It's another glorious day at FCD. Today it's about five hours away from where it was yesterday, for today it's bringing joy to Irvine, CA. Yea! Paul joined Florence and me on this leg of the journey. Tag along with us and have some fun!

 

Florence and I seemed to have a knack for arriving just as Newsboys are riding around on their bikes. Here's Peter and Summer, just after arriving back from a bike trip.

 

Like the silly fans we are, we chased after them, torn between getting close enough to get a good photo and getting too close and making them feel mobbed. As you can see, we erred on the side of caution.

 

You can never have too many bad photos of the Furlers on their bike. :)

 

One final bad photo of the Furlers and we'll leave this topic, I assure you!

 

I just loved this arch. It looked so festive. Sorry it's not showing up better. Believe me, it was quite big and bright green!

 

Then came the highlight of my entire trip! Duncan asked Florence and me to visit him on the tour for cookies and water! Ah, it was entirely too much fun. Thanks, Duncan! Jeff was also on the bus, but he was deep in conversation with someone else. I didn't get a chance to say hi to him. But as we were leaving, I did say a quick, "Bye, Jeff!" Jeff finally turned to look at us as we were departing and said his only statement to us. "Bye. Take it easy." Awww. Thanks, Jeff. We will!

 

And yes, I am the obsessive type. So here is my napkin (actually a select-a-size paper towel) complete with chocolate cookie stains, and the water bottle Duncan gave me. I ain't never throwing either away. I must compliment Duncan on being an excellent host. He thought of everything! Food, napkin, water. Wow. What a cool guy!

 

After we said goodbye to Duncan and Jeff and regained our spot in line (thanks for holding it for us, Paul!), it wasn't long until we saw Jeff and Duncan riding away again. Bye, guys! Have a good lunch.

 

So that was our pre-festival excitement for the day. Ready for some shows? Let's go!