THE MANNIMALS: Lee Fong Park Folf Course in Weaverville, CA

I decided to try and surprise the fam and tell them that we were going on a day trip to check out a new course. Of course in our hurry to get out the door and on the way to get some food and to Weaverville (a few hours into the 299) I forgot to tell Athena to stop at the folf store so I could buy her a new driver (she lost hers during our last game). I tried making phone calls to find a place to try and stop on the way to the course or in Weaverville and Athena ran into a few stores to ask in Willow Creek but no luck! :( I did at least remember the camera and enough batteries to make sure we could get some pics our first time on the new course at least.
After we ate some pretty good food in Weaverville (Athena's burger was especially tasty) we made our way to the course and got our game going. I was worried the weather people had lied with some gray clouds over head but they ended up not dropping anything and keeping temperatures perfect for us. Athena tried to throw the first round with the discs she had but she has gotten too good and has too much spin/power now to throw the low speed discs. The only loaner disc I had was too high of a speed and so she decided to call it good and be the camera woman for the rest of the game when it got stuck in to top of a big tree.

Here is Mat part of the way into Hole 1. Several of the holes were long, low, and fairly technical.

Mat lining up his shot for eagle on 1.

:) This throw looks like it will be horrible and early and bomb to the left at this point, but with the spin turning it over it ends up past the hole on the right. I have been throwing with a little more spin/power myself lately (not as much improvement as Athena, but I am working on it :p) and there were a few times this day I over shot the hole and were I expected to end up.

Saving the par with a decent put back to the hole.

I can't believe how much better Mat has gotten this season too!! He's really getting that side-arm shot down.

Nice shot pal!

Eying the hole.

And time for the shot.

About the only time I grabbed the camera this trip was early on for these 2 pics. Nearly all the other and great pics in this post are Athena's camera work. ;)

And the throw is away!

Athena showing the line of site from disc to hole. There were a lot of trees and low ceilings here mixed with the challenging distance.

Trying to bomb this one up high, over, and around all the trees to fall in near the hole but it wasn't quite high enough. :(

Shooting under the trees from where my disc fell after it hit tree.

Another good eagle try from Mat to get it up to the hole.

Dad's turn but it's only a par saver.

And it's good! :)

Lots of elevation changes for the tees, holes, and several of the fairways, but nothing too bad and then all the hill/rock bunkers. It made it a fun game to have the course set up more like a golf course in those ways. This isn't even all the way back on the pad and that yellow speck is the hole.

An approach to another hole that is perched on a hill.

Excellent! :)

Mat's turn up the hill.

Athena's turn and my last pic of the day. NICE SHOT Bub!! The park looked like a pretty cool one. They had the built in amphitheater there on the hill and fairly new and well kept both the park and the folfing and the facilities there.

Break out a Great White! For the difficulty of the course I actually have a decent score and have at least saved several hard pars with 1 nice bird on the day. Avi had fun checking out the new course. She was so good and we were moving fast and so we ended up having time for 3 rounds of the 12 holes they have. Mat played almost the hole time and so we both got in over 30 holes in a good amount of time.

Mat for Birdie!

Can't remember for sure in the 36 holes I played but I believe this might have been this time on this whole I got the bird.

Me and my boy!! This hole was crazy because you had to drive from up on the hill and send your disc hurtling right at the parking lot to end up coming back left a little at the end and the hole was only about 15 feet maybe from the lot.

Our little folf angel! Athena was walking and Avi was in motion both when she took this pic.

At one end of the course was some private property where someone lived. They had horses and cows and at least one donkey! We took a break and fed the horse for a bit. He was a good horse and Mat had fun pulling up stuff for him and feeding it to him (actually it was a her).