Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, OH MY!

We've been covering these 3 states for what feels like forever...so it must have been about 2 days. After leaving Alto we performed in our 2nd of three high altitude places, Popejoy Theatre in Albuquerque. It was about a mile above sea level but felt completely different than Alto. Here's some pics of the theatre:

Popejoy was probably one of my favorite spaces because the green room was right off of the stage and our dressing rooms were right off the green room. It was just really nice to not have to run a mile underground or upstairs to get to the stage!

Next we went to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, check it out, it was a great house:

This was a great show for a few reasons, one was that a guy in the cast has a son who goes to the USAF. His son had no idea at all that his dad was even cast in this show, so he really had no idea that his dad would show up at his school. So his dad worked with the commanding officers and his son's fiancee to surprise him at the show. It was great! For me personally my best friend since childhood, Amanda and her husband Ben came to the show, as well as my friend Josh's mom. It was so great to catch up with all of them, and to find out that its normal that I feel as winded as I did. Once again I did not have to use oxygen, but I came close. In Alto I adjusted my show considerably so I wouldn't pass out, not singing as hard, etc. But here I wanted to sing out as much as possible for my friends, marking wasn't an option! Plus I forgot that we were so high up. So it is nice to be done with the high altitude, although I would use oxygen everyday if it meant getting to see cool people!

The above is from my hotel window in Colorado Springs, finally, a nice view!

After Colorado we had just a drive day :-( which are my least favorite because you sit all day and get to a hotel at night only to be so tired you just want to fall asleep. Then you wake up the next day and do it all over again! I'd love to be able to drive through the night to get somewhere and actually have a day to do fun stuff. Here's some drive-by pics of yesterday's trip, that huge shadow is our lovely Mayo Tours Bus:

Alas, we drove through Colorado, Wyoming and part of Montana to get to Billings, which is where I am now. So I write this from my squishy bed in the Dude Rancher, a lovely lovely, very themed (and haunted!) hotel. My favorite! Here's some pictures:

I heard your ears perk at the idea that this place is haunted so let me tell you what I've heard. Apparently there's a little girl who was seen just the other night running and playing in the lobby in the picture above and on the stairs in the other picture. Also, there is a Woman in Grey who guests have seen standing above them and watching them sleep. Creepy! I don't know why I have never seen a ghost, I've experienced them at Seton Hill but I've never actually seen one. The only thing I can guess is that they don't feel the need to show themselves to me because I already believe in them!

So this morning we leave Billings, Montana to go to Spokane, Washington. Another drive day but one for which I'm considerably more excited because it means (hopefully) trees again! I mean, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana are beautiful don't get me wrong, but I'll be happy to see something more than dirt hills and cows. Actually I rather like the cows. And we did usually have the mountains in the distance on yesterdays drive.

Maybe I'll check back in tonight and put up some pictures of today's drive, we'll see how I feel! Have a great day everybody and we'll see you in Washington!