Get Your Golf Game (and yourself) Under Control
It was just another evening of channel surfing when I came upon TheGolf Channel which now carries all the professional events thus eliminating the need to spend time clicking the remote looking for my golf fix. On this evening they were featuring a segment from the popular Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, a match which […]
Swinging Seniors
The call came reminding me that correspondent Craig Altschul had submitted yet another article for the travel portion of the GolfSkiandTravel site. I informed the publisher that I am a dedicated reader of Craig’s columns and was also aware that Ted Heck, another notable writer had also contributed articles which left only me without a […]
Arizona Rocks Beautiful Formations in Northern Arizona
By Ted Heck Lake Powell in northern Arizona and southern Utah is a man-made lake behind Glen Canyon dam, enclosed by stunning rock formations, with 63 canyons and more nooks and crannies than a shipload of English muffins. The dam that created the lake by backing up the Colorado River was begun in 1956. The […]
Former Steelworker Saddened on Lake Superior
By Ted Heck The ferry boat had just risen 21 feet in the locks at Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, as we passed from Lake Huron to higher and larger Lake Superior. So this is what Miss Early was talking about in fourth grade geography 74 years ago. But what caught my […]
Remembering Skier Gerald Ford
By Ted Heck Gerald Ford, the skiing president, left quite a legacy and the lasting image of a nice guy. In obituaries that flooded the news Gerald Ford was remembered often for replacing disgraced Richard Nixon and later pardoning him. Some people still think that “healing” action may have cost Mr. Ford the chance to […]
The White Jump Suit
By Ted Heck Here glides the bride, all dressed in white. Liz Langsfeld is being escorted down the slope by her father Mickey. Smiling midway on the slope is her soon-to-be-husband Ben Bachrach. He’s on skis, too. So are some of the 24 other family members in the small wedding party atop Elk Mountain in […]
San Diego…Sea and See Worthy
By Ted Heck It took me only 88 years and $3,000 to get from Philadelphia to San Diego. Long ago I wanted to visit the seaport in Southern California, after watching movies of World War II sailors and soldiers moving in and out of the harbor, kissing wives and girlfriends on the dock. Years later […]
The Butte’s Grand Recovery
By Dick Healy They were finishing up Crested Butte’s fourth annual Slush Huck competition on April 1st, the fifth and final day of our recent stay at this idyllic western resort. An exciting event is highlighted by the pond skimming competition, with skiers/riders of all ages attempting to skim across some 116 feet of ice-cold […]
A Visitor’s Guide to Colonial and Revoluntionary Mid Atlantic America
By Dick Healy Few early American historical sites can match the region in and around Lake George, New York, ideally nestled in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains. So it seems only appropriate that Patricia and Robert Foulke whose home, located at the southern east-side of the lake is where the retired senior collage professors […]
Saratoga’s Grand Summer 2009
By Dick Healy It was a long, snowy winter in Saratoga, New York. Some claiming the longest they’ve seen in many years. On this early April day, however, as I drive down tree-lined Union Avenue passing by the famous and oldest thoroughbred Race Course in the country, temperature is in the high 70s and not […]
