We left DeKalb really early today, and got to Kearney, Nebraska at around 4:00. So, we had an early dinner and then went to The Big Apple Fun Center - a big entertainment complex.
It had bowling - like, 40 lanes worth - indoor miniature golf (Pirate themed. We didn’t play this course because we’d played Pirate golf in Dollywood), video games and food, outdoor volleyball, go-carts, billiards, darts, a kids’ ball-pit . . .
OK, what on EARTH is a kids’ ball pit?? Aaron just showed me a little clip from the web-site - OMG!!! It looks like a bizarre place where small children are PELTED with multi-colored plastic balls!!!!!! In the clip the children seem to enjoy this activity. I wonder, will it leave them psychologically scarred??
. . . plus outdoor miniature golf. Which is what we chose to play. The black-light golf and the outdoor golf were the same price. We thought these prices were a little high for such a small town in a remote area. These prices displayed right here are the before 6 p.m. prices. We considered doing “infinite bowling” which isn’t on this chart, but sounded like a great idea. But we just golfed.
This first hole was the most broken of all the holes. I hit my ball into the red receptacle, which was a rotating wheel, and look where it came out! Argh! This began to remind me of that horrifying Wii Golf that we played!!
Mom’s ball came out here! What was she supposed to do with that?!
Oh, wait, look at this score card. See the upper portion? That’s the layout of the whole course! We thought it was supposed to be a message, but then we realized it was just the layout and nothing more.
After that first hole, the course really settled down. The turf was slow, the sides were cement, and the cups were a little shallow. But, basically everything worked.
LOOK at this cigarette butt (in the bottom of the second of the above two photos, boxed in red)!!! Oh, man, they are in the WEST!!!! When I asked about it, Barb said, “we went walking around Kearney, and there was a water fountain in the chemistry department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus, and there was a sign at the fountain that said, “don’t spit chaw in this fountain!” SHEESH!!!!
These were the next three holes.
See the artificial stream? That's probably why this course was called “Brookside Mini-Golf”.
Are these buckets ASH TRAYS?!?!? And look, the water is normal- colored!!
Look at this photo!!!! I THOUGHT it was Barb’s ball lying on the ground next to obstacles, and I couldn’t figure out how her ball could’ve gotten there, but in fact, Aaron caught her ball in mid-air flying from ramp to ramp!!! Isn’t that amazing!!! Perhaps he should consider a career as a sports photographer!!!
Mom got a hole-in-one on that hole.
Get OUT!!!!
On this hole you could go to the left, which was safe, or you could go over the bridge, which would send you anywhere BUT the hole because the steel has all kinds of texture on it! Look at Dad’s ball flying off the bridge!
Look!!! I love this hole!!!
I actually went up this ramp perfectly, and didn’t get a hole-in-one. But Mom DID get a hole-in-one. What’s up with that?
See this fountain? The water may not have been blue, but it smelled like a swimming pool. But, they made the end of the course - the last two holes - so that you could be sprayed by this fountain. I didn't appreciate this feature.
This hole is an uphill ramp, and this is where Dad got frustrated with the course and adopted a policy of just smacking the ball hard to see what would happen, which is a bad idea on this course, when you need to get into the holes on the bottom of the lighthouse. His ball flew up, banked off the lighthouse, and nearly hit the couple who was playing two holes behind us!
I hope he yelled, “FORE!!!!!!"
This is by far the longest hole I’ve ever played. It kind of reminded me of a go-kart track. Here’s Mom, encouraging her ball to go a little bit farther so she wouldn't be stuck under the bridge. It didn’t. Luckily she could still kind of reach it with her putter.
The photo of the pool shot.
HA!!!!!
Hole 18 is the free game. None of us won one, though as it was really difficult. You had to hit the ball up the ramp, and then you’d get bonked around by all these pegs. I couldn't get a great picture because the sun was at a bad angle and the whole thing was enclosed by this chain-link fence housing.
Statistics:
Par: 42
Aaron: 45
Barb: 43
Paul: 54
Difficulty (1-6 putts, 6 putts being the most difficult): 3 putts.
Rating (1-10 balls, 10 being the most wondrous): 7.5 The holes are rather long, and some of the obstacles don’t work the way they should. And if you’re allergic to chlorine you’ll have trouble with the last couple of holes.
Coming next: Mr. Mitchell’s Tiny Town - Estes Park, Colorado
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