Wisconsin Dells

For Memorial Day Weekend, we went to Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. http://www.mtolympusthemepark.com/

We had a great time.. it's no Disney... but for the money, it was fun. I call it a bunch of small water parks and county fairs.. with a few larger wooden roller coasters.

She enjoyed the teacups with Mama..




Then bumper cars with Daddy, along with some cool fast Go Karts that Daddy had to drive around a very long track..





She played Mini golf, and did a fantastic job putting...






Then she rode a few rides with Daddy and the swings by herself.. also a roller coaster.. that I didn't get any good pitures of her on.. darnnit...






And the coolest thing was that she drove go karts all by herself for the first time ever! I have never been so proud to see her use the pedals and stop and go correctly.. she was cruising, too.. all around the track racing the others.. going around them with ease. She never crashed, and steered wonderfully!






There were several race tracks, with different levels of difficulty, and she did the beginner (the white car) and the intermediate track, (the silver race car).
Then she did the advanced ones with Daddy.. I think the biggest thing there at Mt. Olympus is definatly Go-Karts.. we had no idea.. so many different tracks and rides that focus around them. Of course, I could do none of them.. I was too worried that I might get rear rended and hit my tummy (plus, I'm not sure if my tummy would actually FIT into one of those!)

The water parks were fun, however, the first day we were there, it rained all day so we took advantage of their indoor water park, "Bay of Dreams".. which was pretty fun.. there was a huge pirate ship with kiddie water slides for Evie to do.. a few big flumes for Joe.. I just swam and watched.
Yesterday, the sun was out, but was a bit chilly at 68 degrees.. later on, it warmed up enough that we laid out in the sun and took naps on lounge chairs.. Evie zonked out hard.. she was mad when we woke her up after about 45 minutes of being asleep in the sun.. (Yes, she was sunscreened, no she didn't burn), plus it was after 4 pm when we napped outside.. the outdoor pools were ICE COLD! The wave pool was so freaking freezing you coudn't let a wave touch you without shivering.. so we let her play in the kiddie pool a bit, then went back to the indoor park where the water was heated.

We had a very nice weekend.. but I will never understand the hype for the Wisconsin Dells.. I can't tell you how many people talk it up.. it's kind of a dirty little town, full of small, cheap, NOT LUXURY, motels that have swimming pools and waterslides. And from what I have heard, we actually stayed at the one that has the most activities.. like I said, we still had a blast.. mainly because it wasn't scorching hot.. there's not alot of walking to do throughout the park, and it wasn't very busy at all. Practically no lines. Evie wants to go back already LOL