a tired tire

The weather report is showing temps in the 70 degree area for the next 5 days...

O joy !! I believe things will start to dry up ..

The other day we were in a town that has a good tire store . The show does business with many of the same merchants year after year . Danny B , always looking at the tires, mentioned one of our tires was sorry looking.. Marshall and I checked it out and lo and behold , it was very sorry and a miracle we made it to the next town .The deal is one doesn't just get a flat tire there is usually expensive damage that comes along . Electric or Hydraulic lines ,or the tire wraps around the axel or you damage the wheel , maybe the trailer floor or wall gets damaged too . In our defense the exposed tire guts were on the ground and it was holding air . We got our new tire and so far all is well in the rubber department .

blue skies

On my birthday we arrived at the lush , green , soft loft . The ground was such that if we had driven the big semis on it they would have sunk to infinity and beyond . Open air..magical and fresh and delightful because not only was it my birthday but for me A DAY OFF !! Carolyn called me a sorcerer for conjuring up such mischief . I spent the time wisely snapping photos of this and that and mostly the mixed animal act in the open .

A collector's item

 prop crew

Can Can personal

smiling at me

nothing but blue skies

from now on

everyday

We are really into " all hands on deck " .  Marie Carmen even joins in the fun in Mountain View .

Someone decided to leave some large roots and brush for us to play with in Mountain Home .

a little light landscaping was added to morning set up

A new town and a happy birthday !!

Mario makes a guest appearance .

 

new bandwagon -to be continued

The " new and shiny bandwagon " is functional and being used but still has a few more things to finish it up . A warm dry day for painting would be helpful . I wasn't going to share photos of  #in process#almost done , because people can be so judgy... but there was a lot of work and blood , sweat and tears so share I will .

There are 3 sections .The lighting guy is now in the band section , they have a sliding door  so we can't invade their space .

There is a wardrobe holding , crossover section with closets and storage . during travel props and ropes and cables travel in there .

My favorite section is the stretching and private changing area , we have a little electric heater even . There is room for all of us to quick change . This section is for lights , ring curb etc while traveling .

 This is to the best of my knowledge .Danny Brown and Nic Sourens did most of the carpentry and design work I believe ,Fridman Torales and John Moss did most of electrical . Jim R and John N decided it was high time to upgrade .