We took a little mini-vacation this past weekend and drove to Utica, Illinois to an indoor waterpark called Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort. We spent most of the weekend at the waterpark playing........
This pool that Jeff & Cameron are in turns into a wave pool about every 15 minutes. Cameron LOVED it when the waves were going. As soon as the waves ended he was waiting for them to start back up again.......
While Cameron was waiting for the waves there was plenty to keep him busy. We must have all gone down this slide a couple hundred times.....
The kids also liked this little pool and slide. The pool was only 1 foot deep and was really warm........which I liked while watching them play!
Rena and Maleah were big fans of the hot tub. I was more than happy to sit and relax with them except that it made the other pools extremely cold when they decided they were ready to go play again!
We stayed in one of the resorts "villas" which was not connected to the hotel. To get to the waterpark we could walk, drive or ride this little train from our unit. It only took Rena one ride on the train and she decided that she did not like it -- so we all walked most of the time, but Cameron, Maleah and I did ride it another time or two while Jeff and Rena walked.
We had a fun time even when we weren't at the waterpark -- here's the kids in our unit being silly.....
And, on Saturday we took a break from the waterpark and went to a couple different state parks that were nearby. Rena and Maleah slept through one park where Jeff & Cameron went on a little hike, but everyone was awake when we got to Starved Rock State Park. It was a nice day and a nice place for a hike. Jeff got Cameron this hiking stick at the park where the girls were asleep so he spent half of the hike at Starved Rock looking for sticks for the girls. They eventually each got their own sticks and were happy........(and they used them for about 5 minutes until they all gave me their sticks to carry!).
It was definitely a fun place for all of us to spend the weekend. By check-out time on Sunday everyone was tired and ready to go home -- but everyone was ready to start planning our next trip to the waterpark! :)
3 comments:
That looks like a lot of fun. I am going to have to check out the one here and see if it is the same thing. I love Cameron's walking stick. That was a good find.
That looks very cool. Much like the Great Wolf Lodge out here. Glad you had fun!!
You guys are busy little bees! It sounds like you are enjoying the area. I really want to visit you soon. The kids look wonderful! :o)
Post a Comment