Spring Break

We had a recommendation from a friend for a great place to go for spring break. It was the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, Michigan -- about 3 hours north of us. We went for the indoor water park, which was awesome, but there were other great things about it too. Syd's friend Hollee went with us and it was so nice to have a backup kid so we didn't have to be the constant entertainment. This was the first time they were really old enough to be left unsupervised for periods of time as well.

Ken and I had a lot of relaxing time by the pool while the girls played.

Playing in the fountains

I think their favorite thing was this floating snake. They spent more time here than anywhere else.

The Lodge theme is carried thruout the entire resort. This big wolf is right by the check in desk.

At the hotel restaurant the "toy" that came with kids meals were wolf ears. We ate there twice, and ended up with 4 pairs of ears. Another cool thing the girls loved was the MagiQuest adventure. We bought them magic wands, and they had to go all around the hotel looking for different objects that "worked" with the wands to get points and unlock different parts of the quest. It kept them occupied for a good chunk of the time.

Traverse City was kind of like St. Joe in that you could see Traverse Bay from the road. It was a pretty drive to get to The Red Mesa Grill for dinner. Our friend also recommended Red Mesa, and we're so glad we went. It was awesome food and great service. If we're ever up that way again we'll definitely go there.

Hundreds of bottles of hot sauce at Red Mesa.