we're going to the lodge...

The Great Wolf Lodge!! We've been singing this song in our house for at least a week in anticipation of the overnight stay we had planned this weekend to round out our "staycation". I gotta tell you - this is such a cool place to go. We've decided that it will definitely be a new tradition in our house. Especially in the winter when you just want to get out and do something summer-y. Being an indoor waterpark you couldn't possibly find something better.

And now to our actual stay... We arrived yesterday with barely anything in our bags, knowing that we fully intended to swim as much as we possibly could. You can check into the water park about 3 hours before you can check into your room - so we did. We got there at about 2:30 and rode the rides until 9:30. We had one small break in there at about 5 to check into our suite and eat some tv dinners and cookies. It was time to refuel, if you will. We played in the arcade, slept and then dove (literally) right back into the water this morning until about 2 pm. It was awesome!!

They have a wave pool that has a calm mode, a chill wave mode and then a crrrrrazy wave mode (definitely my favorite). They have a kiddie area, a hot tubbin' area, a fort with two easier rides - fun for kids and adults, along with tons of water toys to soak all of the strangers around you. They also have two really great tube rides that you can ride single or double - which was great in easing Payton into - but eventually she took off on her own. A couple of huge pools with fun inflatables and then they have the Howling Tornado. The name of this ride puts shivers down my spine. Holy cow!! I believe Mike quoted me on the way down as saying "ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod" as you dropped down nearly two stories of slide on a four person tube, only to swirl around what seems to be a human toilet bowl!! Whoa. But our daredevil kids and my studly husband showed me up by going on much more than my measly two times. Mike and Josh actually even went in the dark. No thank you!!

So next time you're looking to get away - go to the Great Wolf Lodge. It'll at least give you an excuse to sing the song!