Cape Mini-Gold: Skull Island in Yarmouth

As I've mentioned, mini-golf was very big on our recent Cape Cod trip. Our 2nd time playing was at the Bass River Sports World in South Yarmouth. The course is dubbed "Skull Island"--you can probably see from the photo how the course got that name! It definitely is a fun course, especially as our young fellow is fairly interested in pirates these days. The course is pretty challenging, and has fun features such as a hole that goes through a cave. My one piece of advice would be to play there when it is less than 90 degrees--there isn't much shade there other than a cave or two! Most days down the Cape that wouldn't be an issue, but we were there on a hot spell.

There are a lot of other activities at the Sports World facility, including soccer cage, a skate park and go karts. We didn't dabble in those but did enjoy the (air conditioned!) arcade for a bit after we played mini-golf.

Tips: There's a dollar off/person coupon in the Kids on the Cape book (at least there was in the 2010 addition). Like other mini-golf places we played, the facility is cash only. If you are like me and often have little cash, expecting to pay with a card, you'll want to make note of that!

Cape Mini-Golf: Arnold's in Eastham

Mini-golf was very popular during our recent Cape Cod vacation. We made it to the mini-links no less than 3 times in the week we were there. I'll start with the most recent outing at Arnold's Adventure mini-golf in Eastham. In a week where the temperatures pushed 90 most days, a rarity for the Cape, the shade at this course was welcomed. This was a fairly challenging course--though my brother-in-law and I both managed a hole in one--with quite a few balls needing to be retrieved from the "water hazards".

Many of the structures on the course pay homage to various aspects of local Cape history. These displays had potential to be interesting, though I must say we were to busy keeping up with our 5 year old to notice too much.

This course is right on Route 6, conveniently located near Cape Cod National Seashore beaches. We combined mini-golfing here with a trip to Nauset Beach to check out the impressive post-"Hurricane" Earl surf.

The smell of fried seafood wafts onto the course, as the mini-golf is located next to Arnold's Lobster & Clam Bar. We had plenty to eat at home for lunch so stayed strong and passed on the restaurant, but certainly seems like it could be a nice combined outing.

Tips: $1 off/player coupons can be printed right from the Arnold's website or also found in the "Kids on the Cape" publication. Like the other mini-golf courses we visited at the Cape, this is cash only.