The next leg of our trip took us to Hershey and then onto the Great Wolf Lodge. At Hershey, we went on (as Becca called it) the "make-believe factory tour". This "tour" was more like a ride at Epcot, complete with singing cows, fake factory machinery, and piped-in faux chocolate smell. The kids loved it, so much so that we rode it again! Then we completed the visit by making ice cream sundaes and admiring the many kinds of chocolate for sale. Then it was onto the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia, a hotel resort that has a huge indoor waterpark. We have had a BLAST here! Between Becca, Andy and I we have tried every waterslide but one or two (many of them multiple times). We were so proud of Josh. He detests having his face splashed (and this may not be expressing it strongly enough) and hates to go under the water. There is a smaller, shallow pool that has three small slides. Just after getting here, we made several critical mistakes. Andy encourged Josh to go down the slide right after getting in (mistake #1) and when he got up the nerve at the bottom of the slide I didn't catch him until he was already under water (mistake #2, maybe even #3 and #4). That was yesterday and he wanted nothing to do with the slide after that (and we didn't really blame him)! Today, during our third time at the waterpark, Andy again encouaged Josh to go down the slide and he worked up the nerve and did it! He then realized that it was FUN and proceeded to go down another 40+ times (the rest of the time we spent in the water).
more pictures to come....
looks like you are all having one great last hurrah! hope the rest of your trip is good.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite family vacations as a child was to Hershey, PA. What a cool place!
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