Family Vacation Part 4--More Waterparks and Dells Tour

May 22-31, 2009---We spent Thursday (05/28) and Friday (05/29) at a few of the other waterparks at the resort.

Cubby's Corner--children's area and a pool with a ropes course and basketball goals:

The infinity pool and kid's area:

The Lost World--outdoor waterpark featuring a lazy river, two pools, four big water slides, and a kiddie area w/splash bucket:

The New Frontier---very small outdoor waterpark with a kiddie area, pool, and two big water slides:





The Wild Water Dome---an indoor glass dome which allows for a possible 365 days of sunbathing; a large wave pool, one kiddie area, and one water slide:

Rick and Chloe coming off the waterslide:



We checked out of the resort on Saturday (05/30) and went into the town of Wisconsin Dells to walk around the shops, have lunch, and take a boat tour of the Upper Dells.




We chose to take the Upper Dells boat tour which took us on a two hour tour along the Wisconsin River. The kids loved sitting on the top level of the boat. We learned much of the history of the area and saw such "scenic wonders" as Blackbeard's Head, Sunset Cliff, Chimney Rock, Witches Gulch, and Stand Rock, along with many more.




Chloe snoozing on the river:

Jackson walking through "Witches Gulch":

Rick's "Survivorman" picture:

This photograph put Wisconsin Dells on the map. It was taken in 1886 and was the first action photograph taken that was clear and not blurry. It took place at "Stand Rock".

This is "Stand Rock". People are not allowed to go to the top. However, there are two German Shepherds that are trained to jump from one rock to the other. If you look closely you can see one of the dogs jumping from the rock on the right onto the rock on the left.

We opted to sit on the bottom level of the boat for the ride back to the dock. It was too wet and windy on the top deck.

We left Wisconsin, stopping in St. Louis for sleep, toured the remainder of the zoo on Sunday morning, and arrived home at 9:30 pm. Vacation was fun but we were so happy to be home!

Family Vacation 2009 Part 3---Kalahari

May 22-31, 2009---It was quite cool and dreary on Wednesday (05/21). We decided to go to Kalahari, the largest indoor waterpark in the Wisconsin. http://www.kalahariresorts.com/wi/ It was really nice. We somehow found something to do for 7 hours!! There were four separate children's areas, a lazy river, eight big water slides, surfing/body surfing, and a pool area with a ropes course and basketball. Sorry of the quality of some pictures. They were taken with a disposable water camera.

Anna Catherine and Jackson went down this slide by themselves at least a dozen times!


















Rick body surfing:

Jackson floating in the wave pool:

in the raft before going down the slide:

Chloe exhausted herself on the little slides:




Afterwards, we stopped at the candy shop in the lobby of the resort and treated ourselves to some delicious chocolates.