TWO DAYS & 315 MILES LATER...

We left Pennsylvania 2 days ago to begin the journey towards home.  On Thursday morning, at 4:30 a.m. I woke up to get ready for the morning commute of 130 miles.  I left  Perryopolis at 5 a.m, said farewell to Pennsylvania, & arrived in Glenville at 8:30.  It was a smooth trip, with everyone arriving within 30 minutes of me.  We showed there for just the one day & tore it all down to get ready for today's commute of 185 miles. I am now in Dublin & the rest of the show just pulled in at 4 pm.  We didn't have any shows scheduled for today(YAY!) & tomorrow will have two shows before tearing down & moving to Woodlawn. 

The trip today was not without incident.  Our prop truck, which carries numerous items for the show as well as pulls the ticket box/concession combination, threw its fan belt about 20 miles into the trip.  Now if this was a regular truck, locating a new belt might not be a problem.  However, this is the truck:

As you can imagine, a replacement belt was tough to find.  After 2 trips(15 miles each way), the truck got the new belt it wanted.  We always make sure the trucks are in top form before leaving each time but this time we crossed 3 mountains & the strain on the motor was more than the belt could handle.  I was in Dublin for 5 hours before this truck got here.  In a previous post, I wrote about how a breakdown added more time to the trip & as you can see, it really does.

Now that the whole show is here, everyone is relaxing & letting the day's tensions melt away.  One of our performers is having a party this evening for her son that just turned 1.  I adore kids & they are more precious than gold in my eyes. 

I will try to post one more time before we get home.  If I don't, then I'll do it in Easley.

As always, thanks to all who read my blog.

Until later, God Bless, see you down the road.