Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi, I'm Alexa and I'm Rory, and together we are the Romies. We are married.

Speaker 2: 0:07

To each other.

Speaker 1: 0:08

Right, we are a touring musical duo.

Speaker 2: 0:11

And our music has taken us to all kinds of places all around the world and keeps us always on the go.

Speaker 1: 0:16

So we hope you enjoy our stories and adventures while running around working to keep all your plates spinning.

Speaker 2: 0:22

And we hope, to facilitate your busy lifestyle and feed your inner travel bug. Hi everyone, we have a special Father's Day edition for you today. We did this with Mother's Day and we thought, hey, let's represent the dads and get them some love and support. And so we have a sponsor for today's episode, which is Q Golf, and we have Scott with us. You're going to hear more about what they have to offer at the end of the episode. We have two special guests. So our first special guest, scott, tell us a quick little history about Q Golf and what we're going to be hearing about later in the episode.

Speaker 3: 1:02

Yeah, q Golf has a fascinating story. The company itself is young. We were formed in 2022. This actually happened during COVID, when the whole world got shut down and there was a gentleman in New Zealand named Simon Moore and he had developed adjustable club technology for Nike. Actually, it sold his technology to Nike about a decade earlier and it was for the drivers, and so you saw the drivers back then that Tiger and Roy were hitting. His technology was in there and so he went off and started another company and then, when COVID hit, for about the last 10 or 15 years he'd been thinking about an incredible golf club, one golf club that you could go out and play your whole round with. That wasn't a gimmick and that was actually high performing and with advanced manufacturing where it is now.

Speaker 3: 1:54

It became possible in the 2020s and so, when COVID hit, the New Zealand government put out 10 grants to companies who wanted to submit their idea. Simon submitted his idea. He won one of the grants. He hired a CAD designer. He started working with club designers that had experience with Titleist and TaylorMade and Callaway and they came up with an adjustable, all-in-one club that was high performing and durable, and so we got our launch at the PGA show in 2022 with our Gen 1 product, which was a flagship product. It was the number one adjustable club in the world. And then at the beginning of this year, just a few months ago, we released Q Gen 2. And so it is optimized.

Speaker 3: 2:40

After three years of research and development and customer feedback, we've come out with an even better club. And the real kicker with this one is we call it the ultimate travel club, because we also invented a new way to take the shaft apart. You can actually screw it in and unscrew it and fold it up, and now it becomes very easy for travel. Whether you don't have space in your RV or your airplane yourself or you're traveling on an airplane, now you can just pack your Q right in your regular clothes suitcase, check it and when you get there, you're ready to go. So we have quite a history. Q Golf has quite a history that goes beyond just the last two or three years. It was an idea for a long time and now that idea has come to fruition and we're seeing some good success and seeing that people love the idea.

Speaker 2: 3:27

I love it that's awesome we're gonna hear more about this later in the episode, and so now we're gonna dive in to our special guest, ryan, with dad travel blog today's guest.

Speaker 1: 3:39

He is the ultimate dad on the go, ryan. Ryan with Dad Travel Blog. Welcome, man, all right.

Speaker 4: 3:47

Thanks for having me guys Appreciate it. Yeah, man.

Speaker 1: 3:50

It seems that you've not only mastered the art of stroller-friendly sightseeing, but you've also built this wonderful global community of adventurous fathers who believe, like you do, that parenthood doesn't have to stop your pause, your passion for travel. Does that sound like an accurate statement?

Speaker 4: 4:09

Very accurate. Yes, definitely.

Speaker 1: 4:12

From epic road trips to toddler meltdowns mid-flight, ryan keeps it real, practical and hilarious. So whether you're a seasoned dad traveler just thinking about your family's first trip, you're going to love his insight, wisdom and, of course, you'll find out here survival tips.

Speaker 2: 4:29

Yes, as we tip our hats to dads and all you do and how wonderful you are on this episode, we are just really glad to dive in and have you as our guest. So thanks for joining.

Speaker 1: 4:43

Yeah, absolutely so. As we jump in, everyone grab your go patch, pack your snacks and get ready to be inspired this Father's Day. So, ryan, I'm curious what inspired you to start Dad Travel Blog? And that's the first part of the question. The second is how has it evolved since you became a dad?

Speaker 4: 5:04

Yeah, so I actually started this blog about a little over a year ago. I really wanted to start writing about our experiences traveling as a family. We are not a travel family. First of all. We have jobs, our kids are in school activities. We just have a passion for traveling as much as we can when time off allows and kids schedules allow. So I just wanted to write, start writing on the blog about just our experiences traveling, both domestic and international. We it's then kind of transformed into we started Instagram account and it's really taken off from there. Our followers have been wanting kind of more in the sense of how we've done our trips. So how it's kind of evolving is into more itineraries like what we did on our trips, like how we did it, just to provide that information and to help kind of make it easier to travel as a family. And again, the goal of this blog is just to inspire other families to travel in the first place.

Speaker 1: 6:11

So, yeah, yeah, that makes great. Yeah, it makes total sense and that's cool that you provide these things for the people, the. I just find it very interesting. The itinerary and then how you pull it off, uh, have got to be really something for people trying to learn this. Which makes me think right here at the top, like what is your most memorable family trip so far? Because I've got to imagine that that really influenced a lot of your creating your itineraries and stuff and really digging into how well this worked. This didn't work. I would guess your most memorable trip had an influence on that For sure.

Speaker 4: 6:47

So I definitely think that our most memorable trip is when we took our kids to Switzerland. We actually went the last, yeah, amazing, wonderful country to visit. We've actually gone the last two summers, so the first summer we went it was kind of just getting our toes wet, I guess you could say. We went back again and we loved. Because we loved it so much, we went back again this past summer and that's, we added an extra day, so we ended up doing five days and from there we just kind of fine-tuned what we did. But just the mountains, the hiking, the playgrounds, it's unbelievable.

Speaker 4: 7:21

And we stayed in a town called Laderbrunnen which is near Interlaken, just an amazing small town. You're so connected to all these other small areas, towns and you're right in this valley with these waterfalls everywhere, just amazing. And for our kids to experience that I mean they thrive in the outdoors. I mean they thrive in the outdoors, you know, kind of going off of like the itinerary, like we were able to supply, like provide itinerary, because we fine-tuned that I guess two years in a row and what worked well for us and to visit all these areas and our kids were ages well, the first trip it would have been three to nine and then four to ten for the second trip, so I mean a wide range of ages. Right, we have to take care of the little one, but also keep the older kids interested too.

Speaker 2: 8:08

Keep everybody happy. So before we kind of like move further, like tell us where you're based and how many kids do you have?

Speaker 4: 8:16

Yeah, so I'm based in. Minnesota is where we live in the Twin Cities area. We've got three kids 10, our daughter's older, she's the 10 year old, and then or sorry, she's 11. She's turned 11. And then our son is eight and then our youngest, he will be five at the end of the month. So they all have birthdays pretty close to each other. Yeah.

Speaker 2: 8:34

It's a good spread. Yes, so Switzerland was quite a different. Like Minnesota has some very cool landscape, but it's still very different from switzerland, like that's been your favorite so far. Do you feel like you're more mountain people than beach people? So because I like rory and I like we're more mountain people, because we are addicted to switzerland, that was one thing that, like I really did with you.

Speaker 4: 8:57

Yeah, yeah, I would say, oh, that's tough. Um, mountains or beach. I mean, I think the kids would probably take either, to be honest, because they love the ocean and they love playing in the sand. I think there's something about the mountains, though. I mean, we don't have mountains in Minnesota, obviously We've got, you know, hills and trees, and it's beautiful here too, but there's something about hiking those mountains, seeing just the peaks, and whether it's rainy or not, it's just a magical experience. Yeah, so I would go with mountains. I think our kids still say their favorite trip is Switzerland, but I think beaches would probably be like number two.

Speaker 2: 9:33

Right, they're not going to argue if you take them to the beach.

Speaker 4: 9:37

No, they're not going to complain if we're going to go to the ocean? No for sure not.

Speaker 2: 9:45

Well, if you haven't yet been, there is I'll post some pictures from here on our socials but there is a magical place in the Italian part of Switzerland, so where, where Ryan was talking about with Lauterbrunnen, that's more in kind of like the German speaking part In Switzerland. You've got your German and your French and your Italian regions, and so I don't know, ryan, if you have been to the Italian part, but if not, I will share the location with you for your next trip.

Speaker 4: 10:10

Oh, that's awesome. There is this like magical water.

Speaker 2: 10:14

It's super clear and the rocks underneath are all different colors, like turquoise rocks and brown, like these really cool designs in the rock, and you see it through the water. And then there is a super fun, kid friendly hike and you you get a ball at the top of the hike. You start, you have this ball and as you are hiking down the mountain, the ball goes through these little like what is that? What would you call that, rory? Like a channel.

Speaker 1: 10:46

Like a channel. Yeah, a wooden channel.

Speaker 2: 10:47

That they have built in the mountains and they're all different. Like some go through like this house house thing, or like a playground theme, but there's all of these different like experiences and you follow the ball as you're hiking and so it's just not only is it magical, but like especially if you have kids, it's just going to be like extra fun. I haven't shared that with our viewers yet, so I will. We'll make, we'll use this as an excuse. Yes, Please share Okay.

Speaker 1: 11:17

Yeah, please share. Yeah, we are. We're huge fans and we know Lauterbrunnen very well. Gosh, we've been to switzerland 30 I don't know however many times. 30 I mean it's, it's insane.

Speaker 2: 11:29

Like she said, we're amazing and wonderful friends there, but our favorite is the jungfrau region, which is exactly where you guys were and anyway we could talk a long time about that, but it's about you well and I just say too, like you got to go to this magical place having a real job, like a quote unquote normal family. You were finding a way to insert this magic into your life, and I think that's really what it's about is that it's doable and that's what your itineraries do. It makes it practical. This is something that if we can do it, if you can do it you have to plan, you have to work, you know, think about it and all that, but it's doable.

Speaker 1: 12:09

Yes, so how do you balance travel with parenting? Especially, you have three kids all under, like 10 and under. What does that balance look like for you? Yes, 11 and under. Excuse me, 11,.

Speaker 4: 12:21

Yeah, let's make sure. You know, I think it's a lot about being flexible we do, when we do come up with our itinerary of what we want to do, like on a trip, we do have to be somewhat structured because we want to know, like, what we're doing, right. We don't want to get there and then be like, oh, what are we doing? So we have a kind of a plan for each day, but we don't put a lot on each day. We try to keep it flexible. We also try to build in like rest days or break after you know, afternoons where you have a break just to let everybody have kind of like some chill time, Because if you just go, go, go the entire time, it's it gets overwhelming or it can get overwhelming for everybody. That way the kids can play, they can. You know, we again we try to find a playground to go to any way to kind of not make it feel stressful because the whole point of taking the trip should not be about stress.

Speaker 1: 13:13

Right, right, yeah, sometimes we make it that way, yeah, yes, so okay, in relation to that, are there any travel hacks that are your go-to when you're flying or road?

Speaker 4: 13:24

tripping with your kids. I always have snacks and again, if you don't have enough snacks, I always have more snacks because you will run out. So I think, for sure you know flying. We always think flying can be easier. I mean, I think you can go either way flying or road tripping.

Speaker 4: 13:38

I think sometimes, when the kids are strapped into a car and there's a meltdown in the middle of a interstate, like you can't do anything right, at least with a plane you can like get out of your seat and you can kind of assist the child. So you know, I think anything you can do. You know we, even though we try to limit screen time iPads and headphones, obviously, to be able to watch shows and movies, they, you know we have our kids bring books along. Our four-year-old loves sticker books. He would use sticker books all day long if he could. So we always have extra sticker books with so that he always has something to do, especially even if you're at the gate waiting to board the plane. Even right, any downtime can get very boring for kids, so just having them have something to do can really help for sure yeah, I remember as a child traveling overseas and this was back before the modern incarnation of video games.

Speaker 1: 14:36

But there were the. There was the little car game with the two steering wheels and you could and it was. It was literally connected. So when you turn the steering wheel, this plastic thing moved the car you're trying to dodge other cars, or the little little pinball thing that's about four or six inches high and you're playing pinball with bb's. Just anything like that would keep us distracted. And so, yes, well, let me give our parents some peace. Yes, yes, definitely. Yeah. So in your travels, I know things can get pretty crazy sometimes and maybe you get somewhere and you think, oh, this is nothing like I thought it would be. Everyone's going to be so disappointed. Have your kids ever made a comment or there been a moment when they surprised you and said something that changed your perspective?

Speaker 4: 15:19

You know, I think, in regards to that definitely and maybe not even changed, in regards to that definitely and maybe not even change, I just didn't change my perspective, maybe solidified, kind of what we want to encourage our kids, you know, with traveling to experience. When we traveled last year to Europe we visited Germany and France Our kids just thought it was so cool to like not hear English all the time, and so it inspired them. They came back home and they wanted to learn. My daughter wanted to learn French, my son wanted to learn German, so they both took up Duolingo. They've been practicing and, you know, trying to learn the foreign language. So I think it just shows, like the impact of like a trip, what that can actually do. I think that's a memory, like, hey, dad, I want to learn, I want to learn, I want to learn this. When I get back home, like how cool is that.

Speaker 2: 16:06

You can do the Duolingo family plan. We can discourage them. No, you don't want to learn other languages. What's fun is with them learning German and French. Next time you go to Switzerland, one's going to get you around the German part and the other one's going to get you around the French part of Switzerland. So be set, yeah said, yeah I get your third child to work on italian?

Speaker 1: 16:24

yeah there you go someday you can't do it on brian lingo but you and your wife could learn romanche, which is the fourth national language. So what destinations, would you say, are especially dad friendly or great for father kid bonding?

Speaker 4: 16:39

so I think, as we've talked about, I think, mountains and and outdoor locations, for sure, you know, even hiking in like national parks or even like your state or local parks, can be like really great areas to explore. You know, we, even on the weekends, we try to find a new state park to go to when we haven't been to before, just to like explore something new. Sometimes the kids, if they go back to the same thing over and over again, they can maybe get-unquote bored. But just trying to keep it fresh and new, even like theme parks too, though you know, disneyland, legoland, can be really fun, you know places to go to bring your kids, find your favorite ride to go on, uh, experience something that's memorable. So that definitely those would be my destinations, I would think yeah, so getting out and about with your kids, that's a big deal For us.

Speaker 1: 17:28

Yes, so I find it really interesting that getting out and about with your kids is a really great thing to do, as opposed to just, you know, sitting in a hotel room or something in front of a TV. I don't know.

Speaker 4: 17:39

It just seems different from the modern day mindset of you kids playing games all day yeah, and not that we restrict our kids from like video games and stuff, because they definitely have their fair share of ipad games and that type of thing. Getting them to experience like real world you know adventures right as much as you can I mean, even if you can go somewhere, like I said, locally or like in your state exploring somewhere new can just really encourage them to find a passion in that as well. So, yeah, I think we enjoy it. Let's put it that way I enjoy it, we enjoy it.

Speaker 1: 18:15

That's awesome. So for you guys, it's energizing as well and it's not like, oh, we need to take our kids somewhere.

Speaker 4: 18:20

Exactly, yes, it keeps us energized, right? I mean, we're working 40 hours a week too, and we want to be able to experience life as well outside of work.

Speaker 1: 18:33

So yeah, yeah, and you can do that even with kids.

Speaker 2: 18:36

Yes, I think what's great about the getting out and traveling and trying new things is I've noticed that a lot like with church mission trips, for example, when we've been on church mission trips we are going to a foreign country with all of these people that we may or may not know well, and we're going to an all new place and you find that in a week you are so close to those people, the team you went with you're now besties because you've done this thing that was out of your norm, it was out of your comfort zone, and everybody's doing that together and there's something sort of like magic about it where it the relationships that are doing that all new out of my comfort zone experience together.

Speaker 2: 19:22

There's a knitting of those relationships out of my comfort zone experience together. There's a knitting of those relationships, and so to me that just makes so much sense that getting out and doing that and going to places that are new to you as well, because your kids are seeing you in a new environment and so they're learning oh, how does mom adjust to this new thing? How does dad adjust to this? Wow, they don't wear shoes here. How weird. You know whatever it is, and seeing how you've been learning from you and also, just like everybody's, like did that just really happen? Oh, my goodness. You know like you're just all shocked at being together or you're happy about things together. So those are like shared moments that you can't buy. They're just priceless things that travel for a family, I think.

Speaker 4: 20:08

It for sure does. And I think you know getting outside of your own comfort like you mentioned, comfort zone, your own little bubble, right, I think we can get so used to like how we do things that we think that's the only way to do things. I think you know traveling also sparks curiosity and learning. And be like oh wow, that's pretty cool, like what they did in this city or country or whatever, Like that's different than when we get back home and that actually makes a lot more sense, so like even innovation, like thinking about, like where their minds are going with things, not only for us as adults but our kids yeah, I think it sparks that curiosity and that just learning, for sure, yes, yeah.

Speaker 2: 20:44

We've talked about things like in our podcast in previous episodes, how we like bringing travel home and so, like the bet, when you were saying that the best example I can think of is first time we were in Switzerland together. We get, we go into this room with like a double bed, but there were two comforter thingies and I was like I had never seen that before, like we each get our own cover, okay. Well, it turned out that was the coolest thing ever, and ever since then that's how we've done our beds. Yeah, because you don't have that sheet that's making all this mess. It's super easy to make your bed, because it's one thing and I'm not fighting numbers with him and it's super great and so and I can always change my bedspread because it was.

Speaker 2: 21:27

you know, if you get like an Ikea one that's, like, you know, not crazy expensive, you can change out your bed and like whatever. And I'm just like, yes, so that's an example of like how I learned, like something that I brought home and integrated into my daily life from the travel experience. There's like your kids learning the language, taking home something new to learn, but also just like, wow, that's really cool how they do that over there. You know we could do that too.

Speaker 1: 21:57

Yeah, you said something that made me think about the values we can pick up as we travel and the things we learn. Have you noticed a difference in your kids and values they're picking up because of the travel you're taking?

Speaker 4: 22:08

Yeah, I think new things. I mentioned curiosity. I think that can be huge. I think kids get very used to they don't really like change right, they like having things be the same, that they're comfortable with that.

Speaker 4: 22:21

A lot of kids ours especially can be like that, that especially to get really picky with food and different things.

Speaker 4: 22:26

So I think you know you are presented with there are no other options, right, like for like, for instance, when you go out to a restaurant you're not going to have the same food in a different country potentially that you would hear. So you almost have to are forced to try something new. But it also makes them curious oh, wow, what's that? What does that taste like? Oh, that's really cool. I want to have that when I get back home. Can we find that when we get back home and I think also just being, like you mentioned earlier too, closer than as a family, we get so used to, just getting so spread thin with all the things we have to pile on to our day-to-day lives, just focusing on what matters most? I think those are our values that you can pass on to your kids too, because they can realize, wow, this is so cool to have this special family time together and we got to experience that as an, as a family, and without interruptions and block of time.

Speaker 1: 23:18

So yeah, that's that's so cool. Have you found that the traveling and the building of relationships with your kids and different situations that you're not used to at home, like you just said have you found that when you go back home, you know your kids in a way that you otherwise would not have known them, and has it helped your relationship with your kids once you are home long term? Have you found that?

Speaker 4: 23:41

for sure. I think working, especially working full-time, you lose that connection. They're in school. I'm at work, we do are doing kids activities, adult activities at night, right? Um, you don't always get to know your kid fully. I think traveling, when you're with each other 24-7 for a specific amount of time, you get to know them All that time. That went from the previous time where you spend a bunch of time together. It's almost like it was renewed. It got refreshed. You get to know them as a person. The kids are constantly changing different ages. Refreshed you get to know them as a person. The kids are constantly changing different ages, right. And sometimes you know they open up about things they might not have had time to open up with you about. So I think I found that that has been amazing with travel and helps us to bond more and to learn more about what's going on in their lives and what we can do, just to understand more if there's certain things going on.

Speaker 1: 24:38

Yeah, it's, it's just, it's great it sounds like it's not only changed your interaction with them, but they get to know you guys as well, and it sounds like it's also changed a bit their interaction with you in a positive way. Is what it sounds like?

Speaker 4: 24:52

yeah, because they find out oh, dad likes to do this, or you know whatever activities might be doing. Or oh, I didn't realize dad likes to do this. Or you know whatever activities might be doing. Or oh, I didn't realize, dad liked that ice cream or something. You know what I mean. Like you might find anything on a trip, whereas if you're not spending that quality time together, you may not ever get to know that.

Speaker 1: 25:11

Yeah, it could be something as simple as when I learned my mom loves mint chocolate chip ice cream. Gatlinburg, tennessee. Okay mom loves mint chocolate chip ice cream Gatlinburg, tennessee. Okay, mom loves mint chocolate chip. I didn't know that, so do I yeah.

Speaker 3: 25:22

And it's interesting.

Speaker 1: 25:23

It also bonds you right.

Speaker 2: 25:25

Because, oh, I like that too. We have that in common, yeah.

Speaker 1: 25:28

You find your commonalities. Yeah yeah, that's so cool.

Speaker 2: 25:31

And there's probably times where there's been like a travel disaster or just like, oh, we forgot this, or you know, travel there's always unpredictable things going on, and so I'm sure that, even as you face maybe something difficult in travel, that there's again, there's that bonding, there's that glue of like, hey, we as a family we got through this, together or For sure, yeah, so is there a funny or unexpected dad moment in relation to what she said that has happened on one of your trips that you could share with us?

Speaker 4: 26:03

It's probably both myself and my child Going back to snacks, handing out snacks. Our youngest was even younger. I remember handing them out snacks in the airplane and he started handing them out to other people in in the plane. So you know what? No, it is right, because I'm giving it to him and he's giving them out to other people. So that is definitely one memorable moment for sure. Yes, not sure. Everybody wants, you know, goldfish, crackers and other snacks. But you know, there you go, crackers and other snacks.

Speaker 1: 26:38

But you know, there you go. Yeah, and how do you correct that without?

Speaker 4: 26:45

like squashing their desire to be generous. Then I'm like do I take it? You can just have it, it's fine, we don't have extras.

Speaker 2: 26:51

Right, I will find another way to nourish my child.

Speaker 1: 26:55

That is really great. Okay, so Father's Day is coming up. Let's talk about Father's Day. Okay, If you could plan the ultimate Father's Day trip? Budget's not an issue. There are no limits. What would that look like?

Speaker 4: 27:10

We've had New Zealand and Australia on our bucket list forever, obviously to fly five people that far. So I would say that exploring both as much as we could, for sure, new zealand and parts of australia as much as we could, I think I would rent like a camper van and just like go around right, waterfalls hiking, but also see the cities too, and just do everything. That would be an amazing trip and I would spend as long as we needed to be able to see everything.

Speaker 1: 27:48

Yeah, man, that's awesome. Same with us. New Zealand, australia. We got to go to those two and as a kid we would take the camper. We would call it motorhomes, because it's not a pull behind. Family vacations in the motorhome Awesome. So yeah, kudos, dude, that sounds like a really awesome.

Speaker 2: 28:03

I hope you can make that happen at some point.

Speaker 4: 28:06

Absolutely. I hope so too, yes.

Speaker 2: 28:11

I'm sure one of the issues with that is if you only have a week away and you've got to spend two days of that getting there and two days getting back, that, yeah, you know that's a big, big uh yes, but yeah, and even like if you had two weeks, that might not be enough no doubt.

Speaker 2: 28:27

I mean, you could spend two weeks in switzerland alone, and and so I can like huge place if you knew that you could keep going back, it would be a little bit more tangible, like palatable, to say, okay, the time is short, but we're going to go back, you know. But that's hard to go back when, when it's that much travel and expense and all that.

Speaker 4: 28:52

Exactly yes.

Speaker 1: 28:54

Yeah, and as your kids get older, I can imagine schedules are going to become more of an issue. I mean already kids that age have done a bazillion things. Kids nowadays are so busy I mean clubs and sports that go year round. Now it position you guys are in that feel a little bit overwhelmed by the idea of traveling with their kids and trying to make it happen. Time away as a family really can help bond that family closer, distraction free there's so many distractions all the time and you can always get that time together.

Speaker 4: 29:44

I would say just yeah, taking that time just to do it and to get away from it all, because I think everybody needs, everybody needs a break, in my opinion yeah, just do it, just yeah, just Exactly, I think just go out and do it, because even if it seems difficult, it's rewarding, and not only I mean you have to have a passion for travel, I think yourself too.

Speaker 4: 30:06

I think you have to want to travel for it to make sense too, right. But if it's something that you, if you're a dad that's just been wanting to like, go somewhere, make it work. Your kids will love it. Whether it goes well or not, you know that's part of it, that's just part of the journey.

Speaker 1: 30:22

Yeah, are there things that at home, in the normal day-to-day life, that you don't hear enough from your kids, that when you travel you hear more. As a father, that makes you go. Yeah, this is nice, this is good.

Speaker 4: 30:34

I think just the you know, seeing what, the things that they see, right, the landscapes, just the reactions to maybe something that was different, the food, like I mentioned, the customs, things that are just different. Uh, it doesn't have to even be overseas, right? So even here locally or in our own country, in different depending on where you go in our country, things can be way different, right, science can be different. Just Just experiencing that and having them ask those questions and be like, oh, that's different, that's different, and then kind of talking about it and experiencing that together, and being present with them, as they are experiencing something new and experiencing that curiosity that you talked about.

Speaker 2: 31:13

Yeah, I keep coming back to what, like, my brain keeps coming back to what you brought about of just even like making room with state parks and making that happen, even if it's a different state park, you don't feel like you do want to get out and travel, the importance and the impact that it makes on your family and your children, the things that we've talked about.

Speaker 2: 31:44

Yeah, like maybe even a guy that doesn't want to get out too much. He likes being home because he's always at work all the time, so being home is his refuge or something like that. But realizing the positive impact it has on your family, maybe something like a state park is enough of a getaway for everybody, but it's not too much for that guy that doesn't have that travel bug.

Speaker 4: 32:08

For sure. I think, starting small too. If you don't travel much, obviously an international trip seems like crazy, right? I think, starting small, go somewhere local, stay somewhere local just for even a weekend. Try it out. How did it go Right? What'd you learn? Well, what didn't? That's part of the beauty of it you learn and you adapt Right, and then keep pushing yourself further and further, whatever works best for you. Or if it is just staying in your own state and exploring those state parks or local parks, that's great too. Maybe you can do fishing or you know, I don't know renting a boat or you know something where you can get out and just experience nature. I think just getting out of our houses and outside fresh air can be exhilarating for most of us, just breathing that fresh air.

Speaker 2: 33:02

And I think also building trips, maybe about something that you are passionate about, like maybe you grew up and your dad took you fishing and you always went fishing and that's your perception of what vacation is is going fishing with dad.

Speaker 2: 33:18

So maybe that's great and you love that. You can try to replicate that with your kids. But maybe you didn't really like fishing. You just did it because your dad made you go. So now that you're the dad and now that you're the one making the decision, like I really like comic books, I'd rather just go to a town and find the comic book stores and just do a trip of comic book store hopping. It doesn't have to be a state park. It can be what excites you. That would get you going and make you excited, or be a vacation that would be fun for you.

Speaker 1: 33:54

From my experience as a child, growing up with parents that did enjoy traveling. We had a park near the house that mom would take us to and my perspective changed because of the things she said while we were at the park and seeing what she thought of things. For example, she loves the sound of crows, you know. Okay, you get a bird song, I understand that. Mockingbirds nearby, oh, that's really nice. But crows? But because she told me that and there were lots of crows at this state park I grew up in South Louisiana there were from crows to alligators, to pelicans I mean, you name it right Nutri-rats, everything, loads of snakes.

Speaker 1: 34:30

But the fact that she kept saying that about crows as a kid made me go okay, I need to listen differently. Something. She likes it and she's an awesome woman, right? So what am I missing? So then I listened to Crows differently and now, because of her perspective, when I hear Crows it's completely different. Something as simple as that a child getting to know their parent can change the perspective of something that to them previously was like yeah, and because something becomes something really special, to us for sure. So I think that's something that, as a child looking at it and us not being parents, that I think. As parents, you guys have this wonderful opportunity, even if you think your child's gonna go. Oh, oh, come on. What are you kidding me that your perspective can actually change their perspective?

Speaker 2: 35:24

Open their minds.

Speaker 4: 35:25

I 100% agree. I mean, growing up, my parents, we didn't fly a lot of places, but we did a lot of road trips. So we I mean I remember one trip we drove all the way down to Florida, back up through Washington DC and back home I'm originally from North drove all the way down to Florida, back up through Washington DC and back home. I'm originally from North Dakota, so that was a long journey up and down, right. I think we spent over two weeks on that trip when I was a teenager. But all the things that we saw on that trip was so cool, it was so different from what was back home and, you know, it also inspired me to want to go out with down the road, right Hindsight. It inspired me to want to do the same thing.

Speaker 4: 36:04

I also backpacked through Europe when I was in college and that is for six weeks. I backpacked and a lot of. Brunnen was one of those places, which is why I wanted to bring my kids back there. But if I wouldn't have done that, right what I have had what would have changed.

Speaker 4: 36:23

So it's like, it's so formative. Think about everything you do when you're younger. It it sets you up for the rest of your life and it's it's so, so formative, like with, with what you do and what you are going to do in your future. So a hundred percent.

Speaker 1: 36:32

Yes, yeah, it's amazing. Parents have the opportunity to really see formation happen in their kids. When I was a boy, we traveled to Central America, to Honduras, a number of times and we worked with street kids and with the homeless. And as a little kid, seeing in the mountains the kids with the children with the swollen bellies who are laying there not really moving, much flies in their face and stuff my perspective of the world was completely reoriented and oh, this is, this is real life. And as a kid I wasn't seeing it like, oh, that's so sad. You just it sticks with you that this is real life and this is what the world is really like in some places and people live like this and it does more than just change the perspective of that place. It changed your whole perspective on life, how you see people. It's really impactful.

Speaker 1: 37:23

And going to other countries absolutely do that for kids. Or going to the state park and seeing other people and how they are and how they interact, and meeting kids they don't know and playing with them or hanging out, and completely change the perspective of the kids. Parents, you guys have so much power, even in today's society where we're kind of told that they don't, or maybe it's not right for them to have it. You do and it's awesome. The impact that you can have on your kids and travel is a wonderful, wonderful way to do that. I'm so glad you're tapping into that.

Speaker 4: 37:55

Yeah, for sure.

Speaker 2: 37:55

So since you've been a dad, have you traveled with your dad?

Speaker 4: 37:59

I have, so we actually try to do trips every so often. We actually just got back from my parents with my parents went to Florida for spring break, so it was really nice to see them and to just hang out for like a week. We see them every few months, but it's something when you get away from the daily chores and the daily everything that goes on in the house when you're visiting. Either they visit here or we visit there, just getting away and talking and catching up. We went to a couple not theme parks but roadside things in Florida, just kind of alligator things and just experiencing new things together. I think that's part of it. When I was a kid we went up to Canada and we would go fishing, so we had some journeys back then. Since we've had a family, it's been tougher to take those one-on-one trips, but it's great when we can all at least travel as a family with my parents to experience something during school breaks or whenever we can get away.

Speaker 1: 38:56

It's so great that circle back to Florida.

Speaker 2: 38:59

They get to be with their grandkids, I assume, on these types of trips.

Speaker 4: 39:02

right, yeah, that's so cool man yeah, exactly, wow, and you can tell your kids.

Speaker 1: 39:07

when I was a boy, we came here and it was like this Right, I know, yeah, except we didn't drive, we flew this time. That's a little different, so that, but that that makes me think. So sometimes we talk about wellness on yes podcast and how to travel and stay well when you travel everything from like not getting a bug when you get on the plane because everyone's sniffling around you dealing with jet lag and all this sort of stuff, yeah keeping your diet regimen as much as you can.

Speaker 1: 39:34

That kind of stuff, yeah, are these things are those things that you think about as well, especially with children. Let's all stay healthy, so it's a happier, more fun trip, or whatever.

Speaker 2: 39:42

And you got to have your snacks right.

Speaker 4: 39:43

Yeah, right, yes, yes, got to have the snacks. You know, I think you know I try to to. You know my both my wife and I, try to get a little bit of time away, even for a few minutes, right each day, whether that's having our cup of coffee before everybody else gets up in the morning, or taking a short walk, anything we can do meditation, yoga. We've even done Anything to kind of keep yourself like in a good state of mind, because it can. I mean, when you're traveling, things can go awry and it's not always. You know lollipops or sugar, right. So any way to kind of keep yourself grounded and yourself healthy for sure.

Speaker 1: 40:20

yeah, that's nice, just coffee time together in the morning, for the kids are all up, that's a yeah, I think mental health break for sure. Yeah definitely, and relational health break, I mean big time uh-huh, that's great.

Speaker 4: 40:33

Yes, I know, and we tend to get up earlier than our kids too, so yeah, well, let's say something to each other, even if it's unspoken.

Speaker 1: 40:40

I really know we could both use more sleep, but we're getting up to spend time together. That's a big thing.

Speaker 4: 40:45

Yeah, yes, for sure.

Speaker 1: 40:49

Okay. So if your kids listen to this podcast one day, what's one thing you hope they remember about traveling with you when they're reminiscing?

Speaker 4: 40:59

I think that we laughed a lot. We went out and experienced new things together. We didn't stop and just go to the same place all the time. We wanted to always go to a new place and we wanted to be curious together. We wanted to just chill and hang out and have fun. I hope that's what they can take back from it.

Speaker 2: 41:24

That's so sweet I don't know, I love it.

Speaker 4: 41:28

I hope that we can instill that Our kids, when they get to adult age, hope that they have a passion for travel as well. I think by giving them insight now, letting them experience it now, even if it's just local or international, I think it gets them out of the house, it gets them off their iPads, it gets them just to experience life and I think that's I hope that they continue that as they become adults.

Speaker 1: 41:52

I think that it will continue because as they get older and they are reminiscing and thinking back, they think back wow, that was really great. Oh, we were with mom and dad and they were really great. I think it will carry over and then when they become parents, it'll be a value that they carry with them that you guys have taken the time. It's really wonderful that you guys are doing this.

Speaker 4: 42:15

I'm hoping that we can continue traveling them as we get older too. Right, I don't think the traveling is going to stop. You know, I want to continue this as long as I can and, I think, just keep experiencing it. You know, when they have kids, I want to fit it in somehow. However, we can do it, we'll make it work so yeah, I mean check this out.

Speaker 1: 42:30

My dad just turned 90, my mom's 88 and they came over to visit us, uh, maybe a month ago we're like five hour drive from them yeah, and because of growing up with them loving traveling and stuff and us getting the motorhome and just going, we love for one thing we love to drive, sometimes just to get lost, explore and find new things. My mom is the same way. So I said, mom, let's go, look, let's go see the flowers. Uh, here in texas we have the, the blue bonnets which grow. And you go, it's Texas, we have the blue bonnets which grow.

Speaker 1: 42:59

It's a thing to take the blue bonnet wildflower drive. And she's like, oh, that's a whole day of driving for you. And I was like, mom, are you kidding me? She's like I love driving and just seeing things and getting lost. And I was like, yes, where do you think I got that? Let's do it, I'll drive the whole day. It'll be awesome. So even now, with dad vm90 and mom 88, it still plays out in our lives and it's really, really awesome because that foundation and that intimacy was set so long ago and it still exists and we can still experience it. It's very cool. That was very cool. Yeah, one day you'll experience that. I hope so. So, yes, all right. So how and where can people find you online to learn more about this whole dad blog thing and traveling with kids and how to survive it.

Speaker 4: 43:47

Yeah, so you can find me at dadtravelblogcom. I'm also at dadtravelblog on Instagram, Facebook Threads and on YouTube as well. Great, that's awesome. And so again it's at yep, at dad travel blog. Are the handles?

Speaker 1: 44:02

at dad travel blog. That's where you can connect with today's guest who is, as I said, the ultimate yes, dad on the go, ryan.

Speaker 2: 44:10

From dad travel blog and we'll put links to all of where you can find him on our show notes, so you can just go there, click where you can find him on our show notes, so you can just go there, click and go discover him. And we'll be sharing socials as well, so we can share that too with you guys. But thank you so much.

Speaker 4: 44:27

Thank you guys, it's been so fun.

Speaker 2: 44:29

Thank you so much for your time.

Speaker 1: 44:30

It's been great, so cool to hear daddy talk about what my parents did when they were your age with us. That's so cool.

Speaker 4: 44:35

Oh well, parents did when they were your age with us. That's so cool, oh well, thank you.

Speaker 1: 44:38

Yeah, man Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Speaker 4: 44:39

Awesome. Thank you guys, thank you.

Speaker 1: 44:43

I am really excited about Scott Dolly, yeah, and I'm excited because I've been playing golf since I was a wee little lad, a little boy, but my parents would drop us off at the golf course at pretty much dawn and we'd play until after dark and they'd pick us up back in the day when you could do leave your kids at a golf course and not worry about them.

Speaker 2: 45:05

And my wife just recently got me a gift and I am his birthday's in four months, but I had to get it early.

Speaker 1: 45:09

Yeah, we're traveling yeah, and we travel, and so I'm incredibly intrigued by it. I went to, uh, pack my golf clubs for this last trip and she wouldn't let me pack my golf clubs. She's like, no, there's not room in the car to bring your clubs.

Speaker 2: 45:19

We had no room. We're traveling for a gig and it's his big band gig, so we have all of the stand fronts that are taking up all of the charts, and so that takes up the whole entire thing. Plus we brought the cats, we have a cat litter, plus our suitcases were going to be gone for several weeks, and so it was kind of like, yeah, there's absolutely no room.

Speaker 1: 45:39

Yeah. So I told her I could make room and she just kept fussing don't bring your clubs. So I didn't bring my clubs. And then she hands me a box when we got to Nashville which is where my gig was and I opened it up and in it is a golf club and I thought, oh well, this is nice, I have a golf club to play golf when I have like 13 golf clubs in my bag. So what's the deal? And I'm incredibly intrigued about this, scott, and you are the expert on this bad boy so tell me, what am I holding here in my hand and why would she not let me bring my whole set of clubs?

Speaker 3: 46:14

Well, first of all that's a great gift.

Speaker 2: 46:16

Right. Great decision we're talking about today.

Speaker 3: 46:20

Yeah, Right, I mean think about how many trips we've gone on, where we've left our clubs you know at home, because we didn't have room Right and it didn't make sense.

Speaker 3: 46:30

So this is just one other example. But, yeah, the reason why Q is one club and why it's such a great alternative for people who travel and for people who don't have a lot of room, don't have a lot of time and that kind of thing, the Q is amazing because it has an adjustable head, so it actually has eight lofts on one club and they go from putter all the way to lob wedge, so you can go out and play your entire round of golf with one club. It's a simple adjustment you just push, twist and release into each setting. Each setting has a haptic click so you know exactly where you are.

Speaker 3: 47:07

And, of course, we spent many years refining the design and making sure that it's durable. We're proud to offer a three-year manufacturer's warranty, so we stand behind the durability of the club. And then, second of all, if you look at the shaft there, this is the generation two of our club, and so not only is the head adjustable, but we now have an adjustable shaft, meaning that it assembles and disassembles, so you can unscrew the shaft, fold it up in half. It's about 21 inches long when you split it up and that can fit right in your suitcase if you're going to be flying, or again. You need some portability. You don't have room for a 38-inch piece of equipment. You can fold that up.

Speaker 1: 47:50

Yep.

Speaker 3: 47:52

Right in your suitcase. So you still have to check your suitcase when you're at the airport. Tsa and the other security agencies don't allow golf clubs in the cabin, but now you don't have to bring along your big, oversized luggage and pay for that and wait for that and lose it sometimes, as I'm sure you have and I have. So yeah, so we just wanted to make you know. Really, when we looked at each other, we said let's make the ultimate travel club and that's what QGen2 is.

Speaker 1: 48:20

Man, so you mean to tell me. So we travel the world and what you're telling me is that I don't have to always bring my big flight case and my clubs and pay extra. But if I'm just going somewhere and golf is a side benefit of where I'm going and not the main benefit, I can bring this club and still play golf with a single club in my suitcase.

Speaker 3: 48:39

That's exactly right. That's exactly what we're saying is there's a time you're going to pack all 14 clubs and you're going to pack the big bag, You're going on a golf trip and you need and want all 14 clubs. But, like we just said, how many times where golf isn't the main thing? But if I could bring this along and I get my work done wherever I am early and I can go play nine holes, I mean you just always have it with you. So this is kind of the golf club you can take with you wherever you go. And if you use it, great. And if you don't use it, it's not like it costs you anything.

Speaker 2: 49:08

Right, it takes up no space. It's correct. I mean it's. I love that about it. And also, I would think, just while you're. Of course, you're not lugging around a big thing when you're playing, so if you were walking the course, it'd be super easy, yeah.

Speaker 3: 49:24

Well, I had that experience. You know myself and you will too. But the first time you play with Q and we just did this at the show, actually, we went out there with a couple of folks who'd never played with it and we all teed off on one. We all hit our shots out in the fairway and then we just start walking. But they get about 20 yards down the fairway and they look at each other and they go. This is incredible, what an amazing experience. I've got one club and we're all just palling around walking down the fairway. It's such a freeing experience. It really kind of awakens a new way to look at golf, because golf has really become all about the accessories and the writing in the cart and having the music and the and listen. There's nothing wrong with that. That's wonderful, yeah. But this is another way to play. This is kind of a quieter, simpler, lighter way to play the game and people are loving it.

Speaker 1: 50:16

Well, how many times have I left a club greenside and gotten a few holes later? Because it times have I left a club greenside and gotten a few holes later because it's a, let's say it's a 57 degree or something, and I didn't need it for a number of holes. And then you go oh well, where is it? You got to search the entire golf course. Sometimes you don't find it because some nice guy picked it up. He's going to bring it to the clubhouse for you. You get back in. At the end you're like I paid a lot of money for that club, I got to find it. Well now, I mean, if you walk off without your club, you don't got nothing.

Speaker 3: 50:39

No, no, no. If you lose that club on a golf course, something's wrong with you.

Speaker 1: 50:46

So you're telling me I can stand on the tee box and drive with this, and I can also stand on the green and putt with this club.

Speaker 3: 50:52

Oh yeah, Just to give you an example, I used to be a scratch golfer. I'm now maybe a two or three handicap. I went out with my dad yesterday. He's 80 years old.

Speaker 2: 51:01

Yes.

Speaker 3: 51:02

And so so we had a good time. We played golf in four hours and it was great. I just played with one club and I had a birdie and I had three bogeys and the rest were pars. So I'm shooting about. My handicap and that's what people find is that even when they dump 13 other clubs and they're just playing with this one adjustable club with a few practice, you know, with some hitting some practice balls and going out there and playing a couple rounds, eventually you get to the place where you find I'm shooting about the same scores with this one club that I was with the rest of my clubs bro, that's amazing, I mean really.

Speaker 1: 51:36

That blows my mind. How would you compare this to, say, your normal irons that are in your bag as far as your control, your distance, the feel and all that?

Speaker 3: 51:44

Yeah, that's a great question. The Gen 2 feels fantastic. When you hit a solid shot with that, it sounds amazing. It feels amazing, of course, just like with any club. If you hit an off-center shot, you know not going to feel great, not going to sound great, right, that's pretty much with any club. But you know the club is 38. We have a 38-inch long regular flex graphite shaft that the club comes with. So the shaft length is never changing, which means how fast you can swing the club also never changes. With a normal set you have graduated length shafts so as you get closer to the driver, the shaft's getting longer, which means you can create more club head speed.

Speaker 3: 52:24

So what you'll find is, with clubs that are near that 38-inch, with regular clubs that are near that 38-inch length, that would be like a 5-iron, 6-iron, 7-iron, 8-iron those types of clubs you're going to find very similar distances to what you hit your normal clubs. Where you have some difference is on the edges right. So when you're down, when you're down hitting the um, the hybrid, well, a hybrid shaft is normally about 41 inches long and this is 38. So you're not going to see the ball go as far with the sand wedge like I would take a normal sandwich normally. Normally hit it maybe 105, 110 with this sand wedge, because you typically aren't going to grip all the way as far down as you would with a sandwich, although with our 13-inch extra long grip you can. Yeah, but most people just end up using the cue at one place on the grip. That just becomes natural. Some people slide up and down just depending on the shot, but anyways, I hit my sandwich 125 yards.

Speaker 3: 53:24

So you know it goes a little longer with the shorter clubs. It goes a little shorter with the longer clubs. But again, like any other piece of equipment, you can learn to adjust. And if you find that it isn't working for you off the tee and you're just not getting it out there far enough, you have two options. One, bring along your favorite wood. Now you only have two clubs. It's still an incredible experience. Or second of all, if, when you're playing with the cue, maybe you want to move up a t-set, so maybe instead of playing the blue t's you play the white t's. Maybe instead of playing the white t's you play the four t's.

Speaker 1: 53:53

It's still a fun game yeah, you don't have to play the tips every time no no, I don't want to on the big long, because courses are longer nowadays and I would not want to play the tips, I would. Just it would hurt too badly.

Speaker 3: 54:06

Yeah yeah, we put too much pressure on our games when we try to play far back and be like tour pros. The real fun of the game is is everything from a, you know, let's say, 120, and that's where the real fun happens.

Speaker 1: 54:20

Yeah, I mean, and what my brain is hearing is that what I'm giving up in distance on, say, a driver and, uh, four or five, maybe something like that I'm gaining in control because it's a shorter shaft, I'm gonna have better control over it, but then also what I lose with my sand wedge. I can gain some distance with that but also not lose control. So it sounds to me like this is a club that will be. That would give me better control and I'll stay in the fairway a little more maybe.

Speaker 3: 54:48

You make a great point. That kind of brings us back around to the idea of my handicap with 14 clubs will be my handicap with Q, and a lot of that too is because most amateur golfers are going to. They're going to take a driver out there just like everybody else, but they might have two, three penalty strokes around, maybe more, and so when you're just hitting something like the cue in hybrid setting, if you miss the fairway, that's kind of a big deal. Maybe you're in the rough, but certainly you eliminate those penalty strokes, and so that's kind of what helps bring this court down as well.

Speaker 1: 55:22

So great point yeah, what would you say in the hybrid setting? What would you say the average distance might be for somebody? Uh, I mean, like I've got a hybrid, I normally hit 180. It's a nice controllable club, you know. Uh, what would you say with the, with this one?

Speaker 3: 55:37

yeah. So with the uh, with the 20 degree hybrid, I hit mine, let's say, 5% shorter, 10% shorter. So if I was hitting my hybrid, you know 235, something like that, now I'm actually going to get 235 total. I'm not going to get 235 carried right, so I can still get out there to that distance carried right, so I can still get out there to that distance and in fact I still hit that thing 250 yards sometimes, if you get a nice fairway, that's. You know that's not soft. So it also depends on where you're playing.

Speaker 3: 56:11

And I'll give you another great example of that is there's another setting between the putter and the hybrid. It's called stinger and it's 12 degrees. Now you can swing as hard as you want at that. You tee it up, you swing as hard as you want it. That you tee it up, you swing as hard as you want, that thing will not get higher than your head, it just shoots out there. So let's say you're on a golf course and you got a downhill hole, that's a great time to use that stinger, because it's going to go really low land, bounce and roll forever. Yeah, I was just out in Arizona a couple weeks ago. Their fairways are very firm I had a 305-yard stinger, so with that club right there, right, and now it only flew about 180, but it rolled about 120.

Speaker 3: 56:51

So, I don't care how it got out to 320. I mean 305, but it got out there. So that's kind of the cool part. But yeah, you'll find, with the hybrid you you're gonna probably be about 10 percent shorter overall yeah, okay, I have in relation to what you just said.

Speaker 1: 57:06

I have a good friend. He's a golf pro and he said uh, he played an ugly round but he scored awesome and his buddy was complaining about it. At the end he he laid some really good wisdom on me. He said that nobody draws a picture of the round. Okay, the you just put a number on the scorecard.

Speaker 1: 57:23

Exactly, that's right, man. Well, I'm super pumped to try this. As a matter of fact, we're in Nashville, Tennessee, right now because I had a gig with my big band and I've got three buddies I'm going out to play with. I'll just give a shout-out to them Reggie Smith, Benji Gaither and Larry Hall, and they all have full sets of clubs. I've got this, we're all going to try it out. But this is my round today with this thing. It's my first day out and I've just got hey, we're going to have fun, I'm going to go for it, man. So today is the day I'm going to try this bad boy out.

Speaker 1: 57:57

And look those who can see this I just have to show you. Just push it in and turn it. Look at that. I mean it's just that easy and it locks into place right.

Speaker 3: 58:07

This is awesome. The genius of the mechanism is how easy it is to adjust, but also the way that it's designed. On the inside is like a set of teeth, and when you're swinging that golf club and you have the forces of the swing trying to pull the head off, you actually have these teeth that are tightening together and so as you swing, the golf club is becoming more and more solid at impact.

Speaker 1: 58:30

That's awesome, cause that was I'm glad you said that was one of my questions. Man, I'm super pumped about this, looking forward to play with it. Is there anything that I need to know about this club?

Speaker 3: 58:39

That's sort of an insider secret, cause I need all of them I can get, or you know what I just tell people practice solves a lot of things, but just like, like I said, before any new piece of equipment, you got to spend a little bit of time with it, whether it's a bucket of balls or a couple rounds of golf, and eventually you learn how to adapt and adopt that into your game, and I think that's going to happen. So today you're going to go out there and you're going to hit some terrible shots, but you do in regular golf.

Speaker 3: 59:06

And you're going to go out there today and you're going to hit some great shots and it's going to be a lot of fun. And I like that you said that, because one of the things that is brought up on social media let's say, for example, a lot is hey, that club's not legal for play, and that's true, it's not. You can't go play with that in a USGA event or the US Open, right? But again, how many people are, how many golfers are actually competitive golfers versus the ones that are going out there and they're hoping to enjoy their experience on the golf course? This is what QGen2 and this is what QGolf is all about is we want to maximize the enjoyment and maximize the fun on the golf course.

Speaker 3: 59:43

So I know today you're going to have a great time.

Speaker 1: 59:46

Oh, absolutely, man Dude you're. You're singing my song, scott. I appreciate it so much. Bro. It's awesome having you on today and I'm so looking forward to playing with this and also big family, big family tournament every time I go home, so I'm looking forward to taking this out with them as well.

Speaker 3: 1:00:02

Well, that's wonderful, and if you guys have questions down the road, you just reach out to me, happy to help you answer any questions you have, absolutely.

Speaker 2: 1:00:09

And how do people get their own version? Y'all have been speaking a lot of Greek to me today. But what we love about this is the portability, the simplicity and how fun it is. And so, scott, if people want to get their hands on this for Father's Day and I know that this particular episode, depending on when y'all are listening, there's still time what you can do is place the order for your club and show the picture.

Speaker 2: 1:00:35

put the picture of the club on its way to your fellow dad in your life and say on its way to your fellow dad in your life and say, hey, this is en route and this is what you're getting for Father's Day, and they can open up and look. You know, they know it's on the way, but whether it's this year or, you know, down the road, how can they get it?

Speaker 3: 1:00:55

Well, if they're in the US and this episode comes out at least three days before Father's Day, then they can order it and it'll be there in two to three days. So we just use Amazon's fulfillment centers and things like that so we've got our product all throughout Amazon. They'll ship it out to you. So if you're in the US, you can get it in two or three days. All you have to do is go to qgolfcom Very easy and you just click on the shop button when you get there and then you can order it and it'll be there two to three days and you'll be ready to give it to your dad as a special gift on father's day I love it.

Speaker 1: 1:01:30

My dad just turned 90 and we played golf yeah my three brothers and my dad.

Speaker 3: 1:01:35

It's it's awesome to still be able to do that yeah, oh, I mean, that's the most special part to me. My dad introduced me to the game when I was 10 years old and we used to go to Pebble Beach. I've got pictures of he and I when I'm 15, and he's in his 40s. And now I'm in my 40s and he's 80, and we're still out there spending four hours together. Golf is amazing and I'm so glad that you guys are playing it and that you're sharing QGen2 with your audience, because that just satisfies us as a company and as people that are golfers. Well, we're golfers, we started a company, but we're golfers just like everyone else. We love the game. So to see people enjoying it and having fun and families coming together and friends coming together, that's what it's all about.

Speaker 1: 1:02:19

Yes, yeah, that's great. So go now to Q, the letter Q golfcom, Qgolfcom.

Speaker 2: 1:02:26

And we'll have that in our show notes. So you just go there and check it out.

Speaker 1: 1:02:29

Yeah, scott Dolly has been our guest today.

Speaker 2: 1:02:31

Thanks, so much man.

Speaker 1: 1:02:32

This has been awesome and I'm so proud of you using the club.

Speaker 3: 1:02:35

Awesome, have a good time. Thanks, man.

Speaker 2: 1:02:39

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Speaker 2: 1:03:02

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Speaker 1: 1:03:12

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