Well another week has flown by and we have had another 3 concerts under our fingers. We got up fairly early on Monday morning and got all of our gear together and headed for Kaytue! We dropped off all of our stuff at Harper's house and then all of us plus families spent the whole day at Kaytue Playground. We had a blast and always enjoy the different rides, atmosphere, and layout. We even did poses on Phantom Countess and got a new ILEN pic. It looks great!
That night we came back with our gear and played a show inside the park. It helps that we have ties to the artistic director! Eric works in that department at Kennywood Playground and the new director used to work here for years and years so we were pretty much set. We had a great crowd and lots of fans to jam with us. They even sold shirts featuring our logo!
We spent the night at Harper's house and then on Tuesday morning we gathered up all our stuff again and hopped on the Northwest Line, which I haven't been on in a long time. Four hours later we were at our destination of Dadon and we chilled in the hotel for a while before going to the interactive science museum that evening. In typical ILEN fashion we had a great time being ourselves and got some great pictures and video. Eric & Rebecca and Harper & Sarah were kind enough to take our children as well as Gus's kids so that we could go out on a date just by ourselves. Avicile and I went to a Catin grill of course and Augustus and Addy went to their favorite place. It was a great evening and we can't wait to repeat the favor on the way back through.
Wednesday we had a delicious breakfast and then went around the town, browsing the unique shops of the Tellish Quarters, which made Rebecca very happy. Later we went to the Raellian Quarters where we played mini golf in true ILEN fashion. That night we had a concert in the park and the weather cooperated beautifully for us. It was smaller than the ones we've had previous but as always we had crazy fans there who were beside themselves at actually meeting us live.
Thursday we made the short journey to the coast and then hopped aboard the ferry, taking us to Isle del Akai. Eagle and Winterwood were there to greet us on the other side and Falcon was soon spotted as well. We were treated to a royal tour of Port Rose and even got to visit the PRHS band and talk to the students about band and music and all that fun stuff. Winterwood's dad is the director and he's a really nice guy and a huge supporter of the arts.
Friday we got up early and headed north to Mingao's Organic Terrace Park where we enjoyed genuine Sunflower Soda, cranberry crunchies, amazing vegetarian pizza, and lots of other yummy local snack foods. Of course, what's a park without rides, and we rode them all! We left in time to get back to PRHS where we put on a great concert with a full house in the audience. One of the best parts was when I dedicated a song to Blackbear Kye Moonset, a local with a truly amazing story that I can relate to. He died 2 years ago from his terminal illness but that didn't stop him from diving on the school team and winning the state title. The crowd was very touched by that and many thanked us afterwards. It made us all feel special to have a connection to this amazing city.
We stayed in Port Rose over the weekend, staying at Cobra's house. His dad owns a hotel that their house is attached to and we got a great rate and amazing hospitality. Haven was there with their son Sidry as well and Sterling had so much fun playing with him and the Kye twins! I love that all of our children are around the same age and that for the most part they travel well. Emerald is getting old enough to enjoy what's going on and Sterling loves to love on her.
It's now Monday and we have a week off until our next concert at Kennywood Playground. We're staying in Port Rose for another two days and then on Wednesday we're heading back home to rest and work a little bit until we leave the state again on Saturday. We tried to time our Baydi concerts around when Oja's wife is giving birth so we hope we're around when his first child is born! May the fun continue!
Love,
Lesko Diamond
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