I have a lot of hobbies. There’s stuff that I just like to do, can’t help it. Doing stuff isn’t the issue. The cost of doing stuff is, however. I had a paintball addiction for awhile and believe me paintball is not a cheap sport. The guns cost a lot of money, the clothes cost a lot of money, the paint costs a lot of money. I would burn through $80 of paint in one night of playing easy. So I quit. Too expensive. And I moved on to mountain biking. Expensive to get started but cheap to maintain the habit. All good. Well Natalie and I have been trying to figure out something we can do together besides snowboarding. Golf has come up a few times and we think it would be a fun sport to learn. But given my addictive proclivities, I can see myself getting totally obsessed with golf and blowing a lot of cash. So we have been reluctant to pursue a golfing habit. Last weekend we found a compromise. Cody and Beth invited us to go play Frisbee golf. Now I’ve been familiar with Frisbee golf for some time. To me it sounded like a sport for hippees and burn-outs, and it is. But those hippees and burn-outs sure do know how to have a good time.
We went to a course above the University of Utah and played nine holes. It was a blast. For the unfamiliar, Frisbee golf is exactly what it sounds like. Golf with a Frisbee. The holes are actually posts with chain baskets that you try to toss your Frisbee in. Cody and Beth gave us a lesson on how to properly throw the Frisbees and how to best approach each hole. By the third or fourth hole, Natalie and I were getting the hang of it. At the end Cody and Beth gave us each a driver and a putter disc and we are planning to go again soon. I’m trying to find a course near Bountiful. Frisbee golf is perfect for us, it’s cheap, near-by, fun, and it’s outside. So this is a hobby that we can get behind.
