Living on a bus

Well, we have certainly had our share of time on a bus lately! We had quite a few one nighters which are tough on everyone. Packing up and hauling luggage on and off the bus everyday gets pretty old! Everyone's nerves were getting pretty frazzled. Luckily, we got down to Destin Fl and were able to stay in a nice hotel a couple of blocks from the beach for 3 nights :)
I left off in Memphis, so from there we headed to Baton Rouge LA. We were hoping to get some good cajun cooking, but by the time we got to the hotel we only had 1 1/2hours til we had to head to the theatre. The closest place around was the Cracker Barrel so that was that! Sue, John, and I decided to walk around downtown while the cast was doing soundcheck in the theater. I was hoping to get some oysters, but unfortunately most places were closed. We decided to stop in one of the bars and have a drink before the show. I introduced John to a favorite beer that my sister used to always bring up from Louisiana-Albita Purple Haze. Sue opted for a glass of wine, I guess she's had her fill of beer on this tour! We went to the show afterwards and then went back to the hotel to sleep and then packed up to head out again in the morning.
Our next stop was Oxford MS. Sue, John, and I decided to stay back at the hotel and send the boys with the rest of the cast to the show. We were all in desperate need of doing laundry, so that's how we spent that night off, lol! The boys got back, we slept and again packed up and got on the bus.
From there we headed back to Lousiana( I know, right???!!) this time we stopped in Lafayette LA. Again there was one show, then we went back to the hotel to sleep and back on the bus in the morning!
Now you can probably understand why we were all so happy to get to Destin FL! Yesterday we decided to take a cab to the Boardwalk to have some seafood at the Crap Trap and check out the shops. The boys went down to play on the beach while we waited for our food. They definitely needed to get some off their energy out! Being cooped up on the bus everyday made for some crazy kids!! After brushing all of the sand off of the boys and throwing them into the shower, we headed to the theatre for the show. Speaking of the sand, it was incredibly white! As a matter of fact, when we were riding by some of the cast members thought that the sand was snow! We're so used to going in and out of different temperatures, we all tend to forget where we are! We were definitely happy to realize that we were in Florida instead of in Rapid City where we were last week. They are having a blizzard with temperature in the negative teens!!
Tomorrow we'll spend another day on the bus heading to Lakeland FL. I'm sooooo ready to come home, lol!
Missy