Miles from home: 210 Quad Cities, 569 Kansas City

What new adventures await us around the corner? Let's see, we are on the road to the wonderful Quad Cities. We have passed through the QC this summer, but we have never had a chance to visit. The trip begins with a sleepy-headed Jake, a "drooling-for-BBQ" Nate, and a "too-much-energy-for-the-morning" Kevin. Everyone is enjoying the upbeat songs of The Doobie Brothers, and life is good. Our drive is a quick three and a half hour journey west towards the mighty Mississippi. As we cross over the great river we enter Davenport, Iowa where our first gig will be held. HyVee customers are surprised to see our Palermo's Pizza Wagon. As always people are enjoying our samples so much that they are purchasing our Primo Thin, Rustico, and Hearth Italia in pairs. For anyone who is buying our product we are giving away a Palermo's Tour T-shirt. The things people will do for a T-shirt.

Friday morning rolls around and hey, we've got time to enjoy one of the Quad Cities' finer Disc Golf Courses, Devil's Glen. Do not be fooled by the name, there was only a small creek not a river of molten lava. Also, it is just a large hill, not a volcano. After the boys shoot a round, it's off to Moline, IL. It is Homecoming in town, and the Palermo's Pizza Wagon is detoured around the parade route. We finally arrive at the HyVee, to find a unique crowd. Here we find some customers that cannot wait to try on their newly given shirts. Their excitement is our pleasure. During our stay in the Quad Cities, we give away 120 pizzas to the local pizza lovers. Thanks for great hospitality; we look forward to another visit in the very near future!

While on the road you would think that you'd meet someone trying to sell you a sleeveless, flannel button down, or maybe a serving of Jello with glass shards in it. But these are not the people that the Palermo's crew meets. We meet Francie a kind gas station attendant that warns us of State Patrolmen making sure Trucker's equipment is up to standards. It is a good thing she gave us that warning because a few lights on the trailer were malfunctioning, with a little wiggle of the plug we were good as gold. Thanks Francie, now we are off to Kansas City.

We don't know what it is about KC, but we love it every time. We are blessed with great blue skies and a comfortable 82 degrees. We arrive at a very busy Price Chopper. There is a tent sale, brat fry, a radio remote and now free Palermo's! We want to thank FM 103 Jams for a few spots on air. This place is buzzing with energy, and bees. Did you know that a bee's favorite pizza is Palermo's Special Edition Pepperoni?? Consider your mind blown. Anyways, real customers are seriously impressed with our product, and cannot help but to buy a few to bring home. Saturday closes with a very satisfied populace, thank you Price Chopper.

It is now Sunday, the day we are waiting for: football Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. We arrive early, but people are already getting those BBQ's warmed up. It is hard for Nate to focus on the job at hand with all these glorious smells in the air. Nate may do the most good inside the trailer today, and I'm ashamed to say it, but we locked him in there. With that problem solved the Palermo's Breakfast and Primo Thin pizzas are flying through the oven! The party in which we are serving is in partnership with Miller/Coors and The Ultimate Tailgate. This is like tailgating heaven, all you can eat BBQ chicken, pork, and beef, not to mention the great pizza. A big thanks goes out to Kristen from Miller/Coors and Craig from The Ultimate Tailgate. We had a great time, and we hope to do it again in the future. As the game starts, we are packing up and heading home, it's only a short ten hour drive. Our trip ends with a sleepy-headed Kevin, a text-happy Nate, and a "sulking-because-we-are-going-home" Jake.