TAIKOPROJECT: The Taiko Blog: Road Trip: California to New York!

We just started our East Coast tour!! It took us 4 days of driving to get from California to New York. It was Bryan, Jason, Jen and me, which just happens to be the Greece crew. Maz, Tomomi, and Courtney flew out the next day to NY just in time to facilitate some workshops.

Here's what our 4 days looked like...

DAY 1
We left Higashi in Little Tokyo, Downtown LA, CA around 10:30am.
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Nevada
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Arizona
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Utah
---Stayed in Richfield, Utah at an award winning Comfort Inn. It was actually really nice!

Day 2
Left the hotel and drove through the rest of Utah
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Colorado
---Beautiful scenery - Rocky Mountains
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Nebraska
---Stayed in Kearney, Nebraska at another Comfort Inn.

Day 3
Drove through the rest of Nebraska
---There wasn't much to see while driving through Nebraska...
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Iowa
---This is where I drove. WOOT! (that's for you, Tomomi!)
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Illinois
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Indiana
---Stayed in Fremont, Indiana at a Holiday Inn.

Day 4
Drove through the rest of Indiana
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Ohio
---It was really foggy driving through Ohio in the morning.
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Pennsylvania
---I ate at Arby's for the first time! :)
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New Jersey
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NEW YORK!!!!!!!
We met up with Maz, Courtney, and Tomomi in Stony Brook where they were giving a workshop. They also did some school shows while we were on the road.

I have to definitely say THANK YOU to Bryan and Jason for driving most of the time.
It was actually not so bad at all. My body got kinda stiff from doing nothing in the van all day long... but we did Yoga in the hotel room one night with a DVD that I brought. Jason, we'll continue with the rest of the DVD soon! :p

The scenery and the terrain changed a lot while we were driving. I know it sounds obvious, but it's pretty crazy to see it all change.

So, for today, I give you... pictures from our road trip. :) Most of these were taken with my point & shoot camera... and many were taken from inside the van (please excuse the reflection...)

I THINK this was Utah...