We spent the night at the Spears. The next morning we woke up to an overwhelming breakfast, said our good-byes and were off to Washington. The day in DC covered the Capitol Building, Washington Memorial, World War 2 Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, a walk by of the Vietnam Memorial, the White House, lunch, Starbucks, the Airspace Smithsonian, a drive by of the Jefferson Memorial, getting lost, finding the Iwo Jima Memorial by mistake and being thrilled that we had gotten lost because of our find, and finally dinner with our friend Chris Stoneburner. Our feet were a bit sore by the end of the day.

Our next stop was Richmond, VA — home of Hechler, David (our sound engineer). It was awesome seeing where he grew up. We stayed with his parents, and played a show the next night at his church. It was our first time using our new in-ear system, so it was a bit rough technically on stage, but the crowd was really into and made the show! Thank you Richmond!

The next day we welcomed the sun into the day heading down the road towards Birmingham, AL. Traveling through Atlanta was probably the toughest part of the trip, but even there the traffic was still moving. We arrived at the venue by 7pm. At first glance, it seemed like we were going to have to play a stripped down set because of space, but instead, we decided to blast the speakers; and that seemed to work pretty well.

By the end of the night we had a full house, and we were having a great time! This was where we finally felt like we were getting into the groove of the tour… we locked in and just had an awesome time playing! We spent the next 2 nights in Birmingham with Naph’s family… thank you Aunt Lisi! Some of the guys even got a bit of Southern culture introduced to them. Bless their hearts.

Next stop… North Carolina.