D - Waterworld & Hiking

Okay, I'm going to try my hand at a trip report. I don't have the camera, so it won't be as interesting to view as Mike's posts.

Yesterday, for Noah's birthday, we spent the day at Waterworld - the "biggest water park in the USA." We got there a couple of hours later than we intended, so we stayed until the park closed to try to make up for it. It was a looooooonnnnnggggg day!

The park was really nice, but very busy. There are a lot of multi-person rides (as opposed to Whitewater's 1), so that made it nice to go as a family. Unfortunately, Katie was really scared on the slides, so she and I only went down twice. Because it was so busy, we had to wait in line at least 20 minutes for each ride. I guess we've been spoiled by Whitewater because we really weren't used to that.

Noah and Mike did several other things while Katie and I took a nap. One of those things included Noah falling backwards off of a rope fence (that he shouldn't have been on in the first place) onto pavement. He had the biggest knot you've ever seen in your life for the rest of the night! He was okay, though, after an ice pack and some Motrin.

We finished off his birthday by taking a horse-drawn carriage through DT Denver. It was really neat, and the kids couldn't understand why we wouldn't do it again tonight!

Today we tried to take it a little easier because we're just plain wearing ourselves out here. We drove into the mountains and hiked at Mount Falcon Park. We packed a lunch and ate while we were there, so we had a great time. I'm sure Mike will post pictures of that later. He can't resist showing off his photography!

If you've read this far, then thanks for your patience! You're either family or REALLY good friends (in need of a vacation of your own).