Day 1 of tour is inevitably an adventure. It began auspiciously, we cleaned out the van for the first time since March and set off on the road according to schedule. Then we accidently drove past Philadelphia and ended up outside of Baltimore...Luckily, Andre from Bang Camaro who booked us last night is the bomb. The crowd at the bar was awesome and we got free beers all night. Did I mention it was also a Halloween show? We quickly made friends with a bunch of amazing people in costume - and made a mummy costume for Tim out of toilet paper from the bathroom and a dance party commenced. A brawl broke out between Nate and the brother of the slutty Snow White, but that was countered by meeting a tattoo artist in training who offered us his pad for us to crash - which was a lot more enticing than our plan to sleep in the van or get ripped off at the nearby hostel. He needed $20 to pay his rent, so we gladly chipped in and got into our sleeping bags. His parting words were, "I'm sad to see you guys go, I feel like I'll never see you again!" and "If you get offered crack on the street, just say no." Yup, we were deep in the South Side of Philly. With our hiking packs, it felt just like we were back in South America.
After an amazing walk through Philly - checking out brick alleys and stomping on leaves - we got a rather inauspicious phone call during breakfast. There was a suicide at the bar we were supposed to play tonight in Philly - so the show was cancelled. So, we'll head back out and drive overnight to Chicago today. Overall, warm fuzzy feelings for the people in Philly.
- Michelle/Tim/Jenny reporting from the Philadelphia Java Company Coffee Shop.
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