wrong jason

Oh...we only know about 47 jasons...it was bound to happen.

Ty, I got some extra bolts in my pocket..but I'll be at Banklick today...if you slack and don't get them in..I'll be at Idlewild tomorrow and put them in myself.

Chad, I got some extra bolts for your basket as well..because I know you are determined to lose one and start cussing

time is at 6 today per fred at the club meeting last night

Tyson, I will likely make another 50 mile round trip trek to Idlewild tonight.
I plan to cut the RR ties on # 15 and anchor them with the rebar - If you can meet me, that would be great.
Is the seed we planted coming up yet?
Also, did you remove the extra RR ties we over - distributed?
I will bring the O.B. stakes too.

I will call our dispatcher/Captain Fred just before I leave home.

The parks department was out today cutting the grass everywhere. The trees are starting to bud out...flowers are popping up...and idlewild is starting to look gorgeous.

Amen to that!!!!

I sent a polite email to David Whitehouse requesting regular maintenance/mowing at Idlewild.

BTW: I truly appreciate all of the work this club does to promote a healthy disc golf community in Cincinnati!

Looks like we've got some work to do, I'll supervise.   Saturday, 1:00 pm. I can't be there any sooner.
I saw that bridge in the creek the other day but didn't want to make you guys work in the middle of the round. It must have been a gully washer the other night.

i think the second bridge on 16 is too low and acts like a damn causing the river to rise even higher when there is heavy rain. it would be difficult work -- but ideally the telephone poles supporting that bridge should be a foot higher (just above -- rather than in -- the creek bed)

Fred, I decided to work on hole 16 because, hole 15 looked like to much work for one person, instead  I removed about a 15' section near sixteen's long position that was leaning forward. That took me all day , therefor I didn't have time or the energy to do a better job on the section of wall near sixteen's short placement. 

tractor-cut grass is nice, but that seems like a very small area of land to sacrifice flooding for; still, 
maybe they could raise the telephone pole supports a foot and build small ramps on each side...

here is a link to some good Idlewild reviews you might appreciate Fred:

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/reviews.php?id=507&mode=rev




 

I'm not sure which small area you are talking about but ,letting it grow might add another kind of challenge(as if it needs it) to the hole.In checking out the reviews I noticed one from my good friend Denny Ritner from MI and now living in FL .He was one of the organizers of the Disc Golf Cruise who gave Idlewild his highest ratin(the only course he has given it to). It is the most well maintained course I've ever seen. I would like to see the alternate pin on 14 sometime, if possible.

the bridge allows tractor access to the first landing area of the hole. the problem with the telephone pole bridge supports being dug down into the creek bed is that they act like a dam and make the creek rise higher than it otherwise would during high water. that places the core walls and greens downstream in greater jeopardy during heavy rains. you will never see a bridge built anywhere but completely above a creek bed when flooding is a concern... maybe we could raise the bridge a foot and still attain tractor access with a ramp up and down on each side... of course the problem is there aren't a lot of us volunteering to get it done...

hole 15's green got washed out because the drainage PVC pipe that runs under the walkway to 16's tee gets clogged with debris (it's too small in diameter too even thought it is normally dry there). we probably need to dig a much bigger drainage path there or 15's green will continue to get hit hard during heavy rain too...