Today it was cold out. But I still went out to disc golf. I am not going to let a little cold weather stop me. However, I still feel like this picture. Both Jo(h)ns ditched me… Sigh.

The group went to Cat Hollow today to play disc golf. And I was out of the running from the start. However, I remained upbeat. It is not about the competition. It is about being outside with a group of friends and enjoying yourself…

Another day of disc golf before a day of gaming. This time at Cat Hollow. It seems there are some taggers running around here…

So sad…

One running commentary that we make is the term “pipped”. We use it to mean passed by the smallest unit. Here, I pip Gravitt by two discs! Woowoo!

Hole 13 still has not been fixed. But the bucket is still sitting there. My shot was the closest in the group. What was amusing was that the disc embedded itself in some cotton insulation. That disc won’t skip.

Jon’s putt landed on the basket. Unfortunately, that shot is invalid. As some R.N.s would point out…

John and myself went disc golfing at the Rivery before gaming at Ed’s. On hole 3, I had a great first throw (probably my best ever there). John went into a tree.

My second throw was close to the basket. While John’s was in the cactus bush. I made him get right in it to throw it out. Hehehe…

This sign was propped up against a tree. Is disc golf all that challenging? I hope not. Although I do imagine that certain members of our group probably need supervision…

It is impressive how tenacious life can be some times. That vine is making its way up the basket. It probably won’t be killed by the discs hitting the basket either.

With the impending Thanksgiving day holiday, Wednesday was turned into a virtual Friday. Which meant a round at Old Settler’s. The weather was been absolutely beautiful out! It was cloudless and in the high 70s. I wish more of Fall was like this.

Hrm, colored sandbags cannot be a good sign. I wonder what is in store for the future…

And here is a line of colored flags. A race perhaps? It is certainly not for disc golfers.

I met up with John and Jon at hole 11. They had been playing the winter course, where I had been playing the original. I did have a good first throw on hole 12.

The group went to Wilco today. I got there early and walked around the course taking pictures. Sadly, there is still no progress on course improvements. This course really needs signs for tees, garbage baskets, and par and yardage information. It looks like someone got fed up with their disc and nailed it to a tree.

Today, there were six people which made three teams. What was strange was that it took us a long time to finish the course. Not that I noticed when we were playing, but we ended at 12:45pm. I wonder why?

And it seemed that it was butterfly mating season. So the phrase for today was “butterflies!”! B u t t e r f l i e s ! 

I still haven’t mastered this course yet. There is not a lot of room for error here. So I didn’t do too well today. Although I did have one great first throw under the basket.

John and I played at Old Settler’s park today. I was a little worried when I drove in and saw that the Texas Country Music Festival was starting up. That would have made a couple of holes difficult to play with the cars and all. But we played the winter course and all of those holes were free. Cool!

On the first hole, my second throw landed pretty close to the basket. And this flag too. Which John claims is the closest to the pin flag.

John and I were pretty close today in the score. First I was leading and then John was. But on the last hole, my first throw landed close to the basket. Close enough to get me a birdie and the win! Good game, John!

The group went down to Pease park again for some disc golf. You know, for such a dry riverbed that runs through this course, our group managed to get discs into the water. A lot…

And Adam managed to land in the mostly dry riverbed twice…

Hey! At least I managed to have one good throw today…

We went to Old Settler’s Park for some disc golf today. I noticed that there was a propeller driven plane slowly flying around. I wonder what it was. My neighbor saw it as well and guessed that it was a B-17. I saw it on Sunday also. Too bad I didn’t have my 70-200 lens on hand…

It was the second time playing the “winter course” variant. I like the new holes. But the whole course is not only comprised of new holes. It uses the original holes. Plus, we don’t do 18 holes. So I think we need to come up with a new course. How about teeing off from the previous hole to the next hole’s goal?

die Mauer

We went to Chuy’s for lunch. And while we were there, we played a game of die Mauer. It was a bluffing/guessing game. Everyone simultaneously reveals one of seven pieces. If someone else guesses your piece, they get to build. Otherwise you do. An empty fist will place any piece (however, if more than two empty hands are revealed, then no one builds).

It was rainy out so it was the perfect opportunity for Old Settler’s Park. Some people don’t like to go out in the rain, but I say “why not?”. Its warm out, its not raining that hard, there is no lightning, I am wearing my bathing suit and my rubber sandles, and its close to my house.

The additional rules are that any new streams or pools of water are not considered out-of-bounds. I am glad that I went. I had fun. And I had some pretty great throws. On hole 1, my second throw (an arcing anheizer fell within a foot of the basket). On hole 11b, my first throw (also an arcing anheizer) fell within three feet of the basket. I also experimented with an new throw by wrapping my arm around the disc so that when it left my hand it would be spinning more than normal. That throw worked perfectly on hole 9. The second throw landed within a couple feet of the basket after the first normal throw hit a nearby tree.