Friday, August 13, 2010

MINI-VACATION

While Angela took Kelsie to back to JU in Florida, we had Heater and Nathan with us from Wednesday night until tonight. We decided to take them to the Grand Bear Lodge near Starved Rock - so we could stay out of the extreme heat while they played in the indoor water park.
This is Heat and Nathan posing before entering
the waterfall tunnel.
Nathan was excited with the "coolest bed ever!" He couldn't figure out
how that couch was a bed, and you should've seen him light up when we opened it.
Of course, he immediately began jumping!!
Funniest thing! We were in the pool about 2 minutes when we
noticed him talking to a little girl. It was his best friend from
school, Madison! She was there with her family and they had
the best time together for the rest of the day. This was taken
on a tiger-ride at the indoor amusement park.
That resort is a great place for a family with small children to vacation, and I know some of you have been there. Needless to say, Grandma and Grandpa are exhausted tonight!!

3 comments:

Carol said...

I'm glad to hear about this resort. I've been wanting to check in to it as a possibility for our family next summer. It sounds like you had a great time!

Ada said...

It's a cool place. Your grandchildren would love it - just right for younger children. The pool is a walk-in and gets about 5 ft deep or so and also has a slide and intermittant waves - that kinda caught Nathan off guard at first, but he learned how to jump them. When you go through that waterfall, there is a lazy river on the other side. There also is a "big bucket spill" for lack of a better way to describe it. Nathan wasn't interested in it. There is another big, fast, scary slide for bigger kids and adults.

There is also a amusement park across the parking lot and your wrist bands give you access to any of the rides at no extra charge - although you pay well for the bands!!

We had a family vacation there about 5 years ago.

Ann said...

"the coolest bed ever" - one of the most fun things about kiddoes is their sense of wonder at simple things -

Glad you had such a nice time.