Nodosaurus
Par Member
Ever had one of those days?
This was my first, I'm still playing my first dozen games.
After dinner on Saturday, I wanted a quick 9 holes at an easy course in Beaverton - I chose the Greenway. I've played it before, its light and pleasant.
Hole 1, tee shot, my favorite disk took a hard right into the woods near Fanno Creek. You know them? This is a brambles. Tall trees, lots of blackberries, tall grasses, although I don't know how they get light. I wanted my disk back!!
There are lots of trails a few feet in, likely other people in the same situation. I wandered back in that super-optimistic swagger, I'll find it! After a while I wandered back out, I was no longer anywhere near where it went in, I wasn't even at the first hole! Ok I wandered back to where it went in -- and found it!! What luck!
But it wasn't playable. I was surrounded by greenery, even the canopy didn't allow the sky to peek through.
So I cheated. Sort of. I started over, don't tell anyone!
I'm on the runway, building up speed AND, abort! I'm still holding my favorite disc. Time to switch.
Its amazing that my disc went right. I have a hard hook left that I can't get rid of. To be safe, I threw far left. And it started going left. Onto the second hole. Then a gust of wind came to help me out. I ended up with a very playable lie, admittedly far left, but on the course.
I would have made par if I could putt. (other than that messy start which I won't bring up again.)
Fast forward to hole 4. There are tall grasses on the left, but otherwise a fairly easy hole. The basket is on the top of a small hill, so just be careful there. Throw, I bounced off a tree right into the grasses. It was my favorite disc again. When will I learn? After trouncing around I managed to find my disk. This time, it was very playable, it was actually a good lie. I made par. If I could putt, I would have had my first birdie.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
And hole 5. This is a longer hole with lots of trees. I played pinball all the way down the course. Par 3, 5 shots, 6 trees.![Roll eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Man that was fun! And I left with all the discs I came with. I can't wait to get back, no course is going to get the better of me!!!![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Out of my mind,
Randy
This was my first, I'm still playing my first dozen games.
After dinner on Saturday, I wanted a quick 9 holes at an easy course in Beaverton - I chose the Greenway. I've played it before, its light and pleasant.
Hole 1, tee shot, my favorite disk took a hard right into the woods near Fanno Creek. You know them? This is a brambles. Tall trees, lots of blackberries, tall grasses, although I don't know how they get light. I wanted my disk back!!
But it wasn't playable. I was surrounded by greenery, even the canopy didn't allow the sky to peek through.
So I cheated. Sort of. I started over, don't tell anyone!
I'm on the runway, building up speed AND, abort! I'm still holding my favorite disc. Time to switch.
Its amazing that my disc went right. I have a hard hook left that I can't get rid of. To be safe, I threw far left. And it started going left. Onto the second hole. Then a gust of wind came to help me out. I ended up with a very playable lie, admittedly far left, but on the course.
Fast forward to hole 4. There are tall grasses on the left, but otherwise a fairly easy hole. The basket is on the top of a small hill, so just be careful there. Throw, I bounced off a tree right into the grasses. It was my favorite disc again. When will I learn? After trouncing around I managed to find my disk. This time, it was very playable, it was actually a good lie. I made par. If I could putt, I would have had my first birdie.
And hole 5. This is a longer hole with lots of trees. I played pinball all the way down the course. Par 3, 5 shots, 6 trees.
Man that was fun! And I left with all the discs I came with. I can't wait to get back, no course is going to get the better of me!!!
Out of my mind,
Randy