“The Cavaliers Need a Van Driver…”

Those words in a post yesterday grabbed my attention. Why couldn’t ” I ” be that van driver? So immediately the logical objections began to pile up.

1. Where would you meet the Corps on the road? How much is THAT going to cost?
( But wait, Mark…you’re flying to San Antonio on Saturday to see that huge regional in the Alamodome…what if you just didn’t fly back? )

2. Well, Mark…you promised Laurie you would stay an extra day in San Antonio to go sightseeing with Laurie and leave Sunday evening!
(But wait Mark, the Cavies are staying in San Antonio all day Sunday, too! You could just not take your flight home and drive the van back to Atlanta with the Corps! )

3. Yea, but after staying up all day with Laurie, you won’t be in any shape to drive all night from San Antonio to Lafayette, LA!
(Mark, I bet if you volunteered, they’d let you RIDE the first night and DRIVE from Lafayette on! )

4. What about the work you’re doing with PRA Audio? You have new artists contacts to keep up with! You have social media to manage!
( Yea…that’s what a mobile phone is for. And mobile email. )

5. What if I don’t have a place to plug in my APAP unit to sleep?
( Really…Really? )

And then the opposite of the objections…

1. Mark, you’re going to see Davis for only 1/2 a day when this tour is over in August. Then he’ll leave for Jacksonville State the next day and you’re likely not to see him again until Thanksgiving due to football marching schedule, etc. Even though you won’t get to spend much time with him during that week of tour,  you will be in each other’s “presence”.

And that’s what closed the deal! Van Driver Mark Henry reporting for duty in San Antonio on 7/22 to drive all dates til Atlanta on 7/29!

I’m going to use this site to post sights and sounds from the tour. Check back next week as the adventure begins!