Easier than Walt Disney World

Adapted from Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

In a happy reminder of summer, there’s an elderly Cape Cod couple’s uber-charming and kitschy (36-hole) Sandwich Mini Golf, on what used to be a cranberry bog. Construction started on the course back in 1950.

"Even in the winter, he’s repainting," Sylvia Burke said of her husband, Maurice (“Mo’’), who started construction on the course in 1950, when he was 15, reported WBUR’s Gary Waleik back in 2016. "In the evening hours, he’ll be busy carving signs. Every sign that’s on the mini golf is all hand-carved by him." There’s a Mo’s Mountain on the course, by the way.  The attraction is squeezed between scenic Route 6 A and a salt marsh. (Salt marshes are the defining characteristic of the Cape Cod Bay side of the peninsula.)  A brook flows under the course’s bridges, around a simulated giant lily pad and past a white whale and a lighthouse – all very Cape Coddish.

“I love Sandwich Mini Golf because each time I play there, I feel like a kid. My wife and children seem to love it as much as I do. It’s one of our very happy places,’’ Mr. Waleik wrote.

To read his story, please hit this link.

To see the Sandwich Mini Golf Web site, hit this link.

Sandwich was a famous early glass-making center (lots of sand with which to make it) — “Sandwich Glass’’ — and one of America’s earliest Quaker centers.

Boardwalk in Sandwich marshes