Hey All,
Corey here, and as promised, here is the first installment of 'Tales From The Road'. Rolled safely into Phoenix last night around 8:30 and had the chance to sit with some of my family. After some great food, a few laughs and a couple cocktails we retired to the bus for our first night's sleep...but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Jeff rocked the first driving shift and was the first to be challenged with the 'we're widening the off ramp but currently things will resemble going through a funnel since we have to put up all these concrete barricades' scenario. He soldiered through like a pro, although I must admit, there was NO conversation and we all may or may not have peed just a bit.
David was up next and noted that driving the bus resembled the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride attraction at Disneyland. He was the first to have to deal with the cross-freeway traffic. That coupled with other vehicles whizzing by really cranked-up the pucker factor. David proved to be road-worthy in every way.
As for me, I got a the triple-threat: nighttime, traffic and construction. Needless to say, the 'yikes factor' was continually increasing.
It has already been an adventure and we'll certainly be posting photos as soon as we can. We all marveled at the panoramic view of the mountains on our way into Phoenix and the harvest moon. The windshield is so huge it's like watching an IMAX scenery movie. Currently we're heading for Flagstaff for a bit of lunch and then it's onto Albuquerque for our TV appearance and show tomorrow.
As for the duct tape, I'll just say this- it is truly the fix-all, must-have tour necessity thus far. The gaping hole in the fiberglass body of the RV thanks to a certain oblivious pre-tour driver had to be duct taped closed to avoid the wind-makes-hole-bigger experiment. We're all thankful for duct tape and hopeful that said gaping hole stays the size of a sleeve of Oreo cookies.
...speaking of Oreo cookies....
Talk to ya soon!
Love,
C, J & D
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