One more disc golf match to be played!
Welcome to the outskirts of Clemson, South Carolina and the Mountain View Park Disc Golf Course for today's matchup between our competitors. Mountain View Park is a free-to-play course overlooking Lake Hartwell with 20 relatively short yet technical holes. Our competitors will be playing the front nine this time around, looking to improve their statistics. How did our players do?
Course Result:
His Holes: 1
Halved: 3
Her Holes: 5
Course Record: Him 10 - 4 - 18 Her
Holes Record: Him 69 - 112 Her
A relatively simple first hole saw both of our players halve the hole for par. However although both had some bad tree luck on the second, a little time in the rough for him meant she was able to take the hole. Tree luck was absolutely terrible for him on the third, as she won that hole with a par. The bad tree luck would swing the other way, as he answered back in the fourth with a par of his own, followed by a halved difficult fifth. On the six, he missed a putt, while she was able to capitalize and win the hole. The bad times in the rough continued for him, as she was able to take the seven with a first for her: a birdie! He would have more bad luck in the rough on eight giving her another hole win, before closing out with a halved hole. Shots were 39-44 in her favor.
She continues to pour it on, but will it continue? Find out next time, but until then, be sure to Follow Your Internal Compass.
Once again, we decided to stay at Clemson RV Park at the Grove. This was previously visited by us. However this time, we chose to have an extended stay in the RV, at a whopping eleven months.
Grounds: By the time we made it back, a good chunk of the housing development nearby had finished, and some of the homeowners in the area are a bit rowdy so you may have to deal with their noise. It looked as if they were doing more construction, perhaps as an additional access for the executive suite. The area is building up with additional commercial establishments, so future visitors may not have to travel as far.
Staff: It was nice to see the staff continuing to be accommodating towards changing needs and multi-day trips. However, for the number of regulations that the park has, they don't seem to ever enforce them. Obviously you don't want to be a hard stickler like we've seen at other parks, but speeding and wrong way driving were getting out of hand to the point where other driving vehicles and even children were nearly being hit by these unruly tenants.
Amenities: Of the bath houses that had maintenance issues on our first visit, we found the same disrepair upon our return. In addition, other things continued to break in the bath houses that were never fixed, despite raising rent and laundry prices for what seemed to be zero return. They did add a couple additional washers and dryers, but that's assuming they work and weren't trashed by either unruly tenants, or non-tenants that seemed to be in and out of the facilities with the door never locked. On the plus side, we did see a number of events, including hosted dinners, bouncy castles, and game shuttles, taking place during football season for home games. There was also a barbecue competition that was hosted in the winter months with a similar atmosphere. If you go during the right time, although the rates will be significantly higher, it could be a very happening place.
Atmosphere: During the events, there certainly is a lot of positive energy in the park. However, the far end of the grounds, where most monthly renters are placed, has a significant "trailer park" vibe akin to the commonly associated stereotypes. There are cluttered sites, tenants deciding to park their cars across several pads without paying for them, loud music at all hours without being able to listen to your own sounds in your own rig while wearing headphones, and the problem tenants are either incredibly arrogant or "don't speak English".
After this stay, we regrettably must lower our rating to 7 out of a possible 10. Rumors were spreading of a significant price increase in the near future. This location does not conduct background checks on monthly tenants when compared to other parks, but after what we experienced, we sadly now understand why other owners are now being forced to do this. We were happy to be able to find an opportunity to leave this area, and should we come back to upcountry South Carolina, whether for a visit or long term, we will likely not return to this park.
As our players head to a new location, so begins a new disc golf series!
Welcome to Grand Central Station, this one being in Central, South Carolina, for today's disc golf match. Grand Central is a free-to-play, themed park with two separate 18 hole courses. Today, our players will be playing the front nine of the "freight" course. However, the basket for hole 9 is missing on our course, replaced with an overturned bucket. The bucket will be played as if the putt was made passing over it. So how will our players fare?
Course Result:
His Holes: 1
Halved: 4
Her Holes: 4
Course Record: Him 10 - 4 - 17 Her
Holes Record: Him 68 - 107 Her
Hole one started with him in the rough, but she was unable to capitalize as the hole was halved. He had even more difficult time in the rough on two and three, but she was able to take the hole each time, garnering a two-hole lead. The rough continued to plague him on four, along with a missed putt, resulting in her taking a three hole lead. He would have some bad tree luck, but a missed putt from her resulted in the hole being halved. She'd miss a putt on six, but it wouldn't matter, as an awkward shot landing in the rough meant a hole win for her. Hole seven would see her taking a penalty for landing in the creek, and because of that, there would be no shutout, as he took the seven. The final two holes were halved by our competitors. The shot count was 52-55 in her favor, as this course proved to be quite difficult.
She is pulling away. Can he bring it back? We'll find out next time, but until then, be sure to Follow Your Internal Compass.
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