Last night’s concert went from having to struggle for our concentration, to suddenly being flooded with emotion that it was our second to last. We got another cheering standing ovation, then packed up, and finally collapsed in our room at the last Super 8 of the tour.
Today was a 350-mile drive, but we had a wonderful stop in Lincoln, Nebraska. We went to the historic part of town, by the train station. It is a pretty hip place, with upscale coffee houses, and a brewery-restaurant. We ate there and had some world-famous Nebraska beef.
Fairbury is a nice little town with things to do. We’re staying in the Capri Motel, the only place to stay in town. Frank upgraded our room to the biggest and most expensive, at $40.00.
We went to their wonderful little movie theater, and saw “The Bucket List.”
When the movie was over we both just sat there and cried, all the way through the credits until the lights turned on. It was a touching movie, and it must have sparked something in us. It’s hitting us hard that our tour is almost over, and we’ve realized we’ve had the time of our lives together. Yes, the concerts have gone better than our wildest dreams, but the true happiness has been going through all this together.
I mused with Frank that just earlier today we were tired, jokingly sarcastic about everything, and ready to go home. Yes, that’s true, but we’re now not used to being more than ten feet away from each other at any time! Holding hands in the cold night air, we saw there was a bowling alley still open. Why not? Frank’s pretty good, while I go from strikes to alley shots. What a nice change of pace!
Tomorrow will be busy. We’re doing a mini concert for grades Kindergarten through sixth grade, then our final concert is tomorrow night. There will be no fireworks, no marching bands, and no cast party; just a 600-mile drive the next day back to Chicago.
I hope we won’t be too overcome with emotion to play. We’ll just give it our all, like we always do.
We’re eating up all our spare food and I’ve lit all the candles I brought to use them up, It’s beautiful in here! Goodnight all; feel the love.
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