Monday, February 16, 2009

3:00 am - Erika returns from Tour

Erika has been in San Francisco for the past 4 days. She went with her Orchestra Philharmonic group. She left on Thursday morning at 5 am and returned last night (or this morning) at 3 am. The bus ride home was long because of the weather that they went through in the mountains of California. They had to stop for 3 hours, while the two buses put chains on to go through the snow storm. Then they had to stop for 1 hour to take the chains off the bus. She sent us a text at 8:00 am and said they were leaving early to get ahead of the storm. Then she sent us a text at 5:00 pm telling us she was in Neveda. She basically drove across Neveda from Reno to Wendover, so we weren't sure where in Neveda she was when she sent a message. Then another message at 11:00 pm telling us that they were just leaving Elko, Neveda. We went online to see how long a drive it was from Elko, yep 4 hours, which meant she would be home at 3 am. In total she spent 17 hours on the bus all day yesterday. She said they watched 6 moives going down and back. She said it was a great experience and she had alot of fun with friends and teachers. We asked her if she would do it again, and she said not this year.