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An Evening with the Hyannis Sound

Church in Falmouth MA
Photo-A-Day #4135

Tonight my mom took us to see the Hyannis Sound. This is an a capella group that has been touring the Cape since 1984. Each year their are new members. The group was performing at a small church off Main Street in Falmouth. We got there a little early and waited in line fore about 15 minutes. It was a nice mild night and so perfect if you want to wait in a line. We got in and took our seats. The group performed really well and both Andrew and Eva enjoyed the performance. Eva enjoyed it very much. I liked it, they were talented and funny.

On the way down to the Cape I stopped and picked up some Somerset Creamery ice cream. I got Cranberry Bog to take to Allison. That is her favorite. I got myself Peanut Butter Oreo in a waffle cone. I am a sucker for Waffle cones, I love them. I used to make them when I worked at the Dairy Tower at the Casino. While enjoying my cone I watched my friend Justin’s latest vlog. Justing broke his vlogging camera a ways back and when I heard I asked if he’d like my old NX300 camera from my Imagelogger days. He said sure so I sent it off to him. He made a nice video on his first time out with the came which you can check out here – STRANGER THINGS IN WEIRS BEACH NH! OUR VISIT TO SOULFEST 2016 AND FUNSPOT! And here is today’s vlog.

#KBBDads Test Rides of the Top 5 Cars for Dads

Catching the Red Sox at Angel Stadium
Photo-A-Day #4124

Today we got up and headed over to Kelley Blue Book so that we could test drive 5 of their top 16 cars for families. The five that we were driving were selected as the top five cars for dads and there was a diverse bunch of cars, almost as diverse as the #KBBDads were. We partnered up after breakfast and headed out on our routes. I was partnered up with Chris Lewis from Dad of Divas. He’s a great friend and a fun ride companion. We started in the Kia Optima. That is the car closest to what I am currently driving. I enjoyed driving that car very much. We drove from the Kelley Blue Book Offices over to Dana Point Harbor. We did some time along the PCH and ended ad a nice beach area.

After the first leg we switched up cars to the Honda Civic. I drove a Honda Civic for 13 years and it was nice to ride in an updated one. Lots over very nice features in it. We drove that to a Gelson’s parking lot where we took a biological break and then switched over to the Toyota Sienna Minivan. That was nice to drive. It really ran smoothly and I enjoyed the infotainment aspect of it. I paired my phone with the car’s bluetooth and played Chris some Rock Sugar.

This third leg ended at our lunch at Javier’s Cantina and Grille in the Irvine Spectrum. Very tasty Mexican food.

With some full bellies we took on an additional passenger, Mark with Cox Auto and he rode with us during the last two legs of the trip. For the fourth leg I really wanted to drive the Tahoe but we got the Subaru Outback instead. Not my favorite car of the bunch but I did get to drive through the canyon and that was cool. We stopped at a biker bar called Cook’s and waited for everyone else to arrive. Our last car, the Tahoe had actually sped past the stop point and we had to wait for them to come back. We ended up being the last car to make it to the end point.

After a super quick trip tot he hotel we were off to Angel Stadium to see the Los Angeles Angels play the Boston Red Sox. I was fairly excited for it because it is the hometown team. Unfortunately they lost, but touring the stadium was a lot of fun. Here is my vlog as a recap of the day. Let me know it you like this new format with music and quick clips of stills and videos together.