Fall trip to Kalahari Water park
Michael had time off school for conferences and election day so we took full advantage. We spent three days at the largest indoor water park.
There was so much to do there! Can you see James with the younger two on the third story of this play structure?
There was a large area for toddlers.
It took us nearly ten minutes to walk from our room to the water park. We quickly realized that throwing the kids on the bellhop's cart was much faster.
By far, the craziest slide was the Tazmanian Twister. After speeding down a pitch black slide it dumps you in this bowl where you spin around.
After spinning you finally drop through the center hole into a tank of water.
It was Michael's favorite.
The African theme of the hotel was Andrew's favorite. He loves identifying animals. Here he is going for a ride on a water buffalo.
James spinning around the
toilet bowl.
Michael was barely tall enough to do all of the rides. Elizabeth had some that were more her speed. At first she was upset, but when she got a closer look at the crazy, scary rides she was okay with not going.
We all enjoyed the lazy river. It was so long and had beautiful scenic walls. Andrew would float with me and point out all the animals: crocodile, hippo, elephant, gorilla, leopard and baboon. There was also an antelope which was new for him. He would say
anlelope ooooooor mommy deer.
Michael and I raced on this raft ride.
There were so many rides we didn't even go on all of them the first day. My favorite was a zip coaster that was part water slide part roller coaster. James loved a raft ride that was so steep it almost felt like a free fall. Michael and James are already planning the return trip.
Cheers from Kalahari!
