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Day Zero Project: Completed No. 68

A Day Zero Project goal of P.J.’s has been completed!

Goal completed: Review 10 courses on Disc Golf Course Review.

Date completed: August 11, 2011.

Number: 68 (remember, these goals will not all be done in order. It’s a random list where the numbers actually are).

Description: Post reviews for 10 disc golf courses that I’ve played on Disc Golf Course Review, a website where players review and discuss courses and other disc golf items.

Why I wanted to do it: I am a firm believer in helping out others when it comes to reviews. The best way to find out honest reviews, I think, is to see what others have to say. And, sites like this, help out. How do I know about a course without seeing something about it? That helps me prepare for what I might be getting into. I figured, because I am a lower-level player, I thought I could give that sort of feedback.

How I did it: I played disc golf courses, of course. Though I have some favorites, I always like to peek around a bit and see new courses. When I did, I kept notes — either written down or mental — to be able to write about the courses. I always tried to give positives, any negatives and my personal thoughts. I think I’ve done a good enough job with my reviews as of the 13 I’ve written, I’ve received 36 “thumbs up” votes and one “thumbs down” vote. (I question that thumbs down vote, however, as every review on that course has a thumbs down vote, even the best and most fair reviews. If I had to bet on it, it’s someone who deals with the course and doesn’t like anything that isn’t a 5-star review, which this course doesn’t deserve in any way shape or form. For the record, I gave it a 2.5, which is what the course is rated right now based on 20 reviews).

The courses I’ve reviews (the 10 for this goal):

  • Green Lakes State Park (Fayetteville, NY)
  • Conklin DGC (Conklin, NY)
  • Central Park (Schenectady, NY)
  • Hyzer Creek (Providence, NY)
  • Greenwood Meadows (Warren, NJ)
  • Chimney Rock (Bridgewater, NJ)
  • TC3 Panther Highlands (Dryden, NY)
  • Gilbert Lakes State Park (Laurens, NY)
  • D.F. Buchmiller Park (Lancaster, PA)
  • Mini DGC at Mushroom Manor (Lancaster, PA)

In the end, I learned a lot about courses, reviewing and things to look for. It gave me a better view on playing the game and finding courses, which is a great thing.

About P.J.’s Day Zero Project: Day Zero is a project where people come up with 101 things to do over 1001 days. I started the project on Oct. 10, 2010 with an anticipated finish date of July 8, 2013. Goals will not be revealed until they are completed. A private list is at the Day Zero website and the list will be made public upon completion of the project. It’s my thoughts that if things are kept private, should I not do them, change or find a way around it, I’d only be cheating myself.

Day Zero Project: Completed No. 67

This shot was taken at Schenectady Central Park DGC -- a course that I have played more than any now. It was one of the 10 for this Day Zero Project goal.

A Day Zero Project goal of P.J.’s has been completed!

Goal completed: Play 10 disc golf courses I have never played.

Date completed: March 2012.

Number: 67  (remember, these goals will not all be done in order. It’s a random list where the numbers actually are).

Description: I wanted to play and explore 10 disc golf courses I had never played before. Being there aren’t many in my local area, this meant I would have to likely travel around and see new places.

Why I wanted to do it: When I first started the Day Zero Project, I was also new to the game of disc golf. That meant, it was a way for me to see new courses, play new courses and hopefully learn about the game more.

How I did it: I did it over time, that’s for sure! In my early playing days, I had only played “three” courses. I use quotes because two of them were full-time courses and one was a temp course. From there, I expanded a little. I hit up the course in Schenectady (which I have now played many times over) and then the one in Binghamton. I got the other in our “area” before expanding. A trip to the city to stay with a friend for a few days got me a few more courses in December 2010 and I thought I was on the way to doing this quickly.

Alas, it slowed down.

I added another in April 2011 for a tournament. Two of us went to the Ithaca area and ended up playing TC3 Panther Highlands. We had planned to try at least one 9-hole course there, but the first one took a while, so we moved along. I then finished off this goal with a weekend trip to Lancaster, Pa., in later March/early April this year. There, I played several mini courses and two regular courses. At some point, I also played one of the “local” courses at a state park — an object course — but hadn’t written it down. So I’ve done well enough to get my 10 new courses.

The courses I visited:

  • Schenectady Central Park, NY (11-11-10)
  • Conklin DGC, NY (11-25-10)
  • Hyzer Creek, NY (12-4-10)
  • Rutgers – Douglas, NJ (12-22-10)
  • Chimney Rock DGC, NJ (12-22-10)
  • Greenwood Meadows DGC, NJ (12-22-10)
  • FDR State Park, NY (4-2-11)
  • TC3 Panther Highlands, NY (6-25-11)
  • D.F. Buchmiller Park, PA (3-30-12)
  • Mini DGC at Mushroom Manor, PA (3-31-12)
I enjoyed playing these courses and I hope, by the end of the year, that I’ll have added 10 more new courses. I have several I’d like to see and play and hope I get the chance. I really love looking and playing new courses. I also have hopes that the local course that has been being worked on for a few years will come to fruition. It would be nice to have a solid course — if even just nine holes — to play on locally. And it would be nice to have a “true” home course.

About P.J.’s Day Zero Project: Day Zero is a project where people come up with 101 things to do over 1001 days. I started the project on Oct. 10, 2010 with an anticipated finish date of July 8, 2013. Goals will not be revealed until they are completed. A private list is at the Day Zero website  and the list will be made public upon completion of the project. It’s my thoughts that if things are kept private, should I not do them, change or find a way around it, I’d only be cheating myself.

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Day trip forgetfulness

If anyone has ever traveled with me, you know some of the stuff I am going to post.

I second-guess a lot of the items I do when doing a day trip, especially if I am not driving the full way to somewhere.

Tomorrow (Saturday), I am driving to a somewhat nearby Amtrak train station, and then taking the train into New York City to meet up with a few former co-workers. (It’s like a castoff reunion!)

Part of my issue is always thinking I forgot something and I worry about forgetting things too much. Even silly stuff.

Such as locking my car.

I can lock my car three or four times and then still second-guess myself as to whether or not I locked said vehicle.

<sigh>

So being a day trip tomorrow, I don’t have to remember a lot of things.

Besides my camera. Memory cards. My GPS (hey, you never know, I might grab a cache or two…). My phone. My Kindle (of course… for the train ride) and my phone charger.

That’s it.

It will all fit into my camera back pack, so I should be good to go.

Anyway, the trip should be a fun one. I am looking forward to catching up with some people and the weather (crossing fingers that it stays this way…) looks pretty decent.

And once I settle into the seat on the train, that’s it. So I have to make sure I don’t forget anything in the car and all or else I’m not going to have it.

That being said, I’ve also not been on an Amtrak train. The only trains I’ve taken are subways and one time taking the Metro North into New York City (though that goes slow as it makes a lot of stops).

Hopefully this Amtrak train won’t be too packed as I’d like to be able to relax on the train a little on the ride down. Maybe snooze a little, listen to some tunes and read a book on the Kindle.

Hopefully, I’ll have some good photos, too. We’ll see how it all goes.

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A little on the disc golf world. Darren was in the area briefly today, so I went and threw for a little while with him. We also discussed some ideas we had for a nine-hole disc golf course we are working on hopefully doing. I’m nearly done with the proposal I need to give to the people in charge. I know several big people were interested when I told them about it, so hopefully we can pull it off. We need to work on some pricing so we can work on sponsorships and finding a way to fund the course.

We’ll see how it goes. I’d like to have things going by the end of June if possible as that would really work with the area’s summer programs and such.

The course being worked on for Oneonta is moving along, too. We have a bunch of sponsors and are working on getting some checks so we can at least start thinking about getting nine of the 18 holes in the ground. Hopefully soon.

If both of these projects get going, it will be nice to have some disc golf options locally.

Just some randomness today as I get things in order for my day trip in the morning. I’ll get back on track soon!

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