ARCTIC Expeditions

The road:

The drive from Kelowna to Enderby is about 90 minutes, so we had a leisurely drive up. We stopped for lunch at a little orchard cafe and filled up on the Sunday buffet. Today I was more careful with drinking water in the van so no mishaps.

The venue for tonight is called Lorenzo's, it is an old one room school house that has been converted to a restaurant. The "stage" is sunk into the floor so that the patrons will be gazing downwards to the performers. The coolness factor of the place is very high, especially since it is about 6 miles from town.

Our hosts Loren and Leo the dog were very accommodating. I spent part of the afternoon messing about. The building had been enlarged over the years, the floors in the new part are from an old bowling alley. In the back of the building Loren had rebuilt one lane to actually bowl on.

The pins had to reset by hand and if Leo the dog was not around you could roll a frame or two. After an hour of time wasting (taking pictures and wandering) I was given a water powered Nerf rocket launcher, needless to say I soaked myself!!

Time to dry up and get ready for the gig.

The Gig:

Marcus had invited Devon, the bass/guitarist from Heading South to play an acoustic set. He brought his "stomp box" with him which turned out to be just that, a wooden box with a carpet covering for foot stompin! percussion in a box. Just as the night before he was great plus he played a 12 string for a few songs and that always get my attention.

Marcus came on after Devon and again played a great set but unlike the night before in Kelowna he wasn't freezing his fingers off. The sound in the room was almost perfect, there were many angles in the ceiling to help out the speakers. For posterity we taped the show.

Well it's off to Calgary. Bye for now.