The Gods of Now On Tour – Day 5

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I wake up shower and tell Zasta (who had a long night) that I’m going for breakfast at Stella’s again. He can join me later when he wakes up. I grab the key and walk across the hall to the other room. Knock.

Hmmm, I’m thinking. When the door opens what will I find? What would I like to find? What have the boys been up to?

Ka-ZING!!! Cute girl opens the door. I vaguely remember her talking about bed bugs in the elevator from the night before. I thought – she’s not one of the “girls with the band”. I say hello and she tells me her name. Laura. (see pic)I look at Laura and say “You’re the only one here?” She smiles cutely. Turns out she’s in a band and just needed a place to crash. She’s no groupie.

I say to Alex who, by the way has not slept one second of the night (it’s now 10am) that I’m going for breakfast. He says “Yeeeeaaahhh, I’m coming.” Jon is in the other bed waking up with a bottle of JD in his arms. He’s gonna sleep. Surprise! I turn around and there’s Tom on the sofa. “I’m in.” I have a feeling Tom is always “in”. One of the things I like about the guy.

I say to Laura “Do you want to come for breakfast?” She says “If I’m allowed.” I don’t know what the hell she’s talking about. I don’t care what she’s talking about. “I’ve got no problem with ya so sure you can come.” She’s happy about that.

We all eat. Stella’s is a fine place to have a breakfast. Then it’s time to load up and leave.

Loading up is a game of Tetris. Laura says we should play the theme song from the game when we do this. It’s a good idea. It would make a hilarious Utube vid. So while the guys are bring out the stuff I watch wasps buzzing around the van eating the dead bugs on the windscreen and looking at Laura talking to Hollie, the maid we played to the day before in our rooms. She a funny girl with a killer body. She really is, as Zasta put it, “A perfect human female to reproduce with.”

Time to say good-bye. I give Hollie the Montreal two-cheek kiss. She holds her cheeks and says “Oh my god! No one has ever done that to me before.” She’s cool. Then it’s good-bye to Tom and Laura after taking a bunch of pix (see pix). We pile in the Banyion fire up it’s spirit and turn to the West. We stop at Mother’s Music to buy a couple of cables and some wheels for Jon’s cab. Hit a food store for some fruit and vegetables and end up helping this old lady decide between Diet Sprite and Diet 7Up. We got her the Diet 7UP cuz we couldn’t find the Sprite. She was happy. Doesn’t matter the age – we always please women.

We then hit the road. The flat Prairies. Green still but harvest colors are everywhere. So much space. So flat. So straight. No wonder there’s a work ethic so strong in these here parts. If you don’t work you’d shoot yourself. Up at sunrise and to bed when you’re too tired to do anything else. Wow. These are strong people who live out here.

At this point Alex became extremely, how would we put this? Cranky..? He didn’t sleep and was in the back with his old Walkman with a relaxation tape inside. I was driving. WHAM!! I hear. Zasta, Jon and I look at each other… WHAM!!!! WHAM!!! Alex is tweaking! He’s smashing his Walkman against his bass cab shattering it’s last legs. (See pic). It’s now a road trophy. Hmmm, maybe we’ll sell it on ebay. The God of Wrath’s own smashed Walkman.

We eat at East Side Mario’s in Regina. The social atmosphere of Saskatchawan is great. Gonna love playing here on the way back. Food is good too. Now onto Saskatoon. Pretty name for a pretty city.

Gotta find out where the Ramada Golf Hotel is. Then we can sleep.