Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
Jerry's event started off great! We had to leave a little early to get back to my daughter's choir recital for the Clark County Children's Choir. It was worth the early drive back to see her face as the months of practice and going through cuts and solo's paid off.
Here are some random, sometimes funny San diego moments:
San Diego is a beautiful place, this is the top of mount Soledad where you can see the entire city. Kory's aunt was nice enough to give us a tour:
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This is seal beach. Ironically we noticed that storm drains empty right onto this beach, yet is is clean as a whistle in spite of the fact that rain washes the oils and other stuff off the beach....hmmm. looks like mother nature does a good job of keeping itself clean when pollution is reduced by professionals like us!
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When going to these events, our minds are always on our work. You might have to turn up the volume for this one, as Kory reveals a little more about his personality than we wanted to know:
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Here, Matt reveals his true love for the art we call pressure cleaning as he explains what drives him to come to all these events:
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Here's Jerry along with his beautiful wife an daughter. What a lucky man. He gets to live in a beautiful city with these two beautiful ladies. He deserves it, Jerry is a credit to our industry and is a good representative of what we have to offer our communities.
Jerry led us to an awesome restaurant on the beach where the sun set right behind us as we talked:
Ron treated us to some great seafood at a restaurant after our tour of the USS Midway. Kory must be the NCE treasurer. He had this look on his face when he saw the menu pricing..... Just joking:
Touring the Midway. Here I am next to a cardboard cutout of a guy wearing the same uniform I used to wear on the USS Carl Vinson. Ironically, for the first time since I was in the Navy I'm within 15 lbs of what I weighed when I first got on the ship!
Shelly and I finally got a real California sunset. On your honeymoon years ago we started in Monterrey in the afternoon and drove all the way up to Morro??? beach North of San Francisco tracking the sun trying to find a place where we could actually see a Pacific ocean sunset. When we got there, there was some kind of weird optical allusion and the sun actually set before it got to the water. Even later when we used to take the boat to Catalina we were afraid to be on the Pacific side with it after dark so we never saw the sun set into the water. Well, here we are about 15 years later with an actual Pacific ocean sunset!
Here's Matt Norman and his lovely wi..... girlfriend.....Brenda. Keep working him Brenda, he doesn't know what he's missing! Married life is Great!
We were joined by a powerwasher I just met named Tony from Spokane Washington. Tony was a real good guy who hung out with us and saw how the trailertrash side of powerwashing lives. Here's Tony on the right hand side:
This is the way to travel - with my very best friend for the past 15 years. It's great to have a wife that is so much more than you deserve.
After dinner Thursday Ron, Kory, his aunt, Tony, Matt, Brenda, Shelly and I went to pretend like we were kids again and hang out on the beach at a bonfire where there was an eclectic group that ranged from teenagers, to adults from surfers to the homeless. Shelly made a new friend. (He kindof looks like Josh Brodin. Just goes to show you that it's only a small set of circumstances that separates one from movie star to homeless.
But, we had to cut it all short to get back to this, there's Fayth in the middle front right behind the music stand. Ron gave us some good advice. We were going to give Fayth the option to go with us to San Diego, (which she probably would have done) but Ron said we should encourage her to "finish what she starts" and go through with the recital. It was good advice. That's why I like to surround myself with guys who can give me good advice!
Thanks again Jerry! While these events are great for networking and learning about our industry they also provide a much needed outlet for relaxation. To miss out on something like this simply because you don't like someone who is going to be there just punishes you and is plain silly!
I love industry events!
Here are some random, sometimes funny San diego moments:
San Diego is a beautiful place, this is the top of mount Soledad where you can see the entire city. Kory's aunt was nice enough to give us a tour:
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aWlqtI5aNnQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This is seal beach. Ironically we noticed that storm drains empty right onto this beach, yet is is clean as a whistle in spite of the fact that rain washes the oils and other stuff off the beach....hmmm. looks like mother nature does a good job of keeping itself clean when pollution is reduced by professionals like us!
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_InKSNv6MS8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
When going to these events, our minds are always on our work. You might have to turn up the volume for this one, as Kory reveals a little more about his personality than we wanted to know:
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-uZLCqHNkCE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here, Matt reveals his true love for the art we call pressure cleaning as he explains what drives him to come to all these events:
<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0vQ-uWzHx6w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here's Jerry along with his beautiful wife an daughter. What a lucky man. He gets to live in a beautiful city with these two beautiful ladies. He deserves it, Jerry is a credit to our industry and is a good representative of what we have to offer our communities.
Jerry led us to an awesome restaurant on the beach where the sun set right behind us as we talked:
Ron treated us to some great seafood at a restaurant after our tour of the USS Midway. Kory must be the NCE treasurer. He had this look on his face when he saw the menu pricing..... Just joking:
Touring the Midway. Here I am next to a cardboard cutout of a guy wearing the same uniform I used to wear on the USS Carl Vinson. Ironically, for the first time since I was in the Navy I'm within 15 lbs of what I weighed when I first got on the ship!
Shelly and I finally got a real California sunset. On your honeymoon years ago we started in Monterrey in the afternoon and drove all the way up to Morro??? beach North of San Francisco tracking the sun trying to find a place where we could actually see a Pacific ocean sunset. When we got there, there was some kind of weird optical allusion and the sun actually set before it got to the water. Even later when we used to take the boat to Catalina we were afraid to be on the Pacific side with it after dark so we never saw the sun set into the water. Well, here we are about 15 years later with an actual Pacific ocean sunset!
Here's Matt Norman and his lovely wi..... girlfriend.....Brenda. Keep working him Brenda, he doesn't know what he's missing! Married life is Great!
We were joined by a powerwasher I just met named Tony from Spokane Washington. Tony was a real good guy who hung out with us and saw how the trailertrash side of powerwashing lives. Here's Tony on the right hand side:
This is the way to travel - with my very best friend for the past 15 years. It's great to have a wife that is so much more than you deserve.
After dinner Thursday Ron, Kory, his aunt, Tony, Matt, Brenda, Shelly and I went to pretend like we were kids again and hang out on the beach at a bonfire where there was an eclectic group that ranged from teenagers, to adults from surfers to the homeless. Shelly made a new friend. (He kindof looks like Josh Brodin. Just goes to show you that it's only a small set of circumstances that separates one from movie star to homeless.
But, we had to cut it all short to get back to this, there's Fayth in the middle front right behind the music stand. Ron gave us some good advice. We were going to give Fayth the option to go with us to San Diego, (which she probably would have done) but Ron said we should encourage her to "finish what she starts" and go through with the recital. It was good advice. That's why I like to surround myself with guys who can give me good advice!
Thanks again Jerry! While these events are great for networking and learning about our industry they also provide a much needed outlet for relaxation. To miss out on something like this simply because you don't like someone who is going to be there just punishes you and is plain silly!
I love industry events!
