Another hot Friday afternoon disc golf game. On hole 4, there is a small river along the left of the hole. And when I throw on that hole I try to aim my disc to the right hand side in order to avoid the water hazzard. Of course my disc never cooperates. And it landed on a small island surrounded by water. At least it didn’t fall in it and dissapear. It was a tough throw out into the open but I made it.

On hole 6, John pulled a Gravitt and threw his approach shot way off course. It flew behind the trees and out of site. So we crossed the fence into the abandoned pasture and went looking for it. Fortunately we found it.

On hole 8 I had my best approach shot of the day. It landed very close to the hole. You can see where John’s next shot landed. I putted it to gain the hole.

Well they finally mowed that painfull field of thorns that makes up hole 10. There are two types of thorns that can easily penetrate your sneakers and socks. So walking down that hill is always a challenge. When you get to the bottom and finish that hole, you have to take some time out and try to remove them.

Another day of disc golf. Marty said he wanted to play. But he did not want to go to Georgetown. So him and Adam played at the Lutheran Church. We had played that site last week. And, unfortunately, it is not that interesting of a course (having only nine holes doesn’t help either). John, Jon, and myself felt like a more challenging course was needed. So we stuck with our plans. It seems there is friction between the people who live in North Austin and the people who live in North Round Rock. Sigh…

I rode my bike today another 15 miles at 7 am when the temperature is a little bit cooler. Which is necessary since it was quite hot and muggy out. We were sweating like pigs and panting like dogs out there. I don’t mind that at all. It is just that I wouldn’t be in a mood to ride my bike after disc golf.

There still isn’t any signage at the course. But we remember where the holes are enough to play here. The next time that I come here, I am going to take my Canon with me and try and document the new layout. I will also try and draw a map as well.

I need to work on my approach shots. John and Jon seem to be able to consistently throw a disc. I seem to be much more random. I only had two decent approaches today.

On hole three we tee off at a medium sized opening. As you walk down the hill and avoid the cactus, you pass some tall trees. You then walk back up the next hill into an open area which forms a tunnel. At the end of the area and hidden from view is the goal. The tall trees that I mentioned earlier really block a straight throw from one hill to another. How we currently handle this hole is that we throw a high 45 degree arcing shot that goes up and to the right. If you throw it right, it will apex over the trees and fall back down to the ground at a 45 degree slope that is down and to the left. It will land in the open part of the next field. Unfortunately, my shot was not far enough to the right. It arced in the middle of the field and came down into unknown territory. But we were able to eventually find it. Fortunately, it was in a clearing. I was able to throw my putter in the same type of throw. John was calling out where the clearing and goal was. So I knew the general direction to throw. My shot was able to clear all of the trees and land back in play! In fact I was able to sink it for a total of four throws. Not bad for a wild beginning…

On hole 4, John stumbled and fell into a cactus plant! Ouch!! Fortunately, I carry tweasers with me. He spent some time picking them off his leg. We call this hole cactus-couch now… 😉

We had another adventure when we crossed under the bridge and played out in the open. I picked a disc that would fade right (my lightweight Valkrye). But I didn’t throw it far enought. So it crashed off into the brush before it got to the opening where the hole is. John threw his multicolored Orc but it went into the high grass on the slope of the hill. I spent some time looking for my disc but was unable to locate it. Jon eventually found it for me on the other side of the brush! It had punched through! I was able to throw my putter by sticking my leg into the brush was the disc was lying.

John also had lost his dic. So the three of us formed a search party line and walked back and forth on the hill. We eventually found that one too!

Jon was having a difficult in the forrested part of the course. He hit quite a lot of trees during this peroid. Here he is shaking his disc out of a tree.

On hole 17, someone stuck some dead twigs in the goal. It looks like Wilson!

Wwwwwiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllsssssssssssoooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jon left after we finished. So myself and John went back to Dos Salsas for lunch. I like that place. The brisket
Chiles Rellenos were excellent! Only in Texas…

After lunch we decided to stop by and play the San Gabriel Park. This is a short course consisting of only nine holes. And its missing signs for the tees for its holes! What with Georgetown and Williamson county? Why don’t they spend some money and keep the courses in good shape?!

Time for the usual Friday afternoon disc golf. And boy the weather is getting hotter and hotter. My poor garaged truck was whining, indeed. But after cooling off in the open air and calibrating itself, it reported temperatures in the high 80s.

John had to audacity of working today and told me he would show up late. So I waited until 4:45 and started playing. Unfortunately, on hole two, there were two fishermen using a big tree as shade to escape the heat. They were sitting right infront of the tee off box for hole 2! It seems that they are as unaware of their environment as the Boy Scouts were. So I threw on the other side of the tree.

John showed up in time for hole 5. I kept up a quick pace since I wanted to be on time for Pilates. Everytime I play with other people, the time it takes to finish this course grows exponentially. But today we were actually able to finish early! Imagine that. So we stopped by to the Mexian Ice Cream place. I bought a large Melon flavored water. I really like these. They aren’t that sweet and they have bits of fruit in them.

The weather seemed to cool down a bit as we played. Perhaps evaporation from the humidity in the air? There was no wind either. So it turned out to be pleasant to play.