The departure date gets closer, and I just get more pumped up to go. It has been an interesting week. First, the church next door to me, the oldest black church in our county, had a funeral on Thurs. afternoon, which meant I got to listen to the church band practice on Wed. and then got to listen to the fire and brimstone service and the music on Thurs. I can hear all of this because our two buildings only have about 2 feet of air space between them and they are both very old buildings. I always enjoy listening to the band, because it is spiritual and very rousing. I hear the bass player plunking around now, at 1PM on Monday, so they must have a funeral again during the week. That's as close to the blues we have here in Dade City.

The weekend was interesting because the new band I am playing guitar with, DOGHOUSE, played our first gig this weekend at a place called Whiskey Willies in Land o Lakes, Fl. Thats me in the shadows on the far right.

Well we leave tommorrow at 5:39. I am looking forward to a great time and I hope to have lots of great stories and pictures to share with you. Until next time....on with the quest.