My Father's Day present was a lovely framed photo. But the biggest present of all was the card. On it was printed "DADDY {drawing-of-a-heart} YOU", and signed "BELLA". Granted she was working from a template and had some coaching, but she actually put all the words/letters on the card. Her 'Y's need a bit of work, but I'm not going to let that spoil the moment. My girl is learning to write!

This was my first interstate trip in an open-air vehicle (Jeep with the top down). I had no idea... California has lots of micro-climates, and I felt every one of them. Sometimes the temperature would drop by 10-15 degrees for just a couple of miles and then warm back up again. I could feel the heat radiating off of every freeway overpass where it had collected all day. I was also impressed that cruise control actually works with a stick shift. I've gotten used to cruise control on the big Jeep, but the little one did just fine. When you hit a hill that's beyond the ability to keep up, the speed drops (naturally), and the auto-pilot disengages as soon as you hit the clutch to downshift. I only had to do this maybe three times on the 500 mile journey.

A couple of my songs will be featured this week on the "Bottom of the Bay" internet radio station (MP3.COM). I better get crackin' and record some new tunes. I'm frankly amazed at the distribution I've gotten out of this old garage stuff.