Waterpark Weekend

We spent last weekend at a waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, WI. This year we stayed at the Wilderness Resort. I was impressed by the size of our suite: 3 separate bedrooms, enough beds for 12 people to sleep, full size kitchen for only $250 per night. And that included water park wrist bands for everyone!

Alex was not overly excited about the water since he has not been in a pool for some time. He was happy walking around the edge, but had little interest in going deeper than 6" or so. Still, I think he enjoyed being out in a large open space that really felt like summer. (This is advertised as "America's Largest Indoor Wave Pool".)

Here is a picture of Pam and Alex on the "beach":


This picture gives a sense of how large the space is:



I acquired a nice waterproof camera last year for kayaking, and brought it along on this trip. Here are some picture of Madison Turnis swimming around:






We were in the wave pool, which was pretty cool. Wave height was around 3 feet, which is enough to get people bouncing around pretty good. This video shows the waves going by:

More Trucks

I've decided to play around with making cars/trucks out of pine until I get the dimensions figured out. I'm also skipping the finishing part - just sticking with bare wood. I had planned on using 1.25" wheels (seen on truck in the background), but then concluded that 1.5" was the way to go - it made a bigger difference than I expected. My 3rd attempt is the truck on the right hand side. It's unique feature is a real bed in the back.