Pros:
The course (and I use this term loosely) is located around the camping area of the Pekin Ferry Campground. The campground complex is located on the river at the end of the road. You can't miss the campground. It's a field with a picnic area, some RV's and some planes, boats and other vehicles parked near the river. There are, I think, seven (7) baskets placed around, mostly in the wooded area behind the camping area. Someone has done some work on the course. Earthern stairs have been carved out near two baskets, a path has been roughed out going from (and this is only conjecture) basket # 3 to # 4. Much clearing has been done in the woods and mulch has been spread and I think I found what might turn out to be the # 9 teepad. The baskets are a brand I don't recognize. They're not homemade, but they're slightly thinner than most. They wouldn't hold up in any public course but will probably suffice here. Some are currently set in small buckets of gravel and consequently, are kinda wobbly. I did see a small can with concrete so I think the course owner is getting ready to set them all in concrete, which would be an improvement. Because there are no signs and I didn't have a map, I was clueless about which way to play so I guessed and tried to play clockwise. There are no teepads of any kind except for the aforementioned possibility of a # 9 so I just kind of played basket to basket. Currently, I would classify the course as an unfinished pitch and putt.
There was a practice basket by some buildings with a few discs lying nearby. I think they might have been returns from players who have lost them.
Cons:
Lets see, missing baskets, no signs, no teepads, cheap baskets, pitch and putt distances, no map. I'm hoping I was missing something here, like most of the course. More likely, I'm thinking it's a work in progress course.
Other Thoughts:
If..................????????????????.....This course is a work in a progress, I see it as a perfect course for drunken 16 year old campers to play with one disc after getting fired up around their campfires.
The # 9 teepad I spoke of looked like it might be aiming at the one basket set way down near the river. Lying between that alleged teepad and the river basket were two floatplanes, a spare set of floats, a boat or two, a pick up and trailer, a tractor and maybe a few other forms of transportation I've forgotten. I'm not sure if advanced players would enjoy playing through the world of transportation now cluttering the # 9 fairway!
I'll gladly moniter this course's reviews and upgrade my rating if I read about any future improvements that are implemented.
It's also pretty amazing that this area 10 miles from the nearest course suddenly now has two courses practically within a long tee off from other with this one and the course at Paradise Point State Park just 1.5 miles up the road.