[Adam Schneider]

My thoughts on the subject, which I realize are very different from most NWDGN forum-goers (but perhaps not uncommon amongst the general public): I paid $5 to play Blue Lake Park once, just so I could see what all the fuss was about. I'm glad I went, but I probably won't be back much. I don't think a course with four 900'+ holes is much fun.

If I'm headed out that direction, I'll have a more enjoyable time if I drive five more minutes and go to Dabney or Rooster Rock, both of which I can get into using my Oregon State Parks pass — which is also valid at McIver, Stub Stewart, Champoeg, and a whole pile of other non-DG parks (e.g., Silver Falls, Ecola, Nehalem Bay).

Basically, for me, playing Blue Lake isn't worth the money. If I was in the neighborhood and there was a free parking option, I might take advantage of that, because the alternative is not going there at all.