February 14 - 16, 2014. Frisbee Golf, Breakfast and Concert.

This winter my friend Janet noticed a series of weird metal basket type contraptions strategically placed like "holes" at the Bird Bay Golf Course. When she found out that there was now a disc golf course set up alongside the regular golf course her curiosity was piqued and so she purchased a set of discs. On Valentine's Day we biked to Pinebrook Park to try and figure out how to play. According to wikipedia, Disc golf or Frisbee Golf, is a flying disc game, as well as a precision and accuracy sport.  The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end...sometimes through dense woods...getting a disc in a hole/metal basket with the fewest number of throws.The game is played in about 40 countries around the world.

Needless to say, we had lots of fun. We were alone on the course for the first nine holes. When three men came along and noticed that we were playing with one set of discs, they loaned us enough so that we each had two discs. We each had a couple of good shots, purely by accident, I am sure, as neither of us knew the correct way to hold the disc, let alone how to aim the thing. My knowledge of frisbee stems from tossing a disc around on Queensland beach many years ago.

We will play again!

                              The course layout and rules of the game

                                 

                                          

                                            Janet's putting pose

                            

          Michelle used the mid range disc for this hole

         

                              I am attempting to use the driver disc to get to that hole/basket

                                                 

On Saturday morning there was a breakfast seved at the club house. For a mere $5.00 you could order eggs cooked any number of ways, hash browns, crepes, fresh fruit, juice, coffee, bacon and sausages. What a feast.

After breakfast we drove to Englewood to visit a book fair. It was rather disappointing, with mostly vanity press authors in attendance. Fortunately there was a small outdoor market across the street where we bought some fruit, vegetables and kettle corn.

In the afternoon I joined Janet to attend a concert in Sarasota. Entitled Handel and Haydn rediscovered the performance included Handel's recently rediscovered Gloria, Haydn’s beloved Lord Nelson Mass and his Te Deum for Maria Theresa, with nationally acclaimed soprano Mary Wilson, the Key Chorale and chamber orchestra. In a word, the entire concert was spectacular. Mary Wilson' s voice, the enthusiasm and confidence exhibited by the conductor, Key Chorale and chamber orchestra kept us smiling and even grinning throughout. This was by far, one of the best concerts I have ever attended.

Unfortunately, our hunt for additional frisbee golf discs at Walmart on the way home ended in disappointment...the only disappointment on this great day!