*wheeze*

Well, we did it! A two-hour concert at relatively high-altitude with no fatalities! Woo!

The school show around 1:30 wasn't too bad, but very similar in feel to the ones in Colorado. We were definitely more winded after even "easy" songs. The kids were middle schoolers and a bit rowdy before we came on stage, but we have a built-in "silencer" at the beginning of our school shows and by the end, we totally won them over. Always satisfying!

We ran some concert songs later to test both sound and endurance, and the actual concert was no picnic, but we pulled it off really well. I think we were so concerned about the effect of the altitude that we were over-prepared and able to fight through most of the fatigue. Knowing it "was going to hurt" gave most of us a "bring it on" attitude.

So we're off tomorrow, about 10 hours with a stop to drop off a member at Salt Lake City airport, and drive halfway to Crescent City, CA where we perform Sunday night. Almost done!