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We drove for about 6 hours today, from North Bay to Sault Ste. Marie. Tonight we have a rare night off, which means Tony can catch up on some football. Tony says “go Dolphins”. You see, Tony has a fantasy football team and I have a fantasy hockey team, and it’s incredibly difficult to stay up on what’s going on while you’re on the road. Whenever we have an internet connection, we’re both packing as much sports news in as possible so we can adjust our fantasy rosters accordingly. While we’re messing around with our fantasy teams, Shawn’s messing around on the internet with his fantasy girlfriends. It’s a strange thing, because Anders is completely computer illiterate and not dependant on the internet at all while the rest of us are starving for bandwidth.

Those of you who’ve seen a Silver Creek show in the last year or so have probably seen our mascot, Jimmie James Hootrix. He’s a large ceramic owl who hangs out on stage and keeps an eye on things. Because of the logistics involved in carrying a huge ceramic owl around, he unfortunately had to stay home. Luckily, we managed to find a suitable stand in yesterday at the local Value Village. Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce Benjamin Roadie (aka: Brodie, B-roadie, B-ro). He’s our smaller, compact, super cute, equally wise and noble touring mascot.

Touring tip of the day:

Northern Ontario is a hot bed for wildlife, especially large mammals that like to cross highways at night. A moose is a very large and imposing creature, and they won’t budge in a game of chicken. Luckily, they have quickly identifiable green eyes that flash brightly when the beast is facing towards your headlights, and one large brown eye when it’s turned the other way.

Tomorrow night we’ll be in Thunder Bay, where we’re opening for You Say Party, We Say Die! I’m not sure what’s up with the new trend of ending your band name in an exclamation mark, but it promises to be an interesting show none the less.

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Mark

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Tags: Music, road blog, Silver Creek

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