Generally speaking, in Minnesota by November most of us are already beginning to hate our lives. Stuck indoors with sunsets beginning at 5pm and temperatures dropping, there isn’t much to love during the transition into winter. But this year, we’ve had a few record setting weeks with warm, sunny weather. Though atypical, I’m not complaining!

To be honest, I get pretty lazy this time of year. Case-in-point, since I have been working from home full-time, I somehow forgot to renew my license when it expired in October. With Mr. Corona taking its vengeance on government services in terms of furloughs, it may be some time before I can legally drive again. As such, I have been exploring areas close-to-home by bike—luckily I live next to some top-level parks and disc golf courses to continue playing!

Today I decided to play the full Kaposia Park layout. All 27 holes, as one does when paying the $5 fee. Can’t skimp on playtime. Now that it is the offseason from PDGA-sanctioned tournament play many of us who regularly compete take solace in being able to play completely for fun. In the off season I keep track of score purely for tracking how many rounds a year I play, but don’t really care about score at the end of the day. It’s unhealthy to be obsessed about how you’re shooting everyday. Sometimes it pays off to just enjoy watching how the disc flies and be creative, finding new lines in woods. Kaposia lends itself to a fun day, with wild woods holes and some long-bomber holes to keep everyone interested.

Getting out of the house and doing some hiking really does wonders in terms of alleviating the stresses of daily life. With the elections in full-swing in addition to all of the craziness of 2020, I think it is important to have something in one’s life that allows you to tune out and focus your energies elsewhere. Today was for sure one of those days that really helped put what is important in perspective!

In the end, I shot okay, wasn’t really worried about shanking shots into the woods or letting errant roller shots get lost in the leaves. Made a lot of birdies, pars, and had a few rough bogey holes. But made for a good round of fall golf, sure to be one of the last!