Santa Fe Trails Mini Golf

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So, after our funny warm-up at the Sugar Grove Miniature Golf, we went about a quarter block further south on Route 47 and found the place we had originally set out to find:  The Sugar Grove Family Fun Center. 

This place has all kinds of entertainments - they’ve got some sort of bumper-cars.  Only they’re boats.  I think.  I really didn’t understand it.  Don’t bumper-boats sound like a recipe for disaster??

 

In any case, this place is some sort of relative of the funny Sugar Grove Miniature Golf and Driving Range.  But, the vibe at the two places couldn’t be more different.

This course was true MINIATURE golf.   Where each hole is like a regulation golf hole, with rough and slopes and all.  And there’s a sort-of Wild West theme going on, too.

This was Aaron’s favorite course, by far.  Also, it was the course where Aaron’s golfing suddenly took a leap forward, which may account for part of his enthusiasm.    But also, it was just a fun course.   We played in near-rain.  And the astro-turf was SOAKED (that’s my excuse for such a poor score!!).   We definitely want to go back and play again in better conditions.

I think the thing I liked the most about this course was that a whole BUNCH of baby frogs had just metamorphosed from tadpoles to froggies and were hopping EVERYWHERE on certain holes!!  I spoke with the woman at the front desk - I didn’t know if these were some sort of rare miniature frogs (on account of the miniature golf - ar, ar) or if they were truly babies.

She said they were babies, and that they hatch every year here!!  She said most of them get eaten by the birds, though!!  Wow.  Nature is brutal.  I asked where they lived and she said, “in the pond”.  I said, you mean, that pond with all the BLUE water???  Because, I just couldn’t stop taking pictures of the blue water.  It was like Tidy-Bowl!!  Seriously, all those little blue babbling brooks and such. 

She said, oh, that blue coloring, isn’t it nice??  And it’s eco-friendly.  Really!!  Well, I guess if frogs can hatch in it every year . . .

Oh, look!!  A tunnel conveniently provided for cleaning the rain off your glasses during the game!!

Seriously, the really delightful thing about this course was talking about what might be the best strategy to get to the hole in the fewest strokes.  There were a lot of differently shaped fairways.

 

Statistics:

Par:  46
Aaron:  49
Peg:  58

Difficulty (1-6 putts, 6 putts being the most difficult):  4 putts
Rating (1-10 balls, 10 being the most wondrous):  8 balls

Although this was Aaron’s favorite course so far, it was too serious for me.  Not enough goofy creations.   My favorite course so far is still good old Novelty Golf on Devon!!

Coming soon: Guest reviews from Tennessee!