More haunted house reviews...

Apologies for the gap in posts.

All I really have to say about Springfield MO and Fort Smith AR is that my phone was roaming in both places. Followed that up with St.Louis. I've been to St.Louis many times so I didn't bother doing any sightseeing with the rest of the gang. The one exception I made was to go to "Darkness",which has the distinction of being rated the #1 Scariest Haunted House in America by Hauntworld.com. Obviously the folks at Hauntworld don't get out much. L-A-M-E. They had a budget,I'll say that for them. Animatronics,video screens,amazing set decoration...but I just was never scared. To me,a good haunted house has to have a sense of authenticity to it. I again refer to Acres of Terror in North Dakota. They send you through a REAL cornfield and a REAL abandoned school. "Darkness" was in a warehouse in downtown St.Louis and had a sort-of Ancient Egypt-Tomb Raider-Indiana Jones theme,but with monsters. And while the decor was cool and very well done,it just wasn't scary. We'll be hitting another one next week,so hopefully it won't be crappy.
The show is going along okay. We had a few injuries. Lauren(one of the Ladybugs) tore a muscle in her calf and is out for at least a month,so they got our old buddy Danny Mendoza to come back to tour and be a temporary Ladybug! Also injured was Elizabeth(Rarity the Unicorn). She was out 2 weeks but is scheduled to come back this week. Her swing,Miranda,was stuck playing Rarity for that time.
Oklahoma City this week and next week will be Monroe LA.

More Midwest

Howdy,all! Where was I? Oh yeah,Minneapolis. Well,after that we headed off to Bismarck ND and then Fargo ND. A little ways outside Fargo was a "haunted house" type place that I decided to check out along with Arlee,Miranda and Marissa. (For you longtime readers,Marissa replaced Sheila as one of the 2 Pinkie Pies) I was expecting something campy and fun,along the lines of the old SpookyWorld that used to be out in the woods on the Hudson/Marlborough/Berlin line. Some of you Massachusetts folk might remember that place. Well,this place left Spookyworld in the dust. Maybe one-eighth the budget yet ten times as scary. It was a good 40 minute drive from Fargo,out in the plains. One of those tiny run-down Great Plains towns in the middle of nowhere. They send you through woods,a cornfield,and an abandoned school. The atmosphere they created was legitimately terrifying. This place went out of it's way to make you feel as though you were trapped in a real-life slasher flick. Running and screaming were heavily involved. So if you ever find yourself in or around the Fargo area in Sep/Oct,I HIGHLY recommend a visit to Acres of Terror!

After Fargo we headed off to our 3rd straight split week,starting with Dubuque IA,which is not nearly as crappy a town as we were expecting. Some nice little cafes,as well as a small aquarium and museum about the history of the upper Mississippi River. Tim and I,along with our castmate Lisa(the new Wysteria) did a wildlife cruise around the river. There's also a great little winery a few of us went to. We're now in Ames IA,where I get to see my friend Sarah who I toured with 3 years ago and haven't seen in 2 years.

Next week - split week #4! Springfield MO and Fort Smith AR.