John and I played disc golf today at Old Settler’s park. I was a little worried when it was mist-raining earlier today. I was warm enough (high 70s) where I was prepared to play if it continued raining. So I donned my bathing suit and rubber sandals. But it turned out that the rain was done for the day and it only ended up being overcast.

A new person, Chris, joined us. He was more of a pro than us. He plays in 60 some events during the year and was even sponsored by a company. He was cool though. We showed him the winter course and he gave us some advice.

It seems that the construction is continuing near the course. Fortunately two of the tees were still there…

The group went to Bart (short for Bartholomew) to play disc golf. The last time we went there was back in December of ’05. The course was under construction back then and it is still under construction today! What is up with that?

I like how they need to use four different colors of spray paint to mark the ground. I guess one of the workers must be a math major and knew that four colors is the most you will need to color a map… or the earth, in this case.

John and I played on the normal course at Old Settlers Park today. Its amazing how “out of shape” we were. We were not used to the ultra-long throws required for the two 1000+ foot holes. And, if there is a small stream, we will find it.

One of my throws wandered off to the left into a pasture. So I took the time to explore for the source of the tiny stream that now flows on hole 7. And I found a small pond. Its obvious that there was a stream long ago based on the contours. But they must have blocked it off or rerouted it years ago. Well, now it seems it back for the moment.

Ugh, they are starting more construction around here. I don’t like change! Especially if it will impact the course.

The group went out to the Rivery today. I came a little bit early to practice and was surprised with this sight. It looks like a race was going on! So I turned around and parked at Wendy’s and walked down to the park. The finish of the race was not 50 feet away from tee 1. But it looked like we were safe and could play a round of golf.

I like to practice here. There are two short holes that are parallel to each other. Both holes are very tight throws with little clearance. So it was cool that three of my practice throws on one hole and two of my practice throws on the other were birdieable.

What kind of a-hole tags a cactus plant?

It started off cold and windy (at least to me in my T-shirt). But the day ended up warming nicely.

Another round at Old Settler’s Park (Winter course) for us. And it looks like they are continuing with the tree trimming/clearing. Which kind of goes against the point of disc golfing. You are supposed to knock them down with your discs and not with power equipment!

Another day of disc golf. And one that I thought that I was going to be playing alone. It started off cold and windy. When Jon canceled, I thought that I was going to be the only one out there. So I started playing. I figured that if no one showed, then I would just continue playing alone. But at 10:01, I saw Gravitt drive up to the parking with Nick and Stephanie trailing.

It seems that they are building out into the lake. I wonder why. A fishing pier, perhaps? And there are now stakes running down the valley. Hrm…. keep away from the disc golf course, dammit!

I did have a good throw on hole 8.

Of course, we still managed to throw discs in the new stream. And get one caught in the tree…

Adam, Rehana, and I went to Cat Hollow today for disc golf. Unfortunately, another group of golfers started out just before us. As we were waiting and watching, we thought that they were good (and therefore quick) based on their throws. But we caught up to them on hole two even when one of us went into the woods (the leaves are all dead so the disc was easy to find). This continued for a number of holes. We would wait for a while for them to finish up before we threw. Finally, we just decided to skip hole 4 and go ahead of them to hole five. So I was a little surprised when all three of them started yelling at us and calling us rude. Of course, isn’t starting a confrontation with someone else is itself a rude thing to do? I don’t know what they expected our other option to be besides waiting. Go back home?

But, once we threw at hole 5, they never saw us again. They didn’t catch back up and wait on us…

I did have one good throw on 17. Usually I try and throw through a gap between a very large tree and a Juniper bush. But, instead, my disc went to the right of the bush and curved back towards the basket.

The group went down to Pease park today and there was a little bit of confusion at the start. 10 am was originally proposed. But we always seem to forget about the mini-tournament that starts about that time. So someone else proposed earlier. Unfortunately, no one responded. It seems that the email on the mailing list was congested.

I arrived early at 9:30. I thought that, in the worst case, I would just practice for half an hour. Jon also arrived at that time. When we looked around we saw everyone’s cars but no everyone. So we figured that they started without us and we started playing. We finally connected up with the group at hole 4.

The recent rains were in evidence here. The normally dry creek bed now had water in it. Which John managed to find.

And, initially, I thought that that was the extent of it. But some of the tee boxes were mud pools. Not fun.

And one part of the climb up a hill was deeply muddy. As Adam found out when he almost lost his shoe to the grip of the mud.

Marty eventually caught up with us around hole 10 or so after working in the morning.

Afterwards, the group went to Changos for lunch. It was a dog friendly in that it had outdoor seating. And the food was quite good I thought. For the fast-food type of restaurant that it was.

Another round of disc golf at Old Settler’s Park (Winter Course) for me. And at least I had two good first throws on holes 8 and 9.

They removed all of the cut down brush and made a mess of the grass. Tire tracks everywhere…

Wow, what a beautiful day compared to the cold and miserable ones we have been suffering though lately. Highs in the 60s, sunny and cloudless. Perfect for disc golf. We played the full winter course today. And John tried thumbing a throw on hole 3. Not only did it not go very far. But it embedded itself into the ground.