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The Smile High Club decided to take a trip to Omaha August 28-29 to see our friend's band, Funk Trek. We had all sorts of plans to hit the thrift stores and busk downtown but the universe had other plans for us. An hour and a half into the trip, the check engine light goes on, the thermostat is way above high, and there was green slime spewing and smoke billowing out of the hood of the car. At the time, we weren't certain what was causing the smoke and the evacuation process was straight out of a movie. A cracked radiator was the cause of this great adventure.



Having just had a significant amount of money just spent on the car, Melodie was not thrilled about the additional tow and large amount of money spent to replace the radiator and get back on the road. However, she handled it like a champ and kept on smiling high! We rolled on to Omaha and saw Funk Trek rock it at Dundee Days.



The adventure continued the next morning when we headed out of town. Just hopping onto I-29, the car dies and we are stranded on the side of the highway.



But who cares if your stranded on the highway for a few hours when you have instruments! If you are The Smile High Club, you just call it practice time!



A big THANK YOU to Rob Barr, percussionist from Funk Trek for hosting us and coming to keep us company on the highway.