More Pre-Polkadot

Friday there wasn't really anything we needed to get accomplished, so we actually got to sleep in!  I don't think I woke up until 12:45.  That's about 10:45 LA time, which is about normal for me.  We just hung out drinking coffee and taking advantage of Johnny's internet, then went to grab some "lunch" (it was 4pm) at a Korean BBQ place.

Not very vegetarian friendly, but I still left full :)

After hanging out for too long (as usual) at Johnny Zero's, we went to pick up Paulo. You might remember him from the end of the last tour. Well, he's going to be our driver for this tour! We stopped for dinner at a place called Burguesa where we all became space explorers. 

 

Paulo then drove through the night while the rest of us slept. At some insanely early hour we stopped in Memphis, TN for breakfast at a fun little place called the Eclectic Cafe. Eventually at some point in the early afternoon we made it to Salem, IL and stopped for lunch. While we were there the sky grew dark and it got really windy. Junior and Mike looked up the weather, and we were going to be heading straight into a ton of bad weather. We hung out in the little strip of stores the restaurant was in, hoping some of it would die out. Kim got a few cool things at this awesome little store called The Attic. It was like a thrift store, but everything was new. As we were leaving the girl working (who's also the owner) complimented me on my “Be My Friend” hoodie. We explained that it was Kim and Junior's band and gave her a One-Eyed Doll sticker. She was pretty awesome. If you for whatever reason find yourself in the little middle of nowhere town of Salem, Il you should go check out The Attic. There was a pawn shop down the strip from The Attic and Junior was hoping to pick up some VHS tapes to watch in the van. But they were closed. What kind of a pawn shop closes at 5 on a Saturday? There was also a Dollar General in the strip where I picked up some fun, cheap, thick eyeliners in a few different colors. Eventually we decided just to try heading out, and the rain wasn't too bad. Random comment – I was a Zebra Fruit Stripped Gum semi-truck going the other way on the highway. I didn't realize that gum still existed! Now I keep seeing it at every gas station we stop at. We got into Joliet about 10pm Saturday night, and got a hotel room. We then spent the next hour and a half trying to find some place to eat that was still open. What's up with that, Joliet?!?!