Memphis TN and St Charles MO

We were all very excited to leave our hotel in Galveston and head to the double tree in Memphis(No cockroaches and no criminals!) The beginning of our bus ride was pretty amazing. We got on a ferry and all got off of the bus and enjoyed being out on the water. Alaggio even brought his flute out and played the themes from Titanic and Little Mermaid while some of our group went upstairs on the ferry and struck a "I'm on top of the world" pose! We were all so excited when we looked out on the gulf and saw dolphins swimming along side of us! After we got off of the ferry we rode by some of the worst destruction from Hurricane Ike. It was so unbelievable seeing how debris spread everywhere. There were beach homes that were completely destroyed except for the stilts that they were built on. There were businesses that were demolished and random cars tipped on their side. I can't even imagine what these people went through. Within a half hour we went from the joy of seeing dolphins to sadness of seeing all of the destruction.

After a 12 hour bus ride we made it to Memphis and were thrilled to see Matt David as soon as we got off of the bus. Matt used to play Mr Brownlow on our tour, but left and is now touring with the Drowsy Chaperone. It just so happened that both the Drowsy and Oliver cast were staying at the same hotel on the same night :) Most of the cast and crew went to BB Kings to have dinner with Matt. We had an amazing time, we enjoyed the best ribs again and also a fantastic band. We all soon forgot about our long bus ride and got happy rocking to the music! It was really a lot of fun!

This morning we got back on the bus. We weren't exactly excited to be on the another long busride, so of few of the girls decided to make it a little more memorable! Erin helped Jenn squeeze into the upper luggage rack which is probably only about 1 foot in height! Then Erin decided that she wanted to try it, lol! The pictures explain this all alot better, it was so funny! I also was able to get a curtain rod and suction cup hooks to hang my valance that Erin and Jenn got me for my birthday. My seat looks so homey now!!! I love it!

Tomorrow we head out to Waukegan IL where the wind chill is supposed to be between
-20 and -40 degrees!! I made sure to pull out all of our warmest clothes for this trip! My brother is in Illinois for work so Colin and I are really looking forward to seeing him at the show :)