(possibly more amusing to the people from the Worcester area or have played Mapple Hill)
This past weekend I had tickets to see the Dead play in Worcester Mass on the 18th and 19th. The plan was to hopefully hit the Mapple Hill course on the day of the 18th and the private one next to it on the 19th.
Due to a death in my family I ended up selling my tickets for the 18th, as the funeral was that day. I had planned to sell the 19ths as well until my sister talked me into still going. So late afternoon on Sunday my friends and I cruised to Worcester just in time and made the show. After a couple short hours of sleep I got up early yesterday intending to still fit in Mapple before we checked out at noon and headed home. I was determined to get Mapple in in fact.
so at 9 am we leave the Marriot (near the DCU center). Trusty DGCR says the course is only 6ish miles away. My buddy who was going with me had his phone with web access as well as map quest directions at his disposal as Navigator. The result was we arrived safely in the Mapple Hill Parking lot 45 miles later (and now 10:15) . lol. During our time driving in circles we also had failed to stop and purchase any beverages for the round.
The beautiful weather from the previous day was gone. Clouds had rolled in and the wind was gusting pretty hard at times. I stepped up to tee 1 and let my Valk rip down the fairway and over the pond toward the basket.....A nice tight S the looks like it make even fly long..... just in time for a head on gust to hit the tail end of the drive and drop me into the pond about 60% of the way over it. Yay....
But wait! There's a boat! I prefer Ninjas to Pirates, but I'm not scared. So I grap a conveniently near by fishing net and jump in this paddle boat thing (which looks to be mostly sea worthy lol) and shove off from shore to retrieve my Valk, only to discover that the paddles dont work on the paddle boat. So I begin to use the fishing net as an oar (which as you may imagine is NOT the fastest way to move a craft across water) and began to make my way out into the pond. Each time the wind would gust it would start blowing me and the boat back towards shore, as I would frantically paddle with the net to try and stay put. I cant imagine the how I must have looked lol. But eventually I make it out safe and dry with my Valk back in hand.
So now its 10:45. We need to be checked out by 12. We've just finished hole 1 of a course that is, from what all signs indicate a somewhat lengthy one, and due to my boating trip that hole took 30 minutes. The 6 mile trip back to the hotel had the potential to be all screwed up by us again. We have little time, people waiting on us, no water, and the weather is so so with a mix of really friggen windy.
So we did what I think any DGCRer would do.... We literally ran the course
Well.... a combo of running, jogging and walking. Theres some nasty hills there.
By 11:50 we were back in the parking lot and heading out.
We didnt shoot that great (I hate to say I was 14 over by the end; we played the white tees). And we didnt get to stop and chat with (or even help) any of the folks we saw out on a workday. It was a crazy rushed round, but I got to see and play a very beautiful course and had a crazy little disc golf adventure. Hopefully next time I make it that way there will be a little less adventure and more golf lol
This past weekend I had tickets to see the Dead play in Worcester Mass on the 18th and 19th. The plan was to hopefully hit the Mapple Hill course on the day of the 18th and the private one next to it on the 19th.
Due to a death in my family I ended up selling my tickets for the 18th, as the funeral was that day. I had planned to sell the 19ths as well until my sister talked me into still going. So late afternoon on Sunday my friends and I cruised to Worcester just in time and made the show. After a couple short hours of sleep I got up early yesterday intending to still fit in Mapple before we checked out at noon and headed home. I was determined to get Mapple in in fact.
so at 9 am we leave the Marriot (near the DCU center). Trusty DGCR says the course is only 6ish miles away. My buddy who was going with me had his phone with web access as well as map quest directions at his disposal as Navigator. The result was we arrived safely in the Mapple Hill Parking lot 45 miles later (and now 10:15) . lol. During our time driving in circles we also had failed to stop and purchase any beverages for the round.
The beautiful weather from the previous day was gone. Clouds had rolled in and the wind was gusting pretty hard at times. I stepped up to tee 1 and let my Valk rip down the fairway and over the pond toward the basket.....A nice tight S the looks like it make even fly long..... just in time for a head on gust to hit the tail end of the drive and drop me into the pond about 60% of the way over it. Yay....
But wait! There's a boat! I prefer Ninjas to Pirates, but I'm not scared. So I grap a conveniently near by fishing net and jump in this paddle boat thing (which looks to be mostly sea worthy lol) and shove off from shore to retrieve my Valk, only to discover that the paddles dont work on the paddle boat. So I begin to use the fishing net as an oar (which as you may imagine is NOT the fastest way to move a craft across water) and began to make my way out into the pond. Each time the wind would gust it would start blowing me and the boat back towards shore, as I would frantically paddle with the net to try and stay put. I cant imagine the how I must have looked lol. But eventually I make it out safe and dry with my Valk back in hand.
So now its 10:45. We need to be checked out by 12. We've just finished hole 1 of a course that is, from what all signs indicate a somewhat lengthy one, and due to my boating trip that hole took 30 minutes. The 6 mile trip back to the hotel had the potential to be all screwed up by us again. We have little time, people waiting on us, no water, and the weather is so so with a mix of really friggen windy.
So we did what I think any DGCRer would do.... We literally ran the course
Well.... a combo of running, jogging and walking. Theres some nasty hills there.
By 11:50 we were back in the parking lot and heading out.
We didnt shoot that great (I hate to say I was 14 over by the end; we played the white tees). And we didnt get to stop and chat with (or even help) any of the folks we saw out on a workday. It was a crazy rushed round, but I got to see and play a very beautiful course and had a crazy little disc golf adventure. Hopefully next time I make it that way there will be a little less adventure and more golf lol
