Philomath Disc Golf

A brief respite from the normally drizzly weather of winter Oregon has provide the opportunity to further procrastinate writing of a thesis and enjoy my favorite leisure activity: Disc Golf. Yes, probably not the coolest thing I've ever admitted to but I don't care. These series of pics are from a new course that just opened nearby, in the clearcut capital of Oregon, Philomath. It's a 9-hole, most are 18, but some of the holes are very challenging and there is a lot of water to lose discs...

One of the many backwater areas alongside the Mary's River, where the course is laid out.

That big log is a legacy of the clearcutting days when Philomath was held in higher regard and the town's economy boomed. The log is shaped into a bench now - I didn't count the rings but it's probably an old-growth Douglas Fir (300 + years).

Lea loves to have her picture taken. That miscreant coyote in the background is Marlowe.