The Adventure Island Experience

Last year when we came down for our 'last hurray' of the summer, they didn't even open up the water park. This summer we were able to take that in, but the rest just didn't compare to Pirate's Cove. The bumper boats and go-carts are just so much better in Traverse City. The water slide was different, and the kids liked the one here in Cadillac. That might be the only thing we do at Adventure Island in the future. The other aspects don't add up, and the staff didn't help us out much this year. I don't mean to be negative on stuff, but when you're spending money, you don't need to be standing around waiting for fifteen minutes for someone to let you on the bumper boats. Again, I'm thankful we were able to do the water park, and the kids had fun with that. Brian was still too small to go, so he through a fit. Next year, Bri-guy...

Pirate's Cove, Without the Golf

There's a lot more to the Pirate's Cove in Traverse City than mini-golf. In fact, we by-passed the golf part this time around to check out what other fun stuff this park had to offer. Unfortunately, I dropped the camera, so only was able to get a few shots of all of the fun we had. First off, the bumper boats there are the best. The pool is pretty big and had fountains to hide behind and that get you wet. I drove Brian, and he had fun squirting Lily and Trevor with the built in water gun. Next we hit the go-carts, and they are a lot faster than the ones we've been on in the past. Trevor is tall enough now to drive himself, which upset his OLDER sister who is about an inch shorter than he is. I drove both Lily and Brian around, though, and they had fun regardless. Brian was upset he couldn't go on the water ride (too short), but took him for another trip around the go-cart track and all was well. Lily and I did the 'zip line', and I would have loved to have gotten a pic of Lily 50+ feet in the air, but the camera, of course. We had a lot of fun here, and next year we decided to skip the park in Cadillac and spend a whole day here.

Wet and Wild Weekend

Here we go with another 'the last weekend of the summer before school lets out' type weekend. We headed down to Cadillac to visit Nana and Papa because I, luckily, had the weekend off.

Friday we finished up some school shopping and went to Adventure Island on the west side. This year the kids went of the go-carts and the water slide. I had to drive both Lily and Trevor, and Brian stayed with Papa. Brian liked to watch the go-carts zip around the track, though. He also got to play on the playground there while Lily and Trevor were at the water slide. They had a good time and want to do that again next year. It's part of their birthday present, too, as Trevor turned 7 on the 30th, and Lily turns 8 on the 8th.

Adventure Island Fun

Another fun day for us, but the rain finally came to ruin our fun. Before that, though, we were able to get in some go-cart racing and bumper-boating. The kids really liked the go-carts, but they weren't old enough to drive themselves. I drove Lily around and a worker drove with Trevor. I proved my superior driving skills by leaving the kid in the dust on my way to victory.

They both really liked the bumper-boats, too. Lily was a little more aggressive, blasting her brother whenever she had a chance. The rain came just after that to ruin our plans for putt-putt golf. We still had a great time and the kids got to spend more time with Nana and Papa in Cadillac. We'll get some more putt-putt in before the summer's end.