Portland, Oregon

We rose early and headed out of Corvallis toward Portland where we would be recording at Haywire Studies with Rob, the gentleman that booked the tour for us. The studio is in Rob’s basement, a cavernous series of small recording rooms and one basic control room. We spent most of the afternoon and evening tracking four songs which Mike will lay vocals over at a later date. We played our best and felt good with what we recorded considering we had only an afternoon to get it all done.

After we wrapped up with recording we headed over to the venue in downtown Portland where we would be playing with We’re From Japan, an excellent Portland band kind enough to fit us on the bill with them. We had played with these fellas the first night of our tour in Spokane, which seems like ages ago, it was nice to hear these guys play again.

This show marked Colin’s last performance of the tour, and since he is now calling Portland home, Chris, Gordon, and I said our good-byes after the show (our dolphin brother shall be missed.) We left Mike behind for one last night away as we flew up I-5 eager to return to our loved ones early the next day. It is sad to see things come to a close, but a break from the rigors of the road will be welcomed. One more date tomorrow before we can truly recuperate.