Of course we stayed up too late the night before and got up just before noon the next day. We hustled to get ready since we only had a few more hours of daylight and the park closes at dusk. We drove through Lake Tapps on the way there. I have never been in this area before and the lake was very very low. It almost didn't even look like a lake.
We got to the park and I remembered that I have been here before with a friend of mine and we did do a round of disc golf back in 2009. Then, we got about halfway done and it rained so we didn't finish the course. So I know at least part of the course.
http://www.auburnwa.gov/things_to_do/parks_trails/game_farm.htm
The course was very busy today and several times we had to wait for people in front of us and people had to wait for us to finish. As the day went on it seemed like more people showed up to play disc golf. I thought it would have been the other way around since it was getting closer and closer for the park to close.
As we got to the hole that I left off of several years ago, it was the one that paralleled the White River. If you threw it wrong it will go into the river and you probably won't get it back again. I tried my hardest to throw it away from the river and go from there. When I threw it, it took a horrible roll. As I watched it roll, I was yelling, NOOOOOOO! I did not want to lose a disc...mostly because I don't have the money to replace them at the moment. I ran over there and thank goodness a stumpy tree stopped it from going down the bank and into the river.
A little further down the trail we saw that some geocaches were coming up. Sadly, two of them were on the other side of the river but one was very close to hole 12. We took a short break from disc golf to walk down to the bank to grab it. It was called Kaneohe-Aloha in WA (GC4H82F) and it was hidden inside of a eroded stump.
Back to disc golf and the few holes we had left. When we were done, we walked down the river path to another cache we had to grab before we exited the park. This one was part of a series, KC Geo Clue-Mrs. White (GC30HXK) and found it on the fence. I was lame and didn't grab the clue from the log book. I'll have to go back one day and get it. We hustled back to the car and got out before dusk. It was a fun day of two of my favorite outdoor activities: disc golf and geocaching...at the same time!
We headed up towards the Muckleshoot Casino and I found out his grandma lives a few blocks from there. I had never been up this way before. We parked in the back and walked in. I met his two uncles, aunt and grandma. They talked about genealogy, some family stories, I told some stories and we ate food. We had chicken, potatoes, corn, bread, stuffing and for dessert, a huge chocolate cookie. It was delicious. About a half hour later it was time to head back to his house. I told them thanks for dinner and it was a pleasure meeting all of them.
Next Adventure: The Winlock Egg
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