“Southwest one-niner-three-six, cross Santa Monica VOR at or above seven thousand, cleared stadium visual runway two-four right, tower on final, good day!”

Haven’t been away since the New Zealand trip. Even a quick family run up to Oakland for the weekend was a nice escape, and nice to be back to good weather.

Also nice that I can still keep up with ATC when I want to, even though I haven’t flown myself in years.