I got home after work hoping we could leave at noon. I made sandwiches, got our towels together and extra clothes. I had to wait for him to get home. I had no idea he had planned a bunch of things that morning while I was at work. We didn't leave until 1 and we got stuck in traffic between Dupont and Fife because of a brush fire and didn't get there until 2:30. We almost turned around but I don't think we would have had time to go another day during the week that was this warm.
We found a place in the parking lot, grabbed everything we would need and headed to the entrance. We showed them our tickets and immediately got in line to rent a locker. I couldn't believe how expensive it was, $17 but you got $5 back when you returned the key...so really it was $12. I didn't change into my swimming suit yet so I found a restroom and got changed as quickly as I could. I overheard some little girl talk to her mom about body parts...similar to the lines that the little boys says from Kindergarten Cop.
I met up with Ben at our locker and stuffed everything inside. We immediately got in line for the Zooma Falls waterslide. We were probably in line for a good 45 minutes or so. Ben had talked about the last time he came and that the waterpark had changed a lot. They incorporated more tube rides and took away the speed slides. I told him about the last time I was here and what we did. The place had changed a lot since 1998. When it was our turn Ben wanted to go down backwards. There was a spot that was completely dark and we hit a spot where the bottom fell steep very quickly. It was a rush! Then we splashed out the end into a pool.
We immediately got in line for the Riptide waterslide and didn't have to wait as long for this one. We talked to the couple in front of us for a bit. He had some interesting tattoos and piercings. When it was our turn we were completely dried off and ready to get into the tube. It was basically a giant toilet bowl (once you tunneled through the tubes) and we were the turd swirling around in it. This one also squirted you down into an opening where you had a splash landing. Ben fell off of the tube and I laughed.
I wanted to go into the lazy river and just chill for a bit. We went around twice and got some funny GoPro footage. I hope Ben can find the time to put some clips together and put it on YouTube.
We walked over to the Raging River Ride and this time we went in separate tubes. The assortment of pools were built just high enough to where it took a lot of effort to get yourself out of them. At the bottom especially it was really hard to get out of it with the combination of the swirling water and the amount of people stuck in the pool. I think it took me five times just to inch my way to the opening to get out of there. Ben got lucky and managed to get out quickly. He waited at the end for me.
We headed over to the activity pool. This one had short speed slides, a deep to shallow pool and a rock to jump off of. One of the activities was closed for the day so we couldn't do that one. We walked up the stairs to the speed slide. Ben went first and I followed him. The slide was so fast it took my hair tie off my pony tail and it disappeared. It sucked not having anything to tie my wet hair back with. Once I found out it was gone there was no getting it back. The slide and pool ate my hair tie! Lame lame lame lame!
We sat in the hot tubs for a bit and then decided to head on over to the Enchanted Village part of the park. We found out they don't allow GoPros inside this part. They didn't say why so I sat there while Ben put it in our locker. I sat next to the pond and watched the very large Koi fish fight with the wild ducks. It was very entertaining.
We got in line for the Wild Thing and it didn't matter where we got on. It was just amazing we didn't have to wait in a HUGE line like most rollercoasters I've been on. The ride went around twice. The first time I remember riding this thing was in 1998 when we were here with our class. Lacey and I sat in the front. I believe this ride was new that same year so it was very popular.
We only had about an hour or so left so we walked over to Timberhawk of Prey, the wooden rollercoaster. We waited in line for a bit so we could ride in the front.
Afterwards we used the restroom and then walked around for a few minutes and then Ben took me to another section of the park to go on Lumberjack Falls, a ride similar to Splash Mountain at Disneyland, except it was closed and we were really bummed out. Lame! We circled back around and headed back over to our locker. It was almost time to go so we turned in our key and sat out in the sun for a bit while Ben tinkered with the GoPro. We gathered our stuff and headed out hoping we waited enough time for the traffic to die down. We ate our sandwiches as we drove through Milton and Edgewood to Puyallup. We wanted some ice cream so we stopped off of Meridian on the South Hill and had some Cold Stone. It hit the spot after being out in the sun most of the day.
I had to stop by my parent's house for the digital camera. I had to take some pictures for work for the bulletin board we were working on. We ended up getting talked into putting the chickens and ducks away. We got home just after 9:30, we showered and got ready for bed. Tomorrow was going to be an even longer day.
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