3 Penny Acre

The house concert we hosted in October was one that we've been looking forward to for so long.  We've been listening to 3 Penny Acre for years, and were so thrilled to host them this fall.

 It was a beautiful fall night, and we had a great crowd in the house.  Bayard, Bryan, and Bernice are three of the nicest people we have had the pleasure of meeting through our house concert series.  Their songwriting, playing, and their chemistry on stage was so captivating. 

 They shared so many sweet, touching, interesting, and funny stories from the stage, which is truly one of the greatest things about house concerts.  The intimacy and quiet of this setting allows musicians to share so much more with the audience.  I love that the artists feel like they can tell the extended versions of the stories that accompany their songs. 

We really felt like we connected with these new friends of ours and were so thankful that they were able to be a part of this fall's house concert series. 

Moab

On a whim, after our last house concert, we decided that we loved the band 3 Penny Acre so much that we wanted to follow them to the desert, to the Moab Folk Festival, to hear more of their beautiful music!  So, we packed up the Scamp for one last trip before winter, and left Castle Rock early on a Friday morning.  We knew it would be snowing, and despite the promises I had made my worrying mother that we wouldn't go if it snowed...we plowed on through.

Snowy roads do not bother me or scare me.  I drove on pure ice for 7 straight months at a time when I lived in Alaska.  BUT, I'd never driven the Scamp in the snow, so that was of course a different matter.  I was SO, so pleased to find that the Scamp had actually no bearing at all on my ability to safely navigate us over the continental divide in a snowstorm.  And look what was waiting for us on the other end.....