Fish out of water spawning? What the....
In an overgrown lot next to a lake and bordered by an interstate exit and an old fishing house, the abandoned putt-putt course is a small reminder of the good old days when families actually used to play together at that "unrealized sport" called putt-putt. (You could almost smell the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!).

We parked at a nearby lot and walked up the road a ways. The walk was pleasant along a major suburban road and past an inaccessible lake. When we reached our destination, we noticed a police car across the street. He/she seemed to be busting some young people for an apparent traffic violation. After seeing the place, and it's complete absence of trespassing signs, we ignored all legal presence and slipped onto the property in plain sight.

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The place was ugly, overgrown and small with only two buildings remaining. One building looked like a barn and inside people had made themselves at home by installing an old carpet of putt-putt Astroturf, next to a cozy little fireplace.

The other building looked like a garage. The roof was riddled with holes and all that remained inside was some old washers or dryers and huge chunks of styrofoam. The styrofoam, (my guess), was probably used by talented putt-putt artisans to make exciting sculptures for course decoration. As we all know, any good putt-putt course must have these whimsical features. Remnants of these monstrous relics were long gone and all that remained in the entire place were old plywood fish, (numbered markers for each hole).

Artifacts left behind were scarce, although there was the odd beer bottle, there were no putting clubs or golf balls to be found. We found a strange rack of fishing poles, though. Talk about "fish out of water"! Why fishing poles on a putt-putt course?