a specialty! We took our purchases up to Gabe’s room and invited some of the other guys over.

By 7pm, we were all joining together and jumping into the car. We drove downtown to a great Italian restaurant called Giorgio’s. It was wonderful! After our meal, we all walked around for just a bit. We went into a great Western store and some other cute shops; it was a lot of fun!

The whole group at Lake Louise.

Once back in the hotel, I had a quick nightcap in Gabe’s room. (I got an ice wine sampler- had three different types. So we had to have a quick taste test!) Then I went to my room and got ready for bed. I was so excited to get up in the morning and get moving!

June 21, 2011

My morning hiking.

I was up again by 7:30am naturally! I got my sweats on, and decided to go for a hike. The trails around there seemed awesome! So I took the short one hour loop, then walked up and through the Bow Falls, then to downtown- walked all around there, then back through the Bow Falls, then back through that same hour long hiking trail. It was so much fun! I even saw an elk and his lady friend about ten feet from me. They were huge! Incredible to see them so close! The nature there is on a whole other level. The views I got to see while I was hiking were amazing!

Bow Falls

Once I exhausted myself… I decided to go down to the spa. I hung out there for a couple hours; I had lunch and swam in the beautiful mineral pools. Then to top it off, I got a facial. (That day Larry, Tim, Bob and Gabe all went golfing at a great course about an hour and a half away.)

But by the time I was done, I had to run to my room and get changed rather quickly! We all met down by the car at 7:15pm and headed downtown to dinner at a place called Bison. Bison is a specialty around that area, and this place knows how to make it right! We all had wonderful meals! And on the back of the menu there was even a map with the farms on it where they get all their food! I love that! All natural and indigenous!

By the time we got back to the hotel, Gabe and I ran down to the pool since it was open for another forty-five minutes. We stayed floating around the warm outdoor pool until 10pm, how awesome is that? Then him and I went and had a night cap in his room and planned our adventures for the next day- and watched a really crazy TV show, “101 Ways To Leave A Game Show”. Once I got back to my room, I was ready to get some sleep! Lots more to do the next morning!

June 22, 2011

Emore and I.

My morning hike.

I woke up early again, and so I got dressed and went for another hike. I love the morning hikes there! So perfect! Then I met Gabe down in the lobby by 11:30am and we walked over to the horse stables. It was riding day! I was so excited; I used to love riding horses! Gabe was a bit nervous, he hadn’t ridden since he was a young boy, and even then he only did it once. So the excitement/anticipation level was high!

Gabe and his horse!

We signed our lives away, and then they let us get up on our horses. Gabe’s horse was Ariate, and mine was Emore. They were both very good horses! Without too much hesitation, the 12pm ride left the stables. We were in the back of the pack. There was one guide in front, and one in the back with us. Gabe made friends with her. Nothing like trying out a few pick up lines while on horseback!

Gabe in the gondola going up
Sulphur Mountain.

The ride was awesome! The views were incredible, and they even let us cross a river on the horses! And it wasn’t a mellow river! It was pretty deep, and moving pretty fast! It was insanely cool! I’ve never done that on a horse before! Then out of the water, the horse even got up to a gallop a few times. It was just so much fun! I am going to have to start horseback riding more!

The view from Sulphur Mountain.

Gabe on Sulphur Mountain.

When we were done, we ran into Bob who was coming back from lunch downtown. We grabbed the car keys from him and then Gabe and I headed to Sulphur Mountain. We parked at the gondola, and both of us looked up at it like we weren’t sure this was a good idea. (Neither of us are great with heights.) But we got out, bought the tickets, and got in one of the tiny four person gondolas before we could think about it.

The view from Sulphur Mountain.

The ride up was a bit scary, we were pretty high up in the air; but it was beautiful! When we reached the top, the views were mind-blowing! We walked around the look out area, and we were just speechless. It looked like a painting, or out of a movie. It couldn’t be real? But it was! Unbelievable! We took a bunch of pictures, and I swear it looks like I photo-shopped them all! It was just surreal!

We decided to head back down the gondola and get some lunch in town. Both of us had been eying one of the sushi places there. So that was a must! It was really good sushi too! Totally hit the spot! Once we finished, we went to check out the hot springs, but we decide the pool at our hotel was better; so we headed there instead. It was a perfect day to be floating in the pool! We hung out there for about an hour and a half, and then we went and got ready for dinner.

Myself on Sulphur Mountain.

Myself on Sulphur Mountain.

The whole gang met downstairs by the car at 7pm, and we went to a steakhouse called Saltlik. It was awesome! Gabe and I shared about our adventures that day. The other guys missed out by not getting out and hanging with us! After an incredible dinner, we all went back to the hotel. Larry, Tim and I ended up in Gabe’s room for a bit; but come 11pm, it was time for me to retire for the night. I didn’t go to sleep though, I was too excited to get all the pictures from everything we did that day into my computer! So I stayed up a while doing that, then finally crashed for the night.

June 23, 2011

I woke up by 8:30am and got dressed for my morning hike. I went on the hike, but halfway through my journey it started pouring down rain! I still finished my hour loop; but by the time I got back to the hotel I was soaked! It was pretty awesome though! So I went to my room and hung out there for a little bit, but soon it was time to get dressed and ready for sound check. Our vacation was over, and it was time to get back to work!

Downtown Banff.

Dad and I walked over to the ballroom around 3:30pm. They were just about ready for us. Sound check was pretty painless. They walked us up to show us our green room so we knew where to go when we came back for the show, and then we were on our own for a bit.

I was sitting in my room wasting time before Gabe and I were planning on meeting downstairs for sushi at 6pm, and at right about 5:30pm the electricity went out! Completely out! And it did not come right back on. Gabe and I still decided to go downstairs and try for sushi (there was a generator working that kept some lights in the hotel on), but when we got there, they said that they would open if the electricity came back on, but their restaurant was really dark, and it didn’t have any windows to the outside, so they were kind of stuck staying closed if it didn’t.

After contemplating our options for a bit, him and I headed to the restaurant that we ate at the first night we got to Banff. That was the only restaurant open! While we were there, we found out that the electricity was not just off at our hotel, but all of Banff and Lake Louise! That is a huge area! So we ate our dinner and awaited a verdict on the show, but we didn’t hear much.

A view from one of my hikes.

When we finished eating I stopped by my Dad’s room and Tim was there. He said that if the electricity doesn’t come back on soon- or in enough time to start the show by 10pm or a little after, that we would probably have to stay an extra night and do the show the next day. We all anxiously awaited an outcome. We had heard rumors of possible electricity by 9pm, but we weren’t sure what to believe.

Sure enough though, at 9:10pm the lights came back on! So we were in business! We finished getting ready and headed downstairs. The event had some awards to give out before we got on stage, so they were doing that as we hung out up in the green room until about 10:30pm, then we walked down to the stage. When the person announcing Dad finally broke the surprise and said “Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Medley!” The crowd went wild! So they played the intro video and then the boys hit the stage. I was up soon after, and I have to say the crowd was awesome!

One of my hiking trails.

We did a full show, and then some! At the end they all got up and started dancing and kept wanting more! At one point we even left the stage (when the show was technically done), but then we ended up back up there rocking out a few more tunes! It was great! The audience was having so much fun, which really made us have a lot of fun!

After the show, Dad went to take some pictures. I wandered around, and then joined him for the last couple shots. It was already about 1am by the time we were done with that. Gabe, Larry, Tim, Dad, Vinny, and the guy who put the whole event together- Paul, all went up to the green room for a bit. But I didn’t last long! I was exhausted, and I needed to pack still!

So soon I went back to my room and got as organized as I could to leave in the morning. I think I finally got to close my eyes around 2:30am. And they needed to be closed!

June 24, 2011

It was painful waking up to my alarm at 6am. But I had to get up and get ready to leave. Dad, Larry and I met in the lobby at 7am. (We were actually the last people to leave, Bob had a 4:45am call, and Tim and Gabe had a 5:30am call.) We met our driver at the front door and got all packed up and on our way. They even provided us all with boxed breakfasts- and they were really good!

Up at the Banff hot springs.

The drive back to Calgary Airport was about an hour and a half. Once we got there, we got checked into United, and then Dad and I started on our way through customs and immigration. Larry was looking at going standby on our flight, so he had to wait and talk to the agent. Dad and I managed to get through customs and all that pretty quickly and painlessly though!

Once we made it to our gate, I noticed that the flight before us was going to Orange County; and sure enough when I looked around I spotted Tim and Gabe. So we sat down with them for a bit, but they were boarding within about fifteen minutes. Then Dad and I had about a two hour wait for our flight. But I passed time getting some work done.

By 10:30am they started boarding. They said there wasn’t going to be any room for standby passengers, and so that was bad news for Larry. But Dad and I got on the tiny plane, and found ourselves in first class. (The private party that we had just done had booked our tickets home, and so first class was a nice surprise for me!) Right before they were about to close the cabin door, a familiar face came walking onto the plane. Somehow Larry made it on the flight! Which he was very excited about!

Bob at Lake Louise.

Right on time at 11am, we were getting in the air and heading towards Chicago. It was a three hour flight. But it went by pretty fast. I got a lot of work done. But once we landed, it was all business; we only had a thirty five minute layover! So when they finally let Dad and I off the plane, we started running. Our next gate could not have been further away! We had a long run!

When we got to the gate, they were in final boarding! But we made it! We were a little concerned about our bags though- considering how far we ran, we weren’t sure they were going to make it! But we were on the plane and ready to go. An announcement over the loud speaker was worrisome, the captain announced that there was a small mechanical error. Never a good sign! But luckily the maintenance guy got on the plane and fixed it within five minutes! So we were in the air on time still.

Beautiful scenery on one of my hikes.

It was a really quick flight to Springfield, Missouri- only about an hour long. And as a wonderful surprise we landed twenty minutes early! Once we got off the plane, we went to baggage claim. The bags took a while to come up, but when they did one of my bags and one of Dad’s bags were the first ones on the carousel. We waited and waited, but our other bags never came. So I walked over to the United desk to put a claim in. I wasn’t the only person either; a lot of people from our flight were missing bags actually. The lady said our bags were in Chicago, and would probably come in on the next flight that evening. (And they did deliver our missing bags to our houses by 2pm the next day…)

So Dad and I left the airport with half our luggage and drove back to Branson. I was in my house by 7pm. Even though the last two weeks out on the road were amazing, it was still nice to sit on my couch and sleep in my bed again for a change!