For disc golf we drove up to the Rivery.

For lunch, we at at the Monument Cafe. Where we ran into Jeff, Jill, Tim, and Mary. Afterwards, we walked a couple of blocks to Georgetown’s market fair. And took a look around. Window shopping in open air tents…

Jon and I went to Wilco for some afternoon disc golf. No birdies for me today. But Jon had a long one on hole 16 (the basket is in the shadows off in the distance).

During my morning bike ride, there were four hot-air balloons in the sky! And by the time I made it to Chandler and 1460, it looked like they were going to land in one of the fields. There were four support vehicles waiting on the side of the road. One balloon was coming down before me. But it looked like they were aborting the landing? The gondola was tilted at a crazy angle and the burner was on full. I didn’t stick around to watch what happened next though.

I played at OSPW. And had a great day. Two back-to-back birdies on holes 2 & 3. And on hole 17 as well. Unfortunately, I also got 4 bogeys. So I ended one over par.

We went to the Rivery today and I started off great. Two back-to-back birdies. The rest of the day went downhill from there though. But I still had fun…

Well, the weather forecast yesterday proved to be wrong. Rain was supposed to start around 3pm.

The day started off good. I was able to bike for 30 miles. It didn’t rain and it didn’t look like it was going to rain. So I headed down to Cat Hollow to meet Jon. Just as I was about to arrive it started to rain heavily. We decided to wait it out. There was a moment when we were going to wait at Jon’s house but the rain lessened and we headed out to the course.

Wow, talk about flash flooding. There was a pretty swift river now running through the course. And we had to cross it a number of times. It only gave me one problem on Hole 5. My second throw landed right into it. At first, we thought that the disc was lost downstream somewhere. But Jon was able to spot it stuck in some grass.

I was able to get a couple of birdies. Which is great considering just how wet and slippery the discs got.

On hole 10, my second throw went horribly awry. It was raining pretty hard and we were soaking wet. I was walking around trying to find my disc when I hear a voice yelling at us “Do you have a yellow disc?” Jon nods. “It is close to the basket.” Someone on the third floor of the apartment complex boarding the hole had opened their window and was helping us. I continued looking around and then I hear “Do you have a pink disk?” I vigorously nod. “It is over the fence in the complex.” Sigh. When I had thrown it, the wind must have taken it over the fence. It was out of reach and there was no way to climb the fence. I was extremely grateful when the person volunteered to walk down with an umbrella and retrieve my disk for me! I thanked him and found out he was a fellow disc golfer.

We went to Wilco for some disc golf. Man, the cops were out in force there catching speeders. There were four officers standing out there with radar detectors. Conveniently enough, a construction zone just started there which doubled the fines. I spotted them from far away and drove slow.

Today was a good day. The weather was good and I got a birdie on hole 12.

I was also able to long putt a birdie on hole 17! Which I had never done before. Sweet!

The Worlds Biggest Disc Golf Weekend was on! Unfortunately, we didn’t go down to Twin Parks Country Club on Saturday. But we did make it to Zilker Park on Sunday. There were not huge crowds out there. But the course was certainly packed. We had to wait for most of the time that we played.

Both the North and the South courses were open. And I had some easy birdies.

We went at at lunch down at Wahoo’s and had some fish tacos. And we made it back up in time for the prize drawing. Not many people were present so we had some good odds. Unfortunately, Jon and I did not win anything.

It looks like some T’ai Chi-athon was going on at Zilker park as well.

We decided to try out a new course called Brushy Creek. It is located South-West from the corner of Parmer Lane and Brushy Creek Road. It is a new course and it is only 9 holes long. So we played it twice.

The were some mutant weeds that were in bloom. They were pretty with the bees buzzing around them.

For nine holes, the course is quite challenging. There is not much open areas — only tight alleys. There is a stream running around. And there is some height changes.

Also, the train tracks run on one side of the course. So we heard the Commuter train practice running back and forth.

I went to OSPW for some disc golf today. The field which had been torn up during the dam construction is green again. But the grass is much different than the usual Buffalo grass around here. I wonder how it will hold up to Austin’s summers.

Hole 3 was an easy birdie. I placed the disc right under the basket. I kinda guessed where the old tee would have been. And I wonder if the Round Rock group has changed this hole around because of the construction…

For lunch, I drove down to Flip Happy Crepes for lunch. Mmmm, most excellent.

Later, when I was going back through my pictures, I noticed that I accidentally took a photo of someone’s feet. And they were wearing Vibram’s Five Finger shoes! What a coincidence!

After lunch, I drove down to the charity gaming event, Give To Game. Unfortunately, not many people were there and gaming opportunities were not good there. So I left.

Jon and I went for some disc golf at Old Settler’s park. It was beautiful out there and, apparently, everyone had the same idea to go to the park. It was crowded out there.

I bought some new shoes to try out: Vibram’s Five Finger KSO. Which is essentially a sock with a thin rubber sole. It feels like you are walking bare foot. How different!

It seems that there is a tournament going on in May here.

Hole 2 is hard. First you have to avoid the creek on the left and a big tree on the right when you throw at the tee. And the basket is right next to the water. Which Jon found.

Hole 7 is a hard hole if you follow the tight mandos on either side. So I was happy to get a birdie out of it.