Little Rock, Arkansas > Nelson, British Columbia
6:00am - Wake up after 4ish hours of sleep from gig the night before
6:45am - Lobby call for the Little Rock airport for an 8:20am flight.
7:05am - Transported to airport, checked in, security screened, already at gate for 8:20am flight (really would have loved that extra 45 minutes or so of sleep)
9:30am - (Mountain Time) Arrive in Denver for 2+ hour layover
10:30am - Breakfast at an airport cafe with Melvin and Brian
12:00pm - Fly from Denver to Spokane WA (first time in WA...cool!)
1:30pm (Pacific Time) Arrive in Spokane, meet up with other festival band (featuring 2 members of Jurassic 5!) and take 3.5 hour shuttle bus up to Canada
4:45pm - Middle-of-nowhere border patrol detains us for an entire hour
6:45pm - Finally arrive at hotel in Nelson BC
7:15pm - Sit down to dinner with the Jurassic 2 and promoter at a hip restaurant in Nelson.
8:00pm - Still waiting for food to be served...
8:15pm - Still waiting....
8:30pm - Salads served. Musicians getting grumpy.
8:50pm - Entrees finally served. Musicians scarf like animals.
9:30pm - Pet dog outside restaurant!!
19 hours later, I'm finally going to bed. GOOD NIGHT!!!
Waiting at the Canadian border. Will they let us stupid Americans in?
View of some Nelson mountains from the hotel doorstep:
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