Corn Hole: Fun Outdoor Game or Tennessee Backwoods Town?

Tough call but Corn Hole is actually a game! To some of you this may be old news but it was brand new to me! Its sort of a bean bag toss/horse shoe combo. Its great for me because I have a much lower risk of hurting myself or someone else while playing. You can buy the game or make it yourself. If the Knights ever own it, it will mean my father in law Doyle made me one with his Bob Vila-worthy carpentry skills or we bought it off Ebay. I don't remember the exact dimensions of all this but here's the gist. The game contains two boards (pictured below) placed a certain number of feet apart (like horse shoe pits) and each board is tilted at a particular angle. The boards also contain a hole near the top. The goal is to throw as many of your bags on the board or through the hole. You get 4 bags to throw each turn. If the bag lands on the board its one point and if it goes in the hole its 3 points. If the opposing team also lands on the board or in the hole you cancel one another out. First team to 21 wins.

Any idea why its called Corn Hole yet? Well...the bags are filled with CORN instead of beans and the object is to get it in the HOLE so its really a no brainer, right?! People may accuse Tennesseeans of being the dull crayons in the box, but its so simple its genius!

We got together with some families from church 2 weekends ago to play and I think this may be the sport for me. I knew there was a reason basketball and softball and volleyball just weren't my thing! But, if you can point a remote and press the power button, I'm pretty sure you could play this game...no off-season conditioning required. I was terrible at first but once I got my arch down (Kevin says "its like poetry" ha!) and held the corn bag right I was able to give Kevin a run for his money. Its all in where you put your hand on the corn bag for ultimate control. Check it out.

Kevin and Michael playing Lola and Tim. Michael is the grown up version of you Wes. I should have known God wouldn't let us go to a place without providing a stand in for you and Nick.

Hannah Shea and Haley playing on a travel version (yes its portable for family fun on the go!)

We had a great time with our friends and I'm looking forward to a rematch.

Mandy