Day One Hundred and Ninety-Nine: Fore!

This weekend Emily's good friends Ashley and Adam made the trip down I-35 from Austin, Minnesota to Lawrence for a visit.

While we Lawrence residents thought we were enjoying a relative cold-streak at 85°, the visitors from up north commented on the comparative heat, having just left near-Christmas-in-July temperatures of mid-50°s.

In any case, while the women were out shopping for wedding dresses-- er, "pants" (apparently this groom-to-be is not supposed to know anything about the dress ahead of time, let alone see the bride in it before the day of the wedding..."pants" became the operative cover-word in this case), the weather was perfect for Adam and I to enjoy a round of disc golf at Centennial Park in Lawrence.

Here Adam is, recreating a magnificent long par putt on the twelfth hole.

Centennial Park is so named for the 100-year anniversary of Lawrence celebrated in 1954. Click here for a very quick history of the park.

It is fun to note, in this description, that at the time of Lawrence's centennial, the area that was to become this park represented the western edge of town.

In fifty years (by the time of the recent sesquicentennial celebration), the city had expanded so much to the west that the park is now centrally located in Lawrence.

Who knows where the park will be located (relatively speaking) by the time the bicentennial rolls around!

The 18-hole disc golf course is a relatively new addition to Centennial Park, and one that I'm glad Adam gave me an excuse to enjoy.

I'm sure I'll be back for more!