WOW!!! A great night in St.Louis

What an awesome night in St.Louis, we arrived around 4:30pm and booked a hotel at the Moonrise hotel right beside The Pageant where Mumsford & Sons would be playing. Line up was forming and we were hoping the band would remember the fact that they invited us to see the show as it was sold out. At 6:00pm, Graham and Phil went to the box office and said ' are there VIP tickets for Graham for 12?' Sure enough there were 12 tickets waiting for us, AMAZING!!!! What a great band.....they made the trip an awesome experience and we were fortunate to see them play twice. I will upload pics when we get home. We are en route home now and hope to get in around 9:00pm tonight. This trip has been more than I had ever expected, I think we all feel the same way......thanks Children's Wish!

The picture below is the bands touring bus as seen from our hotel window, they were signing stuff outside till after 2am, not to let anyone down....a great group of guys!

See the St. Louis arch, a pretty town, friendly people, thanks for the hospitality.

Aurevoir Wakarusa.....hello St. Louis

Sunday morning and leaving for St. Louis. Most incredible day yesterday, I will post pics when we get home. Watched Mumsford & Sons, Jacob got special media section, right up at the stage. Big security guard came and asked him for his ticket and then hauled him away and put him front and centre. The concert was truly amazing....I am in love! If only I were 20 years younger, I could be a groupie.
After the concert they took us back stage, all 12 of us, to the artists lounge where we met and chatted with the group, so kind. Marcus Mumford (lead singer), asked if we were going to see them play in St.Louis, the tickets were sold out so we said no, and he said he would put us on the VIP list, his Manager Giles would take care of it, and so we are now off to St. Louis.....maybe I have become a groupie.
He signed a banjo for Jacob and they gave him a mini banjo lesson, they were so social, it was quite an experience and Jacob and his friends were a little freaked out, I think Phil was the most excited though. Wait till you see the pics, you will understand.
This experience has been totally amazing, I am so happy for Jacob, he certainly deserves this much needed break....I think we all did!
RV'ing is fun.....there I said it.
We ARE the YEEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!!! Family.

Mountain with a view

Well we are here and all is well. You can see how crowded it is with tents and party people. Surprisingly we are not the oldest people here, but not many kids. Quinton, Chloe and Sophie may never be the same again. Some really great bands playing and the ambiance is peace, love, drugs and rock and roll. Lots of tye dye, of course I have succumbed to the pressure of sporting the fashion which is barely existent. Artists doing body painting, Jacob appears mortified at the thought of me doing such a thing.
Blogging is hard from the mountains, we are off to town to get Jacob some medicine, he is not feeling 100 percent.
It is Jacobs BIRTHDAY today, 18 years ago today was one of the happiest days of my life.
I love you Jacob!xoxo

Wakarusa, we are on our way.

Left Memphis this morning to make it to our final destination for the next 5 days. Looking for a Walmart along the way to pick up some grocery items before we hunker down in the Ozark Mountains. Went to s great restaurant for dinner in Memphis calked Kooky Canucks, the owner is from Montreal but lived in Toronto,Port Hope, and various locations. Food was excellent! Graham and Justin went to see a baseball game Memphis Red Birds against the Houston Isatopes. The rest of us took some time out for some zen moments and some R&R.
Hope to be able to blog from the mountains as I am sure this is when the real craziness will begin....keep your fingers crossed.
Phil and Julie got some news that a tree on their front lawn fell down, took down their eaves trough and fell on Jacobs car....but we are here and for the time being nothing can dampen the mood. Just glad it didn't land on anyone....and how is your day?

Graceland.....home to the King

Here we are in Memphis, visiting Graceland with hungry boys in tow. We have not eaten at all today and it is 2:00pm, energy is subsiding. We toured the house, saw the graves, visited the plane and car collection. Smaller home than I had imagined. Such a shame he passed so early.
Definitely a cool experience and one worth doing, even worth skipping meals for.
Off to find food now......

Off to Memphis.....

Went to Nashvillle Palace for dinner last night and listened to various musicians, very country and very Nashville. We are pickin'up the local accent. Grilled chicken was microwaved into rock form, if ain't fried, it ain't good!

Woke up at 6am, and are now on a 3 hour trek to Memphis where we will stay the night and visit with Elvis.
Weather is hot and balmy, everyone still likes each other so we are having fun, good times ahead!

Thanks for caring enough to read my posts....is anyone out there? Put your cowboy hat on in honor of us today....need to start a new trend when we get home so we can continue to wear all our new hats.

Check in with us in Memphis where we will be sporting our new Southern look!

Grand Ole Opry

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> Went to the gym, had CrackleBarrel breakfast with grits and grease and made our way downtown to the heart of Nashville. Went to Ryman Auditorium which is home of the original Grand Ole Opry.
> Went for some drinks and a bite to eat and listened to some live Country music, made me cry, I new I hated country music for a reason. So sad...heartbreaking really. Funniest thing... 22 years ago today Phil and I got married.....so weird! Weather is hot at 95 degrees.
> Tomorrow off to Memphis to see Graceland.