Trojan conditions?

[Adam Schneider]

Everything cool out there? Thinking of playing some time in the next week or so...

[zippyboy]

Last we checked, yes. However, it has rained quite a bit since then. The water is up, and there are a few soggy areas around the banks, but the fairways seem to be okay. This will be a good test for the new french drains on 10 and 11...

[Adam Schneider]

If we go, I'll report back... where were the problem areas that the French drains are supposed to alleviate?

[zippyboy]

If we go, I'll report back... where were the problem areas that the French drains are supposed to alleviate?

Ten and eleven, sir. Those are usually the two soggiest holes on the course when the rain gets bad. The first year we were playing out there (2006), the water got so high on the loop (holes 8-11), that you couldn't get to the eighth basket. However, it never got that bad last winter...

[Adam Schneider]

Played Trojan today. The water is pretty high, and within a few inches of swamping the #8 peninsula. But everything was very playable. #10 and #11 were extremely soggy; guess those drains aren't helping much.

We had five splashdowns: #6, #8, #9, and #13 were with floating discs (Lightning #2 Driver) and were retrievable with a big stick. Then there was a too-straight drive on #2 that found the pond in the little ravine. (We managed to fish that one out too, but it required some wading.)

By the way, the mailbox on the "kiosk" (such as it is) was stocked with PGE maps.


Oh, and where the hell is the normal teepad for #10? We couldn't find any markings. Are you supposed to throw from on the road, right next to the big gate?

[zippyboy]

Oh, and where the hell is the normal teepad for #10? We couldn't find any markings. Are you supposed to throw from on the road, right next to the big gate?

Yes. The "marking" for the tee pad is past the fence (closest to the highway) and is done in orange spray paint. Due to the soggy weather, it hasn't been marked in a while. Of course, neither has the first tee pad. Sorry about that. Hope you had a blast. Sorry none of us could join you.

[Adam Schneider]

Yes. The "marking" for the tee pad is past the fence (closest to the highway) and is done in orange spray paint. Due to the soggy weather, it hasn't been marked in a while.
We saw some orange markings under the leaves, but they looked like letters, and we assumed they were from the utilities or something.

[zippyboy]

That was a request by us to not have the fishermen parking on our tee pad. At one point it did say "No Parking" (or something to that effect), dividing that driveway in half, with the tee pad area being on the half closest to the basket (obviously).

[Sam]

10 should tee off from across the pond. An improvement on the original course design, IMO.

[Adam Schneider]

10 should tee off from across the pond. An improvement on the original course design, IMO.
Someone said once that it's not the standard tee due to the danger of overzealous drives landing on Highway 30.

[zippyboy]

True statement. People still land on the highway driving from the normal tee area on 10... Meh. However, were disc golf to cause an accident on the highway, I would guess the course would be a thing of the past...

[murray the brit]

how is it out there:chinscratch::chinscratch:

[emmarose]

how is it out there:chinscratch::chinscratch:

hopefully lovely... I believe I'll be heading out there on Monday (woohoo for a paid golf holiday!) ... oooh... I'd love it if anyone was interested in acting as a tour guide who knows the course better than I... I'll probably be aiming for 10ish to 11ish tee time...

[Ol' Bob]

I'll probably be aiming for 10ish to 11ish tee time...

I was the only car there at 11:00. When I read that post I just logged off and made a run for it. I was guessing that loocid might be thinking about showing up too, and a few minutes after I shut off the engine, he pulled in. We waited around and did some putting and finally gave up waiting. We played two rounds and left some offerings in the lake. I now have two discs in the deep for my lifetime tally. Sadly, for me, yesterday's plunker was my only Katana. I was just getting it dialed in. Loocid bettered my poor scores, but at the cost of three of his discs. We were both throwing our number one plastic, at great cost to the bags.

[emmarose]

I was the only car there at 11:00. When I read that post I just logged off and made a run for it. I was guessing that loocid might be thinking about showing up too, and a few minutes after I shut off the engine, he pulled in. We waited around and did some putting and finally gave up waiting. We played two rounds and left some offerings in the lake. I now have two discs in the deep for my lifetime tally. Sadly, for me, yesterday's plunker was my only Katana. I was just getting it dialed in. Loocid bettered my poor scores, but at the cost of three of his discs. We were both throwing our number one plastic, at great cost to the bags.

dangit! I am so sad I missed y'all... i got icky sicky on friday and didn't make it out there until monday! and I don't have a computer of my own so I wasn't able to update my status! boys, I am so bummed... seriously...

peace and love,
emmarose

[Ol' Bob]

I think we saw you from 12 when you threw on 6. Were you with that white van?

Got someone coming this afternoon from Kalama, so I'm eating an early lunch. I should be working on projects, but....

[emmarose]

I think we saw you from 12 when you threw on 6. Were you with that white van?

Got someone coming this afternoon from Kalama, so I'm eating an early lunch. I should be working on projects, but....

oh! I see... you were there on monday... i was able to update my golfing time... (I think I'm still delirious from my head cold... not comprehending words and writing...). I think you saw me also... my yellow eclipse skipped off the water and made it onto dry land...luckily, too... it was a pretty terrible toss... I was not with the white kidnapper van, tho... I was in the green suby with three dudes (hence my late arrival time... those dudes can be such girls... takes them for freaking ever to get ready to go! not you, andy, ;) in case you're reading this, in fact, it's really just matt...)...

someday, bob, someday we'll golf together, I promise!

peace,
em

[Sean Phillips]

I've been playin out there a couple times a week lately. I find the conditions to be very tolerable lately. There has been about ZERO wind the last 4-5 rounds. I live very close to trojan now. PM me if you're looking for a tour guide. I know where all the trouble spots are. (like in the water)

[Ol' Bob]

Well, I think it just happened again. That evil bitch next door got to the Kalama guy just 80 feet short of the sixth green and sent him off with the wrong directions.

Listen people, just keep driving up that road beside the creek until you see the sign for The Inn at Lucky Mud. Then go to the top of the hill where the big gray house is.

That woman on the road at the bottom of the hill is a crazy, loveless, mean-spirited, cnt, who wants nothing more than to make life hard for us and any of our guests. She is incapable of uttering the truth, unless it is to augment a lie. Do not engage the crazy woman at the bottom of the driveway in any way. Ignore her and pass her by. You may find her on the road on foot or on a green tractor -- POISON!!! -- Stay away from her! If you engage her, it will just come back on us. Trust me on that. If the driveway doesn't have the inn's sign, it's not the right driveway, do not turn up the wrong one. She is under court order to not interfere with our guests, but if you talk to her or go on her land, then it will be difficult for us to protect you.

It's been close to two hours since I saw a white car pull into her yard and heard her squeaky black dog doing its version of barking and her yelling at the driver. He drove out and obviously went on her wild goose chase. I hope he gets back, but he probably gave up and went to Skyline.

[emmarose]

Well, I think it just happened again. That evil bitch next door got to the Kalama guy just 80 feet short of the sixth green and sent him off with the wrong directions.

Listen people, just keep driving up that road beside the creek until you see the sign for The Inn at Lucky Mud. Then go to the top of the hill where the big gray house is.

That woman on the road at the bottom of the hill is a crazy, loveless, mean-spirited, cnt, who wants nothing more than to make life hard for us and any of our guests. She is incapable of uttering the truth, unless it is to augment a lie. Do not engage the crazy woman at the bottom of the driveway in any way. Ignore her and pass her by. You may find her on the road on foot or on a green tractor -- POISON!!! -- Stay away from her! If you engage her, it will just come back on us. Trust me on that. If the driveway doesn't have the inn's sign, it's not the right driveway, do not turn up the wrong one. She is under court order to not interfere with our guests, but if you talk to her or go on her land, then it will be difficult for us to protect you.

It's been close to two hours since I saw a white car pull into her yard and heard her squeaky black dog doing its version of barking and her yelling at the driver. He drove out and obviously went on her wild goose chase. I hope he gets back, but he probably gave up and went to Skyline.

sheesh... that is truly terrible... it boggles my mind that people can be so awful... it did take me thru my teenage years to understand that it makes my life better and more enjoyable and fulfilling to do my best to be helpful to my fellow human beings, but one would think that by adulthood a lady would have figured it out... when my pops and I make it out there, we will be sure to steer clear of the nasty bitch and her irritating dog...
peace,
em

[emmarose]

I've been playin out there a couple times a week lately. I find the conditions to be very tolerable lately. There has been about ZERO wind the last 4-5 rounds. I live very close to trojan now. PM me if you're looking for a tour guide. I know where all the trouble spots are. (like in the water)

haha... like in the water... :rolleyes2:

... after 3 rounds out there now I'm starting to get the idea that the water can be a little troublesome... figured that out on my own, too... no tour guide necessary... just had to lose a couple pinkies...

... I still may take you up on your offer, tho, for the next time I head out... I am developing quite a fondness for the place, despite the fact that my mother is sure I am getting radiation sickness from playing out there (silly hippy...)

peace threw disc golf,
emmarose

[Ol' Bob]

The guy from Kalama never made it back. We know she (the neighbor from hell -- NFH) has done this before, because the people she'd sent off sometimes come back the 6+ miles from the highway where they'd asked at the restaurant or PO and decided to come back up. But often, like today, people become no-shows that I waste a whole afternoon waiting for. One time, people came here over many miles by bicycle to huk. After calling to say they were getting close to turning off the highway, they never showed up. They probably saw her near the mailboxes and innocently asked if they were close. Well, they would have been about a hundred feet from the Inn's sign. The sign has been stolen in the past, along with the Old Chestnut Dr. street sign. BTW, we have just one suspect for this theft.

[barbikes]

How are conditions at Trojan these days? A couple of us may be down from Seattle on Friday or Sunday and it's been over a year since we played Trojan.

[ryanajanes]

played it 2 days ago. still awesome as ever...............and unforgiving

[aksargon14]

Headed down from Seattle next weekend, anyone know of cheap camping around the course? Gonna head down @ night, camp and play in the am then head to Hornings.
Thanks
Nick