Cowboy Crush

Cowboy Crush on tour - Trenna Barnes Renae' Truex Debbie Johnson

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Oct. 9th Eminence, MO. “Cross Country Trail Ride”
Horses, horses, HORSES!!

We woke early to the feeling of the bus treading “off road.” No, nothing bad! We just knew that we were heading into a beautiful, fun filled day at the Eminence Cross Country Trail Ride.

It’s a huge campout, focused around nature, and a lot of horseback riding in the beautiful Mark Twain National Forest. Debbie was drooling the second she got up, being a huge lover of horses. We did this show last year and had a ball! We were really hoping to get to ride like last year. Eric bought his first pair of cowboy boots in 10 years! We stayed on the bus just long enough for a pot of coffee and immediately we were off to go hit up some horse owners to see about riding. I had the coolest horse last year. His name was “Casper.” I didn’t think in a million years that I’d ever see Casper again, but guess what?! While looking for potential rides, Casper’s owner was there and he let me ride Casper again! He is just the sweetest thing. Debbie and Eric hooked up with horses as well and we went for a ride through the trails. When we got back, Debbie ended up running off with Casper and Kimmy and I went boot shopping. Ha! The staff at the trail ride fed us well and later that eve we did a show. You could smell the campfires burning and see people hitched up on their horses watching the show. What a fun day!! Thank you so much for having us back!



Oct. 5th and 6th gigs in Hagerstown, MD. And Aurora, Indiana

Hello! We’re on the bus! Last night we did our show in Hagerstown, MD. At a club called “Cancun Cantina”
It was a huge club and throughout the day I found myself constantly getting lost!
Everyone was so sweet to us and our show went really well.
On a sadder note, unfortunately, Trenna lost her granddaddy “Poe Poe.” He was 87 and a heck of a gentleman. He always told the coolest stories and I think he got quite a kick out of me because I’m from up around the Wheeling, WVa. Area, and he spent time up there many many years ago laying pipeline. He used to share all kinds of stories with me about that. He lived a very long and fruitful life and he brought a lot of joy and love to many. We dedicated our show to him.

We are now on our way to Aurora, Indiana.
It’s been a rough day for Trenna and us with the passing of her granddad, but she hung in there tough. We did a good show and had a great response. We rushed out right afterwards so we could get her back to Nashville in time to fly out to Tulsa, OK. To be with her family. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.