We have finished our 2016 summer tour and as a way to pass the time on the long drive home we composed 38 tour haikus for the different days of the tour.
Illinois
Day 1
Packed car in the rain
Drive to the Cowboy Monkey
Tango in Champaign
Kansas
Day 2
Six hours of sleep
Twelve hours to West Kansas
Deer in the Prairie
New Mexico
Day 3
Morning sun vultures
Evening concert Santa Fe
Drinks with friends at night
Day 4
Beautiful breakfast
Albuquerque Museum
Shopping in Old Town
Day 5
Caliente Spring
Mllonga at the Quail Run
Dream of Santa Fe
Day 6
Blueberry pancakes
Jemez mountains hike thunder
KUNM Live
Utah
Day 7
Colorado bound
Cortez and Lowry pueblo
Camping in Utah
Day 8
Hot Springs at Seven
Rack of lamb and wine at Five
Play tango till twelve
Nevada
Day 9
Driving to the fire
Gig in mesquite 108
Stars and petroglyphs
Day 10
Practice in rock shade
Gig in Laughlin 106
Lake Isabella
California
Day 11
Early morning rise
California valley drive
Spruce tree canopy
Day 12
Hike in Castle Crags
Bob Marley’s face in Shasta
Burning Tango live
Day 13
Stop for Zinfandel
Drive back to Joshua Tree
News of Orlando
Day 14
Laundry and Practice
Coffee Shopping and Grilling
Hike to the Palm Trees
Day 15
Practice two hours
Desert hike up the canyon
Sleep like a baby
Day 16
One more long practice
Practice dancing then coffee
Huge Joshua tree
Day 17
Los Angeles Drive
Learning to accept the lows
Night shusi party
Day 18
L.A. To Davis
Overtone series lesson
Rockin audience
Day 19
Driving south again
California traffic jams
Cerro alto camp
Day 20
Morning solstice hike
Sunset and honey moon rise
Evening solstice hike
Day 21
Morning hot springs soak
Tango dance in Ventura
Night drive in Ojai
Day 22
6:20 AM
Rush hour drive through L.A.
Concert by the beach
Day 23
Practice and oil change
Sushi in San Diego
Drive to the mountains
Day 24
Drive to the desert
108 and pho for lunch
Great concert at night
Day 25
Drive past Mt Whitney
Hiking to some alpine lakes
John Muir Wilderness
Day 26
395 Drive
Hoover Wilderness Hiking
Ate dinner outside
Nevada
Day 27
Short drive to Reno
Tango class and practica
Last gig for a while
Idaho
Day 28 – Day 34
Idaho Family
Hot desert mountain sunshine
Bittersweet goodbye
Montana
Day 35
Driving all day long
Idaho and Montana
Yellowstone River
Wisconsin
Day 36
Fargo for coffee
Mosquitos and long sunsets
Grilled romaine chicken
Michigan
Day 37
Fog in the morning
Setting up tents in the rains
Blackrocks in Marquette
Wisconsin
Day 38
Breakfast with parents
Great Lakes hospitality
Madison tango