Jason saw Loretta Lynn in Austin. I loved Coal Miner's Daughter when I was little so it's pretty cool to be playing down the street from her at the same time.
Then a couple days later, on my birthday, we ate at Loretta Lynn's kitchen and enjoyed, with heavy rounds of laughter, the store attached to the kitchen. I say this because of the trinkets we found. Maggie got a coal miner's hat that "She needed at night in case she had to go to the bathroom and the hotel room was dark." Forget about coal mines, we explore hotel rooms in the dark!
Mags heard Loretta's music in the store and said, "I think I hear Feist." So, we bought a Loretta Lynn CD and talked about how great her voice is and now I think she has a new favorite singer.
In Memphis we played across the street from the zoo. Despite the insane heat and humidity, it was a major score. At least they had a shaded carousel and sprinklers.
In Cinncinatti we all went to the children's museum, possibly an even bigger score (even for the adults)
(Lewis and Mags on a wall)
Later we played a show in Newport, Kentucky (basically Cinncinatti) with Headlights who are touring with us. And we think they hit home runs nightly.
And finally, thanks to the nannies, I got to wear my first birthday sombrero at dinner in the middle of nowhere at a pretty decent Mexican restaurant, score again.
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