FINALLY

I thought I might never get on line again.LOL The mountains of Oregon are beautiful but most of our motels have had weak signals.

What a great time we had playing through California and Oregon. I met some of my wife's family in Oregon. Bonnie and Greg Leon. Bonnie is a very famous Christian fiction novel author. She has had a number 1 seller the New York National top 20 listings. Her and Greg took me out to a very nice restaurant and we had a great time. They really enjoyed the GMO concert too.

We traveled up the scenic highway on the Oregon coast. It is just unbelieveable. I dont guess I know any place could be that awesome.

The band is doing well. We are preparing for our Japan tour in Nov. and Dec. I am having a great time but I will be ready to go home for Christmas.

On my birthday Larry, our leader really made he night special. He set me up to to do a very nice feature on The Stars Fell on Alabama. Its a vocal and sax feature. Julia Rich, our singer sang and I played the sax feature. Our lead trombone George played happy birthday in the middle of one of his trombone features. Everyone in the band just made my day very bright. Jason (JB) took me out for a great mexican lunch. It was a very good day.

On the sad side of things you see lots of your band family go through rough times. Our lead alto Kevin lost a cousin and his grandmother all in about a month. Julia our songer lost her mother just a few days ago. The road band really becomes a close nit family and support system for each other.

We are off to Idaho in the morning. The bus leaves at 9 am and we arrive at 8pm. NOT GOOD!!! To0 long on the bus.

I will try to post more often in the future. Flat Stanley is still doing well. He is a little nervous about his flight to Ja[an.