Mason, Jaiden and Pedro had a great ride!Wednesday we had a great family day, driving to Lost Island Water Park in Waterloo, IA. We rendezvoused with daughter Erin and her 3 kids, Jaiden, Mason and Ethan, at Trinity Hospital parking lot in Fort Dodge a bit after 9 AM. Erin drove us all in her van. Had a nice drive, the weather looked less than pleasant, maybe a little ominous with much of the sky clouded over.
We arrived at about 11 AM, just after daughter Heather, Pedro, Nayra and Rio had parked after their 2 hour drive from Washington, IA. It had drizzled a bit, and just when we were greeting all, the tornado sirens went off. Yikes! But the sky was half clear at that time, and everyone just kept doing what they were doing. No Widespread Panic (hey that's a band). The sky soon cleared off and we had a great time the whole sunny day.
The Lazy River was the best (for an oldie like me). I also managed 3 water slides, and that was thrilling, although on one Rio told everyone later that "in the middle of it Grampa screamed 'I'm gonna die!!!!!!!'" Mason was the only one who looked sunburned at the end of the day, but Erin said his burn always turns to tan the next day.
The kids had a fun time and the adults had a lot of opportunity for conversation and catching up. This was the first 'family time' since Christmas at Branson.
We had a picnic on the grass outside the park, and that was a nice time too. We packed up when the park closed at 6:30, and had a nice mellow and quiet ride home. We've gotta do this again!
Tim, Rio and Erin survived!
Sounds like y'all had a great time splishing and splashing!
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