I went down to Mary Moore Searight Metropolitan park to take some pictures. With a new camera and a new lens, I just had to take some more course photos.

The weather was brutally hot out. I worked up quite a sweat walking around the course. As hot as it was, there were still people playing out here. I don’t think that this course is ever empty. Afterwards, I played a round of disc golf. And I even had to take a break or two in the shade to cool off.

I played through a rather large group. And, wouldn’t you know it, but I played badly that hole. My disc hit a tree, I cut my leg getting the disc out, and then I missed the put into the hole. Sigh.

But then on hole 6 and 7, I had back-to-back birdies. I ended up 3 over par.

Next, I went to Circle C. Disc Nation was kind enough to print me out a course map. Unfortunately, the course was far too overgrown. Almost every field was full of waist-high grassy shrubs. I was real careful in throwing discs. And, even then, I would sometimes have to search a while to find where it landed.

I did have one birdie on hole 4.

Hole 15 was unplayable due to the really high level of Slaughter Creek. And it was fun making my way across the creek balancing from unstable rock to submerged rock. At hole 17 (out of 21), I finally gave up. It was no fun trying to find your disc in a sea of green. And I eventually found the hike and bike trail and made my way out of the park.

With Wilco being the site of The Games Of Texas, I had no choice but to play at Old Settler’s again. And boy was it humid out there today. Last night there were rains, and this morning the sun was evaporating all of that water. Making me sweat constantly.

It seems that there were some roller-bladders out today. Which reminds me that I need to attend a Texas Roller Girls event some time soon before the season ends…

John and I went to Old Settler’s Park to play disc golf as the recent rains have closed Wilco. And it seems that the rains have washed up a dead crawfish. Who knew? Maybe I should set up a trap or something…

Man, its been a while since I’ve played here.

And it is surprising just how easy it is to loose your fine control and throw discs in the hazards. Like streams…

At hole 16, I could see some rain off to the east. And it was not that far off. Within a couple of minutes you could feel the temperature drop five degrees — a rain cooled air warning. Some drops started falling around hole 18 but we were in the cars quickly after that.

The group played at the winter course on Old Settler’s Park. Jon was having a little bit of a bad day it seems. And he also passed up on climbing a tree to retrieve his disc choosing instead to throw rocks at it.

John and I played on the somewhat damp Wilco course. I had one good throw on 13. But it was just a little too far away for a birdie…

Today was the Three Disc Challenge. Which was an interesting concept for a tournament. Give everyone three brand new discs (a long-range disc, a mid-range disc, and a putter) and let them compete on the same course. But that was my ideal version. Reality was a let down. The biggest one was that you could use any Millennium disc in your bag. Another was that there was some variety in the selection with 5 or so long-range discs and a couple of mid-ranges to choose from. You could even choose multiple of one kind even. I did see some people trying to “break in” their brand new discs by scratching them up on the road or banging them on rocks.

The day started out poorly. It was raining heavily in the morning. A lot of people were standing around with umbrellas. In fact, this is the first time that I have played disc golf with an umbrella. Unfortunately, this course is not built to handle rain. The tee boxes turned into mud pits. You could not take any steps to throw the disc.

One amusing thing was that, out of the four people in my group, they were all project managers (or people who teach project management)! What are the odds of that?

I played Wilco one last time before the tournament tomorrow. And have still not improved much. Yes, I can throw close to the basket on a couple of holes… at least occasionally. But there are other holes on this course where I keep going into the brush on the sides. And that is not a good position to be in.

They have mowed the course. Which makes it look rather presentable…

Another round at Wilco to prepare for this tournament. It was somewhat unusual to play on a Tuesday. John has been practicing a lot for the tournament. And it affected me enough to get me out here tonight. I made two good first throws.

Today, John and I played at Cat Hollow. And it was not a good day for me at all. All I will say is a picture of my disc in the tree. Which about sums it up…

John and I played at Wilco again. I had one good throw on hole 13. My disc is right below the small rock on the right edge and under the tree branch. John’s second shot is under the basket.

Hole 18 was amusing. I threw past the trees on the right and onto the grass along side the park entrance. I wonder if this is out-of-bounds?

My second throw was a great recovery. It was high back over those trees and landed in the middle of the fairway.