Westward Ho!: Ping day

(Thursday, June 3rd)
The kids were very excited about the tour of the Ping campus. We were up bright and early, though, and Ali wanted to go swimming, especially since we did not go yesterday. So, at 7am local time, we went tot he pool and the kids swam for an hour. A good way to start the day, even though I am still mad at this place...

We got cleaned up and ate, then made our way to the house to meet Tammy, Anthony, and Vanessa. All seven of us were going to meet Bob at the Ping facilities. The campus was only about a 10 minute drive from the house. Bob has taken time out of his busy day to show us around on a private tour. We got to see a video about the history of the company (51 years old!) and then saw how the irons are made and put together. Very, very cool stuff, and long. I can't beleive that Bob took all that time (over 2 hours!) to show us around, we were very grateful. The best part of the tour was being able to see the gold room. Every tour winner (PGA/LPGA) who uses a Ping club, gets their putter (or maybe iron if that was the last shot) in a gold version. The company makes a second one to keep and we got to see the store room for all of these. Amazing!

After the tour, we went back to the site for lunch and some fix-it work. One of the camper tires was low and that stupid stabilizer needed something. I took the tire off and went to a nearby tire shop to have it looked at. The stem had a slow leak, so they fixed that and I was able to put it back on with not problem. I had to go find the RV dealer we passed on the way in. I took the broken bar and hoped the part was in stock. Fortunately, it was. The attachment, was slightly different, but I bought it anyway, hoping to borrow a drill and bit to drill through the frame. Bob and Tammy had the tools I needed and allowed me to borrow them. I drilled the holes, but did not attach the part, because I was worried about the exit.