Where in the World is Red?: October 2011

Canada August 2011

I guess I would be Satified or Happy using this Complacent Chinese, OUCH, foot massage.
Near the airport in Vancouver.

Turf Care Field Day at Tarandowah Golfers Club in Ontario, Canada.

Display of True-Surface GCC and Vibe-V rollers at Field Day.

Percy Collins of Turf Carer Canada and Sylvain Dore, Superintendant at Les Boises de Joly in Joly, Quebec. Think we had a big enough trailer for the demo? Just kidding as we also had other equipment to drop off.

Use of the True-Surface Greens Care Collection Trekker unit with a Vacu-Groomer attachment at La Tempete Golf Club in Quebec.

British Open at Royal St. George - July 2011

Great sod bunker work that is synonymous with Links courses.

True-Surface rollers being used at the British Open at Royal St. George.

2011 British Open winner Darren Clarke

2009 British Open Champion Stewart Cink

2 time Masters Champion Bernhard Langer

2011 US Open winner Rory McIlroy

Beautiful sod bunkers that I probably could not pitch out of at the Open.

Check out the undulation of this green at Royal St. George. WOW!

Paris - July 2011

Sue with her afternoon wine at a great Bistro.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Sue with one of the smallest cars we had ever seen!

Entrance to the Louvre Museum

The Mona Lisa was on my bucket list to see. Check another one off!

Look Ma no arms! Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch.

Great marketplace to buy French baguettes and croissants.

Almost every type of cheese produced in France is sold at this stand.

Seafood that was caught that morning for sale in the market on the streets of Paris.

View from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral

Bell that Quasimoto (Hunchback of Notre Dame) would have rode on.

View of the Eiffel Tower from position across the Seine River where Adolf Hitler viewed it from during WW II.

One of the skeletons found in the catacombs under the streets of Paris. Small boy in suit.

People attach notes to locks and lock them to bridges over the Seine. Love notes, prayers, etc.

The headstone of Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors). 40th Anniversary of his death this year.

Sue in front of the Moulin Rouge Cabaret.

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Basilique du Sacre-French Coeur). The highest point in Paris. 1,325 ft. above sea level.

Taiwan and Vietnam 2011

Toi Tankuranun and Annie Boriraj from John Deere enjoying Taiwanese dishes at the Tourist Market.

Ron Carlyle testing JD220E-Cut at JYI Field Day.

View down the Tourist Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan.

That will give you a splitting headache!

Practicing for my retirement job on the streets of Ha Noi, Vietnam.

View from one of the greens at Hanoi Golf Club, Ha Noi, Vietnam.

Welcoming sign inside the maintenance facilty.

Preparing for lunch with Manager and Superintendent from Hanoi Golf Club along with Tuyen and Duong from Mekong Machinery Company.

Great deep fried fish. Found out we are wasting time scaling the fish first. Scales fry up nicely!

Vietnam War era jeep totally refurbished at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort, Hanoi.

Beach Club at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort.

One heck of a tree carrier. Where is the root ball?

Two of the caddies at the Montgomerie Links Golf Club in Danang, Vietnam.

Roger Jones, Director of Grounds at Twin Doves Golf Club, with the sand washing and sorting station that he designed. Outside Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.