West Virginia showed us some of the best of the "West." In West Virginia we went to one of the most interesting mini golf courses. We also went to a disc golf course and Tamarack.
Mountain State Miniature Golf is a mini golf that is unique to West Virginia. They are the first course we have ever seen make holes that have something to do with their state. It was so creative.
The first hole had a bridge to putt over. It was a bridge found in West Virginia. My favorite hole started with putting through a toll booth. Then you hit your ball down a series of ramps that are parallel to each other. If you make it down that before you reach five shots, then you face another toll booth, and then you finally reach the hole. The other neat part about this hole is the detail they put into the toll booths. They even had an EZ Pass lane. The only problem with the course was the greens were a little torn up. Besides that I give this course a four and three fourths out of five.
Greenbrier State Forest was one place that Mom wanted to go hiking. While the hike was lame, the frisbee golf was really fun. They had eighteen holes, but the back nine were under construction. It was still really fun though. On one hole they had a super steep drop. Another hole had you throwing your frisbee 500 feet. One problem with the course, though, is all the thorny plants. The second problem is the signs that tell you what to do if you encounter a bear. It was really scary because of the thought of being attacked by a bear.
Tamarack is one of West Virginia's top attractions. I call it Public Enemy Number Three a.k.a. an art gallery. Public Enemy Number Two is the opera. (I love it when the fat lady sings.) Public Enemy Number One is any formal ceremony. Anyway it was packed. The food line was a thousand people long. The price for a magnet that was shaped like the state was fifteen dollars.
West Virginia had great golf and my number three enemy. It also had some boring hikes and a great mini golf. I think West Virginia showed me the best and the worst of the "West."
- The Son
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