I had no idea what cornhole was until I met Steve K. I ran into Steve with several of my students at Pevely Park today. It was really fun. I was there with Tammy and Keith W. for a science experiment and a geocaching treasure hunt. It was a blustery but sunny January day and I ran right into Steve, David, Christian, and Austin. What a fun surprise.
They were playing a bean bag toss type game that looked like a blast. I walked right up when Christian recognized me and all four of them came over. We started talking and right away I recognized a creative and outgoing person in Steve. I can definitely see where his son got his personality.
Anyway, they were playing Cornhole. It was a game with a pair of elevated ramps with a large 5 inch diameter hole drilled in the surface. This hole was the target, much like the pin in horse shoes. Steve also had three kinds of tossers--the whole kernel corn, pop corn and synthetic bead filled bag. The game looked familiar, but I had never played it.
Steve, a webmaster for outdoor games, then went on to explain the rules to me. It was familiar. When I was a kid we had bean bag toss, toss across and other such fun games, but this was new. It included the slide and block plays in shuffleboard, with the skill and challenge of horseshoes. I was amazed.
Steve even demonstrated technique explaining there were all kinds of throws, and stances. He also explained that it was spreading like washers, hillbilly golf and horseshoes. What fun. I could see this totally catching on in any group setting.
Immediately we began playing, and when it was time to get to work, my wife took over, played and even Keith played a bit too. It was so fun! Though I couldn't build myself a set right now, I would love to.
I also learned a bit about Kesler's Third Law. Today has definitely been a learning experience! Unfortunately, I never found the caches I was after. Mixed company, muggles and the random factor of distraction played a big part in it too.