The previous post began the trek that let to these pictures. In that post, I wrote about the best bologna sandwich made in Dallas. It had been a while since I had one and while I was at the Parkit Market, I had the deli make one to go. I grabbed a coke from the cooler, got checkout by one of the Todora men, wished Ann a happy 92nd birthday via her son, John, and headed out to "the rock" to eat my lunch in fresh air with a great view of the lake.
After eating my sandwich, I had started home when I spotted a large motor coach in the parking lot of the Filter Building. Taking a detour to check out the bus, it soon came together the reason why the bus was there. It turned out to be an interesting set of images on another activity going on in the metroplex besides the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Parade or the totally different spin on being green in the Stockyards in Ft. Worth. This one was more solidly based in character and in building a solid foundation for life. This one is about not whether you win or loose, but how you play the game overall.
When I came around the curve at the filter building heading to the parking lot, the first thing that I saw was a very comfortable driver waiting for his team charge to finish up for the day so that he could drive them back to their lodging for the night. What one could not readily see was that transporting the Creighton University women's rowing team to the SMU Invite isn't just about chartering a motor coach. It's also the behind the scene logistics of moving multiple rowing vessels that travel with the team; both leading the way and bringing up the rear of such a trip.
The driver had been driving for the team for a decade. He has taken the team as far east as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has been to the west coast's Pacific Northwest, although he says that the team usually flies to those locations now. Never-the-less, getting a team to where it should be is not as simple as a comfortable bus ride down the road. It takes yet, another team of drivers or rowers if you pardon the pun.
I have a hunch that this crew--this Creighton University women's rowing team, is quality and top notch whether they win or loose because they know how to win where it counts; building character and building a solid foundation for life.
SMU swept the event.
After eating my sandwich, I had started home when I spotted a large motor coach in the parking lot of the Filter Building. Taking a detour to check out the bus, it soon came together the reason why the bus was there. It turned out to be an interesting set of images on another activity going on in the metroplex besides the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Parade or the totally different spin on being green in the Stockyards in Ft. Worth. This one was more solidly based in character and in building a solid foundation for life. This one is about not whether you win or loose, but how you play the game overall.
When I came around the curve at the filter building heading to the parking lot, the first thing that I saw was a very comfortable driver waiting for his team charge to finish up for the day so that he could drive them back to their lodging for the night. What one could not readily see was that transporting the Creighton University women's rowing team to the SMU Invite isn't just about chartering a motor coach. It's also the behind the scene logistics of moving multiple rowing vessels that travel with the team; both leading the way and bringing up the rear of such a trip.
The driver had been driving for the team for a decade. He has taken the team as far east as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has been to the west coast's Pacific Northwest, although he says that the team usually flies to those locations now. Never-the-less, getting a team to where it should be is not as simple as a comfortable bus ride down the road. It takes yet, another team of drivers or rowers if you pardon the pun.
I have a hunch that this crew--this Creighton University women's rowing team, is quality and top notch whether they win or loose because they know how to win where it counts; building character and building a solid foundation for life.
SMU swept the event.
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| Team Spirit Starts with the Driver! |
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| The BlueJay is Creighton says my niece. |
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| The behind the scene part of the meet; moving vessels 40-50 feet down the road is not an easy task especially in wind. |
