Tennessee

Yeehaw! We made it to another state!
We've named the bus Marian, after Jacek's grandfather. We bought the bus one day and then the next day sold the car that was passed down from his grandfather for the SAME EXACT PRICE! I felt the bus was kinda unisex and Jacek wanted to honor his grandfather so, his name was a perfect fit.
We spent yesterday at Purple Heart Tattoo & Punk Rock Flea Market's one year celebration in Knoxville, TN. We were going to spend today at the quarry and Market Square with some new Knoxville friends but, once we got to the quarry and met a couple whose car had just been broken into, we decided to head out 1.5 hrs away to a free camping spot for some much needed shade. It's hard to just sit still in a big ol bus that needs shade and ya have no clue where anything is but, we found a spot called Jackson Island in Spring City, TN that allows 14 days of free camping and is managed by TVA. We have already gone swimming and washed up in the lake, collected fire wood, let the kitties go for walks and Jacek even played some guitar by the smoking fire. We are gonna spend a few days here if the neighboring campers are nice. We have a show in Birmingham, AL this Friday. Jacek's 38th birthday is this Thursday! I've collected some little things along the way for his bday that he doesn't know about and starting today I will give him a present every day til I run out. Birthdays only come once a year so they really deserve at least a week of celebration!

His dad gave him some restaurant gift cards for his bday which has helped us along the road. It was nice to eat at an Applebee's after a long day in the sun. We were pretty exhausted after the punk show and a little sunburned too.

It was a bumpy ride leaving Knoxville today and the kitties absolutely hated it. We didn't care for it too much either. But now, we finally get to rest up for a couple days and get some much needed booking and R&R taken care of.

I would love to upload way more photos but I am frustrated with this very slow computer. I hope for another one once we get some money saved back. And it won't be a mac with all that iPhoto shtuff.