Hit L.A. and roll into Hollywood. Boardner's is a cool bar with multiple rooms, one of which is actually a canopy between it and the building behind. Nice weather strikes again. We setup and wait for people to show up. Real-life hipsters start pouring in as the first band starts. All the bands have 20 minute sets, so we have to slim ours down. The format is four bands done by midnight so the DJs can take over. When they do, we notice how good looking everyone seems to be. Spend the rest of the night walking in and out of the club people watching. Have a little trouble finding a place to crash, so we end up in a really sketchy motel in Oxnard. We expect to find a dead body underneath the mattress. The next day, we hit up Amoeba Records where we are all pleasantly surprised to see our record for sale. I come up on Ice Cube and Primus tapes for Vanbo. We hit up Venice Beach at sunset, then head towards Vegas.

The next day, after a night of sleep interrupted only by Ryan's snoring, we roll into Vegas. This place is crazy. "What energy and financial crisis?" After dropping the gear off at the venue, we hit up the strip. Circus Circus, Treasure Island and various other casinos hard to escape. "Where's the door?" You can drink on the streets. People are walking around with football shaped cups full of Long Island Ice Tea. Truckasauras' take on Americana is epitomized here. We head back to the venue to watch the other bands. (Shoutout to Teenagers From Outerspace) Crash at the promoter's house. Thanks Jesse.

After driving around and record shopping in Vegas (as well as witnessing a hit and run accident), we head toward San Diego. So far, the crowd here has been the most into the music. Actually sell some merch, and get a lot of feedback on the set. Crash out in the first motel we find. L.A. Round two tomorrow.

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 previous installment, "Why People Live In Northern California."