Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to share a few photos from the little man and I's recent past time discovery: disc golf!

Disc Golf Course Walking

Disc golf is apparently a pretty popular thing.. who knew?! Certainly not us LOL.

The little man and I discovered disc golf last year. There is a park on the way home from one of our favorite places that we go to, but we never stopped in despite seeing it fairly often. One day I said fuck it, let's give it a whirl and see what it's all about! When we got into the grassy area there were a bunch of dudes throwing frisbees around but they were different. Then some weird metallic sound happened and I was confused. What the hell happened? We asked them a few questions and realized that there was apparently a fairly popular sport called disc golf. What rock was I living under?!

We went on our merry way, walking around the park, which happened to be a beautiful place that's for sure. What I think I really enjoy about this disc golf thing is that it's got beautiful scenery to explore! We were planning on doing a little walking but we got a whole lot more for the bargain. I think that's what I like the most about it, besides it being a really fun hobby, or sport. I'm not sure what it's considered as, could it be a sport in the sense of the word? I guess?

At any rate though, the ability to be out in the woods, walking around and throwing things for points is pretty fun! We got to do a lot of hiking, and I think this would likely be a really fun sport to do in the autumn and wintertime when there isn't snow on the ground. It's really nice in the summertime, but the bugs make it a bit less enjoyable, sadly.

Just like regular golf, there are pars for the different tees. You have to get it from the initial platform into the net with a specific number of throws to be on course. We haven't graduated to actually doing that type of stuff yet, so we are still ignoring it. It's cool to see the other people though that are far better at it than we are, getting to the net on the right amount of throws or less. I haven't seen anyone get a hole-in-one yet, besides my son from his vantage point. He was standing about 15 feet away from one and nailed a hole-in-one which was awesome for him! He was wicked excited to nail that one.

Walking amongst the trees in the forest is possibly my favorite part. I love to go hiking with my son, but he's a bit more active these days and a hike isn't exactly what he's interested in anymore. He wants to be out doing something, so finding Disc Golf was a really special opportunity for the both of us. I get to be outside in the woods where I belong, and he gets to be there with me exploring and having fun. There is a decent learning curve with it as well, and my son is getting the hang of it. He still has his challenges with it, and gets frustrated but he's far more of a perfectionist than I am lol so he gets those things intensely when he doesn't make a perfect shot each time.

The crazy thing about it as well is how far the courses are! These things are hundreds of feet, and for example you have to throw it over this ravine in the below picture. That's wild stuff, and definitely not something that we have participated in yet. I can imagine me throwing one of the discs and losing it in the brush somewhere below haha. We completely skip over these giant ones initial platforms and go a lot closer to the end of it because we don't want to lose them.

I think that it's going to be fun because apparently disc golf is much more popular than I realized. There are hundreds of courses within a few hours drive of us, which was completely surprising to me. This also gives us a whole lot of places to explore which is awesome! Granted not all of the courses are free, but that's okay. We find the free ones are the best for us right now, given that we are absolutely newbies at the game. Investing in the discs is also not cheap, some of them cost 10$ a piece! Pretty wild haha but it's a lot of fun.

What about you, have you ever heard of disc golf? Do you play it? If not, would you consider it? Let me know in the comments!

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