While my tires were getting replaced at Costco, I jumped aboard with Will, Jess and our friend, Drew as they headed Upcountry to play disc golf at Polipoli.
We stopped at Mana Foods in Paia and stocked up on sandwiches, snacks and chocolate (I even scored some Moonstruck chocolate, a Portland staple). We chowed down in the back of Will's truck in the grocery store parking lot before ascending the slopes of Haleakala to the disc golf park.
{one of the disc golf baskets}
The disc golf course sprawls up and down the mountainside. The baskets are scattered across fields, tucked into copses of trees painted in burnt orange moss, and plunked down across gorges.
Every hole is a hike as you can trek up and down hill at altitude.
{walking the course}
{Will watching Drew and Jess seek out a lost disc}
I'm not a very skilled disc golfer, but I had fun hiking around with everyone, and I got to throw the disc around. I even made a long putt and got the disc in the basket!
As we played the last three holes, a bank of clouds started sweeping up the mountain and enveloped us in mist.
{hanging out in the mist}
{T-Bone looking stoic as always}
After we were done with disc golf, we hopped back into the truck and headed back into Paia for pupus and cocktails at Milagros.
It was wonderful to be able to spend the afternoon with friends working up a sweat in a beautiful place. It was certainly better than hanging out at Costco for two hours while my car was getting outfitted with new tires!
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