The real cap to the summer was our trip to Wisconsin Dells last Wednesday through Friday. We tried the Wilderness Resort last year and the kids loved the water parks, so we decided to repeat the experience.
The four-hour drive went pretty quickly—the kids were occupied watching movies and reading. Our second DVD screen broke after our Alabama road-trip last year, so they have to share a single screen.
We arrived mid-afternoon and we headed straight out to the first two water parks—mild by Wisconsin Dells standards, but a great way to ease into the vacation.
Thursday was the busiest day. We started out indoors at Laura’s absolute favorite of the six water parks at the resort.
Those indoor water parks get loud!
Next, we moved on to an outdoor park that we missed last year. We didn’t spend too much time at this one, though it had a fun slide that you ride down headfirst on a mat. The big attractions at this particular park were two slides that only the clinically insane would ride down. While we were there, a young girl rode down one of them but got stuck because she didn't meet the minimum weight requirement and couldn’t build up enough speed to make it up the loop-the-loop. The life guards had to fish her out of the emergency access hatch.
We wrapped up the afternoon at another indoor park. By the time we stopped for dinner, the kids were so exhausted that they agreed to forego more sliding after dinner!
Besides the water parks, the other big attraction for the kids is the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. Laura had pancakes, waffles, and French Toast all on the same plate. She was in heaven.
After our breakfast on Friday, we visited one more outdoor park. We hit all six parks at the resort this year! It was a lazy morning of reading for Deborah and Laura…
…but Karl was still climbing stairs!
We were nearly ready to go anyway, but for some reason we were asked to leave a little early. I really don’t know why…
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