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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Mini Golf Adventures: Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf - Diamond Course

Date of Visit: October 1, 2025

Location: Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf, North Myrtle Beach, SC

Course: Diamond Course

For my birthday, I decided we should go play mini golf at Professor Hacker's Lost Treasure Golf because I had been seeing ads for it in my game apps and it looked interesting that it involved a train ride. As it was a school day, we made it into a field trip with Nora somewhat reluctantly doing the adding for the running total score after each hole.

The experience starts with a train ride to the top of the mountain where the courses start. We choose to start with the Diamond Course, which the conductor told us was the easier course. We enjoyed the variety of holes including some in caves, ones with obstacles to aim through, and one where you used the river to get down to the hole (Mom and Dad both managed a hole-in-on-one on this one).

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

One of the theming story signs.

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Dad on Hole 8

Hole 10

Hole 11

Hole 12

Hole 13

Hole 14

Hole 15

Hole 16

Hole 17

Hole 18

Final Scores

Nora - 62
Kjersti - 52
Mom - 52
Dad - 41

See full list of our Mini Golf Adventures here.

Check out some of our other Myrtle Beach area Mini Golf posts:

Cancun Lagoon Golf

Hawaiian Rumble Golf
Hawaiian Village Golf

Pineapple

Jurassic Golf

Ice Age

Mt. Atlanticus Minotaur Golf

Red Dragon Cove Adventure Golf

Ripley's Crazy Golf

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Our Koffee Trail: Koffee Geeks

Date of Visit: September 27, 2025

Location: Koffee Geeks, Circleville, OH

Rating: ❤️ (Love)

Last night Dad searched along our route to plan this morning's Our Koffee Trail stop. Koffee Geeks stood out to him because as he said, "They spell koffee the same."

They had a good variety of specialties along with a seasonal menu. I got a Maple Cinnamon Latte from their seasonal menu. Dad got a cup of their campfire roast coffee. He also got a bag of their Harvest Blend for home.

See full list of Our Koffee Trail stops here and Our Koffee Trail Google Maps list here.

Friday, September 26, 2025

Simonton Lake Drive-In

Date of Visit: September 26, 2025

Last night on our way up to the cottage our usual Elkhart exit was closed and we ended up taking the other Elkhart exit. As we drove through Elkhart, we noticed some things we hadn't before. When I noticed Simonton Lake Drive-In and its Root Beer sign, I was tempted to stop, but we were already cutting it close to make the last barge.

Today we aimed to get through the cottage closing checklist to get off the island when the barge started running at noon. Since we started by turning the water off around 11am and did not think about making lunch before we cleaned all the dishes and started the process, we were really ready for lunch when we finally headed off the island closer to 2pm. Thus, we decided to not take our usual route back (exit only temporarily closed at night) and head back the way we had come last night and get lunch in Elkhart.

Dad almost pulled into a tavern looking place he saw, but we settled on the drive-in we saw the night before because we figured we could at least get fries and shakes.

Instead we discovered more appealing options on the menu and ended up with fish burgers, pickle chips, and fried mushrooms.

We also both enjoyed their homemade root beer (should have got a half-gallon or gallon to take home).

Destination Info:

Simonton Lake Drive-In

3724 Cassopolis Street

Elkhart IN 46514

Friday, September 12, 2025

Mini Golf Adventures: Snake River Golf

Date of Visit: September 12, 2025

Location: Snake River Golf, Myrtle Beach, SC

For the over five years we've lived in Myrtle Beach, we've driven past Snake River Golf many times and I thought it looked like an interesting mini golf course. However, it had already been closed down and was very rundown looking. A few weeks ago, we were driving by and I was surprised to notice it looked cleaned up with fresh looking greens. With summer ending and some cooler, less humid weather, I choose it as our next mini golf adventure.

Overall we enjoyed playing a round at Snake River Golf. The courses were nice with the greens still seeming very new (I think, it reopened back in May). There were still some feeling of it being rundown including a deck area that was falling in with falls in several parts that really should have been blocked/roped off for safety. The themeing was also mostly pretty plain, but there were some snakes and caves. Definitely, cannot beat the price, though, as $8 per person for all day play is among the cheapest (if not cheapest) in the area.