We had a destination wedding in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. But to get there we had to go on the trip from hell. By the orders of the universe a giant rain storm passed through our connecting airport, delayed our flight for 5 hours and cancelled our connection. We spent the night at the airport, waking at the crack of dawn to get a red eye for an additional connection. By the time we got to Knoxville we had been inside and outside of airplanes, tarmacks, airport buses, terminals, baggage claims, and airport hotels. To say we were travel whipped would be more then accurate.
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| The sun sphere of Knoxville, Tn |
So how happy was I to find a disc golf course in the center of Knoxville, Tn a mile from the sun sphere? Pretty darn happy! To be fair I had researched the park before we left since we were scheduled to stay in Knoxville overnight, however the travel scenario from hell made it all the sweeter. It was so nice to get out and move the feet and legs for more then the length of an airport gate!
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| Morningside Disc Golf |
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Morningside Park disc golf course features an 18 hole course situated throughout the park. The park was wide open, with mature trees strategically spread out the layout.
The park itself was well manicured, but very hilly. It made for a great disc course layout. We were forced to hike some spots, but it made it invigorating and added an element of difficulty in shot placement.
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| The 18th hole. Land a disc vertical here and you're almost guaranteed to lose. This hill was a calf burner! |
Too short and you were throwing and hiking a lot. Too far or too angled and you were chasing your discs down a mountain.
We had a blast and got a nice lung stretch walking up and down the hills and chasing our discs. And at the end of our game we found a fantastic
Falafel joint in Knoxville, with baba ganoush to die for!
