It had been over three years since my spouse Patti and I had revisited out home turf of Cali.
We had meant to come back much more often to visit friends and family. Unfortunately financial, health and mechanical reasons kept us away for far longer than was comfortable.
The issue that forced the issue of us getting back was the wedding of my step-daughter Maddi.
The beautiful bride on a cool evening in Central California
The music situation turned tricky for a bit, but I think it came out all right in the end.
The new cage...the payment is no fun, but it is nice to have.
Fortunately we had recently required a "new to us" car that reliably made the trip. In fact even though I call it a mini-mini SUV, there was room in the back with the rear seats taken out for Patti and I to trade off sleeping and driving for a non-stop trip to Cali and back.
I was grateful that we were able to get to LA to visit Michael at Ferenci Music.
It was a very important part of the trip for me because I really needed my emotional batteries recharged.
There was an element of grim humor to our visit. When I showed up at Ferenci's doorstep I was looking very beat up from our long stint on the road. Julie, Michael's wife, thought I was a street person for a moment who had just wandered up to her door. I have no doubt I looked like that.
Michael Ferenci Mastering a tune at Ferenci Music
For the next couple of weeks I have to figure out how to be a good middle school guitar and orchestra teacher. Yeee Haaa.
