Today was the second annual Cinco de Fly-o at Twin Parks Country Club. We arrived there early. Early enough to practice some holes. Unfortunately, we practiced the red tees but we actually played the blue tees at the tournament. One good note was that it did not rain today! This is the first tournament that I have been in where I was actually dry.

Our group had five people in it. We played relatively quickly and were not forced to wait on a group ahead of us. Which was nice. It was a little too windy out today though.

I did all right today. I had some good throws. And Jon and I remained competitive. In the end, he only beat me by one stroke (congratulations!). I think that John mentioned that I had beaten him last year and that his goal was to do better this year. Unfortunately, the tournament got to him and he did much worse this year.

There was one tragic event that happened today. After the tournament finished, we were all sitting around talking and waiting for the free lunch. I hear this kid screaming at the top of his lungs “I don’t want to die!” At first, I discounted it as a reaction to the parent throwing him in the air or tossing him around or something. But he kept screaming it. We find out that he was playing around in the rocks and must have slipped and fell on one. It had cut a rather deep gash in his leg. Deep enough for someone to call the paramedics out. The ambulance took a while to appear (apparently it came up from San Marco). The kid didn’t really calm down until the ambulance arrived (hopefully, they gave him some strong drugs).

We skipped going to Papasitos and went down to Manor to try out their new disc golf course. I had previously driven down there only to not find the course. This time we drove around a bit (and even encountered another group of disc golfers doing the same) before spotting a basket and parking. A park ranger drove up and admonished the other group behind us to slow down. After that he told us where the real start location was.

Man, this course is crazy long and crazy tough! There is a stream running around the course that has a number of branches in it. Sometimes it is on both sides of the hole. And it is quite deep. Fortunately, the water is not that deep in it and it was easy to locate our discs.

I found some wild raspberries while searching for my disc. Mmm, tasty!

Oddly, it looks like they are installing some sprinkler lines on part of the course. Thats a first.

I had one great throw for a birdie.

We finally finished the course and drove home. By that time I was famished and we stopped by Papasitos for dinner. When I got home, I was covered in dust. You could definitely notice it on your glasses and ankles. Time for a shower and then sleep.