The Enchanted Mitten, Part Two

Jenny and Steve made reservations for all of us to spend the weekend in Traverse City, Michigan at this place called Great Wolf Lodge. It's designed like a mountain lodge theme throughout, kind of like a mini-Disney resort. The main attraction is this indoor water park.



We spent the day there on Saturday, and needless to say, all the kids (and parents) had a blast swimming and going down all the fun water slides. Since we had the two babies, we rented a "cabana" for the day which was a really great idea. It's a private area that has a table and chairs, a little fridge, and even a TV. Here's Megan hanging out in the cabana.



This morning all the boys and I loaded into the car and drove west to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This is Ben and Steve looking at Lake Michigan.



The park ranger warned us as we entered the park not to go out too far on the dunes because it was dangerous and also because it causes erosion. She said a lot of people do it anyway (as you can see from the picture), and they have to do a rescue at least once a week. We asked why and her response was funny. "Well, it's not just heart attacks. It's also broken limbs, dislocated joints, exhaustion..." The "it's not just heart attacks" thing cracked us up. We decided to heed the warnings and stay up at the top.





The boys played in the sand.



Trying to get pictures of Luke and Jackson was making me nervous because of the drop off (and because of the hyper-ness).







We even got to see a guy parasailing.



Now we're all napping and we're going to see some of the other sites in Traverse City this evening.