July Tour Recap
Recently, I went on a 20-day tour with a band I mention on here perhaps more often than I should. We left Ottawa on Canada Day (July 1, Yanks!) and left Winsdor back to Ottawa at 3:30am on July 20 morning. Even as a passenger, this was the most painful 8-hour drive ever.
Besides driving, there isn’t much to do on tour except watch bands and eat so here are some highlights.
Best eats of tour:
The Naam (Vancouver)
Pizza Luce (Minneapolis)
Mondragon (Winnipeg)
French Meadow Bakery & Café (Minneapolis)
Budgie’s Burritos (Vancouver)
Best bands of tour:
KENmode
Battlefields
Hewhocorrupts
KENmode (again)
Frontier
Portraits of Past
Crossing into the USA was nuts. Long story short, despite having visas and the necessary papers (uh, you know, uh, papers, business papers…), the whole ordeal took about 12 hours and a pair of two-hour searches to get six Canadians into the United States. Yikes.
We stopped in Grand Forks, ND for a bit and after spending some time in a cafe, I crossed a river by foot to East Grand Forks (Minesota!) to see The Hangover at a theatre with a snackbar that looked like a log cabin. Crossing the bridge, I’m pretty sure I witnessed a police boat searching for a dead body too. Thanks also to the girl with the green hair at the organic coop for hanging out and feeding us.
Here are a few photos. See more by clicking the banner at the bottom…
Camping near Swastika, Ontario.
Swastikas on top of The Royal Albert in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Driving in Saskatchewan.
Mike and Tweedy got thirsty. The only swimming of tour.
We thought this house was vacant so we parked in its backyard.
We were wrong.
Kamloops was awesome (no it wasn’t…but this dude was)
F(r)actions of Buried Inside enjoy Beyoncé
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Why did the tour take you guys near Swastika? That’s my ‘hood (Kirkland Lake), and I would have alerted the masses of the impending doom that is Buried Inside had I any idea you were going to be in the area!
Comment by Jake — August 4, 2009 #
looks like a good tour! nice pics paul
Comment by brian — August 14, 2009 #