Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Balloons and things...

Last week we had my wife Dawn come out and take a few pics of our maintenance staff. It is something we wished we had been doing from the first year since Fossil Trace was built. It would be nice to look back at each season and see all the faces that have worked here--some of which no longer work here but still keep in touch with us. Some staff that are working now have been with us since that first season... Working at this golf course just gets in your blood and the hard work is very rewarding. That is what attracted me to this career path initially... Plus all the benefits of working on such a beautiful golf course. What's not to like about it??? OK, maybe not the Flymowing part... But I can't imagine doing anything else!


Another notable item from last week was the balloon photo shoot set up by Mr. Jim Hajek, Head Golf Professional at Fossil Trace Golf Club. He can explain more thoroughly what his plans are with the photos, but from what I understand these photos will be used in future advertisements for the golf course. It was PRETTY COOL!





The most interesting thing about the balloon was the way they were able to conserve fuel by just putting Jim Hajek in the basket. All they needed to do was to keep him talking and all the hot air lifted the balloon off the ground in seconds flat. In fact, the lift created was so great that the guys on the ground could hardly keep the balloon tethered--they had to tell him to stop talking otherewise the balloon would have been sent into orbit...

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