Corn Hole

Labor Day over here is a public holiday.  It is the first Monday in September, and we were advised that the campsites would be fully booked, and we needed to book in advance or else we wouldn’t stand a chance of a campsite.  The whole Labor Day thing occurs over not just the Monday, but actually starts on the Friday before and extends to the Monday.

So, we booked ahead for four nights in Covington Pennsylvania on a lovely site in the top of a mountain.

Our neighbours looked a bit unsociable and didn’t want to acknowledge that we even existed, - or so we thought.  The following day I was checking the oil on Harvey, and the neighbour’s dog decided to see if I was interested in a game of playing with his bone!  I stopped to wrestle with the beautiful black Labrador puppy and the neighbour started up a conversation about the dog, etc, etc.

Neighbour Jason and his wife turned out to be thoroughly nice guys and not how we first thought.  He is a teacher and was most helpful to us.  In fact, on the Saturday afternoon of Labor weekend, he invited us to play Corn Hole with him, his family, and other campers in the gap between all the RVs.

Ruth lobs her bean bag

Tim's go

Flying red bean bag

Corn Hole not something we’ve ever come across before.  It reminded me of the French game of boules.  Not because of the things used to play the game, but because of the sociable nature of the game.  Anyone can play it.  It’s not complicated.  And it bridges age, gender, and all levels of expertise.  It basically can be a game that just doesn’t matter how you do.  Or it can be deadly serious stuff with leagues and competitions.

The rules are simple.

You have four bean bags.

You endeavour to throw your bean bags across a gap of 27 feet, onto a board of wood with a hole in it.

Basically, whoever gets more bean bags in the hole wins.  There are consolation points for how many bean bags hit the board and stay on the board.  But getting bags in holes is the name of the game.

Ruth proved herself to be a handy dead-shot.
Better than Yahtzee!!