After waking up this morning, my kidney stone was still talking to me. Saying: "Hey Derek, it's great hanging out with you! Can we be besties and spend lots of…
Less than twenty-four hours after laying in an emergency room bed, and "floating" around a bit today while on two different pain medications (as a result of the kidney stone…
Today was the day. After nearly fifty-one years of calling Minnesota home in my life? Today was the day that I packed nearly all of my belongings and headed West.…
Well today was a day. What started out innocently enough with bright sunshine and far less wind in Montana ended with me on three new prescription drugs after laying on…
Yesterday's weather forecast said that today might have hurricane-force winds. You know how news media seems to too-often sensationalize the news...in order to keep you glued to your TV (and…
After not being able to sneak in any new courses played during my last ten days in Oregon (being without a vehicle), then after returning to Minnesota and spending the…
Today wound up being the last day I will have access to a vehicle on this current trip to Oregon. A LONG story that I won't bore any of you…
Today I had the opportunity to play with an incredibly interesting Oregon local named Russell Howard, who likes to go by the nickname "Malum." A person who has worn all…
This news has been a few years in the making, plus for any of you who are connected to me on Facebook, you already heard this news a few days…
After another quick trip this weekend down to Oregon's Adventure Coast, I asked my wife if she would mind me making another attempt at playing North Regional Park in Cottage…
My wife and I had a rare opportunity to sneak off alone today, without our daughters. And while we would be getting together later with extended family in Vancouver, Washington,…
My wife and youngest daughter had plans today that didn't involve our van, so y'all know what that means... ;-) I had a "special guest" with me today, who I've…
Work has been kicking my behind this past week! I told my wife that I wake up at 5:45am, turn on my computer, and it is time for lunch! Send…
Between work and weather, it had been almost a week since I last got out on a disc golf course! So with a bit of a break on both fronts…
Today the planets aligned for me with work, health, family, etc. So I had the opportunity to hit the road for a few hours to check out three new courses…
I had a great night's sleep last night, which was just what the doctor ordered after four hours of meetings and 36 holes of disc golf yesterday in Coos Bay.…
Today was a great day on two fronts! It was a chance to get back to a course (Blue Lake Regional Park) that I reluctantly had to miss/skip the last…
True to my word (from yesterday), today wasn't about disc golf. It was about spending time with my wife and youngest daughter. That said..... :-) One of the things my…
Before I got to jump into four hours of meetings and interviews this afternoon, I wanted to make sure I got to play two additional courses (with baskets) in the…
Today was a good, albeit long day behind the wheel. Four and a half hours of driving, from Hillsboro to Coos Bay, Oregon. Then after calling it an evening in…
Today was the perfect day to play my closest remaining unplayed eighteen-hole course to the townhouse and cat we are housesitting for in Hillsboro. So after crossing a few "To…
Today was just one of those days on the course collecting trail. I didn't feel well, plus I was grumpy playing in the mud/slop. It certainly wasn't the courses' fault!…
Today was a LOT of fun! It was a cheap, easy way to add three new courses to my courses played collection! :-) But it was finally my chance to…
Today was a busy day at work. I didn't have hardly any time for disc golf, much less time to get my 4-5+ miles of walking in (which helps me…
After getting caught up on a little work today, and before celebrating our youngest daughter's 16th birthday (where has that time flown?), I decided that today would be the day…
After getting a good night's sleep last night, I was excited, as I actually had a new disc golf course that I could play that was within WALKING distance of…
Aah...I'm home. Well okay, I've technically had my mail delivered to a Minnesota address my entire fifty years of living on this planet! But I often tell people that since…
If yesterday felt like cheating while course collecting, playing three quick, short nine-hole courses, today felt like outright theft. My rule on the course collecting trail has always been that…
At the risk of having my own George W. Bush "Mission Accomplished" moment in the world of disc golf course collecting, today was a day I have been waiting for…
After several weeks of ice, snow and cold, yesterday was FINALLY the day that my wife, youngest daughter and I were able to begin our 1,400+ mile trek West. Embarking…
Today was a big milestone for me. After pushing SO hard, for SO many years, I can now say that I am within 100 disc golf courses of doing something…
In addition to mapping a 36-acre property this Winter, one of my primary reasons for being up in Northern Wisconsin today is to help "tweak" an eighteen-hole disc golf course…
Work for BOTH mapformation and DGA brought me up to Northern Wisconsin for the next couple of days. And with the unseasonably warm and dry conditions this late in November…
Surprised. Confused. Excited! A little annoyed? :-) That is how I am feeling tonight, after being completely blindsided and haunted by the thought: "Did I just play the best course…
Today was an absolutely beautiful late Fall day here in Southern Minnesota! The mid-40s for temps, a bright sunny sky, and no snow or ice on the ground. So when…
After a very quick 1,550 mile, six-day trip over to Michigan for some meetings with the Disc Golf Foundation board, I made it back to my office in Minnesota for…
Today's course collecting materialized a little slower than I think Cristina, Mike and I had hoped! Plus if I own up to things? I really did NOT play well today.…
After saying my goodbyes to Paul, Cristina and Mike this morning in Michigan, I began the process of pushing for Chicago. I had a tough decision to make: play a…
Today was such a cool day for me. I got to share the fairways with my friends Cristina Palaganas Carlstrom, Paul Carlstrom, and Mike Harrington as Mike was able to…
Greetings from Grand Blanc, Michigan! After another long day of driving, I finally made it to the home of Paul Carlstrom and Cristina Palaganas Carlstrom, to meet with Cristina and…