Wednesday - Our Day with Samantha and Katelyn!

During the early part of the night, we had a rather severe thunderstorm. Fortunately, Samantha and Katelyn slept right through it.  This time instead of sleeping together on the reclining sofa bed, we had one sleep on the couch without it being open and the other on a single blow up mattress on the floor. Samantha is a "mover and shaker" while sleeping and because the sofa bed is rather small, we thought this might work better for both of them.  It proved to be a good decision.

Samantha and Katelyn woke around 6:15 and Samantha suggested the two of them play Uno until 7:00 when they were allowed to come and get us up. Katelyn is so excited that Samantha will play a game with her!

At 7 they came to our bed and we all chatted.  We allowed them to play on our I-Pad and tablet while we got ready and prepped for breakfast.  It was another beautiful day, so we ate outside and then played a few more rounds of Uno.  

Ken was feeling so tired this morning, so I took the girls to the bouncy area and it was closed until 10:30.  So, they spent time on the playground and then PawPaw joined us at the go cart track.  They had so much fun once they learned how to pedal up the slight grade, but it was not an easy task.  They probably went around the track 6 or 7 times before we went back to Wilbur, changed and went to the waterpark.  

Happy Katelyn and Samantha!

Why climb the pole when you can slide down?

Samantha loved the go carts.....

and so did Katelyn once she figured out how to make it work!

It was a beautiful day to be in the water and we enjoyed going down the big slides with them and having some water gun battles.  The water guns shoot a lot of powerful water, some like torpedoes.  For us older folks, it can be rather exhausting, but we certainly enjoy their laughter and smiles while we were "soaked"!

Water gushes from the tower about every 5 minutes when the
warning whistle blows!

Grandma helped Samantha get the splash
"tower" to work!

Samantha loved just swimming around the pool!

The water shoots out of the geyser and goes higher
than anything in the waterpark!

We went back to Wilbur for a late lunch before returning to the waterpark around 2:45.  After about an hour of playing we were ready for a snack and ice cream seemed to be the treat of choice.  When we finished eating, the girls got their bag of mining "dirt" and then went to the mining area where they sifted through it to find their "gems".  Then it was time for a round of miniature golf that went very well.  PawPaw and the girls went back to the waterpark for about an hour.  I returned to Wilbur to shower and start prepping for dinner.

Sifting the "gems" out of the mining dirt!

Yogi Bear was at the mini golf course!

The Happy Golfers!

Cindy Bear was there too!!!!

Upon their return, the girls showered and then played outside while PawPaw made chicken on the grill and started a campfire.  We also had mac and cheese and corn.  Of course, we had to have s'mores!  It just has to be on the menu when you are camping.  Whoever decided to create square marshmallows and single square graham crackers was a genius.  Nothing like a marshmallow that is actually the size and shape of the cracker.

We played a few more hands of Uno outdoors by way of lantern light before walking to the pool area where there was a DJ dance party.  Samantha becomes quite the dancer when there is music playing and most of it is rather interpretive.  She has the most "amazing" moves and no inhibitions!  It is fun to watch her.  Unfortunately we didn't have a camera with us to take photos.  They would have been fantastic!!!  We walked to the flagpole outside the Ranger Station to wait in line for the glow hayride.  Each child got a glow necklace and we all got on a hay wagon pulled by a tractor.  It took about a 25 minute ride around the CG and whenever we saw campers sitting outside we yelled "Hey"! The girls really enjoyed the ride.  They even got to see the big dipper.  These old folks were rather happy when the ride ended because we had to sit with our knees close to our chin (very crowded) and the hay wagon had metal wheels with no rubber.  Definitely not the most comfortable ride for this lady's back!

We only got back to Wilbur around 9:45 (fortunately we had made up their beds before we left), for they were so tired.  We were too!  I was thankful we got on the 1st wagons that took the ride (there were 2 each trip!)  The staff at the CG said they we probably have to go at least 3 times so everyone could have a ride!

We were all asleep very quickly after a very fun filled day!