It's Outdoors and Sometimes an Adventure

Bob recently turned me on to something that is highly addictive...disc golf. I love it! There's a course nearby and over 30 throughout the state and it's free to play, that is unless you loose a disc in the water. We've played quite a bit this past month at our local course at Emerald Park in Mesa and have played one in Scottsdale. We recently played some new courses. On Thanksgiving day my Dad, Bob and I played Emerald. My Dad had to go to a party and Bob and I still had time to kill before we had to be anywhere so we decided to try out Mouer Park in Tempe. It was a fun and challenging course. Challenging in terms of game play and terrain. There are plenty of trees and shrubs to hinder your view and gobble up your discs. There's also an abundance of loose gravel, jagged rocks and wash banks so it's almost like a small hike at the same time. The first three pics below are of Mouer. The last two are of Fountain Hills. On the day after Thanksgiving the three of us went and played Emerald again and again my Dad had to leave. After finishing the course Bob and I headed out to Fountain Hills to play the course for our first time. It started out great, with me wading in the lake for a disc that went in on someones first throw. Bob and I have a deal. If it goes over a fence he gets it. If it goes in the water I get it, mostly because I'm always wearing shorts and my fivefingers. It was some pretty cold water, I went in only as far as the legs on my short would pull up. I couldn't find his disc but found a decent replacement so it wasn't a total loss. I really like this course. It was very challenging with well placed tees behind trees and tees on the water's edge. There were also a lot of rolling hills and the scenery wasn't bad either. I'll definitely be going back there. I could have been more detailed in all the fun and events that happen while out there but then I would be on the computer longer than I'd like and be taking away from time that could be spent playing outside. See ya, gota go check out a course in Chandler!

Bob in one of the washes at Mouer Park.


 

This gives you a bit of an idea of how the course is.





I think they need to hire me to be the grounds manager at this park. The grass was terrrible. Hey look it's Bob again. This is the most open part of the park.



Well, It's A Start

A little hike up Siphon Draw with some good friends. That's a good way to begin this season and a good way to get back into the wilderness even though it's not that far off the beaten path. It's actually a well beaten path but hey, like I said, it's a start. Not all of the wildflowers were in bloom so I might go back in a week or two and take some of the different trails around there to see more of the flowers. Oh and definitely take more pics.

Oh, almost forgot! This was my first trail in my brand new KSO Treks! They were awesome, I'm never gona wear traditional shoes on a trial again. I'll post a pick of them later.

Time For A Change

Man it's been a long time since I've been on here...a long time since I've really done any outdoor projects or adventures. Well It's time for a change, in two different ways. First is to go on more adventures and finish some projects. The other change will be to my blog.

I want to turn outdoor adventures in to a blog that only reports on outdoor adventures and start another that has reports on projects. I feel if I have something new to do like the second blog, it might help me to be more motivated to do those things again.

So if you read this blog be ready for some action in the near future.

Happy Birthday Jim

Today is Jim's Birthday. He is one year old and was actually born while we were at Sunflower Mine. Like me he loves to be out doors. Here's a picture of him in the liberty on his first outing.