We're in Barrie, ON at our new friend Kristin's house settling in for the night. Chris and Trav have been playing Super Mario Bros. on the Wii for a couple of hours now and giggling like a couple of 8 year-olds. I just edited and uploaded a TON of photos!
When I last posted, it was Thursday morning just before we left for our long drive to Montreal, QC. On our way, we stopped off at the Sabian cymbal factory in Meductic, NB. Kingdoms' tour manager, Bike Rack called ahead and arranged for both bands to take a guided tour. We had to wear safety glasses.
Our tourguide has worked for Sabian for 24 years tuning the cymbals.
This man actually has a sharp tool that he uses to shave off the top layer on the cymbals and makes that swirly, grooved design. Pretty cool to watch, actually.
We couldn't go into that room. I think it has something to do with top secret alien stuff... maybe?
It was a great little stop to break up the drive, and an educational adventure. Yeah!
The next day we made our way to Montreal, QC. First order of business, find wifi.
Later, Alex dabbled in the arts when he drew Chuck and Paul.
...then he drew Bike Rack. (sorta)
The show went well. Lots of people, lots of energy.
Tender moments.
Alex stole a fry off of a couple of ladies in the front row. Gotta keep that energy level up.
Hutton from Kingdoms hopped up to do some guest vocals.
The boys in the front row were very into synchronized thrashing. They cracked me up, too.
The guy in the green here cracked me up as well. He was so stoked during Kingdoms that he couldn't stop leaping into the air and paused only to snap the occasional photo. So awesome!
That night we drove straight to Ottawa, ON after the show and stayed with our new friend Kiki, and her mom Suzanne. None of us had ever actually met them before, but they welcomed us with open arms and even made us breakfast in the morning: pancakes, coffee and eggs benedict. I love Kiki and Suzanne.
The show that night was in downtown Ottawa at a club called Cafe Dekcuf.
Travis and Brett agreed the night before that they would have Hutton use some clippers and give them both haircuts. We set up shop in the boys bathroom, since that was the only place with enough light, an electrical outlet and semi-private. Brett went first.
Travis had to wait a while for his turn.
Brian wanted to play, too. Ummmm, no.
Travis finally got his turn. I only stuck around to snap a couple photos. I had spent long enough in the boys room.
Back in the club, the rest of the guys were warming up. I like this shot a lot.
The show was sold out. Can't ask for much more than that, eh?
Unless your name is Bike Rack and you possess a Mosh Meter!
Don't worry, the Mosh Meter made a steady rise to a whopping 101% - woo! It looked something like this:
After the show we went straight back to Kiki's to crash for the night, since we had to get up and go pretty early. The drive to Barrie was about 6 hours and we had to be there for 4:30pm, so we were up and out by 9:30am and spent a good chunk of the day on the road.
I'm apparently very into shooting black and white photos these days.
Here is my favorite shot of the night:
That about wraps it up for this blog entry. Kind of a big one, but I had a little catching up to do. Tomorrow we'll make our way to St. Catharines. It's 3am. I'm calling it a night.
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