Welcome to Topeka Kansas!

a photo of this sweet lone acorn top was our first taste of autumn in Kansas.
oh how we adore the midwest

look at that handful of goodness

we arrived in Topeka Kansas early, which was a nice bonus because that meant we could check into our hotel and get ready there before the show. the street annie played on was quaint and reminded us of Royal Oak, MI, minus about 90% of the people. this town was MUCH quieter.

right before we left for the show there was some wicked awesome light hitting the beds at our not-so-quality Quality Inn. had to snap a shot!

this night was full of shenanigans
let me repeat:
FULL OF SHENANIGANS!
i need to dedicate an entire post to the the series of unfortunate events that took place after we left the hotel for the show because they are too terribly hilarious to get into now
BUT
it was one of those nights....
annie and i kept asking each other, "is this really happening?" and "is someone playing a joke on us?" and then we would erupt in laughter to the point of tears.
upward and onward.
per usual ANNIE ROCKED THE SHOW
NAILED IT!
xox, rachel
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travel day 2

today was drive day

but it started out with
"the tristan homemade soy latte"
which makes for very happy campers:)
(thank you T1 & T2!)
we drove 12 hours straight.
Utah to Kansas.
then we had to unload all the gear into our hotel room, which was on the 2nd floor.
no elevator.
i'm in a coma lying on the bed of a Quality Inn.

some of today's music included:
Fiona Apple- when the pawn
Nada Surf- ALL of it
Robyn- body talk part 1
Jimmy Eat World- invented (we arn't sure about this one)
Band Of Horses- 1st 2 albums
Snow Patrol- final straw & eyes open
Tegan & Sara- so jealous
The Sundays- reading, writing & arithmetic
and some real good playlists.
IPODS ARE THE JAM!
here is a song, i know, i've been slacking- i apologize!it's title is truly how i feel to be having this experience

Ben Folds: The Luckiest
xox, rachel