I should have known better than to assume a little rain might dissuade the students at W&M from coming out to their beautiful Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre for our show Friday night.

On the way back from the last tour, Bu was driving us from Portland, ME and snapped an early morning picture of a graffitied tour bus passing the Leafmobile. Turns out it was the Jonas Brothers, though Bu couldn't tell which brother was driving..Nick? Finneous? Silas? we'll never know.....

Well that's the end of the line, for a few weeks anyway. We're currently heading home from Portland, ME, the last stop on our 9 week tour.

What a great trip and fun time we had with the Alternate Routes and Trevor Hall. Great shows and nice to see folks coming out. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT AND MADE THE TRIP A SUCCESS!!! Please continue to spread the word and tell people about NRWW. Speaking of....

The FALL TOUR is already booked and tickets are on sale! This time around, we're doing a Co-Headlining tour with Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers. The guys came to our NYC show back in May and we got to talking about a joint party, so there ya go! Get your tickets early, it's going to be a blast.

Things got pretty intense on the last 10 days of the tour, so i didn't take many pix (but we still have TONS of video to develop, so be on the lookout for some more movies.....) but here's the last of them.

-barry


Wheat Field in Ohio.

Is three weeks of glory really worth it for the fake christmas tree?


Lost In Translation


Nice kitty. Sit. Stay.

Hey gang, a few great weeks on the road.  Thanks everyone for the home-made banners (including all the ones that got destroyed in the rain in Kansas).   Here's another round of pix from California, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas....
barry

handmade sign from a fan

a magnet in Phoenix

Hell has nothing on this pawn shop in phoenix

phoenix

phoenix

flat irons. Boulder, CO

Red Rocks.  the van got stuck mid way up the hill to load-in, then stalled and started sliding back down the windy road. It stopped eventually. The anxiety level was pretty substantial. There is some video footage forthcoming.

Vail in the summertime

Telluride, CO

Telluride, CO

Some Hokies were at the Red Rocks show...thanks for the banner gang..

Bu found these in the monitor drawer, leftover from NYE.  Telluride, CO

A man and his horse. Telluride, CO

the view from the stage. Telluride, CO

Telluride, CO

Downtown telluride.

the corn is a foot taller than last time through, which i reckon is the plan.

Stopped off at the Hospital in Kansas, where there was a big field for some boomeranging.

Hospital Zone. No shouting, no shooting. Kansas.

Kansas hotel.

and counting...

I met a fan of ours named Rob at Red Rocks a couple of weeks ago and while we were chatting after the show he had a great idea.  Rob mentioned that Jimmy Fallon told his audience to Tweet him if there were any bands that they wanted to see on Late Night....  Rob and I decided that we should launch a Twitter campaign to see if we can get Carbon Leaf on the show.

So, send some Tweets @jimmyfallon and @LateNightJimmy to see what we can make happen… it beats working! 
 
http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon
http://twitter.com/LateNightJimmy

Thanks,
Terry / Carbon Leaf

PS - Please spread the word....

PPS – if you haven’t signed up already, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/carbonleaf and if you’re really, really bored you can follow me at http://twitter.com/terry__clark

Hey Everyone, here's a few more pix of our run in California and  Arizona...
barry


Radio visit at KPRI in San Diego, right before learning of the Michael Jackson news on the TV behind Terry.


Grrrl with LLHR Tattoo and RTR reference. Roxy, L.A.


Artwork from Alanna ("...Age 10 1/2").  The Roxy, L.A.


Thanks Alanna, it's good to be loved :)


The night drive looks like this.


Arid Zona.


The fabled Hotel Congress, built in 1910, where we stayed for a few days. Tucson, AZ


John Dilliner and his gang were hiding out at the Hotel Congress, under aliases, when a fire broke out in the basement.  They escaped through the roof fire escape, and later asked the firemen to retrieve their bags, which included $23k in cash.  The firemen, under suspicion that it was Dillinger, called the local authorities and they were apprehended 5 hours later in a nearby house on North 2nd Ave., in Tucson.


An elderly Latino man came up to me at the  Hotel Congress and pulled out a woman's
watch and asked in broken english if he could trade it for a beer. "Lo Siento", and he was
 on his way to the next potential customer.


Storm on the Bow, Sun to the stern. 3 Skies, One View. Tucson, AZ


J-Rock's sunday morning Bloody Mary at the Hotel Congress. Great food.


en route to Phoenix.


There are tons of old beaters like this out here.


Man on bike with trailer and water jug picking out used cigarette butts from the ash tray.  108 degrees.


J-Rock has .20 seconds to eat this before it melts.


palms in phoenix.  Next stop, Colorado....

So, as most of you know, I’m still somewhat new to the band (can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years!). As we travel across this beautiful country it’s really awesome to see how dedicated Carbon Leaf fans really are. It’s a real treat to be in a band that draws a good crowd at pretty much every stop! I’ve been performing in bar bands for the last 12 years or so and it definitely takes its toll. Having to try and entertain a group of people that could care less about you much less your music is a tough road (but I’m not saying it isn’t FUN because it is…just hard). Basically, this is just a thank you note to all of the fans for the support and for accepting the change in members…and to the band for allowing me to be part of this great team! Keep supporting live music! Whether it’s your favorite cover band or original band!

-Jason

Howdy.
Writing while stuck in traffic in Los Angeles.  Working our way on I-5, the city is to my right. California is a looong stretch of agriculture peppered with a few cities. Pretty amazing difference driving the West Coast versus driving the East Coast.  Gold and olive 
colored most of the way.

Here are some more pics. Yes, i know that if i'm to keep shooting landscapes that i need a better camera...
barry



Lost 10lbs so far on the road. Long days. Had to cut a few inches off my belt and make a new notch before the show.

And as i'm writing this i notice someone drew a wiener on the wall behind my hand.


Instore performance at Easy Street Records in Seattle before the Showbox show.  They made a real nice sign.


Oregon! Heeya!


Climbing misty Mount Hood, OR


Saw a lot of Mustang horses below


Oregon = This x 360 degrees






Enroute to Bend, OR


The local food and wine at the Taste of Bend was great!


Sundown on the Taste of Bend Festival


Entering California from Oregon, and heading south on I-5


Coming up on Mt Shasta, CA


Mt Shasta.



California Critter in Weed, CA




Sundown on the Gold Coast


Make that 2lbs.  We in fact, took advantage of this.


Tue. in San Fran. Two closed diners brought us to Mel's on the corner of Van Ness and Geary.


Charred.





Radio visit to KPRI in San Diego.  There was a stack of one of my favorite R.E.M. albums, re-issued asthe "Deluxe" edition, sitting on Magi's desk.  When  i was 14, I stole this album from my sister's friend's car.   Glad to have a new copy...STILL haven't bought it!