If you’re looking to fulfill your New Year’s Resolutions, look no further! Toad Valley is now hosting Blue Lotus Yoga instruction. Here is the class schedule. Tuesday 6-7 pm – All Levels Wednesday 9-10 am – All Levels Thursday 6-7 pm – Basics Friday 9-10 am – All Levels 10:15-11 am – Gentle Basics – Designed for those new to […]
Printer Problems
Please tell me I’m not the only one. I had countless printer problems today. As in, I finally kicked the printer (literally). Although kicking the printer solved the problem that it wouldn’t close, it did cause a small piece of it to fall off rendering the printer completely useless. Sometimes, I fantasize pushing the entire […]
Golf Industry Show 2015
Theresa and I recently attended the NGCOA (National Golf Course Owners) Annual Conference in San Antonio. Part of the conference includes attending the Golf Industry Show which has loads of anything related to golf. I like attending this show because unlike the Iowa State Fair, there are no hot tub vendors and they don’t pull […]
Touring Hill Country Golf Club
A few weeks ago, I made my annual pilgrimage to the NGCOA (National Golf Course Owner’s Association) Conference. It’s a great way to network with fellow golf course owners to get their opinions and trade secrets about what they are doing to help grow the game of golf. In previous years, I was able to […]
Candy & Old Gorillas
Part of the fun of living in our community is that feels like a small town. Except. It isn’t. Most small towns don’t have amusement parks and Bass Pro shops. My dad grew up in Altoona. His childhood home still stands along with the first pool in the city of Altoona which happened to be […]
Dangers of Working
On Saturdays, it isn’t uncommon for us to work more than fifteen hours. We have nicknamed these days Super Saturdays because that makes them seem more fun. (Yeah. Right.) It isn’t as bad as it sounds. I don’t sit at a desk for fifteen hours. The job is constantly changing and evolving as the day […]
New Club Cars
We like to lease our golf cars. They are something that we turn over frequently because, let’s face it, golfers are pretty hard on carts. I won’t go into details, but let’s just say golfers definitely don’t treat the carts like their own. Typically, we trade out our carts about every five years. A variety […]
Credit or Debit?
When you grow up in your family’s business, it feels more like home than an actual business. It’s a hard feeling to describe. There’s just a familiarity about it. Every once and awhile, we’ll do something that seems pretty upscale. It’s something you’d find at a big corporation and I feel like we’re a real […]
And Then… I Met Mr. Jack Nicklaus
For the last couple of days, I’ve been sharing all of my golfing adventures with you while I attended the National Golf Course Owner Association’s (NGCOA) annual conference. Here’s the golf course tour of Shingle Creek and here’s a view of the Golf Industry Show just in case you missed it. I must admit. […]
The Golf Industry Show
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I attended the National Golf Course Owner Association’s annual conference last week. It’s a pretty major event because it coincides with the Golf Industry Show as well as the Superintendent’s conference. There are nearly 16,000 people who come to Orlando for the Golf Conference. There are bad pants and […]