Monday, June 5, 2017

Pirate’s Crusade Mini Golf, South County



Location: 11801 Tesson Ferry Rd, St. Louis, MO 63128

Website: https://concordbowl.com/arizonaactionpark/mini-golf/

This family fun center has fun for the whole family. We did mini golf, but they also have 32 lanes of bowling, batting cages, sand volleyball, and a small arcade.  This place was busy when we were here with tons of people inside bowling and a birthday party going on. They have trivia nights and offer kid camps as well.




You go inside to this counter to pay and get your balls, clubs, and scorecard. 


Batting cages


Sand volleyball


Entrance to course


Follow the blue arrows on the ground to the first hole



This place originally had a Western theme but was changed at some point to a pirate theme. But they still kept a bunch of the old Western theme things, so it's a weird mix of the two. Also the water wasn't running which was a bummer. 


The course is challenging which my kids loved, but it might be too difficult for preschoolers. 


Around the 10th hole, you walk up a hill into a cave. There is a hole in the cave behind the waterfall!  You have to hit the ball past a fake spider too. There are cave drawings on the wall and you can look out past the waterfall. 










This hole was cool with the snakes


You can see there was some graffiti on the wall that has been blocked out. I guess mini golf places are not too profitable because they always seem run down.













Looking out from behind the waterfall.












































Sunday, June 4, 2017

Elvira Moll Park, Bella Villa




Location: 751 Ave. H, Bella Villa, MO 63125

Website: http://www.cityofbellavilla-mo.org/#anchor_80

Playground Ground Cover: Wood Chips

This playground is great! This is a small little municipality with a population of 729. It's somewhat near Lemay and Wilbur Park and the southern part of the city. The playground is next to the city hall and police station, so I think you'll be safe here. The neighborhood was clean and quiet. The city has a total area of 0.13 square miles and was ranked the second-highest top-traffic ticket town in Missouri in 2005, so don't speed!


 They have 2 rocking toys, a motorcycle, and a parrot that toddlers would love. 


 There are 2 baby swings and 2 sling swings



 This purple play structure is fun for climbers, and I love that they erected tents over the benches for shade.


 Big open green space would be fun for games 


They have a bouncy thing where you stand on tires and bounce, and a large play structure. It has a rock wall, a tunnel, a tic-tac-toe board, bars, poles, and slides.


 They have a smaller play structure that just has a double slide.