Monday, October 30, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Cruising
My wife and I along with another couple went on a cruise together to celebrate our anniversaries . It was our 17th. Our ports of call were Ft Lauderdale, Fl , Key West , Cozumel Mexico and Ft Lauderdale. It was a blast! If you have never been on a cruise you owe it to yourself to go. I ate more food in four days than a man should. The weather was perfect except for some short showers. I will be posting a few pictures over the next few days I hope you enjoy them Please feel free to give me feedback!
Day 1 Waiting on the top
deck to leave the port!
Day 1 Waiting on the top
deck to leave the port!
Day 1 This is one of my favorites. I turned
around and here is this pirate holding
his head in his hand!
Day 1 We are headed out to Sea!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Golf Balls that go Splash
Have you ever thought of how ingenious a golf course is with all of the shots over water? It makes me wonder if the golf ball makers sponsor some of the holes. A dozen Titleist balls cost around $45.00 and one lousy or should I say challenging shot can cause you to lose a dozen balls if you so desire.
I remember a few years back I was on a course and there was the intimidating tee off over water shot. It was maybe a 250ft long by 150ft wide pond. The drive was not over the entire pond but the green was just off to the left enough for THE DREADED WATER SHOT. I squared my shoulders back to do battle with this little menace pond. You guessed it, plunk splash and it was gone. I said to the pond you want some of me and I pulled another ball out of my bag. Plunk splash just like the first one. I said to myself ok you have had it now pond and I pulled another ball out and plunk splash. After plunk splash number five I gave up and I am sure the little pond was laughing hysterically. By my calculations if I hadn't stopped I would not have enough balls to finish the course.
I watched and heard people at the Golf Tournament that I just photographed say I am out of balls do you have any extra. That last water shot did me in. It felt good to know I am not the only one who loses balls in the water.
If you think about it a Golf Course pond is like a wishing well at the mall only it cost a lot more money. Your not throwing in nickels and pennies but round dollars.
Now you may ask what happens to all of those round dollars when they land in a Golf Course wishing pond. I can assure you there is no lost and found to pick them up.
This is where golf ball diving comes into play. Jeff Lehman from Salt Lake City makes a living retreiving golf balls and selling them back to the golf courses.
The 55 year old Florida native collects 3000 golf balls a day and gets paid 6 cents each. Yes that golf ball that cost you $3 or $4 dollars now fetches a mere 6 cents and then will be marketed back to you again for $1 to $2 dollars. I wonder how many times some of those golf balls have been down to the bottom of the pond and sold over and over.
According to Lehman there are some in this line of work who have become millionaires.
While I was driving around photographing the Golf tournament I found one of those divers in the water and later on the shore. I wish I would have interviewed him because like Lehmen I am sure he would have some very interesting stories to tell.
Anybody for a game of golf?
Lehman's Story http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i050701.html
I remember a few years back I was on a course and there was the intimidating tee off over water shot. It was maybe a 250ft long by 150ft wide pond. The drive was not over the entire pond but the green was just off to the left enough for THE DREADED WATER SHOT. I squared my shoulders back to do battle with this little menace pond. You guessed it, plunk splash and it was gone. I said to the pond you want some of me and I pulled another ball out of my bag. Plunk splash just like the first one. I said to myself ok you have had it now pond and I pulled another ball out and plunk splash. After plunk splash number five I gave up and I am sure the little pond was laughing hysterically. By my calculations if I hadn't stopped I would not have enough balls to finish the course.
I watched and heard people at the Golf Tournament that I just photographed say I am out of balls do you have any extra. That last water shot did me in. It felt good to know I am not the only one who loses balls in the water.
If you think about it a Golf Course pond is like a wishing well at the mall only it cost a lot more money. Your not throwing in nickels and pennies but round dollars.
Now you may ask what happens to all of those round dollars when they land in a Golf Course wishing pond. I can assure you there is no lost and found to pick them up.
This is where golf ball diving comes into play. Jeff Lehman from Salt Lake City makes a living retreiving golf balls and selling them back to the golf courses.
The 55 year old Florida native collects 3000 golf balls a day and gets paid 6 cents each. Yes that golf ball that cost you $3 or $4 dollars now fetches a mere 6 cents and then will be marketed back to you again for $1 to $2 dollars. I wonder how many times some of those golf balls have been down to the bottom of the pond and sold over and over.
According to Lehman there are some in this line of work who have become millionaires.
While I was driving around photographing the Golf tournament I found one of those divers in the water and later on the shore. I wish I would have interviewed him because like Lehmen I am sure he would have some very interesting stories to tell.
Anybody for a game of golf?
Lehman's Story http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i050701.html
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
A Day out of the Office
I had the privilege of working out of the office this past Friday. We had a supplier meeting with our Ford Rotunda equipment division at the Marriott World Center in Orlando, Fl. There were around 150 in attendance. There were around 80 suppliers and 20 or so Ford team members.
I arrived Thursday night and checked in and the room was really nice. A big king size bed and a beautiful balcony view. We had meetings on Friday morning and in the afternoon there was a golf tournament. I had been asked to take photos of the days events by our marketing person. I drove around on Friday afternoon in a golf cart taking photos. Here are some of the days pictures. It was a great time! My favorite is the rainbow reflecting off of the fountain in the pond. I did actually take some pictures of the golfers but I took advantage of a lot of the beauty along the path of the course!
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