Sandpoint, ID

May 4th and 5th, 2014

Sunday morning we got up, showered, and then headed out. Of course we stopped at the risqué peak a brew for some coffee served to us by a girl in pink lace bra and panties. #awkward It was such a treat, my café ole had spoiled milk in it. Yum. We drove back up through Ellensburg and back over the Columbia River Gorge. We stopped in Moses Lake for a quick bite then headed to Sandpoint. The drive went by so fast we started the drive out listening to Richard Dalstrom from Bethany for our Sunday sermon, then went straight to the Jeff Foxworthy station on Pandora. Aaron laughed so hard you would have thought he hadn’t already heard it 16 million times. We arrived in Sandpoint around 6pm to find out that our show venue knew nothing about our booking. #awkward The bartender, Paws, said, “Go ahead and set up we’ll still pay you”. The show was great, we met friends and family, as well as a gentlemen from Dyess, Arkansas whose father was childhood friends with Johnny Cash. They spotted Aaron’s tattoo and called him over to tell him the story. Johnny and Jerry Lee Lewis were at his father’s funeral. Eichardt’s was a small dinner crowd, but people really enjoyed it. Aaron sold a CD to a young couple who later that day wrote on his Facebook how much they enjoyed the show. After that we went to see Courtney’s roommate play at another bar downtown. The night took a wild turn when several musicians in the room including a bongo player, an incredible beat boxer, Aaron on guitar, and I on tambourine did a wicked country/blues/hip-hop/reggae jam. This went on for quite some time and we closed the place down, then proceeded to head back to Courtney’s sisters, Chelsea’s, house. We piled about 10 people in a jeep Cherokee cab and headed to the house where the country/blue/hip-hop/reggae jam continued. I started to fall asleep on the couch so Chelsea put me to bed, but rumor has it that this went on sometime past 4am. The most beautiful part of this entire night is the fact that Aaron and I had the most comfortable bed to sleep in. It was incredible. We slept in until 11am and when we woke up Aaron said, “I feel guilty, no human should feel this comfortable”.  Sandpoint has so much to offer, but we had even more to offer it, by staying in and watching 6 movies. Happy Cinco de Mayo!  Courtney did make some incredible margaritas and tacos. In the spirit of the holiday we ate tacos and watch Nacho Libre. There’s not too much to write about except that we had a day of extreme rest. We even went to bed around 10pm.