The Wilderness Resort

Winter always seems to drag on, but this year it seemed unusually long and depressing.

Maybe it had to do with us being stuck inside more than normal because of Joe being sick, but no matter the reason, one thing was for sure...we were all definitely in need of a

little vacation.  Nothing crazy with a lot of travel, but somewhere close 

where we could all blow off a little steam.

The Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells proved to be the perfect fit.

We were planning on going to Wausau for the weekend anyway, so we figured it would be a
quick and easy getaway.  We could leave for Wausau a night early and spend some time in
the Dells.  It's right on our way and we knew the boys would have a blast at the
indoor waterparks.

We stayed at Wilderness on the Lake which is about 1 mile from the main hotel.  It was
great because we were able to get a 2 bedroom condo which was so much better than
being stuck in a single hotel room.  Plenty of space, and an added bonus...
a hot tub overlooking the lake!!

The other huge advantage was out of the 4 waterparks at the resort, Wilderness on the
Lake has the one that is most geared towards toddlers.  Smaller and a little less intimidating.

It was perfect!  It was big enough to keep Owen entertained, but small enough to let him
go without following behind his every move.

Ryan, Joe and I enjoyed ourselves too.  It felt so good to relax and all have fun together.
 

After we got our feet wet at the smaller waterpark, we chose to brave one of the larger ones.

You can see why the smaller one was much less intimidating.  Not so much for Owen, but for Ryan and I.  Letting Owen roam on his own at this waterpark was not really an option.  He did so well though!  He wasted no time climbing all the way up to the top and flying down the big water slides by himself.

Once Ryan found out it was acceptable for the adults to go down too, he was more than happy to join in the fun.  And Joe and I waited at the bottom of the slide, camera in hand.

 We could not have asked for a more perfect start to our weekend.  I forsee this being an
annual winter getaway for us.  Definitely beats the cold weather blues.