People,

Friday morning we loaded up the rock van and set off to play the Dewey Beach Music Festival in Dewey Beach, Delaware. Now, those of you familiar with the general geography of this great land will say "You guys are driving to Southern Delaware to play one show? Isn't that like nine hours away?" The answer to both questions my friends is yes.

The trip started uneventfully. We all got in the car and were cruising along when suddenly Pete and I realized that since neither of us had brought a laptop, we consequently had no games to play. And this, folks, was an emergency. You see, Jordan and Gordon like to drive and argue about directions, so they sit in the front seat and are happy. Pete and I, on the other hand, like to be removed from everything and therefore sit in the back, playing endless games of Scrabble. So without games it became clear that the delicate balance of the van would be disrupted with the apocalypse obviously not far behind it.

What to do? After much deliberation, it was unanimously decided that a non-distracted Pete and Joe would be bad news for everyone, and so we turned around and drove back to Target, where Pete and I bought travel editions of Scrabble and Yahtzee. They were expensive, but nine hours and maybe 700,000 games later we knew it had been a good decision.

Part II tomorrow....