Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Florence, Kentucky

"So tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?"
                                                   - Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day"-



Outside of Cincinnatti is a little town called Florence. 
It has a pretty good skatepark and not a whole lot else....

We ate at a Wafflehouse coming in from our cold and scary night in Cincinnati.
(people drunk yelling at the van "you in there mofo's?")   
We spent most of the time hanging at the park, decompressing and skating. 
The night in Cincinatti was stressful and it made us re-think our plans...
...what the hell are we doing?

After a little time to think and talk we relaxed and reaffirmed ourselves to stay open to life and what it brings us. 
Evidently Cincinnati wasn't for us, and the city told us that loud and clear.
So moving south....


When was the last time you did a cart-wheel?
I went back to take some picks...this guy was covering up all the cool. 

Cooked some breakfast in in the parking lot, homemade tomato jam.

breathe, lavender, breathe


Lucky chickens from my mama







Sams shadow


We left Florence and headed towards Louisville.
...and then heard a really stupid sound coming from our exhaust part of the van.
Fast-forward to a day of sleeping in a Walmart parking lot and then trying to fix the holes in the exhaust while its pouring rain.
Sometimes it just doesn't work out that well on the road. 
We ended up checking into a cheap motel to spend the night; warm up/wash up.

Checked our e-mail and there was a note from a guy in Boone, North Carolina. 
It was through HelpX, we had signed up a bit ago and sent him a message on a whim. 
He said we were welcome to come and see the Blue Ridge Mountains and stay for a bit. 
We said what the hell, must be better than Louisville and warmer too. 

Off to North Carolina!



Thursday, November 3, 2011

Ft. Wayne - explored

Life goes around in circles, reminding us that we will be here no matter where we are.



Sam's homebrew- molasses papaya beer

Our friend Micheal got a sweet new job in Ft. Wayne IN.

Making his dreams come true audio-tech style.

We helped him settle into his new pad and  explored his new town. 

He has really nice, beautiful things

His new apartment is eerily similar to the first one that he had in Milwaukee on 2nd Street, when we first met 6 years ago.  Feeling like I'm twenty again, in a new town- music blowing my mind for the first time and exploring new territory.





Downtown, down an ally

    Priorities           


 
It was really nice to see a familiar face in a new city for all of us. Its amazing to have a friend that's so talented, kind and easy to be around. 

Hey Micheal, we love you. 

And thanks for the cassette mix- and for working on the levels...input..or whatever that was.....that got you lost in the audio-hole.


Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Ft. Wayne's namesake



The Masons are big here, a lot of triangles if you look closely and also crazy cool stone-work.


Herb garden at the fort- sage, rosemary and lavender. Gathered and bundled.
I'm glad that we visited during the off season, so we wouldn't have to witness this "historical" reenactment.

Oven Envy