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Parenting doesn't mean the end of adventure - it's just the beginning of a different kind of journey. In this heartwarming Father's Day episode, Ryan from Dad Travel Blog joins The Romies to share his wisdom on creating unforgettable family travel experiences that strengthen bonds and shape young worldviews.

When Ryan's family discovered the magical Swiss town of Lauterbrunnen, with its spectacular waterfalls and mountain trails, it made such an impression they returned the following summer. But the true magic happened after coming home - his children spontaneously began learning French and German, demonstrating how travel plants seeds of curiosity that continue growing long after the suitcases are unpacked.

"Working full-time, you lose that connection. They're in school, I'm at work, we're doing activities at night... You don't always get to know your kid fully," Ryan explains, highlighting perhaps travel's greatest gift: uninterrupted time together. Those shared adventures - whether navigating foreign transit systems or simply watching a sunset in a new place - create a special kind of family glue that withstands the test of time.

For parents hesitant about the logistics of traveling with young ones, Ryan offers practical wisdom: start small with local adventures, build in downtime between activities, always pack extra snacks, and embrace the unexpected moments (like when his toddler began distributing their snacks to fellow airline passengers!). The goal isn't Instagram-perfect memories but authentic experiences that help children develop adaptability, curiosity, and openness.

This episode also features Scott from Q Golf, showcasing their innovative all-in-one adjustable golf club that breaks down to fit in a suitcase - perfect for the traveling dad who wants to squeeze in a round without lugging a full set of clubs- Perfect for Father's Day!

Whether you're planning your first family trip or your fiftieth, this conversation will inspire you to create adventures that strengthen your family's bonds while nurturing the next generation of curious, open-hearted travelers. Subscribe, rate, and follow @TheROAMies to join us on future journeys!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Alexa and I'm Rory, and together we are the
Romies.
We are married.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
To each other.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Right, we are a touring musical duo.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
And our music has taken us to all kinds of places
all around the world and keepsus always on the go.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
So we hope you enjoy our stories and adventures while
running around working to keepall your plates spinning.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
And we hope, to facilitate your busy lifestyle
and feed your inner travel bug.
Hi everyone, we have a specialFather's Day edition for you
today.
We did this with Mother's Dayand we thought, hey, let's
represent the dads and get themsome love and support.

(00:44):
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You're going to hear more aboutwhat 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 whatwe're going to be hearing about
later in the episode.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
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(01:44):
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(02:06):
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(03:10):
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Speaker 2 (03:27):
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, withdad travel blog today's guest.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
He is the ultimate dad on the go, ryan.
Ryan with Dad Travel Blog.
Welcome, man, all right.

Speaker 4 (03:47):
Thanks for having me guys Appreciate it.
Yeah, man.

Speaker 1 (03:50):
It seems that you've not only mastered the art of
stroller-friendly sightseeing,but you've also built this
wonderful global community ofadventurous fathers who believe,
like you do, that parenthooddoesn't have to stop your pause,
your passion for travel.
Does that sound like anaccurate statement?

Speaker 4 (04:09):
Very accurate.
Yes, definitely.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
From epic road trips to toddler meltdowns mid-flight,
ryan keeps it real, practicaland hilarious.
So whether you're a seasoneddad traveler just thinking about
your family's first trip,you're going to love his insight
, wisdom and, of course, you'llfind out here survival tips.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yes, as we tip our hats to dads and all you do and
how wonderful you are on thisepisode, we are just really glad
to dive in and have you as ourguest.
So thanks for joining.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Yeah, absolutely so.
As we jump in, everyone grabyour go patch, pack your snacks
and get ready to be inspiredthis Father's Day.
So, ryan, I'm curious whatinspired you to start Dad Travel
Blog?
And that's the first part ofthe question.
The second is how has itevolved since you became a dad?

Speaker 4 (05:04):
Yeah, so I actually started this blog about a little
over a year ago.
I really wanted to startwriting about our experiences
traveling as a family.
We are not a travel family.
First of all.
We have jobs, our kids are inschool activities.
We just have a passion fortraveling as much as we can when
time off allows and kidsschedules allow.

(05:27):
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 oftransformed into we started
Instagram account and it'sreally taken off from there.
Our followers have been wantingkind of more in the sense of

(05:47):
how we've done our trips.
So how it's kind of evolving isinto more itineraries like what
we did on our trips, like howwe did it, just to provide that
information and to help kind ofmake it easier to travel as a
family.
And again, the goal of thisblog is just to inspire other

(06:08):
families to travel in the firstplace.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
So, yeah, yeah, that makes great.
Yeah, it makes total sense andthat's cool that you provide
these things for the people, the.
I just find it very interesting.
The itinerary and then how youpull it off, uh, have got to be
really something for peopletrying to learn this.
Which makes me think right hereat the top, like what is your

(06:31):
most memorable family trip sofar?
Because I've got to imaginethat that really influenced a
lot of your creating youritineraries and stuff and really
digging into how well thisworked.
This didn't work.
I would guess your mostmemorable trip had an influence
on that For sure.

Speaker 4 (06:47):
So I definitely think that our most memorable trip is
when we took our kids toSwitzerland.
We actually went the last, yeah, amazing, wonderful country to
visit.
We've actually gone the lasttwo summers, so the first summer
we went it was kind of justgetting our toes wet, I guess
you could say.
We went back again and we loved.

(07:07):
Because we loved it so much, wewent back again this past
summer and that's, we added anextra day, so we ended up doing
five days and from there we justkind of fine-tuned what we did.
But just the mountains, thehiking, the playgrounds, it's
unbelievable.
And we stayed in a town calledLaderbrunnen which is near
Interlaken, just an amazingsmall town.

(07:28):
You're so connected to allthese other small areas, towns
and you're right in this valleywith these waterfalls everywhere
, just amazing.
And for our kids to experiencethat I mean they thrive in the
outdoors.
I mean they thrive in theoutdoors, you know, kind of
going off of like the itinerary,like we were able to supply,
like provide itinerary, becausewe fine-tuned that I guess two

(07:50):
years in a row and what workedwell for us and to visit all
these areas and our kids wereages well, the first trip it
would have been three to nineand then four to ten for the
second trip, so I mean a widerange of ages.
Right, we have to take care ofthe little one, but also keep
the older kids interested too.

Speaker 2 (08:08):
Keep everybody happy.
So before we kind of like movefurther, like tell us where
you're based and how many kidsdo you have?

Speaker 4 (08:16):
Yeah, so I'm based in .
Minnesota is where we live inthe Twin Cities area.
We've got three kids 10, ourdaughter'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 andthen our youngest, he will be
five at the end of the month.
So they all have birthdayspretty close to each other.
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
It's a good spread.
Yes, so Switzerland was quite adifferent.
Like Minnesota has some verycool landscape, but it's still
very different from switzerland,like that's been your favorite
so far.
Do you feel like you're moremountain people than beach
people?
So because I like rory and Ilike we're more mountain people,
because we are addicted toswitzerland, that was one thing

(08:56):
that, like I really did with you.

Speaker 4 (08:57):
Yeah, yeah, I would say, oh, that's tough.
Um, mountains or beach.
I mean, I think the kids wouldprobably take either, to be
honest, because they love theocean and they love playing in
the sand.
I think there's something aboutthe mountains, though.
I mean, we don't have mountainsin Minnesota, obviously We've
got, you know, hills and trees,and it's beautiful here too, but
there's something about hikingthose mountains, seeing just the

(09:20):
peaks, and whether it's rainyor not, it's just a magical
experience.
Yeah, so I would go withmountains.
I think our kids still saytheir favorite trip is
Switzerland, but I think beacheswould probably be like number
two.

Speaker 2 (09:33):
Right, they're not going to argue if you take them
to the beach.

Speaker 4 (09:37):
No, they're not going to complain if we're going to
go to the ocean?
No for sure not.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
Well, if you haven't yet been, there is I'll post
some pictures from here on oursocials but there is a magical
place in the Italian part ofSwitzerland, so where, where
Ryan was talking about withLauterbrunnen, that's more in
kind of like the German speakingpart In Switzerland.
You've got your German and yourFrench and your Italian regions
, and so I don't know, ryan, ifyou have been to the Italian

(10:07):
part, but if not, I will sharethe location with you for your
next trip.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
Oh, that's awesome.
There is this like magicalwater.

Speaker 2 (10:14):
It's super clear and the rocks underneath are all
different colors, like turquoiserocks 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 thehike.
You start, you have this balland as you are hiking down the

(10:38):
mountain, the ball goes throughthese 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 thishouse house thing, or like a
playground theme, but there'sall of these different like
experiences and you follow theball 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 belike extra fun.

(11:08):
I haven't shared that with ourviewers yet, so I will.
We'll make, we'll use this asan excuse.
Yes, Please share Okay.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
Yeah, please share.
Yeah, we are.
We're huge fans and we knowLauterbrunnen very well.
Gosh, we've been to switzerland30 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 thejungfrau region, which is
exactly where you guys were andanyway we could talk a long time
about that, but it's about youwell and I just say too, like
you got to go to this magicalplace having a real job, like a
quote unquote normal family.
You were finding a way toinsert this magic into your life

(11:51):
, and I think that's really whatit's about is that it's doable
and that's what your itinerariesdo.
It makes it practical.
This is something that if wecan 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 kidsall under, like 10 and under.
What does that balance looklike 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 lotabout being flexible we do, when
we do come up with ouritinerary of what we want to do,
like on a trip, we do have tobe somewhat structured because
we want to know, like, whatwe're doing, right.
We don't want to get there andthen be like, oh, what are we
doing?
So we have a kind of a plan foreach day, but we don't put a

(12:43):
lot on each day.
We try to keep it flexible.
We also try to build in likerest days or break after you
know, afternoons where you havea break just to let everybody
have kind of like some chilltime, Because if you just go, go
, go the entire time, it's itgets overwhelming or it can get
overwhelming for everybody.

(13:04):
That way the kids can play,they can.
You know, we again we try tofind a playground to go to any
way to kind of not make it feelstressful because the whole
point of taking the trip shouldnot be about stress.

Speaker 1 (13:13):
Right, right, yeah, sometimes we make it that way,
yeah, yes, so okay, in relationto that, are there any travel
hacks that are your go-to whenyou'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 snacksbecause you will run out.
So I think, for sure you knowflying.
We always think flying can beeasier.
I mean, I think you can goeither way flying or road
tripping.
I think sometimes, when the kidsare strapped into a car and
there's a meltdown in the middleof a interstate, like you can't

(13:46):
do anything right, at leastwith a plane you can like get
out of your seat and you cankind of assist the child.
So you know, I think anythingyou can do.
You know we, even though we tryto limit screen time iPads and
headphones, obviously, to beable to watch shows and movies,
they, you know we have our kidsbring books along.
Our four-year-old loves stickerbooks.

(14:06):
He would use sticker books allday long if he could.
So we always have extra stickerbooks with so that he always
has something to do, especiallyeven if you're at the gate
waiting to board the plane.
Even right, any downtime canget very boring for kids, so
just having them have somethingto do can really help for sure

(14:28):
yeah, I remember as a childtraveling overseas and this was
back before the modernincarnation of video games.

Speaker 1 (14:36):
But there were the.
There was the little car gamewith the two steering wheels and
you could and it was.
It was literally connected.
So when you turn the steeringwheel, this plastic thing moved
the car you're trying to dodgeother cars, or the little little
pinball thing that's about fouror six inches high and you're
playing pinball with bb's.
Just anything like that wouldkeep us distracted.
And so, yes, well, let me giveour parents some peace.

(14:57):
Yes, yes, definitely.
Yeah.
So in your travels, I knowthings can get pretty crazy
sometimes and maybe you getsomewhere and you think, oh,
this is nothing like I thoughtit would be.
Everyone's going to be sodisappointed.
Have your kids ever made acomment or there been a moment
when they surprised you and saidsomething that changed your

(15:18):
perspective?

Speaker 4 (15:19):
You know, I think, in regards to that definitely and
maybe not even changed, inregards to that definitely and
maybe not even change, I justdidn't change my perspective,
maybe solidified, kind of whatwe want to encourage our kids,
you know, with traveling toexperience.
When we traveled last year toEurope we visited Germany and
France Our kids just thought itwas so cool to like not hear

(15:40):
English all the time, and so itinspired them.
They came back home and theywanted to learn.
My daughter wanted to learnFrench, my son wanted to learn
German, so they both took upDuolingo.
They've been practicing and,you know, trying to learn the
foreign language.
So I think it just shows, likethe impact of like a trip, what
that can actually do.
I think that's a memory, like,hey, dad, I want to learn, I

(16:02):
want to learn, I want to learnthis.
When I get back home, like howcool is that.

Speaker 2 (16:06):
You can do the Duolingo family plan.
We can discourage them.
No, you don't want to learnother languages.
What's fun is with themlearning German and French.
Next time you go to Switzerland, one's going to get you around
the German part and the otherone's going to get you around
the French part of Switzerland.
So be set, yeah said, yeah Iget 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 wifecould learn romanche, which is
the fourth national language.
So what destinations, would yousay, are especially dad
friendly or great for father kidbonding?

Speaker 4 (16:39):
so I think, as we've talked about, I think, mountains
and and outdoor locations, forsure, you know, even hiking in
like national parks or even likeyour state or local parks, can
be like really great areas toexplore.
You know, we, even on theweekends, we try to find a new
state park to go to when wehaven't been to before, just to
like explore something new.

(17:00):
Sometimes the kids, if they goback to the same thing over and
over again, they can maybeget-unquote bored.
But just trying to keep itfresh and new, even like theme
parks too, though you know,disneyland, legoland, can be
really fun, you know places togo to bring your kids, find your
favorite ride to go on, uh,experience something that's
memorable.
So that definitely those wouldbe my destinations, I would

(17:22):
think yeah, so getting out andabout 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 isa 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 playinggames all day yeah, and not that
we restrict our kids from likevideo games and stuff, because
they definitely have their fairshare of ipad games and that
type of thing.
Getting them to experience likereal world you know adventures
right as much as you can I mean,even if you can go somewhere,

(18:01):
like I said, locally or like inyour state exploring somewhere
new can just really encouragethem to find a passion in that
as well.
So, yeah, I think we enjoy it.
Let's put it that way I enjoyit, we enjoy it.

Speaker 1 (18:15):
That's awesome.
So for you guys, it'senergizing as well and it's not
like, oh, we need to take ourkids somewhere.

Speaker 4 (18:20):
Exactly, yes, it keeps us energized, right?
I mean, we're working 40 hoursa week too, and we want to be
able to experience life as welloutside 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 thingsis I've noticed that a lot like
with church mission trips, forexample, when we've been on
church mission trips we aregoing to a foreign country with
all of these people that we mayor may not know well, and we're
going to an all new place andyou find that in a week you are

(18:59):
so close to those people, theteam you went with you're now
besties because you've done thisthing that was out of your norm
, it was out of your comfortzone, and everybody's doing that
together and there's somethingsort of like magic about it
where it the relationships thatare doing that all new out of my

(19:20):
comfort zone experiencetogether.
There's a knitting of thoserelationships out of my comfort
zone experience together.
There's a knitting of thoserelationships, and so to me that
just makes so much sense thatgetting out and doing that and
going to places that are new toyou as well, because your kids
are seeing you in a newenvironment and so they're
learning oh, how does mom adjustto this new thing?

(19:41):
How does dad adjust to this?
Wow, they don't wear shoes here.
How weird.
You know whatever it is, andseeing how you've been learning
from you and also, just likeeverybody's, like did that just
really happen?
Oh, my goodness.
You know like you're just allshocked at being together or
you're happy about thingstogether.
So those are like sharedmoments that you can't buy.

(20:03):
They're just priceless thingsthat travel for a family, I
think.

Speaker 4 (20:08):
It for sure does.
And I think you know gettingoutside of your own comfort like
you mentioned, comfort zone,your own little bubble, right, I
think we can get so used tolike how we do things that we
think that's the only way to dothings.
I think you know traveling alsosparks curiosity and learning.
And be like oh wow, that'spretty cool, like what they did
in this city or country orwhatever, Like that's different

(20:30):
than when we get back home andthat actually makes a lot more
sense, so like even innovation,like thinking about, like where
their minds are going withthings, not only for us as
adults but our kids yeah, Ithink 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 likebringing travel home and so,
like the bet, when you weresaying that the best example I
can think of is first time wewere in Switzerland together.
We get, we go into this roomwith like a double bed, but
there were two comforterthingies and I was like I had

(21:04):
never seen that before, like weeach get our own cover, okay.
Well, it turned out that wasthe coolest thing ever, and ever
since then that's how we'vedone our beds.
Yeah, because you don't havethat sheet that's making all
this mess.
It's super easy to make yourbed, because it's one thing and
I'm not fighting numbers withhim and it's super great and so

(21:25):
and I can always change mybedspread because it was.
you know, if you get like anIkea one that's, like, you know,
not crazy expensive, you canchange out your bed and like
whatever.
And I'm just like, yes, sothat's an example of like how I
learned, like something that Ibrought home and integrated into
my daily life from the travelexperience.
There's like your kids learningthe language, taking home

(21:46):
something new to learn, but alsojust 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 upas we travel and the things we
learn.
Have you noticed a differencein your kids and values they're
picking up because of the travelyou'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 tothey don't really like change
right, they like having thingsbe the same, that they're
comfortable with that.
A lot of kids ours especiallycan be like that, that
especially to get really pickywith food and different things.
So I think you know you arepresented with there are no

(22:30):
other options, right, like forlike, for instance, when you go
out to a restaurant you're notgoing to have the same food in a
different country potentiallythat you would hear.
So you almost have to areforced to try something new.
But it also makes them curiousoh, wow, what's that?
What does that taste like?
Oh, that's really cool.
I want to have that when I getback home.
Can we find that when we getback home and I think also just

(22:52):
being, like you mentionedearlier too, closer than as a
family, we get so used to, justgetting so spread thin with all
the things we have to pile on toour day-to-day lives, just
focusing on what matters most?
I think those are our valuesthat you can pass on to your
kids too, because they canrealize, wow, this is so cool to
have this special family timetogether and we got to

(23:13):
experience that as an, as afamily, and without
interruptions and block of time.

Speaker 1 (23:18):
So yeah, that's that's so cool.
Have you found that thetraveling and the building of
relationships with your kids anddifferent situations that
you're not used to at home, likeyou just said have you found
that when you go back home, youknow your kids in a way that you
otherwise would not have knownthem, and has it helped your
relationship with your kids onceyou are home long term?

(23:40):
Have you found that?

Speaker 4 (23:41):
for sure.
I think working, especiallyworking full-time, you lose that
connection.
They're in school.
I'm at work, we do are doingkids activities, adult
activities at night, right?
Um, you don't always get toknow your kid fully.
I think traveling, when you'rewith each other 24-7 for a

(24:02):
specific amount of time, you getto know them All that time.
That went from the previoustime where you spend a bunch of
time together.
It's almost like it was renewed.
It got refreshed.
You get to know them as aperson.
The kids are constantlychanging different ages.
Refreshed you get to know themas a person.
The kids are constantlychanging different ages, right.

(24:23):
And sometimes you know theyopen up about things they might
not have had time to open upwith you about.
So I think I found that thathas been amazing with travel and
helps us to bond more and tolearn more about what's going on
in their lives and what we cando, 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 yourinteraction with them, but they
get to know you guys as well,and it sounds like it's also
changed a bit their interactionwith 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 whateveractivities might be doing.
Or oh, I didn't realize dadlikes to do this.
Or you know whatever activitiesmight be doing.
Or oh, I didn't realize, dadliked that ice cream or
something.
You know what I mean.
Like you might find anything ona trip, whereas if you're not
spending that quality timetogether, 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 mintchocolate chip ice cream.
Gatlinburg, tennessee.
Okay mom loves mint chocolatechip ice cream Gatlinburg,
tennessee.
Okay, mom loves mint chocolatechip.
I didn't know that, so do Iyeah.

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 alwaysunpredictable things going on,
and so I'm sure that, even asyou face maybe something
difficult in travel, thatthere's again, there's that

(25:55):
bonding, there's that glue oflike, hey, we as a family we got
through this, together or Forsure, yeah, so is there a funny
or unexpected dad moment inrelation to what she said that
has happened on one of yourtrips 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 outsnacks in the airplane and he
started handing them out toother people in in the plane.
So you know what?
No, it is right, because I'mgiving it to him and he's giving

(26:24):
them out to other people.
So that is definitely onememorable 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 correctthat 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 comingup.
Let's talk about Father's Day.
Okay, If you could plan theultimate 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 flyfive people that far.
So I would say that exploringboth as much as we could, for
sure, new zealand and parts ofaustralia as much as we could, I
think I would rent like acamper van and just like go

(27:32):
around right, waterfalls hiking,but also see the cities too,
and just do everything.
That would be an amazing tripand I would spend as long as we
needed to be able to seeeverything.

Speaker 1 (27:48):
Yeah, man, that's awesome.
Same with us.
New Zealand, australia.
We got to go to those two andas a kid we would take the
camper.
We would call it motorhomes,because it's not a pull behind.
Family vacations in themotorhome Awesome.
So yeah, kudos, dude, thatsounds 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 gotto spend two days of that
getting there and two daysgetting 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 beenough no doubt.
I mean, you could spend twoweeks in switzerland alone, and
and so I can like huge place ifyou knew that you could keep

(28:36):
going back, it would be a littlebit more tangible, like
palatable, to say, okay, thetime 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 becomemore of an issue.
I mean already kids that agehave done a bazillion things.
Kids nowadays are so busy Imean clubs and sports that go
year round.
Now it position you guys are inthat feel a little bit
overwhelmed by the idea oftraveling with their kids and

(29:14):
trying to make it happen.
Time away as a family reallycan help bond that family closer
, distraction free there's somany distractions all the time

(29:42):
and you can always get that timetogether.

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 myopinion yeah, just do it, just
yeah, just Exactly, I think justgo out and do it, because even
if it seems difficult, it'srewarding, and not only I mean
you have to have a passion fortravel, I think yourself too.

(30:06):
I think you have to want totravel 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, gosomewhere, 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 youdon't hear enough from your
kids, that when you travel youhear more.
As a father, that makes you go.
Yeah, this is nice, this isgood.

Speaker 4 (30:34):
I think just the you know, seeing what, the things
that they see, right, thelandscapes, just the reactions
to maybe something that wasdifferent, the food, like I
mentioned, the customs, thingsthat are just different.
Uh, it doesn't have to even beoverseas, right?
So even here locally or in ourown country, in different
depending on where you go in ourcountry, things can be way

(30:55):
different, right, science can bedifferent.
Just Just experiencing that andhaving them ask those questions
and be like, oh, that'sdifferent, that's different, and
then kind of talking about itand experiencing that together,
and being present with them, asthey are experiencing something
new and experiencing thatcuriosity that you talked about.

Speaker 2 (31:13):
Yeah, I keep coming back to what, like, my brain
keeps coming back to what youbrought about of just even like
making room with state parks andmaking that happen, even if
it's a different state park, youdon't feel like you do want to

(31:36):
get out and travel, theimportance and the impact that
it makes on your family and yourchildren, the things that we've
talked about.
Yeah, like maybe even a guy thatdoesn't want to get out too
much.
He likes being home becausehe's always at work all the time
, so being home is his refuge orsomething like that.
But realizing the positiveimpact it has on your family,

(31:57):
maybe something like a statepark is enough of a getaway for
everybody, but it's not too muchfor 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, gosomewhere 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 ityou learn and you adapt Right,

(32:30):
and then keep pushing yourselffurther and further, whatever
works best for you.
Or if it is just staying inyour own state and exploring
those state parks or local parks, that's great too.
Maybe you can do fishing or youknow, I don't know renting a
boat or you know something whereyou can get out and just
experience nature.

(32:50):
I think just getting out of ourhouses and outside fresh air
can be exhilarating for most ofus, just breathing that fresh
air.

Speaker 2 (33:02):
And I think also building trips, maybe about
something that you arepassionate about, like maybe you
grew up and your dad took youfishing and you always went
fishing and that's yourperception of what vacation is
is going fishing with dad.
So maybe that's great and youlove that.
You can try to replicate thatwith your kids.

(33:23):
But maybe you didn't reallylike fishing.
You just did it because yourdad made you go.
So now that you're the dad andnow that you're the one making
the decision, like I really likecomic books, I'd rather just go
to a town and find the comicbook stores and just do a trip
of comic book store hopping.

(33:44):
It doesn't have to be a statepark.
It can be what excites you.
That would get you going andmake you excited, or be a
vacation that would be fun foryou.

Speaker 1 (33:54):
From my experience as a child, growing up with
parents that did enjoy traveling.
We had a park near the housethat mom would take us to and my
perspective changed because ofthe things she said while we
were at the park and seeing whatshe thought of things.
For example, she loves thesound of crows, you know.
Okay, you get a bird song, Iunderstand that.

(34:15):
Mockingbirds nearby, oh, that'sreally nice.
But crows?
But because she told me thatand there were lots of crows at
this state park I grew up inSouth Louisiana there were from
crows to alligators, to pelicansI mean, you name it right
Nutri-rats, everything, loads ofsnakes.
But the fact that she keptsaying that about crows as a kid
made me go okay, I need tolisten differently.

(34:38):
Something.
She likes it and she's anawesome woman, right?
So what am I missing?
So then I listened to Crowsdifferently and now, because of
her perspective, when I hearCrows it's completely different.
Something as simple as that achild getting to know their
parent can change theperspective of something that to

(34:59):
them previously was like yeah,and because something becomes
something really special, to usfor sure.
So I think that's somethingthat, as a child looking at it
and us not being parents, that Ithink.
As parents, you guys have thiswonderful opportunity, even if
you think your child's gonna go.
Oh, oh, come on.

(35:19):
What are you kidding me thatyour 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 onetrip we drove all the way down
to Florida, back up throughWashington DC and back home I'm
originally from North drove allthe way down to Florida, back up
through Washington DC and backhome.
I'm originally from NorthDakota, so that was a long
journey up and down, right.

(35:45):
I think we spent over two weekson that trip when I was a
teenager.
But all the things that we sawon that trip was so cool, it was
so different from what was backhome and, you know, it also
inspired me to want to go outwith down the road, right
Hindsight.
It inspired me to want to dothe same thing.
I also backpacked through Europewhen I was in college and that

(36:08):
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 donethat, right what I have had what
would have changed.
So it's like, it's so formative.
Think about everything you dowhen you're younger.
It it sets you up for the restof your life and it's it's so,
so formative, like with, withwhat you do and what you are

(36:30):
going to do in your future.
So a hundred percent.

Speaker 1 (36:32):
Yes, yeah, it's amazing.
Parents have the opportunity toreally see formation happen in
their kids.
When I was a boy, we traveledto Central America, to Honduras,
a number of times and we workedwith street kids and with the
homeless.
And as a little kid, seeing inthe mountains the kids with the
children with the swollenbellies who are laying there not

(36:53):
really moving, much flies intheir face and stuff my
perspective of the world wascompletely reoriented and oh,
this is, this is real life.
And as a kid I wasn't seeing itlike, oh, that's so sad.
You just it sticks with youthat this is real life and this
is what the world is really likein some places and people live
like this and it does more thanjust change the perspective of

(37:17):
that place.
It changed your wholeperspective on life, how you see
people.
It's really impactful.
And going to other countriesabsolutely do that for kids.
Or going to the state park andseeing other people and how they
are and how they interact, andmeeting kids they don't know and
playing with them or hangingout, and completely change the
perspective of the kids.

(37:37):
Parents, you guys have so muchpower, even in today's society
where we're kind of told thatthey 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 onyour kids and travel is a
wonderful, wonderful way to dothat.
I'm so glad you're tapping intothat.

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 frommy parents with my parents went
to Florida for spring break, soit was really nice to see them
and to just hang out for like aweek.
We see them every few months,but it's something when you get
away from the daily chores andthe daily everything that goes

(38:20):
on in the house when you'revisiting.
Either they visit here or wevisit there, just getting away
and talking and catching up.
We went to a couple not themeparks but roadside things in
Florida, just kind of alligatorthings and just experiencing new
things together.
I think that's part of it.
When I was a kid we went up toCanada and we would go fishing,

(38:40):
so we had some journeys backthen.
Since we've had a family, it'sbeen tougher to take those
one-on-one trips, but it's greatwhen we can all at least travel
as a family with my parents toexperience something during
school breaks or whenever we canget 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 wedidn't drive, we flew this time.
That's a little different, sothat, but that that makes me
think.
So sometimes we talk aboutwellness on yes podcast and how
to travel and stay well when youtravel everything from like not
getting a bug when you get onthe plane because everyone's

(39:28):
sniffling around you dealingwith jet lag and all this sort
of stuff, yeah keeping your dietregimen as much as you can.
That kind of stuff, yeah, arethese things are those things
that you think about as well,especially with children.
Let's all stay healthy, so it'sa 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 Itry 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 beforeeverybody else gets up in the
morning, or taking a short walk,anything we can do meditation,

(40:03):
yoga.
We've even done Anything tokind of keep yourself like in a
good state of mind, because itcan.
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 keepyourself 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 allup, that's a yeah, I think
mental health break for sure.
Yeah definitely, and relationalhealth 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'ssay 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 timetogether.
That's a big thing.

Speaker 4 (40:45):
Yeah, yes, for sure.

Speaker 1 (40:49):
Okay.
So if your kids listen to thispodcast one day, what's one
thing you hope they rememberabout traveling with you when
they're reminiscing?

Speaker 4 (40:59):
I think that we laughed a lot.
We went out and experienced newthings together.
We didn't stop and just go tothe same place all the time.
We wanted to always go to a newplace and we wanted to be
curious together.
We wanted to just chill andhang out and have fun.

(41:21):
I hope that's what they cantake 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 thatthey have a passion for travel
as well.
I think by giving them insightnow, letting them experience it
now, even if it's just local orinternational, I think it gets
them out of the house, it getsthem off their iPads, it gets
them just to experience life andI think that's I hope that they

(41:49):
continue that as they becomeadults.

Speaker 1 (41:52):
I think that it will continue because as they get
older and they are reminiscingand thinking back, they think
back wow, that was really great.
Oh, we were with mom and dadand they were really great.
I think it will carry over andthen when they become parents,
it'll be a value that they carrywith them that you guys have
taken the time.
It's really wonderful that youguys 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 thetraveling is going to stop.
You know, I want to continuethis 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'llmake 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 monthago we're like five hour drive
from them yeah, and because ofgrowing up with them loving
traveling and stuff and usgetting the motorhome and just
going, we love for one thing welove to drive, sometimes just to
get lost, explore and find newthings.
My mom is the same way.

(42:51):
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 havethe blue bonnets which grow.
It's a thing to take the bluebonnet wildflower drive.
And she's like, oh, that's awhole day of driving for you.
And I was like, mom, are youkidding me?
She's like I love driving andjust seeing things and getting
lost.
And I was like, yes, where doyou think I got that?

(43:12):
Let's do it, I'll drive thewhole day.
It'll be awesome.
So even now, with dad vm90 andmom 88, it still plays out in
our lives and it's really,really awesome because that
foundation and that intimacy wasset so long ago and it still
exists and we can stillexperience it.
It's very cool.

(43:32):
That was very cool.
Yeah, one day you'll experiencethat.
I hope so.
So, yes, all right.
So how and where can peoplefind you online to learn more
about this whole dad blog thingand 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 onInstagram, Facebook Threads and
on YouTube as well.
Great, that's awesome.
And so again it's at yep, atdad travel blog.
Are the handles?

Speaker 1 (44:02):
at dad travel blog.
That's where you can connectwith today's guest who is, as I
said, the ultimate yes, dad onthe go, ryan.

Speaker 2 (44:10):
From dad travel blog and we'll put links to all of
where you can find him on ourshow notes, so you can just go
there, click where you can findhim on our show notes, so you
can just go there, click and godiscover him.
And we'll be sharing socials aswell, 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 theywere 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, thankyou.

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 beenplaying golf since I was a wee
little lad, a little boy, but myparents would drop us off at
the golf course at pretty muchdawn and we'd play until after
dark and they'd pick us up backin the day when you could do

(45:04):
leave your kids at a golf courseand 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 golfclubs for this last trip and she
wouldn't let me pack my golfclubs.
She's like, no, there's notroom in the car to bring your
clubs.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
We had no room.
We're traveling for a gig andit's his big band gig, so we
have all of the stand frontsthat are taking up all of the
charts, and so that takes up thewhole entire thing.
Plus we brought the cats, wehave a cat litter, plus our
suitcases were going to be gonefor several weeks, and so it was
kind of like, yeah, there'sabsolutely no room.

Speaker 1 (45:39):
Yeah.
So I told her I could make roomand she just kept fussing don't
bring your clubs.
So I didn't bring my clubs.
And then she hands me a boxwhen we got to Nashville which
is where my gig was and I openedit up and in it is a golf club
and I thought, oh well, this isnice, I have a golf club to play
golf when I have like 13 golfclubs in my bag.

(46:00):
So what's the deal?
And I'm incredibly intriguedabout this, scott, and you are
the expert on this bad boy sotell me, what am I holding here
in my hand and why would she notlet 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 talkingabout today.

Speaker 3 (46:20):
Yeah, Right, I mean think about how many trips we've
gone on, where we've left ourclubs you know at home, because
we didn't have room Right and itdidn't make sense.
So this is just one otherexample.
But, yeah, the reason why Q isone club and why it's such a
great alternative for people whotravel and for people who don't

(46:41):
have a lot of room, don't havea lot of time and that kind of
thing, the Q is amazing becauseit has an adjustable head, so it
actually has eight lofts on oneclub and they go from putter
all the way to lob wedge, so youcan go out and play your entire
round of golf with one club.
It's a simple adjustment youjust push, twist and release

(47:02):
into each setting.
Each setting has a haptic clickso you know exactly where you
are.
And, of course, we spent manyyears refining the design and
making sure that it's durable.
We're proud to offer athree-year manufacturer's
warranty, so we stand behind thedurability of the club.
And then, second of all, if youlook at the shaft there, this

(47:23):
is the generation two of ourclub, and so not only is the
head adjustable, but we now havean adjustable shaft, meaning
that it assembles anddisassembles, so you can unscrew
the shaft, fold it up in half.
It's about 21 inches long whenyou split it up and that can fit
right in your suitcase ifyou're going to be flying, or
again.

(47:43):
You need some portability.
You don't have room for a38-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 yoursuitcase when you're at the
airport.
Tsa and the other securityagencies don't allow golf clubs
in the cabin, but now you don'thave to bring along your big,
oversized luggage and pay forthat and wait for that and lose
it sometimes, as I'm sure youhave and I have.
So yeah, so we just wanted tomake you know.

(48:14):
Really, when we looked at eachother, we said let's make the
ultimate travel club and that'swhat QGen2 is.

Speaker 1 (48:20):
Man, so you mean to tell me.
So we travel the world and whatyou're telling me is that I
don't have to always bring mybig flight case and my clubs and
pay extra.
But if I'm just going somewhereand golf is a side benefit of
where I'm going and not the mainbenefit, I can bring this club
and still play golf with asingle club in my suitcase.

Speaker 3 (48:39):
That's exactly right.
That's exactly what we'resaying is there's a time you're
going to pack all 14 clubs andyou're going to pack the big bag
, You're going on a golf tripand you need and want all 14
clubs.
But, like we just said, howmany times where golf isn't the
main thing?
But if I could bring this alongand I get my work done wherever
I am early and I can go playnine holes, I mean you just

(49:00):
always have it with you.
So this is kind of the golfclub you can take with you
wherever you go.
And if you use it, great.
And if you don't use it, it'snot 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, justwhile you're.
Of course, you're not luggingaround a big thing when you're
playing, so if you were walkingthe course, it'd be super easy,
yeah.

Speaker 3 (49:24):
Well, I had that experience.
You know myself and you willtoo.
But the first time you playwith Q and we just did this at
the show, actually, we went outthere with a couple of folks
who'd never played with it andwe all teed off on one.
We all hit our shots out in thefairway and then we just start
walking.
But they get about 20 yardsdown the fairway and they look

(49:45):
at each other and they go.
This is incredible, what anamazing experience.
I've got one club and we're alljust palling around walking
down the fairway.
It's such a freeing experience.
It really kind of awakens a newway to look at golf, because
golf has really become all aboutthe accessories and the writing
in the cart and having themusic and the and listen.

(50:07):
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 aclub 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 itfor a number of holes.
And then you go oh well, whereis it?
You got to search the entiregolf course.
Sometimes you don't find itbecause some nice guy picked it
up.
He's going to bring it to theclubhouse for you.
You get back in.
At the end you're like I paid alot of money for that club, I
got to find it.
Well now, I mean, if you walkoff without your club, you don't

(50:38):
got nothing.

Speaker 3 (50:39):
No, no, no.
If you lose that club on a golfcourse, 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 alsostand 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 threehandicap.
I went out with my dadyesterday.
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 hoursand it was great.
I just played with one club andI had a birdie and I had three
bogeys and the rest were pars.
So I'm shooting about.
My handicap and that's whatpeople find is that even when
they dump 13 other clubs andthey're just playing with this
one adjustable club with a fewpractice, you know, with some

(51:23):
hitting some practice balls andgoing out there and playing a
couple rounds, eventually youget to the place where you find
I'm shooting about the samescores with this one club that I
was with the rest of my clubsbro, 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 yourcontrol, 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 withthat, 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 regularflex graphite shaft that the

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club comes with.
So the shaft length is neverchanging, which means how fast
you can swing the club alsonever changes.
With a normal set you havegraduated length shafts so as
you get closer to the driver,the shaft's getting longer,
which means you can create moreclub head speed.
So what you'll find is, withclubs that are near that 38-inch

(52:28):
, with regular clubs that arenear 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 verysimilar distances to what you
hit your normal clubs.
Where you have some differenceis on the edges right.
So when you're down, whenyou're down hitting the um, the
hybrid, well, a hybrid shaft isnormally about 41 inches long

(52:52):
and this is 38.
So you're not going to see theball go as far with the sand
wedge like I would take a normalsandwich normally.
Normally hit it maybe 105, 110with this sand wedge, because
you typically aren't going togrip all the way as far down as
you would with a sandwich,although with our 13-inch extra
long grip you can.

(53:12):
Yeah, but most people just endup using the cue at one place on
the grip.
That just becomes natural.
Some people slide up and downjust depending on the shot, but
anyways, I hit my sandwich 125yards.
So you know it goes a littlelonger with the shorter clubs.
It goes a little shorter withthe longer clubs.
But again, like any other pieceof equipment, you can learn to

(53:32):
adjust.
And if you find that it isn'tworking for you off the tee and
you're just not getting it outthere far enough, you have two
options.
One, bring along your favoritewood.
Now you only have two clubs.
It's still an incredibleexperience.
Or second of all, if, whenyou're playing with the cue,
maybe you want to move up at-set, so maybe instead of
playing the blue t's you playthe white t's.
Maybe instead of playing thewhite 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, Idon't want to on the big long,
because courses are longernowadays 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 belike tour pros.
The real fun of the game is iseverything from a, you know,
let's say, 120, and that's wherethe real fun happens.

Speaker 1 (54:20):
Yeah, I mean, and what my brain is hearing is that
what I'm giving up in distanceon, say, a driver and, uh, four
or five, maybe something likethat I'm gaining in control
because it's a shorter shaft,I'm gonna have better control
over it, but then also what Ilose with my sand wedge.
I can gain some distance withthat but also not lose control.

(54:41):
So it sounds to me like this isa club that will be.
That would give me bettercontrol 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 backaround to the idea of my
handicap with 14 clubs will bemy handicap with Q, and a lot of
that too is because mostamateur golfers are going to.
They're going to take a driverout there just like everybody
else, but they might have two,three penalty strokes around,
maybe more, and so when you'rejust hitting something like the

(55:11):
cue in hybrid setting, if youmiss the fairway, that's kind of
a big deal.
Maybe you're in the rough, butcertainly you eliminate those
penalty strokes, and so that'skind 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 averagedistance might be for somebody?
Uh, I mean, like I've got ahybrid, 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 20degree 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 toget 235 total.
I'm not going to get 235carried right, so I can still

(55:59):
get out there to that distancecarried right, so I can still
get out there to that distanceand in fact I still hit that
thing 250 yards sometimes, ifyou get a nice fairway, that's.
You know that's not soft.
So it also depends on whereyou're playing.
And I'll give you another greatexample of that is there's
another setting between theputter and the hybrid.
It's called stinger and it's 12degrees.
Now you can swing as hard asyou want at that.

(56:21):
You tee it up, you swing ashard as you want it.
That you tee it up, you swingas hard as you want, that thing
will not get higher than yourhead, it just shoots out there.
So let's say you're on a golfcourse and you got a downhill
hole, that's a great time to usethat stinger, because it's
going to go really low land,bounce and roll forever.
Yeah, I was just out in Arizonaa couple weeks ago.
Their fairways are very firm Ihad a 305-yard stinger, so with

(56:46):
that club right there, right,and now it only flew about 180,
but it rolled about 120.
So, I don't care how it got outto 320.
I mean 305, but it got outthere.
So that's kind of the cool part.
But yeah, you'll find, with thehybrid you you're gonna
probably be about 10 percentshorter overall yeah, okay, I
have in relation to what youjust 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 wascomplaining about it.
At the end he he laid somereally good wisdom on me.
He said that nobody draws apicture of the round.
Okay, the you just put a numberon the scorecard.
Exactly, that's right, man.
Well, I'm super pumped to trythis.

(57:27):
As a matter of fact, we're inNashville, Tennessee, right now
because I had a gig with my bigband and I've got three buddies
I'm going out to play with.
I'll just give a shout-out tothem Reggie Smith, Benji Gaither
and Larry Hall, and they allhave full sets of clubs.
I've got this, we're all goingto try it out.
But this is my round today withthis thing.
It's my first day out and I'vejust got hey, we're going to

(57:47):
have fun, I'm going to go for it, man.
So today is the day I'm goingto try this bad boy out.
And look those who can see thisI just have to show you.
Just push it in and turn it.
Look at that.
I mean it's just that easy andit locks into place right.

Speaker 3 (58:07):
This is awesome.
The genius of the mechanism ishow easy it is to adjust, but
also the way that it's designed.
On the inside is like a set ofteeth, and when you're swinging
that golf club and you have theforces of the swing trying to
pull the head off, you actuallyhave these teeth that are
tightening together and so asyou swing, the golf club is

(58:27):
becoming more and more solid atimpact.

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 aboutthis, looking forward to play
with it.
Is there anything that I needto 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 knowwhat I just tell people practice
solves a lot of things, butjust like, like I said, before
any new piece of equipment, yougot to spend a little bit of
time with it, whether it's abucket of balls or a couple
rounds of golf, and eventuallyyou learn how to adapt and adopt
that into your game, and Ithink that's going to happen.

(59:01):
So today you're going to go outthere and you're going to hit
some terrible shots, but you doin regular golf.
And you're going to go out theretoday and you're going to hit
some great shots and it's goingto be a lot of fun.
And I like that you said that,because one of the things that
is brought up on social medialet's say, for example, a lot is
hey, that club's not legal forplay, and that's true, it's not.
You can't go play with that ina USGA event or the US Open,

(59:24):
right?
But again, how many people are,how many golfers are actually
competitive golfers versus theones that are going out there
and they're hoping to enjoytheir experience on the golf
course?
This is what QGen2 and this iswhat QGolf is all about is we
want to maximize the enjoymentand maximize the fun on the golf
course.
So I know today you're going tohave 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 ontoday and I'm so looking forward
to playing with this and alsobig family, big family
tournament every time I go home,so I'm looking forward to
taking this out with them aswell.

Speaker 3 (01:00:02):
Well, that's wonderful, and if you guys have
questions down the road, youjust reach out to me, happy to
help you answer any questionsyou have, absolutely.

Speaker 2 (01:00:09):
And how do people get their own version?
Y'all have been speaking a lotof Greek to me today.
But what we love about this isthe portability, the simplicity
and how fun it is.
And so, scott, if people wantto get their hands on this for
Father's Day and I know thatthis particular episode,
depending on when y'all arelistening, there's still time

(01:00:30):
what you can do is place theorder for your club and show the
picture.
put the picture of the club onits way to your fellow dad in
your life and say on its way toyour fellow dad in your life and
say, hey, this is en route andthis is what you're getting for
Father's Day, and they can openup and look.
You know, they know it's on theway, but whether it's this year

(01:00:51):
or, you know, down the road,how can they get it?

Speaker 3 (01:00:55):
Well, if they're in the US and this episode comes
out at least three days beforeFather's Day, then they can
order it and it'll be there intwo to three days.
So we just use Amazon'sfulfillment centers and things
like that so we've got ourproduct all throughout Amazon.
They'll ship it out to you.
So if you're in the US, you canget it in two or three days.
All you have to do is go toqgolfcom Very easy and you just

(01:01:20):
click on the shop button whenyou get there and then you can
order it and it'll be there twoto three days and you'll be
ready to give it to your dad asa special gift on father's day I
love it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:30):
My dad just turned 90 and we played golf yeah my
three brothers and my dad.

Speaker 3 (01:01:35):
It's it's awesome to still be able to do that yeah,
oh, I mean, that's the mostspecial part to me.
My dad introduced me to thegame when I was 10 years old and
we used to go to Pebble Beach.
I've got pictures of he and Iwhen I'm 15, and he's in his 40s
.
And now I'm in my 40s and he's80, and we're still out there
spending four hours together.
Golf is amazing and I'm so gladthat you guys are playing it

(01:01:58):
and that you're sharing QGen2with your audience, because that
just satisfies us as a companyand as people that are golfers.
Well, we're golfers, we starteda company, but we're golfers
just like everyone else.
We love the game.
So to see people enjoying itand having fun and families
coming together and friendscoming together, that's what
it's all about.

Speaker 1 (01:02:19):
Yes, yeah, that's great.
So go now to Q, the letter Qgolfcom, Qgolfcom.

Speaker 2 (01:02:26):
And we'll have that in our show notes.
So you just go there and checkit out.

Speaker 1 (01:02:29):
Yeah, scott Dolly has been our guest today.

Speaker 2 (01:02:31):
Thanks, so much man.

Speaker 1 (01:02:32):
This has been awesome and I'm so proud of you using
the club.

Speaker 3 (01:02:35):
Awesome, have a good time.
Thanks, man.

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Speaker 1 (01:03:12):
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