Indiana and Michigan

I got into Indiana last Tuesday after an 11 hour car ride with Ben, a 30-something from Colorado. Yet another successful rideshare from Craigslist! Four for four! The drive was pretty uneventful, only three stops for gas/food. Lots of corn fields.

Staying with the guys in Indiana has been pretty fun. Lots of movies, drinking and general mischief. Well not too much mischief - but a moderate amount. We drove up to Empire, Michigan this past weekend for Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival. A very fun little festi. moe played two nights and Cornmeal played nearly everyday. Bump also played, although we missed them. Lake Michigan was only about a mile from our campsite so we went swimming a lot. All in all, a good time. Well, minus the over abundance of cops. Twice we were shaken down by the local sheriff. Once during the day for a hand rolled cigarette (meh). And again during a big drum circle that broke out in the road next to our tents. The cops came to break that up after a few hours but being 3am, everyone's blitzed and there are 3 cops roaming in the dark. Pretty scary and annoying.

It seems the flights I'll be getting on for Hawaii are pretty open - success! I'll be heading out August 28th - I believe. I'm leaving for Missouri in the next few days - spending two weeks in Missouri before heading to St Louis airport. I'll probably couchsurf there for two nights before my flight. Then Hawaii! How awesome?