I had a blast with my middle school kids (my personal kids, that is) today at the disc golf course out at Harvest Fields. This might be one of the best-kept secrets in the valley!
As the school day ended I shot them an email asking if they’d be up for a little adventure. They were, indeed, so I scooted over to the school to pick them up, then headed back to Harvest Fields for a little disc golfage.
The wind started whipping just about the time we hit the parking lot, and the sky was threatening rain. We had a limited window of opportunity due to one of a thousand school band/choir/whatever concerts this week month. So with limited explanation, Annabelle, Isaac, Sadie, and I hit the links.
The first throws went fairly well, but Isaac’s second went a little haywire. It sailed high, got caught by the wind, banked hard to the left, and splashed into the pond! He looked at me, asking, “What do we do now?” I laughed and told him to go get it!
Fortunately the water only got up to his armpits and he was able to snag the disc with his toes and we were back in business. (HT to @Brodiesmith21 for the fav of the tweet!)
The course is a beautiful one, winding up the hillside, through the woods, past several ponds, meandering around some of the most picturesque property in Happy Valley. Since our time was limited, we only played the first 5 holes, out & back. We didn’t really keep score, though we did count the number of throws for each hole. We just didn’t tally them up. It didn’t really matter who won. The goal was to have a good time and spend some time together playing. So we all won!
I don’t know how competitive we’d be, but I’d take my disc golf team against yours any day! If you want to play, give me a shout.
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James · May 27, 2014 at 2:58 pm
Hey – I didn’t know there was a disc golf course there! Played with my brother-in-law yesterday – what a great course, especially the part through the woods.