WATIKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My dear friend Michelle moved to Colorado with her family this past summer. Her daughters, Madeline and Sophia are both just 2 weeks younger than Meg and Ella so we all hung out together a lot. Her parents live in Rapid City and she was there for Thanksgiving week so we headed on over with another friend, Julie and her two kiddos. I believe a good time was had by all!!! My only complaint: leaving Sheridan at 3:30pm on Tuesday and heading back to Sheridan on Wednesday at about 5 pm is not enough time. We hope to make it a tradition and to add more time to our stay in Rapid City!!!

The crowd: back row, R to L:Missi holding Jack, Michelle and Julie; front row R to L: Madeline, Ella, Meg, Sophia, Morgan, and Ethan who was very glad that Jack was there so he wasn't the only boy!!!
THE TOILET BOWL!!!
Madeline

Meg enjoying the toilet bowl experience...


My opinion is that the toilet bowl at Watiki is much gentler than the one in Denver's Water World... first of all, you get to ride the tube so you don't get torn up by the seams and second of all, it ends just like a regular water slide instead of dropping straight into the water and making one feel completely disoriented like I did in Denver!!!

Bird's Eye view of Ella and Sophia climbing into their tubes to brave the lazy river -- nothing to brave, by the way... nice and relaxing...


Bird's eye view of Julie and Michelle in deep conversation while Jack napped nearby in his little tent --- he is such a good little boy!!!

Jack's favorite spot was this trough of water - he could splash and splash and not be affected by the huge bucket of water that dumped periodically!

Doesn't he look so tiny standing there???

That's Meg floating by...

Ella

Missi and Jack

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Rapid City to see Michelle and the girls -- we also squeezed in a tiny bit of shopping and a yummy pizza dinner at Boston's.

We miss you Michelle, Madeline and Sophia - oh and Aaron too!!! :)