Where in the World is Red?

Canada August 2011

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Filling Station for the thousands of scooters on the streets of Vietnam.

Ice Cream vendor in HCM City, Vietnam.

Hong Kong - June 2011

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As fresh as the seafood can get! Sold right off the boat.

The boat ride to Kau Sai Chau - The Jockey Club Golf Course.

Photo of Mongoose that help control the cobras at Kau Sai Chau golf course.

Eric Liu - Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at Kau Sai Chau.

Very nice turfgrass maintenance facilty at Kau Sai Chau.

This photo will give you some idea of the elevation changes in the course. Also shows the electric pig fence to keep the critters off of the course.

Myself, Christine Chan - Course Superintendent and Eric.

The variety of seafood and the freshness of the food is hard to beat at the pier in Sai Kung.

View of on of the Hong Kong subways during non rush hour. Some of the cleanest in the world.

Justin Chan from Shriro and Yeung Ka Wa, Golf Course Superintendent at Macau Golf and Country Club.

Justin Chan and Chan Yuen Hung, Manager of Discovery Bay Golf Club.

Low clouds looking back towards Hong Kong from Discovery Bay Golf Club.

Pattaya, Thailand and Beijing, China - March 2011

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Not sure about this one for a meal. Have had pig intestine in Thailand before but was in a soup.

One of the great "taxis" in Pattaya, Thailand. Very cheap and efficient transportation.

Part of the group attending the Sustainable Turfgrass Conference in Pattaya.

Philip Russell from the R & A explaining turfgrass conditions to attendees.

Michael Coffey from the R & A and a member at St. Andrews talking to attendees at Pattaya.

One of the roadside restaurants along the way from Bangkok to Pattaya.

Jeff Churchill from Smithco during Greenman banquet in Beijing, China while attending the 2011 China Golf Show.

Hessel Rozema of Redexim Charterhouse and Amy An of Greenman during Greenman 10 year celebration with John Deere banquet.

Jackie of G-Sports looking like he is getting ready to do the Crane position for battle as Leo looks on.

Do you want your mealworms crispy of soft?

Jason and I with the cheap chinese lightning on the left and the good stuff on the right in white bottle.

The cheap stuff did me in that night for sure.

Robin, Jason, Me, Christine and Leo before the great times and meals start to roll.

BIGGA Show - Harrogate, UK January 2011

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Marcus Oliver, Alan Oliver, Mike Stott and Stuart Hutchins of GreenTek, UK.

Sun Ying and personnel from Greenman, Industries from China visiting booth.

Ex-President of GCSAA Mark Kuhns and his wife Janet.

Great display developed by the folks at GreenTek showing off our True-Surface Vibe-V vibratory greens rollers.

Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate is one of the best tea rooms in the UK if you ever get the chance to have a cup of English tea and a scone or biscuit.

Ireland - November 2010

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730 ft. tall Cliffs of Moher that were formed by giant glaciers during the last ice age near Lahinch, Ireland.

Durty Nelly's Pub which was founded in 1620 standing next to Bunratty Castle which was constructed in 1425 by the MacNamara clan and occupied by the O'Briens in 1475.

Tony Roethler, Tim Roethler and Mike Null enjoying the Guinness St. James Gate at the factory in Dublin, Ireland.

The lads outside the Brazen Head Pub founded in 1198 is said to be the oldest pub in Ireland.

Michael Murphy, head greenskeeper/superintendent at Waterville Golf Links in Waterville, Ireland. The course is ranked number 35 in the world according to the Golf World (U.K.) June 2010 edition.

Tim Roethler enjoying a Jameson Whiskey at the Old Jameson Distillery in Dublin.

Mike Null pulling the perfect Guinness at Durty Nelly's.

Tim Roethler pulling another perfect Guinness at Durty Nelly's.

Tony Roethler topping off his perfectly pulled Guinness that is about to hit the lips after a Slainte salute.

Looks like Tony-Boy had too many perfect Guinness!

Ireland and Italy - Fall of 2010

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My wife Sue getting blown away with a stiff West Clare seashore breeze at Spanish Point, Ireland.

Local Mullagh resident telling cousin Jim O'Brien how it is as pub owner Noel Moroney watches on.

For any of you who used to watch BBC this is the home for the TV show Father Ted.

The Leon Pub at Quilty, Ireland that has really not been opened for years, but tourists still try to get in.

Rush hour in my village of Mullagh, Ireland.

Sue in the oldest market in Venice, Italy where any type of fruit or vegetable can be found.

This is a water taxi in Venice and the locals stand up to take a ride to the other side of the canal for around .50 Euros.

More locals standing up to cross canal. Usually only the tourist will sit down during crossing.

Great entrance to house on canal at high tide. Notice the steps under water at high tide, thus the sinking city.

The Rialto Bridge built around 1588. The original bridge was built on this site in 1181 which was a pontoon bridge and replaced with several wood versions until current bridge was finished in 1591.

Three young Italian beauties drinking from one of the 122 or so public water fountains. The city of Venice is one of the largest consumers of bottled water and the city is encouraging tourist and locals to drink from these fountains as the city is being buried under the empty plastic water bottle trash.

Sunset view of homes along the Grand Canal.

The filigree facade of the Ca' d'Oro. Regarded as the loveliest of Venice's Gothic palaces. Started construction in 1420 and was originally outfitted with gold leaf highlights on the exterior, thus the name "House of Gold".

The leaning bell tower of the 16th Century church San Martino on the island of Burano.

One of the canals along the colorful homes on the island of Burano. Legend has it that the homes were painted with bright colors so the fishermen could recognize their homes from the sea.

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Commissioned by Emperor Vespasian in AD 72.

The Arch of Constantine, built in 315 AD to celebrate the Roman war victories and the Colosseum in the background.

The Victor Emmanuel Monument begun in 1885 to honor Victor Emmanuel, the first king of unified Italy.

The Victor Emmanuel Monument at night.

The Trevi Fountain by Nicola Salvi in 1756 is Rome's largest and most famous fountain. It contains the figures of Neptune, flanked by two Tritons.

The Trevi Fountain at dusk.

The Pantheon temple built in first century AD considered the best preserved ancient building in Rome.

"No really dear, I think I can fit!"

Some guy named The Pope lives here!

South Korea - October 2010

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First stop with Johnnie Choi of SeoWan was the Cygnus Country Club.

You can see the grass is already going dormant in late October in the mountains of South Korea.

Great view from one the half way house.

Johnnie Choi and I with personnel from course.

Next stop was to the TGV Country Club. TGV is the manufacturers of the high speed trains in Korea along with a hugh portfolio of other industries.

View down fairway at TVG CC.

Looking down fairway from tee box at half-way house.

View from deck at half-way house.

Market Stalls in Hong Kong - October 2010

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Seafood as fresh as it gets at one of the street stalls in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Great selection of fish so fresh they don't smell like fish!

Open air meat market that carries every part of the animal including the tail and intestines.

Ladies Market in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong. Great place to buy a fake Gucci.

Speaking of fakes this Jaguar look-a-like was parked outside one of the markets. Look close at the hood emblem is you can.

Point out which hen you want to take home for dinner, go do some more shopping and by the time you get back your hen has been killed, plucked, cleaned and packaged for you.

Great table of crab set out for you to choose from and take home live.

Towards the later part of shopping for your fresh food for the day around 11:00 am. You had better get your shopping for dinner done early for best selections.

China October 2010

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Maintenance shop and wash bay outside Guangzhou, China

Turf on green after Deep Slicer demo with True-Surface Greens Care Collection unit.

Inspecting the turf after demo of True-Surface GCC.

Chinese version of an airbag. Look close as child has head in Mom's lap!

Jackie playing with one of his new buddies that ended up biting him.

The crew waiting for dinner to come out of the open pit fire.

Here is our chef for the night cooking over the open pit fire.

Everyone looking pretty right before the demos start.

Great lunch after the morning demonstrations and I have dibs on the fish head!

Vehicle used in China that can haul 1 1/2 tons. They are everywhere in China also.

Beautiful practice green to use for demonstrations.

I see Jackie decided to play with a puppy hoping it won't bite him like the bird did earlier.

True-Surface demos around Guangzhou, China June 2010

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Christine buying fruit for lunch as we were running late for an appointment.

Me having a chicken foot as an appetizer for dinner. Not a lot of meat, but a lot of flavor.

Park making fun of Jackie as dinner progresses. Quite the spread!

Christine, the chicken feet connoisseur, trying another restaurants version of the snack.

Toll booth operator on one of the many Chinese highways. Note how nice they dress in uniform.

Suicide driver with propane tank just ready for that exploding collision with a vehicle.

One of the golf courses visited on this trip to the Guangzhou area.

Video of one of the Dragon boat races we watched during National Holiday.

Jackie, Christine and Marco leaving after the finish of the dragon boat races.

Walking through the village after the races and admiring the old architecture of the houses.

Taking a break from climbing to the top of a mountain in Guangzhou.

View of part of Guangzhou from observation tower on top of mountain we climbed up.

Playing the national sport of China, ping-pong in a city park.

Jackie lighting incense for prayer at Buddhist temple.

Outside the gates to Mission Hills Golf Club.

True-Surface Greens Care Collection demonstration at Mission Hills.

Starters house on the Olazabal course at Mission Hills.

View from the first tee box on the Olazabal course, site of the Asia World Cup Championship.

How many of the crabs should we cook up for you today? Fresh and still alive at the restaurant.

Stack of Chinese wine jars that contain various snakes and herbs. Choose which one you want to drink from depending on what is ailing you at the time. A weak stomach from looking at the dead snakes in the drink does not count.

This is how you know when you receive the whole chicken and not 1/2 as it is the whole head.

Jackie laughing after I told him he is not a man if he does not eat the head.

Christine buying more fruit for dessert.

Australian Turfgrass Conference June 2010

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That is one cute Australian!

What the hell is this creature? Only in Australia!

Some days that is exactly how I feel.

That is one hell of an ugly Australian turkey.

Great beach on the Gold Coast.

Surfers enjoying the warm waters in February.

True-Surface booth at the Australian Turfgrass Show

One booth hired these gals to pass out their brochures. Very sneaky.

Canada - Turf Care/Vesey's Field Days July 2010

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Le Memorial in Quebec Province, site of the third and last field day for Turf Care.

One of the Turf Care 18 Wheelers used to move the field day equipment.

And you thought that there was only one Amen Corner in golf. This is for holes 11, 12 and 13 and "Say your Prayers".

Louis-Phiilipe Boucher explaining the use of the True-Surface Trekker Vibe V greens roller and the True-Surface Greens Care Collection in French to the participants at second field day in Quebec province at the Club de golf - St. Jerome.

That is one old as hell mower that is still used daily at the Club de golf - St. Jerome!

Great turnout for the Turf Care field day at the eQuinelle Golf Club in rural Ottawa.

True-Surface TREKKER units and Triplex roller units ready for field day with Turf Care Products Canada.

Using True-Surface TREKKER vacu-groomer on large green.

Randy Smith of Vesey's outside Halifax.

Memorial to the 229 persons that died when Swiss Air flight 111 crashed into the sea off of Halifax September 2, 1998.

Entrance to Fox Harbr in Wallace, Nova Scotia.

More of the entrance to Fox Harbr.

Home of the owner of Fox Harbr.

Tee box at Fox Harbr along the Atlantic.

Vesey's Home Office on PEI, Prince Edwards Island.

Taiwan August 2010

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Fresh Market close to neighborhood temple that sells everything you would need to eat, dress and comfort yourself with.

Lungshan Temple built in 1738 in Taipei.

Yummy! Frog Eggs with Crabmeat or in Tomato Cup.

Time for another demo on some of the tough bermuda greens in Taiwan.

The John Deere 220E-Cut greensmower with the True-Surface Vibe V roller attached and ready to true up a green.

A totally twisted tree on golf course. Do not know the species though, but there were a lot in the area.

Artistic work on roof of Buddhist Temple.

Korea May 2010

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One of the great markets in Downtown Seoul, Korea.

Korean women carry food from one stall to the tables or to businesses on their heads with no hands and never spill a drop.

Every variety of dried fish and sea creature that you could think about is for sale here.

Great place to buy all varieties of fruits and vegetables.

How many different types and sizes of garlic can you purchase here?

The best ginseng in the world is rumored to be Korean Red Ginseng which is sold here in its raw form by size and grade.

The entrance to the Golden Tree "Seowon" Company Home Office and manufacturing facility.

The main entrance to the Golden Tree Home Office.

Something that you do not see in the US is tree trunks wrapped with small rope or twine. Helps keep insects from infesting the trees, but very time consuming.

Part of the manufacturing facilities where irrigation products are produced.

Some of the various different sized pipe products produced in the shipping yard.

Vietnam August 2010

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Signing of Distribution Agreement with Tran Minh Tri, Director of Mekong Machinery Company.

Statue of Ho Chi Minh in front of City Hall.

Golf Course Maintenance Manager Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa along with Hong Tuyen and Thuy Duong from Mekong Machinery at Vietnam Golf Club.

Crew working on a pile of sod making sprigs to plug manually.

Photo of the VC tank crashing through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in the War Remnants Museum.

The actual tank used to crash the Presidential Palace gates down at the end of the Vietnam War.

Dinner with Mekong Machinerys' Hong Tuyen, Nhat Duong, Quang Minh and Thuy Duong.

Temple built on the grounds of Long Thanh Golf Club.

A large dragon shrub sculpture at Long Thanh Golf Club.

Thuy Duong of Mekong Machinery standing on tee box of very elevated par 3 at Long Thanh Golf Club.

Huge Plant sculptures at Long Thanh Golf Club, Ho Chi Minh City. Dragons, water vessels and tea pots.

Entrance to Vietnam Golf and Country Club.

Enjoying discussions on golf course conditions in Vietnam and general maintenance with Vo Hong Tuyen of Mekong Machinery, Le Truong Quang Truong/Palm-Song Be Golf Course Superintendent, and Director of Palm-Song Bobby Chua.

Entrance to Song Be Golf Course just outside of Ho Chi Minh City.

That is what I call efficient transportation usage! Very Green!

Taiwan II May 2010

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Standing in front of a traditional Taiwanese home that was converted to a restaurant by the family.

Time to hunker down and take a break after a hard day of work on the golf course.

Motorized caddie cart with sun protected caddie driving.

Standing on the largest golf green in Taiwan

Removing more material from green complex. Note the material being thrown into the baskets!

Material removed from just one warm season green in Taiwan using the True-Surface Greens Care Collection vacu-cutter.

Taiwan May 2010

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Taipei 101 was the first skyscraper to pass the 1/2 kilometer mark and was the tallest in the world at 1,671 ft. until the opening last year of the Burj Khaliffa in Dubai which stands at 2,717 ft.

I just had to get Betty to pose in a field of tea for me.

Betty and Tony in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial plaza.

Me in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial.

Informative board for members posted by the golf course crew daily.

Feast of food all made with stinky tofu. One of the best meals I have had in Taiwan.

Time for a little R & R with friends.

Great view from clubhouse of finishing hole and looking out towards the ocean in Taiwan.

Bush and tree trimmers at golf course. Used on the course to keep hedges and trees trimmed.

Singapore April 2010

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Great view of the new Marina Bay Sands Casino - hotel complex and the Sky Park complex from the Marina Bay Golf Course in Singapore.

Sentosa Country Club Superintendent Gregg Swanson, Steve Wilson from Bernhard and Company and Grace Lee from PSN.

One of the beautiful holes at Orchid CC in Singapore.

Beijing - Hong Kong - Bangkok April 2010

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Huge green at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Beijing.

Great tee box complex at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Beijing, China. Darren Moore, Director of Maintenance.

Homes being built on the Forest Holiday Golf Club property outside of Beijing.

Hole at Forest Holiday Golf Club that uses crused granite for bunker sand. Extremely white and shiny.

Christine, Jackie and Sophy enjoying last meal with me in Beijing for this vist.

Darry Koster and the boys from Hong Kong out for a night on the town. (George Bigelow had just cut his golden locks off).

Chinese junk restaurant boat crossing Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.

Old M.E.Y. Equipment verticutter made in Australia.

Club house at Shek-O Country Club used by the Japanese during WW II as a post of operation since the entrance to Hong Kong harbor was visible from here.

View across water at Shek-O County Club in Hong Kong.

Red Shirt Demonstrators main stage under railway system in Bangkok day after grenade attack killed 8 and injured 62.

Red Shirt protesters camp in Bangkok.

China Golf Show - Beijing April 2010

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2010 China Golf Show was held at the 2008 Olympic Village Expo Hall.

G-Sports Sales Team opening the 2010 Golf Show.

Sun Ying of Greenman spending a little time with me during the show.

Toro knock-off from China manufacture.

Great John Deere Gator Chinese Knock-off.

Time for a quick lunch and back to finish the Golf Show set-up.

Eric Phua of AT & Besqup of Singapore working the True-Surface booth.

Red gets a lesson on driving a Segway.

Christine Li taking a cruise around the golf show on one of the company Segways.

I think it will be fish head soup for dinner tonight!

Greenmans' Headquarters and Factory outside of Beijing.

Greenmans' Banquet Night at the Golf Show.

Please be nice to the grass and stay off as the grass is being nice to you and smiling at you.

Thailand March 2010

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Gathering for the first stop of three during field day for Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2010 conference in Pattaya, Thailand.

Think they have enough trolleys? And look at the rainbow of colors.

I think I had a company vehicle that looked like this during one of my jobs.

Lake aerifiers used in Asia.

Dr. Matt Roche from the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation discussing test plots.

Darren Moore, Golf Course Superintendent at Shadow Creek Golf Club in Beijing, China discussing turf test plots.

Caddie at Siam Country Club.

Dr. Micah Woods, Research Director at Asian Turfgrass Center discussing turf test plots on driving range at Siam Country Club.

Nice landscaping at pitch and putt nine hole course in Pattaya.

Part of the entertainment during dinner.

Part of the caddie crew that took care of the golf tournament players.

Toi Tankuranun, Product Manager for John Deere Asia during our outing to a floating market in Bangkok, Thailand.

Buddhist monk giving blessings at the floating market.

Beautifully hand carved spirit house in Bangkok.

Vietnam March 2010

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Military jeep on property at Mekong Golf & Villas.

Le Manh Cuong, Sales Manager of Mekong Golf & Villas, me and Bao Vinh.

One of the grassed fairways at Mekong Golf & Villas in Bach Dang Hamlet, Vietnam.

Ferry we had to take to get to Mekong Golf & Villas until the bridge is completed.

Me, Blair Cornthwaite/General Manager of Vietnam Golf & Country Club and Bao Vinh.

Great lake and bridge complex at Vietnam Golf & Country Club.

Golf bag conveyor system at Vietnam Golf & Country Club. Loads bags at the front of the club and sends them to the golf cart area and visa versa.

Beautiful Par 3 at Song Be Golf Club in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

Wall at Song Be Golf Club that was modified to allow three vendors to sell golf balls to golfers playing the course.

Hand weeding the fairways at Song Be Golf Club.

Hand weeding the greens.

Hand sweeping the aerification cores from a tee box at Song Be Golf Club.

Hoang Diep Bao Vinh of Southern JSC/ Le Truong Quang Truong, Manager of Golf Maintenance and Bobby Chua, Director of Palm-Song Be Golf Company LTD.

Driving range with Platinum Paspalum grass at Twin Doves Golf Club. Roger Jones is the Director of Grounds here and Mai Van Nghia is Vice President.

The American Embassy in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam.

What kind of critter do you want to mount on your wall back home?

Cobra and Scorpion liquor from Vietnam. Punches quite a kick!

CGCS Show in Toronto March 2010

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True-Surface booth at the Canadian International Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show in Toronto, Canada.

The NEW True-Surface TREKKER units attached to Toro Flex 21s.

Outgoing GCSAA President Mark Kuhns, CGCS, visiting our booth in Ontario.

Nice fruit stand in Toronto's Chinatown and note the decorated moose on the awning.

The CN tower in Toronto.

Ontario College of Art & Design building in Toronto.

New Zealand Feb. 2010

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Superintendent Brendan Allen of the Auckland Golf Club using the True-Surface Vibe V rollers to smooth and speed up his practice green. Auckland Golf Club was founded in 1894.

Mike Anderson and Darren Hannay of Parkland and Helensville Golf Club Superintendent Paul Butler.

Helensville Golf Club using the True-Surface Greens Care Collection Vacu-cutter to remove thatch from one of the greens.

Results of using True-Surface Greens Care Collection vacu-cutter to remove thatch from green.

Parkland building in Auckland, NZ.

Hell's Gate geothermal site in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Rainbow Trout migrating upsteam to spawn.

"Tie me Kangaroo down sport", "Tie me Kangaroo down", Hey wait a minute those are wallabies.

Yes folks this is a KIWI bird not the shoe polish.

Nice Rainbow Trout I caught in Lake Rotorua, New Zealand. Look how clear the stream is behind me.

BIGGA Show - Harrogate, UK January 2010

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Customers crowding into the True-Surface booth during trade show hours.

Outgoing GCSAA President and Superintendent at Baltusrol Golf Club Mark Kuhns, CGCS visiting our booth in Harrogate, UK

Salesman Mike Stott of GreenTek showing customer our new Trekker unit that mounts to walk-behind greensmowers.

Our booth at the BIGGA show

Flying over Ireland covered with snow on the way to the BIGGA show in Harrogate, UK

Europe/Asia and Holiday - October and November 2009

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Red the knuckelhead kissing a stingray in Stingray City, Grand Cayman. She was cute!

My wife Sue and I enjoying sunset in the Caymans

I always travel "Off the Beaten Path" !

Everyone always said that I would go to HELL! I guess I did. Hell, Grand Cayman

One of the historic harbor ferries used daily to transport passengers from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon, China

Great view of the Hong Kong airport that was built on a man-made island.

You tell me but I believe it is called a Slipper Lobster!

Les, myself, Vaughan and Darry at the Breakers in Sai Kung, China

I prefer the chicken feet to the duck feet anyday!

Step right up and order the goose neck to go at this fast food vendor in Kowloon, China

Street vendor with awesome orchids in Hong Kong and cheap too!

Annie and her daughter during the Loy Krathong festival

3 to 5 pound catfish eating the bread Annie and I were feeding them in front of a Buddist temple

River taxi similar to the one Annie and I rode in to feed the fish.

One of the beautiful temples in the palace in Bangkok

Annie Boriraj, John Deere Asia Pacific and me inside the Royal Palace gounds in Bangkok, Thailand

Atlantic Ocean cliffs at Killkee, close to my home in Ireland

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Windor Castle as viewed from the SALTEX water taxi.

David Michel, owner or GreenTek

Robot/remote control mower used in Europe.

Hillside mower from Ransomes. Very Interesting!

John Downes of GreenTek and his wife, Helen

enjoying the sun at the SALTEX show.

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Leonard Smith, SCPS with Hawthorne Pacific Group, Waipahu, Hawaii

Betty Tsai and Tony Chen with JYI-Yount Enterprise Co., LTD. in Gueishan Township, Taiwan With Tow Green CEO Kim, Sung il
Business meeting at Tow Green

Lunch with Tow Green employees in Jinju, South Korea

What size and type of dried fish do you want?

Inside fish market stalls in world famous Pusan, South Korea fish market

Tae Woo, Kwon from Kukje Intertrade Co., LTD and me after a great lunch in Kyungki-do, South Korea

They do not fool around in Singapore!
Me with my bag of hot tea and Orchid CC superintendent Adam in Singapore

Dr. Micah Wood, Asian Turfgrass, Bangkok
Annie Boriraj, Product Manager and Market Development and Toi Tankuranun, Product Manager, Irrigation John Deere Asia in Bangkok, Thailand

Demo at Clearwater Bay CC. Us vs. Tru-Turf. We won in green speed and topdressing incorporation!!! Call Darry Kostar superintendent for results.
Look close. Do you see the elephant in the mountain? Clearwater Bay CC in Hong Kong

Denny Xu, Vice General Manager and Sam Cheng with Zhuhai E-Way in Zhuhai, China

Great fresh fish market in Hong Kong

Quite the selection of eggs at the local grocery store in Beijing

Demonstrations with superintendent Mr. Zhang Fengming, Sam Zhang, Christine Li and Leo Zhang in Beijing, China

Demonstration at Grand Eagle in Beijing, China with Sam Zhang, Linda Liu, Wanamakerr King, Christine Li, Marco Wan and Robin Na

United Kingdom May/June 2009

2009-06-22T15:01:00.022-05:00

The London Eye. Was once the world's largest ferris wheel. Singapore has now built a larger one.

Wild looking gargoyle from Westminster Abbey.

Big Ben and the House of Parliment in London.

Marsden limekilns. Kilns were used to manufacture lime for farming and were built in the 1870's along with an entire village of Marsden. The village disappeared by 1977 along with the closing of the kilns.

Marsden lighthouse which was the first all electric lighthouse in the world.

Shorts of Whitburn, Toro distributor in Whitburn, UK.

TSL - Turfcare Specalists Limited in Point Lane, Leadgate.

Steven Bartle and John Russell of The Mower Shop, Toro service center and retail store, in West Haddon, UK.

MOX UK golf cart?

Look, it is an English Shepherd Bull! Better known as Kyloe cattle which is an ancient breed of cattle.

Prayer tree growing on the "Bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Ruins of Castell Aberystwyth Castle in Wales.

Craignethan Castle.

View from Castell Aberystwyth Castle overlooking part of the town of Aberystwyth, Wales.

Very artistic gargoyle in Aberystwyth, Wales.

How often do you have to take your sheep for a walk and what is up with the diaper?

South Korea

2009-06-22T14:28:00.008-05:00

One of the side streets in Seoul with great entertainment and places to relax, unwind and enjoy a meal.

Guinness taste and looks the same no matter what language it is in!

Dinner waiting to be served on a street in Seoul.

Friend, Ryan Nowack, Professor of English at Sejong University in Seoul, Korea.

Nam Sang, Kim General Manager, Management Team; Tae Woo, Kwon Assistant Manager, Management Team; Hyo Jun, Cho Asistant Manager, Sales Team and Hyoung Jin, Park Sales Team having a great lunch with me at their building for Kukje Intertrade Co. Ltd.

Chan-Ho, Cho Managing Director and Betty Cha, Manager of B-Ray Industrial Co., Ltd. with their St. Louis Cardinals/Toro baseball caps.

Hong Kong

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Bamboo scaffolding is all they use in China and it appears to be as sturdy as steel.

Great subway system in Hong Kong, but very crowded at rush hour.

Laser light show over Victoria Harbor.

Steet food vendor on the Hong Kong mainland.

Awesome local restaurant in Hong Kong Wan Chai District.

Darry Koster, Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club superintendent and Willie Slingerland from Flowtronex.

Signature hole # 3 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Beautiful scenery of Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club.

Singapore

2009-06-22T12:01:00.016-05:00

Me enjoying durian fruit. This is the one food that Andrew Zimmerman from the TV show "Bizarre Foods" will not eat.

Equipment storage buildings at Kranji Sancturary Golf Course

Orchids growing at the Orchid Country Club.

Eric Phua from AT Besquip and James Sua CGCS, CCPC, CGIA, Manager of SAFRA.

Worker grooming green with True-Surface Greens Care Collection system at SAFRA Resort.

Distributor and friend Eric Phua having lunch at his brother's food stall.

Spiker demonstration at National Service Resort & Country Club

2009 China Golf Show - Beijing

2009-05-05T10:17:00.015-05:00

Opening day of the Golf Show.

Eric Phua from AT Bestequip with his boss Dick TOH K.T., James Sua, CGCS, Gerald Hooi and Tiong from Singapore

Our Booth.

Greenman Machinery Company booth representing John Deere.

Fat Dragon booth representing Toro along with E-Way the other Toro distributor for China.

Knock off China products.

Wangfujing Street food court.

Step right up and get you something you can't get at home.

Yummy, kidneys and testicles!

Scorpions and grasshoppers and silk worms. Yummy for the tummy!

A little crunchy but full of protein and fiber.

Seahorses delight!

Dog meat soup anyone?

The octopus was a little chewey but the silk worms were a BURST of flavor!

I forced Kevin to eat at least one silk worm in his lifetime.

I wanted to bring her home with me. What a cutiepie!

Three amigos! Kevin Campbell, Jeff Churchill and Willie Slingerland. Tired from walking the Forbidden City.

Great mother Lion sculpture.

One of the temples in Forbidden City.

Detailed dragon door hinge in Forbidden City.

Great roofing artwork in the Forbidden City.

More beautiful artwork and roofing tiles.

St. Patrick's Week 2009

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Bunratty Castle and Durty Nelly's Pub.
Pub founded in 1620.

Poulnabrone Dolman in the Burren. Burial tomb for 17 adults and 16 children from between 25oo to 2000 B.C.

Doolin Castle.
What a view!

Lake outside Corofin, Ireland near cousin Mary Ruane's house.

Jeff Corn from Smith Turf and Irrigation at the Cliffs of Moher.

Jeff and me enjoying Neylon's Pub in Mullagh, Ireland.

Me in trouble playing Doonbeg Golf Club.

2009 Canadian International Turfgrass Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia

2009-03-31T16:15:00.008-05:00

Frozen water everywhere!

Barracks inside
the citadel in
Halifax from the
early 1800's

Old Town
Clock in Halifax
built in 1803

Mark Kuhns, CGCS
current President

of the GCSAA

and me.

GIS in New Orleans, Louisiana

2009-02-16T13:27:00.016-06:00

Jayme and Cassie

freezing during

GIS setup

The whole crew

ready for customers

Great French Quarter

buildings

Jackson Square

2009 BIGGA Trade Show in Harrogate, England

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Salmon actually

make it up

here!

Some of the beautiful scenery.

Trout fishing anyone?

What in the world is this called?

GreenTek personnel working our True-Surface booth at the BIGGA show in Harrogate, England.

2008 Asia Golf Show

2008-12-29T12:49:00.008-06:00

The 2008 Golf Show in Asia was an excellent place to show off our True-Surface products -- especially, our new Greens Care Collection.

I was able to meet lots of wonderful new people, and had an overall GREAT experience.

The beautiful Taj Mahal

Another awe
inspiring view!

Agra fort

Geoff Parslow
P.G.A.
Austailian Member
and Golf Course
Architect

Visitors to the
booth during
show.

Taking in Amsterdam...

2008-06-20T10:15:00.009-05:00

Anyone need a bicycle?

Their taxi services are a little different than the ones I'm used to...
The homes along the canals were beautiful and full of character!
No visit to Holland would be complete without a wooden-shoe photo. I could not resist sitting inside this one!

St. Patricks Day in Ireland

2008-06-05T10:45:00.013-05:00

Doonagore Castle, Doolin

I think this little girl shows the spirit of Ireland!

Rock Stars from Reinders Chicago in Ireland.
Bunratty Castle in Co. Clare The Famous Irish accordian player Jackie Daly
A pleasant site, while fishing after a long hard day of work.

Chilling in Moroney's pub with Tom Addington and his fiance Shelly.

The Golf Show in Beijing

2008-05-20T15:48:00.016-05:00

Typical lunch in Beijing.

Awesome!

Building the Birds Nest for the Olympic Games.

A few shots of the Great Wall!

How far of a walk is it???

Beautiful detailed roofing tiles on Great Wall.

Some of the trees in bloom in the Forbidden City at Beijing.