Day off...Disc Golf...

Recently one of my good friends (Chris) came into town for a couple of days. We had a lot to catch up on. The last time I saw him was at Kendra and my wedding in September. We're notorious for our beer tasting, but our friendship covers the scope of topics from music to politics. Having the same profession in physical therapy keeps the conversations going as well...

Our goals for this trip besides conversation was to try our hand and disc golf in the winter! We're both amateur players who get at least 4 or 5 rounds in a month during the summer, but playing in the snows of Michigan was new to both of us. We played at Hudson-Mills Metropark north of Ann Arbor. (Another good resource to learn more about disc golf is the Professional Disc Golf Association website www.pdga.org) We had a great time...check out the pics!

Once again I was victorious...

My brother's home...

Kansas will always be our home.

But for the last year and a half, my brother has called Lebodoti, Suriname home. Suriname, officially the Republiek Suriname, is a country in northern South America. Other common names are Surinam or Sranang. It was formerly known as Nederlands Guyana, Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana. It lies in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast. The most southern parts of the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed (upper Corantijn and Marowijne rivers; the map shows the Guyana and French Guiana versions of the border). The country is the smallest soverign state in terms of area and population in South America.

Wikipedia has a good synopsis of the area.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to visit him. If anyone out there wants to donate $ for a plane ticket there, please e-mail me. Anyhow, it seems like an exotic and interesting place. My brother says everyone is quite friendly and accepting of travelers. He has done some extensive volunteer work for the Peace Corps which has included irrigation, building homes, day care, afterschool programs, and fundraising for water projects.