Howdy folks! Just got back from a little trip to Anaheim California – we drove to the Taylor guitars factory and had a tour, then stopped in to see an Alison Krauss concert outdoors at the Greek Theatre in LA.  Compliments of Sugar Daddy (hubby) and spurred on by our 16 year anniversary on June 24! What a wonderful experience all around!  I know have a better appreciation of my 3 Taylor guitars too! (Gary’s hope was just that I would be more careful and not let the humidifier dry out – which I’ve been very sloppy about – oops).

Last weekend the Crew and I also had fun performing for both the Lake Bonavista Pre-Stampede Party and the Parkland Summerfest.   Got to try out our new tent at Bonavista – nice to have but then the wind gusted and one of the legs buckled.  Luckily this was during teardown.  We have another tent on order (the company is giving us another one only for shipping costs) – then we’ll have all the spare parts we should ever need.  And we’re going to find a new tie-down method for concrete surfaces!  Summerfest was wonderful.  I had no idea they put up such a huge production for so many bands.  The stage was big, and the whole audience area was covered with a huge structure as well.  Lots of fun for the kids and lots of food vendors there too.  It was a soaking wet weekend but they had us all covered!

Now in heavy preparations for Stampede week… yahooo the funnest time of year.