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Fri, 2 Mar 2007

Entering Arizona

We woke up bright and early this morning, said goodbye to our host families, and hit the road. Our first destination was Joshua Tree National Park. It was an absolutely beautiful place, with vast blue sky, incredible rock formations and spiny yucca plants dotting the landscape. We were given an hour and a half to explore, to rock scramble, and to relax. When we returned, some of us had scratches and scrapes from our more adventurous rock-climbing endeavors, but I think all of us were able to appreciate the natural beauty that we had experienced.

We got a surprise when we attempted to enter the state of Arizona. It turned out that we had more weight on the back axle of bus than was allowed. I attribute this to the expert cooking of all the churches and families that have hosted us. It's hard for me to think of any other week where I have eaten this well...or this much...so maybe that was the cause of our overloaded bus. Fortunately, we were able to overcome the problem by shifting around objects (and choir members) in the bus.

Because of this, we were late arriving at our final destination, Sunnyslope Mennonite Church. The congregation patiently waited as we scrambled around, scarfing down a delicious taco salad dinner and throwing on our tuxedos. Finally, we were ready to sing. I got very warm and positive comments after the performance from people who had found our songs meaningful, and that, to me, is the most gratifying part of making music.



Posted at 00:32 by Jesse Landis-Eigsti #


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