From the vacation division

Onesome: Packing–What type of packing do you do when you travel? Are you one of those who carefully does the “traveler’s roll” with each peace of clothing and tucks it carefully away? …or does everything more or less just find its way into the car somehow?

I’m the type of person that throws all of their clothes in a bag and don’t worry about it until I get to the destination. A lot of the stuff I pack finds its way in the van especially my son’s toys that he wants to take.

Twosome: for a– change of pace how about a guided tour of any building or place you’d like to visit: where would you go if you had that opportunity?

I have two answers for this question. The first one is the Kennedy Space Center with I had already had a tour there once before. I wished the tour showed more. The second one is a guided tour of a Disc Golf Company. I always wanted to know how they create the discs and assessories.

Threesome: Trip– Where are you off to on your next trip? …or if you’re stuck in place for a while, where would you like to go? …and yes, “Anywhere!!!” is an okay answer!

I’m planning on going to Mexico in the fall and possibility Las Vegas for a weekend escape.

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Here is the list of discs that I have in my disc golf bag. The newest discs are in bold.

What do you have in your bag.

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My city has just approved creating a disc golf course in Fuller Park. I will be playing at this course when it is open to play. The course is open to the public and will be owned by the city. The city will be promoting the course with tournaments, adult leagues, and having Pro Disc Golf Players host clinics at the course.

The City is going to promote it as a Technical Championship Style Course. The work will be done by volunteers that will help build the course.

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I tied my career best at Rand Park.

In the first game, I shot a 30 on the front 9 of Rand Park. This ties my career best record since May, 2001. I had a couple bad throws that I had trouble with. This is one of the best 9 holes I have played this year. This also includes rattling the chains on hole # 4 at at lest 100 to 150 ft away from the basket. I almost got my first deuce of the season and since 2001.

In the second game, I started to show signs of being tried. My score was a 33 with is the same as the first time I threw at Rand Park. There was several mistakes made during the game and I lost my focus a few times. I’m still learning to control my disc throws and staying focused. I believe having more people out on the course the second game caused me to lost focus. This is somthing that I have to work on before playing in any tournaments.

Coming Next:
I’m going to practice throwing on my basket in the back yard as I decide where I’m going to throw next.

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I didn’t get a chance to throw last weekend due to time constraint and that I forgot to pack my discs before I left to go to Ottumwa. I have been finding out that I’m having time constraints practicing last week too. I hope I can get a couple rounds of golf in this weekend and I hope to have some practice during the week. I’m going back to Rand Park , Keokuk, Ia this weekend. This weekend is looking good for Friday and Saturday, but calling for rain for Sunday.

Coming Next:
I will be outside this week practicing my approach and putting with my basket. I’ll going to try to practice on my release if I can. My next course is going to be Rand Park in Keokuk, Ia this coming weekend. The Pro par for the course is 54 (27 and 27). The regular par for the first 9 holes is 32.

Last time at this course:
I shot a 33 for the first 9 holes and hoping to improve it this weekend.

My career Best at this course:
First 9 holes: 30 May, 2001 (Pro: +3, Par -2)
Back 9 holes: 34 June, 2001 (Pro: +7)
18 holes: 65 June 2001 (Pro: +11)

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Hello everyone.

I’m currently writing some software that will help me track how I throw at each course I’ve been to. I can use this information to see what holes are giving me troubles and how I can address the problems. With this software, you will also be able to run a tournament or even a series of tournaments at your local disc golf course.
This will take me some time, but I hope to have a working copy of it by the end of the summer or even by next spring. I do have a life besides writing software. The software will be written in PHP with MySql as the backend database.
I will try to keep everyone informed about my progress on this software under the category Software in my blog. If you think of anything that I could include in this or you want to sign up as a Alpha and Beta tester, please drop me a line by email or leave some comments.

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I threw my first course in 2006

I threw my first course for the 2006 season last weekend at Rand Park, Keokuk, Ia. I only threw 9 holes due to time issues. I threw a 33 for the course. The course par is 32 and Prod par is 27 for the first 9 holes.

This is pretty good considering that I haven’t thrown a disc in over 3 years. I found out that I need to re-learn which discs I need to use at which time on the course. I threw my disc into the street twice. I also need to re-learn disc control due to hitting 2 trees on the course. Both of these issues can be corrected by practicing on a daily basis. I’m still looking for my first tournament for this year. I’m looking at a tournament in May and tournaments in mid-summer to fall.

Coming Next:
I will be outside this week practicng my approachand putting with my basket. I’ll going to try to practice on my release if I can. My next course is going to be Wildwood Park in Ottumwa, Ia this coming weekend. The Pro par for the course is 54 (27 and 27). Pro par for a course is most likly 3 shots per hole unless there is a hole longer than 375 feet.

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Florida wins

Thats right Florida Gators are the 2006 National Champions in Men’s Basketball.

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