May 13, 2026
Hey Dude, I took my dad back up to Yosemite after far too long an absence. It was amazing trip filled with check engine lights and giant sparks of joy.
QUOTE: "I flew up that freakin' thing!"
CAST: Blayney, Jay Leno, Tom Bopp
CAMEO: Ming Ming
LOCATIONS: Yosemite, Oakhurst, Mariposa, Big Bear, Inland Empire, Central Valley, Yosemite Valley, Rusty's Pistons, Raley's, Chocolate Soup, Marisposa Arts, Mariposa Creek, Yosemite National Park, Wawona, Pioneer Village, South Fork of the Merced River, Curry Village, Ahwahnee Hotel, Half Dome, Tunnel View, Lower Yosemite Falls, El Capitan, Bakersfield, Grapevine, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles
PROPS: Ford Ranger, Highway 99, Model T, Napa Auto, gully, NSFW
SOUNDS: wind Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds
PHOTO: "Blayney Half Dome" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: May 12, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 23:57
FILE SIZE: ~ 23 MB
GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
