When the family decided to come down to Georgia for Joe's Ranger School graduation, we decided to make a weekend of it. We first thought about Six Flags Amusement Park, but realized it'd be so hot and miserable and that everything would have a long line. So, we instead opted for White Water: Atlanta, an awesome water park located about 1 1/2 hours north of us. We knew the adult rides would have lines, but at least we could claim a section of chairs as our own and that the kids areas wouldn't have any lines. Plus, we had the water and some shade to keep us cool. We checked prices and ended up getting tickets at the MWR here on Ft. Benning to save about $5 a ticket. David had all hopes of us getting out the door at 8am to be there when the park opened, but OF COURSE that didn't happen. With gas stops, potty breaks, a breakfast stop, I'm shocked we even got there by lunch. Somehow we found a group of seats still open, sunscreened up, and made a day of it. The kids had no fear and loved every bit of it. Ella and Gavin were inseparable, attached at the hip all day. Only downsides to the day were the extremely high prices of food/beverages (if we could do it all over again we would pack a big lunch and have a picnic in the parking lot) and the long lines for adult rides. The kid sections were amazing though.
Around 3pm, Stella and Reagan were breaking down so we headed to the hotel to continue the fun at the pool. It was nice to have extra hands to hold Stella so that I could enjoy some time in the pool with Jason and Gavin. The kids jumped, flipped, and swam their way to complete exhaustion.
We got ready and drove to Olive Garden for dinner. It wasn't packed at all, so we got a huge table pretty much in a room to ourselves. Gavin fell asleep on the ride, so he slept in my lap until our food arrived.
David is determined to make a golfer of someone in the family, so he found a indoor putt-putt place for our after dinner entertainment. It turned into a serious competition between David, Joe, Jason, and Cara! The kids instead enjoyed the arcade games.
We all crashed back at the hotel shortly after. A fun weekend was had by all!
