JUST A QUICK SHOT

The past couple of weeks have been a blur. Not only was I involved with the Gasparilla activities I mentioned before, but then I had to plan for a huge fund raiser event. Each year the PGA Senior ProAm comes to the Tampa area. For the past eight years, I have had the parking detail for the event to raise money for my youth group. I had a great bunch of volunteers helping during the week while most of the kids were in school. Then the big week end came when we had thousands of spectators showing up as early as 6 AM. I was flagging the golf course volunteers into their parking "field" as early as 5 AM! Anyway, through the wind, the morning of freezing temps and the day of cold rain, we made it! Glad it's over.



Tonight I was driving home and I was on the phone with a good friend. As we talked I drove past the Florida State Fair Grounds and made a note of all the lights on the midway. By the time I got home and off the phone, I thought... this was the last night of the fair! I grabbed a camera and a tripod and off I went. Right across the interstate highway from the fair grounds is a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. I drove up to the top floor of the parking garage of the Hard Rock and banged off a few shots. The fair was coming to a close and some of the rides had already shut down. Also, I didn't have a 24mm lens which would have worked nicely. I made due and although this shot is not spectacular, It's still cool to me. There is another fair in March, the Plant City Strawberry Festival. Maybe I can get some better shots at that one. cya!