It had been a few years since I’d been to Sioux Falls, SD. The trip, overall, was fantastic. Along the way, I had time to take some non-tennis related pictures. Some were at the house of our relatives, who were kind enough to let us stay at their house, and some were at Falls Park.…

This was the last match of the day on Friday. Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA) beat Martin Damm (USA) in straight sets by a score of 7-6 6-4. This was a great match to watch, lots of good pictures. Hopefully. Ghibaudo stretches out to make the return. Ghibaudo serves. Damm with a serve of his own. Damm…

Rinky Hijikata (AUS) is a staple on main ATP Tour, he has won a Grand Slam in Doubles. He’s a pretty solid player. I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of Patrick Kypson (USA) before the match but he is a good player in his own right. Kypson defeated Hijikata in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Let’s…

I was excited to see this match begin and was also glad when it ended. I have seen Jordan Thompson play several matches on the main ATP Tour and was psyched that we were going to get to see him play. Thompson was apparently on the brink of not participating in the tournament due to…

This was the first match of the day. Joannus “Jo Mo” Monday (GBR) taking on Andres Martin (USA). Jo Mo is victorious in straight sets by the score of 6-3 6-3. Martin shows how we serve in the USA! Monday getting ready to serve. Swing…. and follow through. Some closeups of Martin A couple of…

In this match we had Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) and Andrew Fenty (USA) defeating Justin Boulais (CAN) and Mitchell Krueger (USA) with a score of 6-3 7-6. I don’t have a lot of pictures of this match as I wandered into it during a set change of the singles match I was watching but let’s…

The MarketBeat Open Challenger event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was a good time. My youngest and I skipped a day of school and work and headed West until just inside the South Dakota border. Here we have some pictures from the first Doubles Semifinal match that we saw which was Rinky Hijikata (AUS) and…

A few weeks ago, we were at St. Thomas for Parents Weekend and sat in on the Women’s Volleyball match. As with a lot of things lately my thought was “this would make for some good pictures” and so I decided to attend yesterday’s match. The Tommies lost to the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits…

I’ve been to a couple of St. Thomas University football games this year and thought I would try to get some pictures this time. It wasn’t the overwhelming success I had hoped for but it was fun all the same. Pre-game coin flip and a herd of zebras. St. Thomas Quarterback Andy Peters (#2) takes…

Come to think of it, I may have been to a car show once…. at least 30 years ago. It isn’t my forte but we received an invite to go and had a really good time. If I get any of this wrong, please accept my apologies. These two are both Stutz cars from the…