Got to play a little bit in town and I have to say that Stanton Park in town is a great place to play.  The park is very well maintained and there are a fair number of trees and obstacles to pick from.  

I had originally played out the holes so that there 18 there, however, things felt a little forced.  The first part of the course had a number of tight shots and a fair number of anhyzers.  The back had a ton more distance but felt a little worn for the sake of having enough holes to call it a course.  The park is also used by local soccer teams and whole swaths of the place can be taken up with those activities.  A number of people come down there anyways and some of the areas where it would be nice to thread a shot would end up hitting someone in the head and that doesn't usually go over too well either.  There are about six or seven camp buildings, all of them with a lot of glass on the outside of them, and I'd hate to chuck a frisbee through one of them, so there were more restrictions on where I wanted to throw.  And finally, I wanted to come up with a design of holes that were designed around areas of the park - that way, if one of the soccer fields was in heavy use or there was a picnic near one of the playgrounds, you could pick other areas of the park that weren't in use and assemble your course that way.

So, with all that in mind, I plan on putting together a guide of things to shoot for/at if you happen to be a disc golfer in extreme Northeast Ohio at this community park.  It's a great place to walk around and reminds me a lot of some of the community parks out in California in terms of layout and mature evergreens.  

It also crossed my mind to design courses based in existing parks in the area without all the buckets to aim for.  The buckets are a big expense, and while it is great to have something permanent to shoot at, there are opportunities that you may be missing out on just because some chains aren't hanging somewhere.  If I find anything good, I'll post.

BTW - Stanton Park doesn't show up on Google any more, which is a little disheartening.  The park has had some financial difficulties and I'm hoping it doesn't go to developers.  At this point, I'm not sure who is going to buy any new houses, but there are a lot of empty lots as it is... go figure.

Busy last couple of weeks...  

Went to the Cleveland Browns last night after picking up tickets from my mom in Buffalo.  Long day of driving only to lose 10-6.  The leftover winds from Ike were brutal.  The tickets were waaaay up, but we were protected from most of the elements.  Thanks, bro.

On the way back from Buffalo, had a chance to play a quick nine on the long tees at Angola and actually did pretty good for me.  The only hole I blew was the 5th with a double-bogey, but I made it up with a couple of good holes to end up an even 36.  

This is good compared to the week before when I went to CCA.  Lost two discs on the first two holes and ended up getting only one hole in 4.  Everything else was 5's, shots over baskets, under baskets, past baskets, into trees, down hills...  The only time I've kicked my bag.  

Also managed a quick trip to Pymatuning and played white tees on the established nine there after work.  Felt good and threw pretty well... Ended up shooting 37 there and did pretty good at driving and putting.

As for game programming, taking my time.  I was working on an election/card thing, but it needs more work and I need to put it down.  I have switched back to PocketCiv for the meantime with a release tomorrow.

Been playing a fair amount of CivRev and that's getting a little old.  I like the early phases but a lot of the game is in the later phases which is all well and good, but I like the beginning of the game the best.  I've gone back to the Open Source goodie bag and I'm trying to wrap my head around FreeOrion because I never played Masters of Orion much, so it is a whole new ballgame.  I also tinkered with JRisk/Risk a little bit and like the Flash GUI they have for that game, enough to get me mildly interested in learning about Flash.

Well, despite a hurricane coming in, McCain picking up an Alaskan governor for a running mate who looks she could be more like his secretary and Russia trying out new nuclear technology, it's been pretty quiet.

Yesterday was good, kicking back with family and friends, heading up to Geneva-On-The-Lake and doing bumper boats and go-kart racing.  We had a sick kid, so Mom and her ended up going home, but the rest of us managed to make it to Old Mill Winery right in Geneva.  Came back to roast marshmellows and talk about old times.

No disc golf this weekend.... but that's okay.  I managed to get my first ever pro-par round of 54 at Lakeshore!  Granted, it was red tees and I really could have done better, but it finally felt good to at least get to that point.  I remember hitting 72's on the reds when I first got into the sport, so that's a good thing.  We'll see if I can do it on the white holes.  I had three dueces, including another improbable one on 6, and the regular 9 and 14.  I choked on about three putts and considering there was almost no wind to speak of, I'm not sure what wasn't working on those.  It was raining a little bit and pretty muggy.  All in all, though, a good way to spend Thursday night.  Earlier in the week I shot a 63 on the white tees, which is a personal best for me out there, too.  And I damn near forgot Sunday, heading out to Mentor, I got to play two of the new holes at Sims Park and I shot a 60 over there, which is another best.  A good week all around!

Mountain biking in October hopefully at Mohican, and I might try Atchison tomorrow if there is any time.  I'm not sure how dry it's going to be, but it would be nice to saddle up and hit it while I still have some energy.

Tried teaching Euchre to the girls today.  That lasted five minutes.  Mom was right.  :-)  Still maanged two games of Pirate's Cove and I actually did okay on those, too.  I usually get creamed by J-Love, but I managed to stay out of trouble most of the game.  Even Banana played which is a bit unusual and she's been a riot lately.

Anyhow, more later.

Had a decent run at Lakeshore - this time I ended up getting a 63 after getting a 65 on Friday including a deuce on 6 where I had actually managed to get the disc to come about 3' from the basket! I was happy. I had another deuce on 14 and did pretty good. I did the white tees, mainly because I didn't feel like being irritated today. The breeze was pretty good off the lake and anything that I laid up in the wind carried laterally more than forward on some of the holes, particularly trying to upshoot on 17.

Also worth noting labs came back normal. Must be the lack of caffeine.

PocketCiv is still coming along nicely. I know I said Wednesday and it ain't happening, although I'm still thinking I'll be able to sneak in this weekend if all goes well. Sunday is spoken for and Saturday could very easily be busy as well. Not enough hours in the day.

Ended up going to Parade the Circle, a time when Cleveland looks a little like Mardi Gras.  Kids had a blast watching the parade which featured all sorts of floats, tons of stilt walkers, unique costumes and artistry from ordinary things you'd find laying around the house - or a landfill.  It's an interesting crowd to run around in, and the girls thought it was great.

After that, hit George Knox park with the girls to play frisbee golf and had a pretty good round.  I ended up going 2 under public  par which is a personal best.  Tons of Amish buggies on the way there and it was a gorgeous day.

First disc golf run to Pymantuning State Park, PA this year.  I would have gone out there sooner, but $4.05 to fill up is a bit excessive.  Nonetheless, I got out there after work and played the white tees on the established course (1,2, 7-18) and did pretty good compared to last year's tourney.  No snowmen, only one double bogey, a couple bogeys, but parred the rest of the course to get +6 against 58 par which is really good for me.  My drives for the most part were pretty good and the holes I struggled on last year (12, 13, 14) were a lot easier. 

A lot of it wasn't mowed down much, so there was a fair amount of searching when I ordinarily wouldn't have to.  I still ended up going through the brier patch on 13 for 20 minutes on an errant tee shot. 

It'll be nice when they get the rest of the tee pads in on the front nine because it was a blast during the tourney last year.