Great Wolf Lodge visit
This week Shell and I made a quick two-day trip to Great Wolf Lodge, the huge, indoor water park resort located in Williamsburg, VA, with our four sons. (The two daughters were otherwise occupied navigating the world of high finance and navigating the world of higher education, respectively.)
The folks at GWL treated us very kindly and the warm, muggy water park was a very welcome respite from the frigid, damp winter we have been experiencing.
This trip was a Christmas gift from assorted grandparents (thank you Maw-Maw, Grandaddy, and Grammy!). It almost got overlooked in the beginning-of-the-year crush of activity. But Spring Break broke us from our misplaced priorities. We quickly booked, packed, and hit the road.
A great time was had by all. Here's a video of Asa body-boarding down a wave heading the wrong way (the wipeout is pretty spectacular):
Here's another of the three younglings getting doused by the huge bucket in the middle of the play structure that fills up with 1,000 gallons of water and then spills down on passersby. This happens repeatedly throughout the day.
We were last at the Williamsburg incarnation of GWL in 2006. For a little reference, here are some pics from that jaunt:
A lovely time was had by all - both times!
The folks at GWL treated us very kindly and the warm, muggy water park was a very welcome respite from the frigid, damp winter we have been experiencing.
This trip was a Christmas gift from assorted grandparents (thank you Maw-Maw, Grandaddy, and Grammy!). It almost got overlooked in the beginning-of-the-year crush of activity. But Spring Break broke us from our misplaced priorities. We quickly booked, packed, and hit the road.
A great time was had by all. Here's a video of Asa body-boarding down a wave heading the wrong way (the wipeout is pretty spectacular):
Click to viewHere's another of the three younglings getting doused by the huge bucket in the middle of the play structure that fills up with 1,000 gallons of water and then spills down on passersby. This happens repeatedly throughout the day.
We were last at the Williamsburg incarnation of GWL in 2006. For a little reference, here are some pics from that jaunt:
A lovely time was had by all - both times!