I can’t list every city they stopped in, but here are the states they traveled through:
Florida—>Alabama—>Mississippi—>Arkansas—>Texas—>New Mexico—>Arizona—>California and flying back to Germany from San Francisco, CA.

I asked them to give me one of their best/strangest parts of the trip thus far, and this is what they had to say:
I think one of our strangest experiences was definitely on the 101. Where the police stopped us. with the hand at the gun and that we should go away from our cycles. The problem was that we were on this part of the 101 (near to Thousand Oaks) prohibited, but we ignored the sign at first because on the Interstate 40 it was also no problem. At the end the officers gave us a guard down from the 101 over the next exit. They stopped the whole exit t lead us down. I think this was a nice picture we two in front of the two police cars and all the traffic behind them. But the officers were really nice people, they gave us no ticket or any other fine. In the opposite way they gave us directions how we were able to arrive Thousand Oaks without using the 101. Other really cool adventures were as we were in the desert of Arizona for shooting or with Josh Surfing…but all in all its nearly impossible to count all the fantastic memories and to tell them. Because such amazing things like these happened all over the States and I think the best memories are all the people which we met on this journey…..

Their other stories are amazing and these are some of the nicest guys I’ve met. They also told us to be sure and look them up if we’re ever in Germany! I hope we will be able to one day.

I believe they made good time so they were able to spend extra days in cities they really loved. I think their plane back to Germany leaves this Thursday. Jan and Chris, it was a pleasure meeting you and good luck in all your future endeavors. I hope we will be able to cross paths again.

Our friend PSMOOV was just interviewed on Seatown’s KEXP. Have a listen to his start, some of his methods, and words for others pursuing music right HERE

PHOTO by VANJA.

This past Saturday Le Grand Cru participated in its first public event. Bro-Am has been going for 6 yrs strong and has partnered with several groups to be active in reaching the needs of homeless youth through an organization called StandUp For Kids. What an incredible event for us to be involved in.

Switchfoot headlined a great line up that included OK GO, The Almost, Young The Giant, and others. There was also a surf competition which included surfers Rob Machado, Tom Curren, and Timmy Curran, and members of Switchfoot. I got a wicked burn, my Seattle skin isn’t used to the Cali sun!

We met amazing people who came to hang &  people who were from other brands/outreaches. It was awesome seeing this many people come together to make a difference in this community.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi and to getting to know what Le Grand Cru is all about. We had some incredible help throughout the day, from the early morning setup, helping out at the table, passing out our flyer/stickers, and take down. Thanks for being part of our CRU, couldn’t have done it without ya’ll! We’ll definitely be back next year!

Congrats to Stephanie, Bryan, and Michelle. You will be receiving and email shortly! Thanks again to the great people at Dynomighty and all those that participated in this giveaway!

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Timmy Curran, Dynamite Walls, Jon Foreman and Friends, OK Go, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, The Almost, Kate Voegele and Young the Giant.

Here is a list of the vendors sponsoring this event. We are so honored to be part of such an awesome list and excited that this is our first event of this kind!

Thank you for all that entered and checked out the awesome BAGGU bags!

Congrats to Melissa and Mike R. for winning! You will receive an email from us today!

Thanks again to the great people at BAGGU for allowing us to give these away. Remember to spread the word! And keep checking back, because we have a few more giveaways to do!!!

My sister did a giveaway on her blog (iartu), and that’s how I heard about this company. BAGGU also offer other things, so because each and everyone should already be deciding on which color BAGGU bag you’re about to purchase, our giveaway consists of their Backpack!

Here are the stats:
16″ high / 10″ wide / 5.5″ deep
Magnetic snap + buckle closure
Interior pocket
Adjustable shoulder straps
16oz recycled cotton canvas

Guess what? The good people at BAGGU are letting us give TWO backpacks away!

One RED, and one OLIVE.

All you need to do is visit their site by clicking here, and come back to this post leaving a comment on which one of the 36 BAGGU bag colors you would purchase to go along with the Backpack. Contest is now over.

The contest will end May 31, 2010 @ 11:59PM PST. Rules may change accordingly without any prior notice.

The winning colors were: Graphite and Polished Stainless Steel.

After the random drawing, congrats to: Dana R. and Adam F.

You both will receive and email from us soon. Thanks again to the good people at Storus and for all of you that entered.