An Adventure in Michigan!

Breaking our Michigan pictures into posts, I'm realizing that we spent every day around some type of water activity, which was actually perfect and wonderfully summery!

On this day, we revisited our favorite place from our trip two years ago-- the amusement park Michigan's Adventure.  This time we were intentional about spending open to close at the water park section, since that is what was most fun last time.  We had a few hours before it opened, though, so Delia added to her "Roller Coasters Ridden This Summer" List.

I can't believe she was willing to ride this insane Shivering Timbers!  I sat this one, and its 13 stomach drops, out.  Delia graded it an A-, though!

Delia then decided to tackle an item on her "Goals for Year 10" List: ride an upside-down roller coaster.  That is her, Dave, Andrew and Heather hanging there on the park's Corkscrew ride.

The Mad Mouse roller coaster was more Ella's speed, so she joined her auntie and uncle and thrill-seeking sister for a spin on this wacky ride.

Once again, SUCH good times were had in the water park!  We lazed on the river.

We bobbed in the wave pool.

We hauled a one ton raft up several flights of steps and flew down a dark mine shaft as a family.

We screamed through pitch-black tunnel slides.

We took a few breaks to warm up.

And we faced our fears on the Funnel of Fear.  In case you didn't catch it in the video I posted earlier, here is a better look at the terror we experienced flying down the dark drop and waaaay up into curvy sides of the humongous funnel. :)

We hesitated slightly about trying to recapture the crazy fun we had two years ago, but our day at Michigan's Adventure did not disappoint!