What I did July 2, 2006

We went to Steveston at 2:00PM. Since this was the day after Canada Day, finding a good parking spot was not a problem. Betty and the kids ordered fish and chips and a clam chowder from the Shady Island take-out counter. We later had some ice cream (well, I had yogurt).

We next made our way to the airport. After a false start, we found a great plane watching location. There were a half-dozen other vehicles parked there for the same reason. Some people even had lawn chairs out.

Shaula and Matthew sat on the hood to cheer on the big planes.

I ended the day at the Jazz Festival finale event, Neko Case, the queen of retro-pop alternative country folk. She sounds as good live as her recorded material. Her soaring voice made my spine shiver not once, but twice. While re-tuning her guitar (one of the strings had broken) in front of the near fullhouse audience, between songs, she remarked that she felt as if she were on stage in her underwear. "That would be gross," she said, "it would be like 'The Cottage Cheese Report'." She looked mighty slim to me.