Lots of Good Fun October 25, 2015
@GardenGerty (169479)
United States
October 25, 2015 7:48pm CST
When we decided to move to this community, we knew we were moving across from a large vacant lot. It turns out that vacant lot is where the football field was when this town had its own schools. Someone had a plan for it.
A fundraiser had been started and evidently completed to acquire enough money for a disc golf course.(Frisbee golf). A week or so ago the "holes" were installed. These are baskets made of chains on poles.
Almost every day there is someone there playing. Morning, evening, at lunch time. It draws church youth groups and families and friends. It is entertaining for hubby and I to watch. Certain people seem to be really hooked on the activity and show up all of the time.
It is a gentle form of exercise that everyone enjoys.
This is just one of the good things in my life. How about you, do you have something fun in your community?
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@Juliaacv (56282)
• Canada
26 Oct 15
I've never heard of disc golf, but it sounds like it would be fun to watch or participate in. We have a unique very beautiful park out here in our village, they put a long wide sidewalk all of the way around it for walkers and rollerbladers. It is so peaceful to walk on that.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
There are people who just walk around this area. In my previous community they had a walk like you describe around a man made "lake'.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@Juliaacv I see it is wide enough to walk and talk.
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@Juliaacv (56282)
• Canada
26 Oct 15
@GardenGerty I love our walking path, you can go it alone and relax or join up with others, it totals just over a mile in length, this is only a short portion of it.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@simone you get to stay home in your pajamas. What kind of office does he work in that has a pajama day?
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
1 Nov 15
@GardenGerty He is a manager of an apartment complex for college students.
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
28 Oct 15
One of my ex's played frisbee golf and loved it. We would travel around the area and find new courses for him to play on. I could not get the hang of it but most of the places were connected to parks and me and the kids would hang out in the park while he played through.
We actually have a state park a few miles away from us. Raven Rock State Park has several hiking trails along the Cape Fear River. There is a learning center that details the history of our county and how the river influenced the development of the area. There is also information concerning the Native Americans who used the river for fish trapping and as a general source of survival. It is all very interesting. They offer primitive camping spots and areas to picnic and grill in. It is a great place to visit.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
28 Oct 15
We have some fall historical reenactments here that are interesting. I just read that the county lake ten miles from us has also set up a frisbee golf course.
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
2 Nov 15
@GardenGerty One town over we also have historical reenactments but I am not sure when.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
It is fun to watch and see how people play and who likes to visit the most. There is one man who is there almost every day.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
They are across the road and often at the far side of the lot as they make their way around. Even when there have been a lot of them the noise is not bad at all.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
27 Oct 15
@GardenGerty This is fine, our municipality wanted to built a skateboard ring not far from our house, but all the neighbors were opposed and they did nothing. What a relief! Screaming teenagers all the day would have been a nightmare.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I have never tried golf. The people that are here almost every day do not even seem able to hit the "hole" but they laugh and have such a good time.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@GardenGerty I think it sounds like a lot of fun, I wish we had something like that here
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
26 Oct 15
There are a couple of different people that walk their dogs out here and I always enjoys seeing them, one is a pit bull very freindly and the other is an older labrador also very friendly. My dogs enjoy seeing them from inside the fence line and would like to play with them. They do have a couple of dogs that they play with every so often one is a small dog and the other one is a French bull dogs male who likes my small female dog.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
That can be fun as well. Dog people often are very friendly.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
You can see a lot. Care to borrow my binoculars?
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Oh that's neat. We have a lot of cool stuff around here, but nothing that pops into my mind at the moment.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I imagine you get to do a lot of neat things with your kids.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
26 Oct 15
I probably do but never get out to see it. my friend says when I move over to the senior place, they have pot luck dinners and other things they do.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
That has been my sister's experience where she moved. It has been very good for her.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
26 Oct 15
That sounds really great GG! It would be entertaining for sure. Other people might complain about all the activity so close to you.
I guess at times, though the apts can be crazy with fights and kids all around, it is sometimes entertaining here
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
26 Oct 15
We live close to a golf course and a public library, with a children's playground in the compound. So it gets pretty lively in this area especially on weekends.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I would be at the library a lot. It sounds well planned to draw in the community.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Oct 15
not a bad thing to be across from, at least it didnt get turned into a parking lot or something
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
There are other things they use the area for as well. For the Labor Day Parade they staged the line up there. We had a front row seat.
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@Samanthavv (1380)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I have seen some of those places but I have never actually played it. Have you?
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Not yet, I guess I need to. Gotta buy a new frisbee. I have seen people in another place who bought special kinds of discs for the game.
