Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Madden's Resort, Brainerd, MN

Today we met with our Indiana family at Madden's Resort.  


This is a very large resort on a peninsula into Gull Lake.  Over time, many smaller resorts were consolidated into this now large complex.


It seems the main attraction here is golf.  Many courses are available from a 3 par course to a championship course listed among the top 100 in the nation.


My son Ed and I played a 9 hole course in Mendota Heights when he was in junior high school.  Most Saturdays in the summer he would be up early while I was still in bed.  But we would go our and sometimes the dew was on the greens and a "rooster tail" of water would form behind the ball.  So this was a good reprise of that time.


Here Sir Flails-a-lot is making his shot.


Afterwards we played games available on the site with very helpful attendants to help us get started.


Here we played a very British game of croquet.  The course was unbelievably flat and well tended.


Sue, Kathy, Ed, Katelyn and Al make up this handsome family portrait.

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