A Bike Double Date

Bob and I haven't done any summer traveling so we decided to treat ourselves to a night of entertainment at the Fort Tuthill Amphitheater to see Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers.  The amphitheater is just short distance and across I-17 from our house so we made plans to bike the trip and asked our friends Connor and his wife Kyndy to join us. 

Connor is just about one of the most dedicated bicyclists we know.  I don't think I've ever seen him behind the wheel of a car.  He travels to work daily with a BOB trailer attached to his bike; it's always loaded down with who knows what.  For this evening, we used the trailer to carry our cooler packed with sandwiches, potato salad and fruit. I've never used a bike trailer but the BOB looks ideal for carrying small load and it was certainly ideal for our evening as we didn't have to worry about parking or sitting in the long traffic jam at the end of the evening.

We sat in the amphitheater lawn to enjoy our very big Italian sandwiches while we listened to the music (when not laughing our heads off between songs; Steve Martin is no less funny when playing bluegrass).   It looked like a pretty full house.  I'm not sure that many people know that Steve Martin, despite his pompous moron comic persona, is a very accomplished musician with a deep love of bluegrass.  He hooked up with the the Steep Canyon Rangers after meeting them at a party where they were playing in North Carolina.  They are currently on tour promoting their album Rare Bird Alert so if they are coming to your area definitely consider checking them out.