Stay-cation Day #4

Wild Mountain: Taylors Falls

This morning we headed north to Taylors Falls and took in all that Wild Mountain has to offer. 

 Water slides, kiddie slides, lazy river, alpine slides and go-karts. FUN!!!! We ended the day with dinner and Maddi joined us; what a great ending to a great day!

Ryan took the day off from work too and joined in the excitement, boy was he glad he did! 

The 4 big water slides were super fun. I had to pull a little "forced fun" on Sidney because she wasn't so sure about going down, but I knew she'd love it. And she did! We got to the end and she half-laughed/half-whined and said "now I want to go on the blue one". HA! She's hooked!

Too bad Ryan couldn't convince me to go down the slide that actually goes INTO the ground!! Yes, the tube is buried under the ground and then shoots you out....Ryan claims you don't breathe the entire ride and it lasts all of 5 seconds. For this claustrophobic girl, I had a nightmare last night that I got stuck underground and there was no convincing me that this was a good idea. Ryan, on the other hand, couldn't get enough of it. Sorry mom and dad, no "forced fun" for me today! 

We packed a picnic and enjoyed it in the shade, taking a break from all the fun. I realized then that taking pictures at a water park like this is next to impossible. When we weren't wet, we were heading up a ski slope on the chair lifts, preparing to ride down hill on one of the two Alpine slides in the state. This is something to put on a bucket list. All 4 of us simply loved the ride. Regan couldn't get enough of it and although she had to ride with an adult, I put her in (nearly) full control of the speed and that girl wanted to just FLY down the hill! Honest, I'm afraid we would've gone over if i didn't slow her down! 

R: "Mom, I want to go FAST!"

Me: "We ARE going FAST!"

R: "Just let me do it!" (insert giggle, laugh, giggle)

They have adult and kiddie sized go-karts too. We weren't sure how Sidney would do on the go-karts, but she got the hang of it and round and round she went. Regan was like a pro, at the perfect age to navigate the car. 

Stay Cation Day #4: One for the record books!