Our final day. I was going to miss Texas. I was going to miss the rush of performing every day. At the same time, I was ready to go home. I was ready to see familiar sights. I was ready to get back to my real estate clients. I was […]
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Words from the road – Part 20
We disembarked on our final long drive of our trip. Back to Dallas, our home base for this trip. The weather on our way to Dallas was exceptionally nice, a little too nice. We heard from family back home that Dallas was going to get hit with some major storms […]
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Words from the road – Part 19
Monday morning meant a show in Pasadena, TX. When we first booked the show in Pasadena, we were excited because it sounded exotic. Little did we know it also had the nickname of Stinkadena, due to the awful smells that sometimes linger in the area. We didn’t notice any smells […]
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Words from the road – Part 18
The day I’d been waiting for. Schlitterbahn! We were very excited to visit one of Schlitterbahn’s locations. Well, I was. Not sure if Courageous was or not. But I was excited. Fun park, lots of rides. Some of the rides reminded me of Dolly’s Splash Country, a park near my […]
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Words from the road – Part 17
The typical early breakfast grind greeted us in the lobby. Courageous pointed out the spot where the fat boy gave him the stink eye. We were up so we decided to pack up and hit the road early. We were slated for a 3pm arrival to Galveston. Tennessee Whiskey once […]
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Words from the road – Part 16
The next morning we slept in. I woke up and immediately looked over at my stack of $130 to make sure it was still there. It was not a dream! We didn’t have a show until 7 that night in Texarkana. We love doing poetry shows for night time crowds. […]
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Words from the road – Part 15
Morning came early once more. We were slated for an 11am show in Natchitoches, LA at Northwestern State University. It was one of the big name colleges we were getting to perform at, so it was pretty exciting. Natchitoches is a small town with a weird name. Pronounced Naccadish, this […]
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Words from the road – Part 14
Tuesday morning marked the day that my wife and I.N.K. merchandise girl would be leaving the tour. I woke up at 6 in the morning to take her to the airport. I said my goodbyes, dropped her off and headed to return my rental car. I ordered an Uber to […]
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Words from the road – Part 13
WACO 102 102 Miles to Waco. The halfway point between Austin and Dallas. It had been known as a laughing stock in Texas for years, filled with rundown homes, and stories of David Koresh and his Branch Davidian compound. The rise of the Baylor University athletics program, and the HGTV […]
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Words from the road – Part 12
Sunday morning was an even later, and an even rainier start than Saturday. We made a trek north to the Noble Sandwich Co. a famous restaurant in north Austin. I got the “Milk Biscuit”. Sounds way grosser than it is, it was just a biscuit and gravy, but it was […]
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