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Adventure Zone
The Adventure Zone keeps ages to 12 busy with supervised activities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Choose from full- or half-day sessions with lunch. You must reserve the program at least 24 hours in advance. Typically kids divide into groups for ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 12. The brightly colored space features a stage, puppet playhouse, craft area and a separate butterfly adorned playroom for ages 3 to 5. Kids also explore the property. They swim in the indoor pool, visit the falcons and the horses, go for carriage rides, bowl, fish for trout in the stocked stream and play basketball and horseshoes.
In June, July and August kids may also enjoy dinner plus bowling and movies on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 to 10 p.m. From September through May, the program operates on Saturday nights only. Reserve ahead.
Family Golf
With three courses, including the Old White, host to this summer's Greenbrier Classic, the resort's first PGA tournament, the Greenbrier is a good place for golf lovers. The Family Golf program makes it more affordable to teach your kids the game. Instead of the typical fee of $195 per adult, the entire family gets to play nine holes with a cart, clubs, shoes and balls for $195 after 4 p.m.
Best for: Ages 6-Teens
Tennis
The resort has five indoor and five outdoor tennis courts, plus tennis and golf clinics for juniors in summer.
Pools
Along with an indoor swimming pool, nice in fall and winter, the resort has an outdoor pool with a splendid view of the distant mountaintops.
Outdoor Play
You can also go hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. For old-fashioned fun, try horseshoes and croquet, go bowling and watch complimentary movies on selected evenings. Little ones especially like touring the property via horse-drawn carriage. In winter, the horses pull sleighs.
Falconry
Playing "chicken" with a hawk is just one of the surprises we encounter. When Jack, a Harris' Hawk with a fierce-looking hooked beak, swoops an inch above our heads, we flinch. Jack's not interested in us; he wants the chicken neck proffered by the Greenbrier's falconer. The birds are fascinating.
Off-road Driving
Not fond of monster machines or mud holes, we had low expectations for two hours of backwoods driving. Coached by our guide, we ride our jeep over ruts, drive sideways up a slope to curve around a tree, plunge through two foot-deep ditches and crawl up -- then down -- steep hills. Teens love this. They need to have at least a learner's permit to get behind the wheel.
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