Family Time

We took a break from routine and took advantage of an off-season special at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. We had a nice time but I was not awed by the Great Wolf experience. Partially because my kids do not "love" the water and tend to be very cautious. (Ben never went on a slide that wasn't in the toddler pool; Everleigh didn't go on a slide until the second day.) The water park was fun though and Mike, Kyrie and I had a great time. We have only these three pictures of Kyrie who was brave on Day 1; Day 2 was too much fun to drag a camera along.

Fall in Northern Michigan

Great Wolf is a spendy venture (we stayed one day) and while the rooms are bigger and more family-oriented than most hotels, they leave a lot to be desired. A stool for children to reach the tall sink (or how about a shorter one)? The kids had a bunk bed fort with a TV with a VHS player, a novel idea. But a VHS? If not a DVD player, perhaps provide a few VHS tapes. When we checked in, our room was a chilly 65 degrees, which did not get me off on the right foot. It was fun, but the experience is spendy enough that it seemed like it should have been even better.

Kyrie at Great Wolf

Northern Michigan is beautiful and we had a fun time as a family. Now I'm going to focus on less getaways so we can have a real family vacation sometime in the next couple of years.

Our brave one

Oh yeah!