Wheels and Frolf

The past week has been a ton of fun. I took two more rides across the GG Bridge, the most recent being this morning with two guys, Adam and Bobby, who will be medicine interns at USCF starting in July with me. The Sunday morning ride was beautiful as ever, and my two new friends were so pleasant and kind. The previous Marin County ride I took solo, and I turned left at the end of the GGB and climbed about 2 miles up--it was worth it for the picture and the ensuing descent, followed by a trip through the crazy Bunker Road tunnel and the same Tiburon loop I'd done before. I also took a more urban ride through GG Park towards Ocean Beach and south to Lake Merced and back. Not a bad hour-long ride.

Furniture purchases this week were limited to a big leather chair, by the trendy outfit EQ3, from some yuppies who decided that after 1 whole year, they needed new furniture. The chair is great, but there is no coffee table or accompanying loveseat, let alone a TV, so it hasn't been in much use yet. I'm saving up for an LCD HDTV...I figure if I can go without TV until the Steelers start...

Friday I played frisbee golf (AKA frolf) with Otis, his cousin, and two of his friends, at the GG Park course. I bought some used frolf discs off some guy named, no joke, Marcus Aurelius, earlier that day, so I got to test them out. I still sucked. We went for Eritrean/Ethiopean food later that night with Elle and some other folks. Delicious.

Saturday morning, I was at Otis' place at 8:30AM sharp in order to get an early start on a big frolfing outing. Otis gets as excited as a little boy about many things, but none more so than with frolf. We were to head north on US 101 about 45 minutes to an awesome 18 hole course in a state park. Otis and I picked up his cousin Seth in Cole Valley and met his other cousin Caleb (known as "Cubby") and his friends, the brothers Mark ("Thor") and Kevin at the course. We played 18 holes under an amazing blue sky with a gentle breeze. The course had some incredible holes, including a 1000 yarder. The terrain was quite varied, with tree obstacles, downhill and uphill holes, and lots of thigh-high grass. We played team-skins, where each hole was won by the lowest combined score. I played with Otis, Kevin with Cubby, and Seth with Thor. Kevin and Cubby won. I was pretty awful, not reaching par on a single hole, but my drives definitely improved. My putting is fine, seeing as my drives suck so much that it takes me a few "drives" to get on the green, and by then, I'm close enough for a short putt. Seth turned out to be a gifted frolfer, with an amazingly straight and long drive. He birdied one hole, landing his drive just underneath the basket. (see picture I forced him to pose for)

The plan was to hit Cronkhite beach on the way home, but when we got there, it was about 55 degrees outside...ick.