Peep Plane
Lunchtime!
Our limo!
Saturday morning we got up at the crack of dawn and headed to the Baltimore airport. We had a Peep Plane to catch! Me, Miss Terrorist, was chosen randomly to be body scanned. I just smiled, stepped into the little area with the yellow footprints and held my hands up like I was surrendering while the machine moved around me. Then my hands were swabbed to see if I had been building a bomb. Nope, I was clean! I was free to continue on into the terminal.
We all gathered and lined up at the Southwest gate, anxious to get a seat and be on our way. It was a lot of fun riding with the peeps. Reba and Jayne were laughing so hard in the seat a few rows back that they made me laugh and I didn't even know what was going on!
When we arrived in Boston, our pilot graciously agreed to have his picture taken with us. We got off the plane and lined up in the hallway and I know the rest of the people thought we were loony! The people just kept coming and kept coming! I didn't know those planes held that many people!
Mr. Pilot asked us who we were going to see and we all said BO BICE and he kiddingly said, "I remember him, but Carrie's still the best!" He was heartily booed, but it was all in good fun. We even enlisted another airport worker to be in the photo, too. We were making memories!
Next came the car rental. I must say that Enterprise treats you like royalty! We were given water while we waited, then we divided into two groups. Our group was in a ? with Sue driving. We were crammed in like sardines, but we didn't have far to ride...I didn't think!
Let me tell you, Boston is one confusing place! We missed our exit right away and ended up in Cambridge. We stopped and I was able to pick up somebody's Wi-Fi and I got us a Mapquest map. Optimistically, we headed out and immediately, we were lost again! I told Sue to pull into a service station and thankfully, a cab driver was there and he led the way for us and we finally arrived at the hotel! His name was Sully and he waved us goodbye. I had even sung a song of thanks to him on the way to the hotel. We'd probably STILL be riding around if Sully hadn't come along!
By that time, we were all hungry. We met up with the other group and walked across the parking lot to a restaurant for lunch.
We were immediately seated and we ordered drinks. Our little waiter, Napoleon (I'm not kidding, that was his name!), seemed overwhelmed by all of us. Long story short, we were there For-Ever!!!
Back at the hotel, we decided that we weren't going to attempt the drive over to Salisbury, so we got a limo! I was so excited- I was the only bumpkin who had never ridden in one!!
At six o'clock a big, white stretch limo arrived and Paul Jones, our dashing chauffeur, helped all ten of us load into the limo, he opened our champagne, and soon we were sipping our drinks and rolling on our way to see Bo!
We laughed, sang along with the radio, and before we knew it, we arrived at Tupelo Music Hall!
The venue was right on the beach but it was so dark that I couldn't see anything. We went inside and made our way to our table, stopping along the way to hug necks and briefly visit with Peeps we haven't seen in a while.
My table was in the middle on the second row. It was an excellent seat and a great vantage point for taking photographs.
The crowd was loud and boisterous and I think it distracted the opening act, Adam Ezra, somewhat. I was just hoping and praying that it would quieten down once Bo got onstage.
Soon it was time for Bo and here he came, looking all spiffy in a brown jacket, tee, jeans and some sharp brown leather boots. Bo basically did the same set list he had done the previous two shows, so I won't name each and every song. He did a good job of ignoring the rude people in the room who continuously jabbered and laughed while he was performing. The lady sitting next to me asked if that was the peeps and I said, "NO!". Before the show started I told her she was really going to enjoy Bo (she had only seen him on the Idol tour) and she said, "I'll enjoy just looking at him." ;) Peep-in-the-making, wouldn't you say? LOL
Bo seemed quite hot during this performance and he and Bart had a little fun with a towel. Bart placed it on the end of his guitar and poked it at Bo! They have such great chemistry together onstage. Bo chatted about the great hospitality there, the great food, and of course he gave props to Patrick and Don. He kidded around with a little girl at a front table about how much she liked the show and he said, "Just for lying to me, I'm going to give you this pick!"
Bo sang my favorite song of his, Sinner in a Sin. He said it was one of his favorite tunes; he didn't know why he hadn't played it in a while. He asked Bart to play dobro on it because he said he thought it suited this song. "Out of all the songs I've written, I think this one I've always kind of looked at as being my own little autobiography kind of thing."
He ended the show with Whiskey, Women and Time, and I sure did hate to see him leave the stage. We hung around a little bit and no meet and greet was mentioned, so we said our goodbyes and headed out to the limo where Paul was waiting.
The trip back wasn't quite as lively as the one going down. The end of a run is always sad, but it puts me into the mood of looking toward the future to the next shows.
Next up on my agenda...TALLADEGA!!
We all gathered and lined up at the Southwest gate, anxious to get a seat and be on our way. It was a lot of fun riding with the peeps. Reba and Jayne were laughing so hard in the seat a few rows back that they made me laugh and I didn't even know what was going on!
When we arrived in Boston, our pilot graciously agreed to have his picture taken with us. We got off the plane and lined up in the hallway and I know the rest of the people thought we were loony! The people just kept coming and kept coming! I didn't know those planes held that many people!
Mr. Pilot asked us who we were going to see and we all said BO BICE and he kiddingly said, "I remember him, but Carrie's still the best!" He was heartily booed, but it was all in good fun. We even enlisted another airport worker to be in the photo, too. We were making memories!
Next came the car rental. I must say that Enterprise treats you like royalty! We were given water while we waited, then we divided into two groups. Our group was in a ? with Sue driving. We were crammed in like sardines, but we didn't have far to ride...I didn't think!
Let me tell you, Boston is one confusing place! We missed our exit right away and ended up in Cambridge. We stopped and I was able to pick up somebody's Wi-Fi and I got us a Mapquest map. Optimistically, we headed out and immediately, we were lost again! I told Sue to pull into a service station and thankfully, a cab driver was there and he led the way for us and we finally arrived at the hotel! His name was Sully and he waved us goodbye. I had even sung a song of thanks to him on the way to the hotel. We'd probably STILL be riding around if Sully hadn't come along!
By that time, we were all hungry. We met up with the other group and walked across the parking lot to a restaurant for lunch.
We were immediately seated and we ordered drinks. Our little waiter, Napoleon (I'm not kidding, that was his name!), seemed overwhelmed by all of us. Long story short, we were there For-Ever!!!
Back at the hotel, we decided that we weren't going to attempt the drive over to Salisbury, so we got a limo! I was so excited- I was the only bumpkin who had never ridden in one!!
At six o'clock a big, white stretch limo arrived and Paul Jones, our dashing chauffeur, helped all ten of us load into the limo, he opened our champagne, and soon we were sipping our drinks and rolling on our way to see Bo!
We laughed, sang along with the radio, and before we knew it, we arrived at Tupelo Music Hall!
The venue was right on the beach but it was so dark that I couldn't see anything. We went inside and made our way to our table, stopping along the way to hug necks and briefly visit with Peeps we haven't seen in a while.
My table was in the middle on the second row. It was an excellent seat and a great vantage point for taking photographs.
The crowd was loud and boisterous and I think it distracted the opening act, Adam Ezra, somewhat. I was just hoping and praying that it would quieten down once Bo got onstage.
Soon it was time for Bo and here he came, looking all spiffy in a brown jacket, tee, jeans and some sharp brown leather boots. Bo basically did the same set list he had done the previous two shows, so I won't name each and every song. He did a good job of ignoring the rude people in the room who continuously jabbered and laughed while he was performing. The lady sitting next to me asked if that was the peeps and I said, "NO!". Before the show started I told her she was really going to enjoy Bo (she had only seen him on the Idol tour) and she said, "I'll enjoy just looking at him." ;) Peep-in-the-making, wouldn't you say? LOL
Bo seemed quite hot during this performance and he and Bart had a little fun with a towel. Bart placed it on the end of his guitar and poked it at Bo! They have such great chemistry together onstage. Bo chatted about the great hospitality there, the great food, and of course he gave props to Patrick and Don. He kidded around with a little girl at a front table about how much she liked the show and he said, "Just for lying to me, I'm going to give you this pick!"
Bo sang my favorite song of his, Sinner in a Sin. He said it was one of his favorite tunes; he didn't know why he hadn't played it in a while. He asked Bart to play dobro on it because he said he thought it suited this song. "Out of all the songs I've written, I think this one I've always kind of looked at as being my own little autobiography kind of thing."
He ended the show with Whiskey, Women and Time, and I sure did hate to see him leave the stage. We hung around a little bit and no meet and greet was mentioned, so we said our goodbyes and headed out to the limo where Paul was waiting.
The trip back wasn't quite as lively as the one going down. The end of a run is always sad, but it puts me into the mood of looking toward the future to the next shows.
Next up on my agenda...TALLADEGA!!
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