I ventured out to the Maryland 'burbs to visit with a friend. We decided to drive to a lunch spot that we both liked but this time she took a different road than usual.
Our conversation came up short as our eyes were drawn to a curious art form on the right side of the road. A large, brown, wooden hand was holding what we thought was a coin. There appeared to be a small park behind it.
We stopped to check it out. A sign near the wooden hand indicated that this was a "Disc Golf Course."
A what?
I am not an avid outdoorsy type nor do I know a lot about outdoor games but I have lived on this planet for many years now. And yet, I had never heard of such a thing and neither had she.
It was a little eerie walking around this park with no one around but clearly it wasn't the season for disc golf and so we were able to explore. We learned that disc golf is sort of like regular golf but without holes in the ground. Instead there were metal baskets at which to aim discs - using a human arm to deliver them. That explained the artistic wooden hand with the disc (not a coin) greeting visitors at the entrance. Mystery solved!
I hope we drive by there again when the park is in full use.