It Takes Two
(to argue)
(nah, not really. that was a joke.)
Crossbows Music just returned recently from a trip to New Mexico! Allie's account:
We picked up Katie in Brownwood sometime the evening before our departure. That took two hours of the evening away, but that's not bad, when you think of how worth it it is to get Katie in the first place!
My grandparents, Daniel and Suzanne New, and Katie and I, left around 7am the next day. It didn't take long to get tired of the car, so Katie and I played "I Spy". That game's been around for forever and a day, and yet, it seem strangely fun every single time you play it. Ha. I guess that if Katie and I can still play the Alphabet Game and not get fed up with that, "I Spy" isn't too different, monotonous-y-wise. :-)
Anyhow, Crossbows had a gig to play at with the Lawless gang in Breckenridge, Texas, which took up all day and was quite a large event. (Though at one point, when we played the second time, they put us in a far away corner and the most listeners we had at a time was, I believe, about 10 people. The least was 2. We later had a great audience - lots and lots of people!)
So at about 6pm we pulled out of Frontier Days and hoofed it towards New Mexico. Barely reaching Hobbs before midnight, we checked out for the night at a hotel in the center of town that looked like it'd been there since the early 60's, and it had. I think the colors were turquoise and pink. Sigh...
Once further into New Mexico, we had previously arranged to buy a van there and trade the current one in for it, so now we were stopping to switch conveyances. The luggage had to be arranged, and by the time that was done, I felt like we should be ready for a trip to Italy or Spain. And back. But the van was nice: Even if you DID feel like you were going to church in a short bus every time you got in. When my grandfather asked Katie how she liked the back row (we liked to sit in the VERY back; lots more room), she responded with, "I feel like a Baptist!" - ouch.
Well, we ended up playing at some pretty interesting places, including Denny's in Carlsbad, New Mexico. After which, we went to the Carlsbad Caverns: Practically the whole reason we went! It sure was amazing, too, even though I'd already seen it. What I did find to be interesting was that there is such a thing as "Awesome Overload", as we called it. You can only take in so much, and towards the end of the 1 and 1/2 hour walk in Carlsbad Caverns, we were not so appreciative of them. Like I said: Interesting.
On the whole, it was an entirely educational and fun experience, and something I hope to be able to do again sometime.
Allie in the back seat of the van.
(to argue)
(nah, not really. that was a joke.)
Crossbows Music just returned recently from a trip to New Mexico! Allie's account:
We picked up Katie in Brownwood sometime the evening before our departure. That took two hours of the evening away, but that's not bad, when you think of how worth it it is to get Katie in the first place!
My grandparents, Daniel and Suzanne New, and Katie and I, left around 7am the next day. It didn't take long to get tired of the car, so Katie and I played "I Spy". That game's been around for forever and a day, and yet, it seem strangely fun every single time you play it. Ha. I guess that if Katie and I can still play the Alphabet Game and not get fed up with that, "I Spy" isn't too different, monotonous-y-wise. :-)
Anyhow, Crossbows had a gig to play at with the Lawless gang in Breckenridge, Texas, which took up all day and was quite a large event. (Though at one point, when we played the second time, they put us in a far away corner and the most listeners we had at a time was, I believe, about 10 people. The least was 2. We later had a great audience - lots and lots of people!)
So at about 6pm we pulled out of Frontier Days and hoofed it towards New Mexico. Barely reaching Hobbs before midnight, we checked out for the night at a hotel in the center of town that looked like it'd been there since the early 60's, and it had. I think the colors were turquoise and pink. Sigh...
Once further into New Mexico, we had previously arranged to buy a van there and trade the current one in for it, so now we were stopping to switch conveyances. The luggage had to be arranged, and by the time that was done, I felt like we should be ready for a trip to Italy or Spain. And back. But the van was nice: Even if you DID feel like you were going to church in a short bus every time you got in. When my grandfather asked Katie how she liked the back row (we liked to sit in the VERY back; lots more room), she responded with, "I feel like a Baptist!" - ouch.
Well, we ended up playing at some pretty interesting places, including Denny's in Carlsbad, New Mexico. After which, we went to the Carlsbad Caverns: Practically the whole reason we went! It sure was amazing, too, even though I'd already seen it. What I did find to be interesting was that there is such a thing as "Awesome Overload", as we called it. You can only take in so much, and towards the end of the 1 and 1/2 hour walk in Carlsbad Caverns, we were not so appreciative of them. Like I said: Interesting.
On the whole, it was an entirely educational and fun experience, and something I hope to be able to do again sometime.
Allie in the back seat of the van.
Hobbs, New Mexico.
The scenery in New Mexico is gorgeous!
God Bless,Allie & Katie
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