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  • Day 19 – CLINTON, IA

    Just a quicker note today from Clinton, Iowa.My apologies to anyone who tried logging into the Livestream yesterday. I’m feeling pretty dumb with technology. I tried scheduling an event, but my phone could only connect to a new event. I’ll work on troubleshooting that. Once we finally got it going, my connection was terrible. I’ve…

  • Day 18 – SAVANNA, IL

    We managed to leave Dubuque a little after 7 am.  The crew was just myself, Kalan and Matty.  Matty is joining us this year for the first time.  He lives in Asheville, NC and is an old friend of Sadye’s.  We brought him on as a non-performing member largely to help watch 10-month-old Otis during…

  • Day 17 – DUBUQUE, IA

    August 20 This is your captain writing, humbled, tail between legs. I’m sorry I haven’t been keeping you posted about our progress, as promised. It was my intention to write a little entry at the end of every day of this journey, even if rather brief. But after our first show I passed out in…

  • Day minus one

    Very tired.  Finished two runs of the show today.  The second run was under 75 minutes – which is around the time we are hoping for.  There are bugs with the sound system, lots of things to still be sorted and fixed with the boat and props – and a number of missing pieces, but…

  • Day minus two

    Slept on boat last night.  Didn’t sleep much – too many mosquitoes.  Need to figure out tents that can fit on the boat for those of us who will be camping there.  Worked on boat set up and decor until the cast arrived. Barely made it halfway through my list and fell behind on e-mail/Facebook…