Volunteering at the FBR

On Thursday over 60 people from the Park left at 6:00 am for a 45 minute trip to the FBR Open in Scottsdale in order to volunteer for security duty at the PGA Golf Tournament. We normally work at the famous 16th hole each year, and this year was no different. There were too many of us, however, so we had to be split up for duty elsewhere. I ended up at the golf range which was rather neat as I was able to watch people like Villegas, Perez, Holmes, Weir and Couples to name just a few. It was really something to see these guys finish off their 18 hole game and go straight to the range to work on their technical elements for an hour or longer. Many of them had coaches there to help with the mechanics.

It was a good day and the crowds seemed large although the tv stations indicated that the daily crowds were down about 10,000 from last year. The weather was perfect, about 73 F with a slight breeze. I found it rather hot as I was standing out in the sun all day; there was no shade to be found where I was assigned. But, hey, who's complaining. It's not often you get an opportunity like this. A couple of us are going back on Sunday to volunteer again. This time we're assured that we will be working at the 16th. We're all hoping our day is finished early enough so we can get back to our park to catch some of the Super Bowl. Go Arizona!! :-)

Today, Friday we went to a few stores with our friends Gary and Karen. They were going to Costco and we needed some things so they kindly offered to take us as we don't have a membership. We made an obligatory stop at Camping World since we were in the neighborhood. For once we came out with only what we went for - talk about discipline!

Later on we visited a dart shop to purchase some darts. Who knew how many types there were - from soft tipped to steel tipped; different weights, different widths, many lengths of shafts, and of course the flights on the end that provide the aerodynamics. We settled for two sets at $23.00 each. There were sets that cost as much as $150 and probably more. I was starting to go cross-eyed looking at all the hardware available so figured it made more sense to get something not too expensive and see just how much we really liked this new pasttime.:-)