Each year one of my personal goals is to plan a fun, adventurous vacation for our family. It's such a great time to bond as a family and really enjoy each other. We always come back closer as a family, so I feel it's a worthwhile tradition. Some of our previous adventures have included Sai Pan, Australia, San Diego, and fishing the awesome lakes of Minnesota. This year, over fall break, we adventured to the Great Wolf Lodge in Washington state! I cannot possibly do justice to how amazing this place is! A grown up kid with a lot of money was definitely the mastermind behind this place. Let's start with our room...there was an adult space, with a nice bed, couch, fireplace and TV, and then within the room there's a cabin built for the kids with bunk beds, their own TV, game system, and wildlife art everywhere. Next, is the giant indoor waterpark....amazing! All indoors is a waterpark with about 10 different slides, a giant torpedo ride, a wave pool, a kiddie land (even equipped with jet skis), a HUGE water dropping bucket, and more. So much fun! Then they have an interactive quest throughout the lodge that takes the kids on a scavenger hunt to collect different tokens to earn different adventures (all of the older boys became Master Magis). The older boys loved the gr8 gaming room complete with wiis, nintendos, play stations, and every game you can think of, as well as a huge screen where they show movies at different times of the day. Landon loved the cubs corner, where he was the Bingo king. I loved the enormous candy counter :) where they make their own fudge, cinnamon coated nuts, homemade cookies, cupcakes and ice cream. And I think Jud just liked having a few minutes to call his own (he was also a fan of the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice hot chocolate). Our last day in Washington we stayed in Seattle where we enjoyed the sights of the big city. Mmmmm...loved the fish and chips and clam chowder. All in all, I'd have to say our adventure was a success! Maybe I'll give it a few months, and then start thinking of next years trip..... I'd love suggestions!
3 comments:
Sounds like a perfect vacation spot for a family of boys, and pretty nice for mom, too. I'm glad you all had fun!
Looks like a lot of fun! Perfect for your family. Just yesterday someone was asking about the Wolf Lodge. I'd never heard of it before! I think Chase looks a lot like Matt in the first train track photo. Your boys are getting so big!
Ummm... Carnation. Perfect vacation spot that you were ONLY a few minutes away from coming to see us!!!! Haven't made it to Great Wolf, though it is a rage out here. I love it that you talked about the food at the lodge- you are so cool.
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