Sunsplash Golfland!

I have been so excited to introduce Karianna and JD to Sunsplash Golfland this summer, and we finally got to do it today!  I have amazing memories of this place as a kid-not that I went there a ton but because I only went there a few times---that was enough to pcreate some seriously awesome memories of this place I LOVED and would go to all the time if  it was free and close to my house!  Karianna and JD have been saving up their money for quite some time to pay for their own tickets, and with the weather hot enough for a night swim, today was the day!

Before

 As I expected, the evening was just awesome!  Rober, Rachel, and Stephen came with us, and while I told them they were more than welcome to go off on their own to enjoy their experience, we stuck together the full 4 hours and rode as many slides as we could.  More than that, we hit the waves twice in Thunder Bay and endured the overly-chlorinated waters surrounding the lilly pads to watch Rob and Steve race across the lilly pads--though JD and Karianna really held their own!

Every slide was awesome honestly-I LOVE water slides!  I could go on and on, but I'll just suffice it to say Karianna and JD took a page out of my book with no hesitation.  We started in the wave pool (after being kicked out of for exactly 30 seconds), and Karianna shocked me by being able to handle the waves at 5/6 feet with no difficulty.  When we went back in the second time near the end of our visit, JD ventured out to the deep waves with me and did okay for the first minute, but then started to look a little panicky, so I swam him back in where he thoroughly enjoyed diving through the smaller waves.  It was the only time of the night where I thought maybe this wasn't such a good idea...it was temporary thought though, and even that small instance was just that-small.

After our initial wave pool visit, we started on the white slides.  That first slide was magical for the kids-they were beyond excited to do it again!  We intended to go to the Dragon slides second, but the kids seemed gung ho to try the Bonsai slides....and though I was hesitant, I agreed.  They ended up LOVING them!  We did that twice, then the Dragon slides, and then we headed to one I had never been on-so new in fact, that I have no idea what it is called!  What I do know is it required a 4 person raft :)  That was my favorite slide of the night-so fast, and the drops were great!  It still makes me smile to think of JD's screams of excitement!  At that point we took a "break" to ride the Lazy River, the Shipwreck slides, and the lilly pads.  We ran over to the revolution next, which basically dumped us in a toilet bowl-I went with Karianna on that one, and once again we loved the drop!  I am sufficiently convinced the kids will be okay with roller coasters.  We really wanted to go on the longer cauldron ride, but we only had 30 minutes left by this point, so we hit up the wave pool for the second time, and then crossed our fingers, hoping to make it to the master blaster before time ran out.  We were one of the last ones on it, and it was a fantastic way to end--that slide is long!!!!

With that, our first trip to Sunsplash Golfland ended, over in a matter of minutes if I didn't know any better!  The kids just had such a blast.  At one point while we were waiting in a line, Karianna caught me looking into space and smiling.  She asked me what I was thinking about that made me smile.  I told her I was just so happy that she and JD were enjoying themselves so much-and that was the honest truth.  At the end of the night--11:00pm--as we were walking to the car, we had the following conversation that just summs up the trip:

Karianna: This was the best day of my entire life!  Well....except for the day I got baptized, and the day I was born.
JD:  No, this really was the best day of my life!

After


Just love it!  So glad Robert, Rachel, and Stephen were able to come as well-it was a ton of fun chatting with them and just enjoying the environment (which does not include scantily clad teenagers, who were frequently making out, cursing, and showing off for each other, but I digress).  I am very much looking forward to the next trip to Sunsplash Golfland!

Pure Awesomeness