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| Downtown Holland, Dutch Chess |
This past week has been fairly packed, beyond just work as well. I have already given you a glance of my Tuesday evening. Although I can mention that the reason why Winstrom park was nearly deforested is because they are looking to plant native trees to Holland. I would have a hard time believe that this decision would have been made by any disc golfer. One, for the fact trees take a decent amount of time to grow and mature. And two, might I mention disc golf and trees? How could one put this...as magnets are to metal, so are discs to trees. However there is the slight possibility of a skilled disc golf player who has never hit a tree with a disc.
Well that is enough talk about deforestation by disc or by saw. The weather was beautiful again on Wednesday so I could not pass up the opportunity to bike to the lake. Especially since it is a short five mile ride.
Stand up paddle boarding (SUP) has become the new "in" water sport it seems. Not surprisingly either since SUP is surprisingly fun. Surprise! So I rented a paddle board from the Macatawa Boat House. Their rates are extremely reasonable and their location has been my favorite thus far in the times I have gone paddle boarding (I highly recommend this place). Lake Macatawa was fairly calm to paddle through, and the channel (being a weekday) was thankfully not a traffic jam. In the hour that I had I paddled all the way to Big Red and briefly into Lake Michigan and back to the boat launch. All without falling in!
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| SUP Rental location just off Ottawa Beach Road. |
A bike ride back to the house and then apparently I needed more exercise since I went for a run into downtown Holland a back.
Thursday night was an Engedi Bible study at Kevin's place. It was great to meet with fellow believers and discuss Acts 10.
Saturday afternoon I drove North just past Grand Haven and played disc golf at two courses:
Rycenga Park in Spring Lake, MI
and
Ross Park in Norton Shores, MI
The Rycenga course had mainly short holes, but also had many narrow paths requiring precise throws. I was following a group of three guys so I knew where to go as some of the holes where not clearly marked where to start. Unfortunately by the time I finished they were already gone. The upside, hole 16. Fairly short distance, trees forcing a small curve right, and a blue beast in hand set the stage for my first. First ace. Overall I scored a 56.
I decided to continue up to Norton Shores and play Ross park. There was a huge crowd! Only to find out it was all for a crafts sale, which had nothing of use to me. However, there was no one on the 9 hole course. Apparently the Ross park course has been recently extended and baskets added. The holes seemed to all fall in the 250 - 450 feet range offering a decent challenge. I ended with a 36 for the 9 holes.
At the end of the day, I cooled down with a run along the beach. Randomly I ran into a friend from my high school church group while walking on the Pier. It's a small world I guess or at least made smaller by technology.
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| Big Red |
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