How I Spent My Summer Vacation Away From E.I. Medical Imaging

Wed, Jul 31, 2013 @ 10:44 AM Jim Turner

Disney Magic KingdomLast week my family and I made the trip from Colorado to Orlando, Florida.  The 6 of us have spent 2 years planning and saving our pennies to make a memorable trip to Disney, and Universal Studios, and a day at the beach.  It was everything we had hoped for and more. 

The interesting notation to our trip was the fact that I began as the Director of Marketing here at E.I. Medical Imaging subsequent to our plans, and the company graciously allowed me to take the trip in spite of only being employed here for 2 months.  The trip for me had taken on a whole new look and feel.  After having been chastised for looking at my work emails and touching base a couple of times while on vacation for the first couple of days, I was finally able to unplug and actually relax knowing that my absence was not going to ruin a company that has clearly been able to prosper for 29 years without me helping with their marketing.

My wife's goal was to see an alligator in the wild and my kids were just excited to see their "dreams come true" and to enjoy the Disney and Florida experience.  I saw things a little differently through my windshield. My wife was able to see her alligator, although it turned out it was on a plate and deep fried with a dipping sauce.  My kids are still talking about that fast ride, that awesome time at the beach and all that sun and fun at our hotel pool. I was busy looking for beef cattle and wanting to see if there was a dairy nearby and when visiting Animal Kingdom all I could wonder is how veterinarians at the park were using ultrasound on the park animals.  Like I said, my perspective had changed somewhat. 

watusi cattleWe were thrilled to see manatees and sharks and turtles and many other animals.  I was in awe at the Watusi cattle we were able to see and wondered if there was a local herd I could see and ask if they were using a portable ultrasound system with their herd.  Do you see a pattern here? I was able to see a beef cattle herd on our drive to the beach and wondered if the heat was changing their grazing patterns and whether the weather and rainy conditions were providing them the best or optimal feed.  To say the least, this job has changed my perspective on a number of things.

Our next family vacation will be as exciting I hope as we plan a trip to Hawaii.  It may be another couple of years to accomplish that goal but I know I will already be interested to see how E.I. Medical Imaging can market to the local veterinarians and livestock producers on the islands.  I can follow along with the Hawaii Beef folks to get a taste of what to expect when I get there.

What have you done this summer?  If you have anything to share, I would love to find out what you did on your vacation.

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