Hear that?  It’s the sound of Wyoming on a Saturday morning.  About to head south an hour and a half to Denver for the second-to-last show of the tour.  The shows continue to go well and the long drives haven’t caught up to me as much as I thought they might.  Some quick highlights from the past week:

- At the show in Phoenix, I received a request I’d never received before.  "Do you know the Itsy Bitsy Spider?" asked a 3 year old boy from the back of the cafe in between songs.  I didn’t quite remember all the words but with the audience’s help we were able to turn in a stirring rendition complete with hand actions.  Of course after that, the next request was for "The ABC’s," and I decided to invite the little fella up to sing that one himself.  He nailed it, but it sort of back fired as he no longer wanted to leave the stage or the microphone, and he just kept attempting to start the ABC’s over and over again until his mother finally pulled him off the stage (literally).  Watch out for this kid on the rock n roll circuit in about 15 years...he’s already shown an ability to take over the stage.

- Got to spend some quality time with family out west.  I met my new 2.5 month old "neice" in the bay area, who is an amazingly happy little girl.  I then headed up to the Lake Tahoe area for a show with my Aunt Beth and her singing partner Larry, who is also the owner of the Tahoe Guitar company.  Larry built me a custom ax about two years ago, and it was nice to get to bring it into his workshop and have some tweeks made by the luthier himself.  We also did some trout fishing in the Walker river, which seemed miles away from anything.   

- Salt Lake City and Cheyenne shows were intimate and enjoyable.  The Wyoming Tribune Eagle did a little story before show, which you can read here. 

I better hit the road.  So long from the mountains!

--John