We took a trip over to Roanoke today. Awhile back Hannah and Matt won 6 free tickets to the water park there and they invited us to go check out the park with them. Roanoke is 2 hours away so we met up there and explored the downtown some. It's actually a really nice/fun downtown to walk around. The farmers market was in full swing when we got there and it was fun to walk around it. We stopped by "the Star"of Roanoke, which happens to be the world's largest man made star. There is a beautiful overlook of Roanoke which really reminded us of Colorado Springs. There are nice walking trails, a discovery center and a zoo up there. We didn't do all those things but it was fun to check out the area. We had planned on lunch downtown at a restaurant called "Thelma's Chicken and Waffles" but they were closed! That was disappointing but Laura, who grew up in Roanoke came through with another recommendation of a Mexican restaurant that has a salsa bar and it was good. We will have to try chicken and waffles some other time as now I really want to!
After exploring that part of Roanoke we headed over to the water park and had a great time in the water. It is similar to the Provo Rec Center only instead of having the option to go indoor and outdoor you have to pick one or the other. We chose outdoor and head a great time. There were two water slides which were fun and actually pretty scary. One had a really steep incline and then it spits you out into a bowl and you swirl down, think toilet bowl. It was actually really disorienting. I had never been on a slide like that before. Instead of shooting out you are pretty much just dropped into the water. We all tried it (except Lydia but Jared thought it was great) and I would probably do it again because it's so different from other slides I have been on. The other slide was scary because its pitch dark! There was this kid in front of me (who could not stop talking to us, I could tell you all about his family now) and he said if we wanted to make the slide scarier we should close our eyes but it was so dark in there I would never close my eyes. I couldn't even see my hand in front of me. Both my exits from the slides were very ungraceful but it was fun to go. Lydia loved the lazy river and had fun in the zero entry water pool. There was also an open slide she could go on that was really pretty high up and she loved it. It was interesting to watch Jared and Lydia around these kids. Neither Jared nor Lydia are very aggressive and it showed when they were waiting in line for slides. Lydia almost always had at least 4-5 kids cut in front of her. She came over to me eventually and commented that these kids were not being very nice to her and that they kept cutting in front of her. We talked about it just a little and she was handling it really well it was just interesting to watch. I'm glad she wasn't a cutter but do want her to stand up for herself in situations that call for it. Jared and Lydia were so happy to play with Hannah, Matt and Norah. They just love baby Norah!
You swirl around just like water going down the toilet, then it just drops you out!
The weather was perfect for a water park. Nice clouds not super hot, it was fun to go somewhere new and try it out.
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