It’s been a damp and dreary weekend here in the Valley of the Sun, and it looks like we’re gonna stay in it for another day or two. Sure, it’s not good for outside activities and my hopes to start seeing my backyard finally begin to dry out, but we’ll always take the rain, that’s for sure!

My “Tropical Breezes” music collection has a number of tunes from various offerings in the National Park Series of CDs, featuring some wonderful performers, especially Tim Heintz, Ramon Stagnaro, and Grant Geissman – each of them fantastic musicians in their own right. Just check out their various websites and you’ll see what I mean.

One of the cuts from the “Hawaii” disc, called “Trade Winds”, featuring Heintz and Geissman is so pretty that I thought it a worthy addition to The Great White Shank’s YouTube channel, so I created a video featuring some lovely pictures from the Hawaiian Islands. Knowing the pictures and music would bring back fond memories of past visits they’ve made to Hawaii, I decided to dedicate the video to my Mom and my Auntie Marge. Hope you enjoy it as much as I’m sure they will!