TedG's 2013 Daily Photos 365

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TedG954

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Rick M said:
It would be neat to find out when the launch/return to get some shots!
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Whenever I go by, that's what I hope for. Today, there was a crew working on it inside the hanger.

A little blimp trivia.... back in the day of huge derigibles, the hangers in Akron actually created their own weather. It would sometimes even rain in the huge buildings.

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TedG954

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Young Coconuts. It wasn't that long ago that coconuts almost became extinct in South Florida. A blight kills tens of thousands of trees. There are more coconuts in these photos than you could find in a 20 square block of Fort Lauderdale. Fortunately nature brought them back. Now you can look forward to them falling on your car....... or your head.

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Marilynne said:

Chris and I were just talking about this place last week. Doesn't look like anyone skiing today.
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I think it's only open on weekends until school lets out. The park was ground-zero for Hurricane Wilma. All the trees were torn apart. The park really suffered a lot of damage.
 
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A closer look at SKI-RIXEN........ Look Ma, No Boat!


The Ski Rixen system offers the opportunity to water ski without a boat. It's been around for at least 10-15 years and it still draws lines of people. It costs $25 for an hour, $30 for 2 hours, and graduates from there.

The key to the operation is a pulley system....

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This is where it all starts. You can read all the warnings. The skier stands on the carpeted ramp in the foreground. While holding on to the grip of the ski rope, a hook in the the cable system above yanks the skier off the ramp and on to the water. For some people, that's as far as they get.

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The operator can vary the speed of the pulley and there can be multiple skiers on the cable at one time. Some are novices, and some can be experts.

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Once you start skiing, the cable pulls you along and you have the option of jumps and slalom skiing. You can see the end of the lake and the cables. One big downside of this system is that if you fall at the other end of the lake, it's a long walk back to the start.

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TedG954 said:
A closer look at SKI-RIXEN........ Look Ma, No Boat!


The Ski Rixen system offers the opportunity to water ski without a boat. It's been around for at least 10-15 years and it still draws lines of people. It costs $25 for an hour, $30 for 2 hours, and graduates from there.

The key to the operation is a pulley system....

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This is where it all starts. You can read all the warnings. The skier stands on the carpeted ramp in the foreground. While holding on to the grip of the ski rope, a hook in the the cable system above yanks the skier off the ramp and on to the water. For some people, that's as far as they get.

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The operator can vary the speed of the pulley and there can be multiple skiers on the cable at one time. Some are novices, and some can be experts.

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Once you start skiing, the cable pulls you along and you have the option of jumps and slalom skiing. You can see the end of the lake and the cables. One big downside of this system is that if you fall at the other end of the lake, it's a long walk back to the start.

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And a lot of people do fall!
 
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RockyNH_RIP

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TedG954 said:
Young Coconuts. It wasn't that long ago that coconuts almost became extinct in South Florida. A blight kills tens of thousands of trees. There are more coconuts in these photos than you could find in a 20 square block of Fort Lauderdale. Fortunately nature brought them back. Now you can look forward to them falling on your car....... or your head.
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Ted i really like the colors in the coconuts shots!

Pat in NH
 
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