We are all wearing t-shirts on the beach in January.

Wake up in Medford, Oregon Monday morning. Case and a half of empties for the cleaning crew. Jump on the I-fizzle heading south. Shasta appears, and we stop at the vista point. Start filming a movie, the plot will work itself out. Lots and lots of driving where we find the appeal of the digital age through Danbo's computer editing (see video below). Roll into Sacramento for our first Cali show. For a Monday night, there are a lot of girls here. Play to a sparse but enthusiastic crowd through an awesome soundsystem. Tyler and Ryan meet "Two Player Game" posse, who let us stay at their house. (I was passed out sitting shotgun in the van. Shoutout to Derek for being the designated driver.) Wake up on Inauguration Day way too early, and head for San Francisco.

Listening to Obama speak, I realize that it feels great to listen to a president who doesn't stammer through his speeches. It's like the soundbytes are already there. We don't have to be to L.A. until Wednesday night, and hit San Fran on the way back, so today is the tourist part of the tour. We hit up the vista point overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay, then eat a burger in Sausalito where they are filming a movie. Hit up the epic big-wave surf spot Mavericks. It is both a beautiful beach, and a hazardous surf spot. Bummed we hit it at low tide, but we are there long enough to watch a couple guys catch the huge wave.

Hit the road again towards L.A. down Hwy 1 and 101. Beautiful West Coast driving in Vanbo. At this point, the inside jokes have reached a point of being our own language. "Please Stammer, don't hurt 'em." The shit is hilarious, but only to us. Derek hips us to the awesome saloon in the beach town Cayucos, and after a couple of pitchers, we head to our camping spot in Pismo Beach. I set up my bedding on the ground without a tent, and we drink ourselves to sleep.

It is January!!!

Truckasauras are on their first West Coast tour now through January 28th—the band's Adam Swan is sending us updates from the road, to let us know how it goes. Click here to read the band's first installment, "I'm In Love With The Stripper."