Sandy was right; Panera Bread does make a delicious bagel! That was our breakfast today before Sandy and Susan walked to a nearby craft store for some mid-morning shopping. I persuaded Sandy to make egg cakes (Swedish pancakes) for dinner, and we gobbled them down rapidly and happily. Then we all smeared ourselves in sunscreen and went to the water park for the afternoon!
Fun-Plex offers both amusement rides and a huge water park. We opted to do just the water park, but that kept us occupied all afternoon long. We made numerous trips up the steps and then down the water slides; we made numerous laps around the lazy river; and we survived numerous tsunami in the wave pool (see photos here). What a terrific time!
Fun-Plex offers both amusement rides and a huge water park. We opted to do just the water park, but that kept us occupied all afternoon long. We made numerous trips up the steps and then down the water slides; we made numerous laps around the lazy river; and we survived numerous tsunami in the wave pool (see photos here). What a terrific time!
Suzanna blasting down one of the slides
Abigail at the end of a trip down a slide
Hillary going all aerodynamic!
Sandy and Suzanna recover from a trip down a slide together! This is the pool at the base of the two water slides.
The girls and I rendezvous in the waiting pool after shooting down the slides.
Hillary and Susan enjoy the serenity of the lazy river.
While Suzanna rides the lazy river via my back, Abigail leads us both along by the flotation device's handle.
Hillary and I shared an inner tube in the wave pool, and it was all I could do to keep the two of us afloat in it as we were buffeted by wave after wave from the pool's "motion ocean" device. Throughout it all, Suzanna clutched a bar at the side of the pool designed to enable one to stay in place in the pool while still enjoying the rides up and down each wave. Abigail, meanwhile, swam to and fro like an otter, seemingly oblivious to the violently undulating water, making her way over to me to say hello before swimming over to join Suzanna for a while at the bar and then heading off elsewhere to explore, her blonde head bobbing up and down all the while.
Before we left for the water park this afternoon, Sandy had put barbecued ribs into the crock pot for supper, so just imagine the rich and wonderful aroma that greeted us when we entered her house after swimming! What a fantastic supper.
We had a relaxing final evening together (we head off to our next destination tomorrow morning). Everybody showered up; Susan did some laundry; the girls played a computer game on Sandy's computer; and we all avoided mentioning how sad it's gonna be to have to say goodbye to Sandy tomorrow.
P.S. Ready my sister's version of today!
Sunburns aside, the water park was a BLAST! It was the perfect day to be playing in the water. And the ribs were SOOOOO good -- all the food was, because Sandy is a fabulous cook!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had pictures to share as well, but I left my camera at home...the memory isn't so good! ;)
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