Vancouver, WA

Frisbee golf is a surprisingly rewarding way to spend an hour or two. I played my first game of the summer at Washington State University Vancouver where a humble, dandelion-studded course lies on the east side of the campus. I grabbed my Frisbee and my mom and sister and dog and went to enjoy an evening round. I’m glad we chose the evening because they are doing a lot of building and the construction cuts very close to the course but by the time we arrived the work had stopped for the day.

The three of us had to share Frisbees which made it slow going and the dog discovered a group of foraging rabbits which was a bit chaotic. But we had the course and evening breeze to ourselves so we didn’t need to worry about holding anyone up or distracting anyone with the dog.

We worked our way around the course navigating the mole hills and spending a lot of time searching the long grass for wayward Frisbees despite that most of the “holes” were straight shots.

A couple of curved “holes” and the long grass were the only challenges—and the rabbits were distracting to the dog. We finished fast enough that it seemed a shame to leave so soon. I think next time I’ll make an evening of it and pack a picnic dinner and ride my bike to take advantage of the beautiful area and bike lanes leading to the campus along 134th Street.