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On a side note, since I started this one my computer at home and am now typing on my laptop, it is not formatting correctly, so when I get frustrated and decide this is not worth the effort, this post will end and no one will ever get to read it. Then again, if you read that, it would appear I did not get as frustrated as I thought I would.
As you can tell, we ended up going to the jumping/trampoline place. Not a lot there and it was kind of small. William enjoyed it. Maeghan got tired. Not a lot there. William did jump off the high dive. It was only landing on your butt, but lots of kids were waiting in line to do it. He also managed to throw a ball over the wall. He said it was slippery. But a good time was had by all.
We then went to Water World. It was hot. And, surprising enough, not that wet. We got there around 11:30 and stayed until 4. We did find chairs, it was not that crowded, but the chairs are uncomfortable so that was not really an advantage. Everyone went into the wave pool to begin with, except me. Turns out, it is not a very good wave pool. The waves only last a couple of minutes, and it is ten minutes between each session. Plus, they make an announcement before each session starts and that gets old about the third or fourth time you hear it. Basically, it says the waves are about to start and if you have any kids, grab them now or they will get swept away, or words to that effect. Exactly the same each time.
After a couple of sessions, Juanita got out. The kids stayed in but they got tired of if after a while. William wanted to go over to the slides but Maeghan was tired. William waited and then went by himself. About the time Maeghan was ready, he was headed back but they went over together. They played in the big bucket area, where the big bucket of water dumps on you every five minutes. Maeghan said they went on a slide too, but she did not say which one. By the time they came back, they were ready to eat. Juanita had already eaten when she got out of the pool. She was feeling sick so she had to eat.
I took them to the only place that has food at the park. This was a big disappointment. Only one place that serves anything. At Wet and Wild, there are about 10 different places. And this one was all the way back at the entrance to the park, so you have to walk across hot concrete to get back to it. I think I blistered all my toes. It was hard to do. You had to find short paths to cross the concrete and then stop at places that were in shadow. It was an interesting little run.
Now I am wondering why I am going into so much detail about the day. No one wants to hear this. But let's pretend you do.
After the kids had something to eat, I decided I wanted to get wet because it was so hot. I went into the wave pool. I went when the alarm went off that it was about to start and by the time I reached the place where the waves were, it had stopped. That is how short each session is. So I had to wait the ten minutes for the next session. Really small waves. Hardly raised you up at all to jump over them. I didn't even bother. Just stood there. Maeghan was beside me and she jumped up and down with the waves. William went to the front where the water is deeper and he rode them out. I ended up staying for two sessions.
After I got out, the kids stayed for a little while longer. William wanted to stay for the rest of the day but Juanita was getting restless, so we called the kids in and we all changed to go to Dreamworld next door. Took almost an hour to change, not sure why, but we finally made it.
Dreamworld was set to close in an hour, everything closes at 5:00, even WaterWorld, so we didn't have much time. Of course, they had the markets after that, which is the real reason Juanita wanted to go there. It was a good time to go. We walked straight on to the fantasy flight ride. I think it is called Sky Voyager. I know I have mentioned it before. It is the only real ride I can go on. Juanita doesn't ride it, and William seems bored with it but Maeghan and I enjoy it the first things when we get there and the last thing before we leave. We only got to ride it once though.
We went straight off of there onto the train. I felt bad about it because they kicked a couple of people out of their seats to allow Maeghan and her wheelchair on. There are only a few seats where it fits so she is limited as to where she can ride. They moved some people to another set of seats to she could get on. The people didn't seem to mind but I still felt bad about it. The train ride actually turned out to be very fun. Mainly because there were people on it and they seemed to appreciate my jokes. My kids just ignored me. I think they are used to me now and I am not as funny. But the other passengers were entertained. I even told some kids that were about to get on that they should hold on because the train goes upside down a couple of times. Not sure the parents appreciated that.
After that, we walked all the way over to the arcade, which was just about to close. Juanita had remembered to bring her card for there this time but the kids did not have enough time to really use it. They closed the doors as soon as we walked in but allowed Maeghan and William to do a couple of things. One thing we did see was that Juanita's favorite shop was closed. It has been closed for a while but this time they had construction walls around it. I am not sure if they are replacing it or just renovating. It had some unique stuff in there but I am sure they have it in other shops as well. Maybe they are making room for a new ride, but it would have to be a small one to fit in the space.
Then everything closed and the market began. Just food trucks. Relatively good food trucks but not really something to come all that way to see. Since we are there usually, it is not bad to stay for it but the prices have gone way up and it went from expensive to very expensive. Can't get food for less than $20 a person and while that is not a bad price, it is not a lot of food and it is truck vendor food. Juanita had some BBQ pork on a skewer. Not really very good but it was supposed to be pork belly and it turned out not to be. William had a pide. They have really good ones. Maeghan had some wings in BBQ sauce. Then they had some huge ice cream things for dessert. By this time, I was beginning to stop functioning. Still a two-hour drive for home. And I had not eaten anything except what I could steal off or the kid's plates. We started to head for the car.
Normally, I stop at a rest area and we have coffee or something but this time, I just drove home. Got there about 8:00, so we were home early. Doggies were happy to see us. Not sure when we will do it again, but it is not a bad time and park entry is free for us, so if we can manage to drive down there on the weekends, it will be good. I start my new job soon. I am not sure if I will need a day of rest before we go out but since the markets are only on Saturdays, Sunday will have to be my day of rest.
I am stuck here at work, waiting on someone else to do their job before I can do mine. I have managed to type all this but I am tired of waiting now and will begin to harass them about when they are going to finish. If I can finish all of them today, I don't have to come back tomorrow. Lose a bit of work but this is a long trip out here, 3 hours, so I think I might enjoy being at home more than this waiting around. I am going to end this now. I am sure it was a whale of a tale but my butt hurts from sitting, so I have to move around.
Remember
It will all be ok in the end, and if it’s not ok, then it’s not the end.
Until next time
Later
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