Southern Cali

Friday morning we drove to California for a mini RH tour. We started in San Diego and played at a great acoustic venue called LeStat's West. It's right next to a great coffee shop called, LeStat's, (clever, eh?) and draws a very eclectic crowd of people, which we always love. Owen Plant drove down and sat in on some songs with RH.

We were able to spend the night and have quality time with Ryan's cousin, Traci and her husband Joe, who were married one month after us. It's so nice to be able to visit family and friends while we are out on the road and make it feel like a big friendship tour. :)

Saturday morning we had breakfast with some of Cameron's friends down near Mission Beach, and then drove to LA. The show that evening was at another great acoustic venue that we had never played in before called Genghis Cohen. At first it appeared rather interesting because its attached to an upscale Chinese restaurant, and the seating is old church pews. But, the feel of the room was very much like Club Passim...very folky, which we really appreciate. Norm from Cheers was even there!! Although, he was there for the food we think since we didn't see him at the show...then again, he is very short, so he could've been in there pretending to be a small child. :)

This morning at church we thought we felt an earthquake. But, not being from CA, we weren't positive if it was an earthquake or perhaps just the trash man hitting the dumpster really hard on the ground outside. But, sure enough we came home and checked on the internet to see that it as a 2.7 magnitude at 10:07 am just 1 mile southeast of Yorba Linda, CA!

Well, I'm off to make dinner for our friend Ken, whom we are staying with. And then I fly back to Tucson tonight while the guys stay in LA and record for the week.