Dreaming to Live Tour Stats

27 gigs in 76 days (11 acoustic, 16 amplified)

10 states

14, 500 miles

270 hours in the car (25 hrs/week)

35.8 MPG trip average

23 nights tent camping

21 nights rustic cabins

27 nights home stays

3 hotels

2 airbnb

5 state parks: Davis Mts TX//Pablo Duro TX//Cape Perpetua OR//Castle Crags CA//Bothe-Napa CA

12 National Forests: Santa Fe NM//Gila NM//Uinta UT//Willamette OR//Rouge River-Siskiyou OR//Plumas CA//Spring Mountains NV//Humboldt-Toiyabe NV/Los Padres CA//Steens Mt Cooperative OR//Uncompagre CO//Hiawatha MI

15 picnic table practice sessions

State with the most gigs: California (7 performances)

Hottest Temp 114°F Laughlin, NV

Lowest Temp 26°F Hyde Park outside of Santa Fe, NM

Highest Point – Wetterhorn Pass, Uncompagre Wilderness, Colorado 12,500 feet

Furthest North: Coyle, WA//South: Austin, TX//East: Detroit, MI//West: Eugene, OR

Best Scenic Drive – Owl Creek Pass CO: Montrose, Silver Jack Reservoire, Rideway, Ouray

Best Campsite – Site 13 at Hilltop Campground in the Spring Moutains overlooking Las Vegas

Best Grocery Store – Great Basin Community Food Co-op, Reno, NV

Best Winery – Peachy Canyon, Paso Robles, CA

Best Brewery – Ninkasi Brewing, Eugene, OR

Best Cheese – “Acapella” goat milk round in ash from Andante Dairy, Petaluma, CA

Best Trees – French Pete Campground outside of Eugene, OR

Best Fish – Lake Superior Whitefish from Vanlandschoot and Sons, Munising, MI

Best Out to Eat –  The Mission Restaurant, San Diego, CA

Best Coffee – La Barba Coffee, Salt Lake City, UT

Best Hot Springs (of 11 visited) – Terwilliger Hot Springs, 50 miles east of Eugene

Best Laundry – Southside Laundry, Montrose, CO (clean, cheap, booth seating, free wifi, cafe, and kitchenette!)

Best milonga – Esquina Tango, Austin, TX

Best acoustics – Frist Prebyterian Church, Santa Fe, NM

Most remote – Concerts in the Woods, Coyle, WA

Enthusiasm award – Tuesday Bailonga, Eugene, OR

Most attentive audience – Casa Della Zisa House Concerts, Portland, OR

Critical mass award – Quantum Tango, Ventura, CA

Beautiful setting award – Encinitas Library, Encinitas, CA

Best workshop class – Urban Tango, San Diego, CA

Best overall audience – Chicago Botanic Garden

Best vibe – Ventura County Classical Guitar Society, Camarillo, CA

Open minded audience award – Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA

Best new gig – Reno Tango House Milonga, Incline Village, NV

Best bar gig – Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette, MI

Best after party – Urban Tango, San Diego, CA

Thrive in adversity award – Northern Sun Winery, Bark River, MI (Thanks to everyone that held down the tent so we didn’t blow away in the rain)

Best multiple gig city stop – Milwaukee!!