Tallahassee-Here I am!

Checked in to Tallahassee last night around midnight. Finally! After a hectic Saturday at the LSU vs Alabama game, I spent Sunday-Monday in Dothan, AL with Vince and his fam. After being on the road for quite some time, it was so nice to be around real people. A family. With a real couch. {The silly things you miss when you're on tour.} We had lots of yummy home cooked food. His family was incredibly hospitable and really fun, in general.

Check out baby Vince courtesy of VHS tapes via 1987

Me with Vince's Aunt Lesa

Travel update

Two events in two days in between two 10 hour drives in Jonesboro, AR. Whew!

Baton Rouge-> Day 1-event 8am-4pm, 7pm-11pm-> huge event set-up. Day 2-wake up at 3am, finish set-up 4:00am-8:00am, event 8:00am-7:00pm. Drive halfway to New Orleans for event the next day.

The days were long BUT our event was super cool! I love my job and I love being a part of big events. Everything about them is so interesting to me.

New Orleans->New Orleans has always been one of my favorite cities. It's so special. Call me a weirdo, but I've always wanted to go to the Superdome because that's where people were housed during Katrina. I was in New Orleans in 2007 to do relief work and I saw some crazy things that really put the city in a special place for me. 

Our event at the Superdome was probably my favorite event so far. We were incredibly successful in terms of our goals and I had a blast. I wish we had gotten to go inside of the game, but once my "event high" wore off, I realized that I was actually still quite tired from the two days prior.

Doesn't my trailer look great with downtown New Orleans as the background?

Recap: 7 days in Knoxville/Pigeon Forge

Knoxville, TN has been home for the past 7 days. I'm liking it. I'm about 15 minutes from Pigeon Forge, one of my favorite places in the country.
I have a long drive ahead tomorrow to Jonesboro, AR, but I'll leave you with some pictures from TN:

Arriving at Dollywood. I thought Dollywood would be a little more "hoaky" than it was; I was impressed.

No lines in October!

Waiting for "Dreamland" to start. Dreamland was one of the free shows at Dollywood. I grew up a little spoiled by Broadway shows in NY, but this show was great.

Blue Coast Burrito Grille. Everything I put in my mouth was delicious. Fresh tortilla chips, pineapple salsa (!!), the burrito, and absurd (in a good way) fish tacos. Margarita was ok.

I can't believe I'm saying this about a place in Knoxville, TN, but the fish tacos were comparable to some of the better ones I've eaten in San Diego/Orange County.

A shot of downtown Knoxville, TN.

Yes, this is my boyfriend snuggling the giant stuffed monkey he {supposedly} won for me at Dollywood.

Bye Pigeon Forge/Knoxville.

I want to make a note that "Zorb Globe Riding" (the politically correct name) was not in my itinerary this time around, but it's the reason I fell in love with Pigeon Forge. If you've never been to the area before, it is an absolute MUST. There's really no way to make this look exhilarating, but take a plunge on the "Zydro" and thank me later.

Off to Arkansas.