As it seems to be the norm anytime I leave for tour or plan on traveling for any period of time, I didn't get any sleep last night. I laid in bed restless and cuddled with my girlfriend for a little bit but couldn't seem to fall asleep. I don't know if it was my nerves, excitement, stress, or what it was but sleep eluded me last night.
My alarm finally went off at 3:00 A.M. and that was it, it was time to head out. I did one last check this morning and made sure I had everything that I needed. There's some very key travel tips to take note of when you are doing a festival for the summer. Here are the key things you want to make sure you to bring with you:
1. Baby Wipes
2. Lots and lots of fresh clean undies (You don't get a lot of time to do laundry)
3. Baby powder (The days are long and hot, you have to stay cool and dry)
4. Comfortable shoes
Those are my four essentials to surviving life on the road in the summer. 10 years ago when I did my first Warped Tour in 2004, I had no idea what to bring with me. I was just excited to go but brought everything from my house with me. I had never been away from home for an extensive period of time. I also didn't know how to pack properly and now I've mastered the science and have just enough room to load up on free stuff all summer.
Both of my flights this morning were fairly short and I was actually able to sleep on the plane for once. I'm a huge Chicago Blackhawks fan was stoked to find out I had a layover at O'Hare. I left disappointed however, when I couldn't find any new Blackhawks pieces to take home with me. I'll be searching all summer for hockey stuff though and probably post about it a lot.
I'm currently sitting with our guitar tech Tommi at the Indianapolis airport waiting to be picked up. We have about a 4 hour wait until the band gets here and this is easily the most boring, nothing going on awkward, airport I have ever been to. I might try to sneak in another nap before I prepare to knock out our 16 hour (probably 20+) with stop drive to Houston to start tour on Friday. For now though, I think I will jam the new Vanna record and catch up on some work.
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