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Category: Way Way Back
Way, Way Back! My press credential for VP Bush’s visit to Naples in 1981
Today (July 4, 2026), for a “Way, Way Back!” feature, I’m posting this image of my first “important” press pass … More
Way, Way Back! Yes, I was at Vacation Bible School in 1960
Usually, my “Way, Way Back” posts are photos that I shot 40+ years ago. However, today, it is this photo … More
Way, Way Back! It was the ‘Golden Bear’ and his iconic caddie Angelo Argea
Here’s the latest in my “Way, Way Back” series of photographs. The photo shows golfing’s greatest-ever Jack Nicklaus and his … More
Way, Way Back! My high chair (restored) from 1957
My previous posts on my ”Way, Way Back!” topic have been photos I’ve taken. However, today (Monday, May 25, 2026), … More
Honda Classic? It gained stardom with Jackie ‘The Great One’ Gleason
I posted this photo two years ago as a “Way, way back” image. Back in the day, I shot photographs … More
My blog reaches the milestone of 100,000 page views!
Well, it took just a little longer than seven years, but my blog has reached 100,000 page views. Yes, I … More
Today is the seventh anniversary of my blog … so, THANK YOU! to those who’ve visited
Today, May 22, 2021, is the seventh anniversary of my blog that I call “A Gator in Naples.” I’ve been … More
Way, Way Back! It was fun taking photos of Nicklaus on tour in the ’70s
Here’s the latest in my “Way, Way Back” series of photographs. I took this photo of golfing great Jack Nicklaus … More
Way, Way Back! Leaves during a UF football weekend in Georgia in ’78
Here’s another in my “Way, Way Back” series of photographs. I took this photo in October of 1978 during a … More
Way, Way Back! President Ford had lost an election, but he still hit the links!
OK, here’s another from back in the 1970s. I photographed Jackie Gleason’s Inverarry Classic in the Lauderhill suburb of Fort … More
Way, Way Back! A photographic metaphor of the White House in ’74
I took this photo of the White House in the spring of 1974 during my high school’s senior class trip. … More
Way, Way Back! Nicklaus and Trevino share a laugh …
Today marks the end of the 2020 Honda Classic pro-golf tournament. Well, back in the day (way, way back), it … More
Way, Way Back! Presidential security a little less obvious in ’75
This weekend brings the climax of the 2020 Honda Classic pro-golf tournament. Well, back in the day (way, way back), … More
Way, Way Back! ‘The Great One’ was great on the golf course, too!
Way, way back in the day … I shot photographs at the Doral Open (Miami) and Jackie Gleason Inverarry Classic … More
Way, Way Back! From Bourbon Street in New Orleans in November ’77
Way, way back in the day … I went to New Orleans in November 1977 to attend a journalism convention … More