St. Louis Vacation, Day 4…

It was a good day for Six Flags… And so we went… Particularly because we already bought the tickets last week, and it was the last day Hurricane Harbor would be open for our vacation…
And Hurricane Harbor is where we went first…

Ordinarily, Seth has issues with being eaten by inanimate objects on our vacations. However, as he gets older he also seems to be getting a little too cool for this, so it was Grace who lost her head. You can see here that her brothers were very concerned:

Daddy, however, had a slightly different take on the fiasco and tried to no avail to save her:

In the end, Seth made friends with the shark:

We enjoyed a lot of the attractions at Hurricane Harbor, although we didn’t have time to ride them all. My favorite was the family raft ride, because all of the kids (except Miah, of course) were tall enough to ride. It was a little intense for Ian, because every time the raft went up on one of the sides of the slide, he was completely covered with water, but overall, I think he did OK:

Unfortunately, since there were many things he was too short for (as always); he had to spend a lot of time being the “navigator”:

Here are a few more pics. of our water park adventure:

Grace Coming Off A Slide:

Grace, Ian, Phil, and Seth on The Lazy River:

Phil & Ian:

We were pretty seriously dehydrated a couple of hours into our day, and we were quite sunburned, too, although we didn’t know it at the time. By the time we left Hurricane Harbor we all kinda felt like this:

We made a beeline… uh… sort of… for Johnny Rockets and actually bought a souvenir cup for $12.99, because it included free refills for the day. 11 refills later, we were quite pleased with our purchase… We all ate some lunch and then headed for the ride side of the park!
It was important to both Phil and me that the kids have fun today. That seems like a “duh” statement, but at theme parks it can be a challenge to make sure that everyone enjoys themselves, depending on the age… and height… and interest in rides… We did very well, today, in that department!

We started off in “Bugs Bunny National Park,” where Seth and Grace were actually too tall to ride some things (and Grace actually came off one kiddie ride and informed us that it was "a waste of time:). This was great fun for Caleb and Ian to observe, as they are usually the ones left looking on! The kids especially enjoyed the “Yosemite Sam Tugboat Tailspin” ride, as well as running around “Bugs Bunny Fort Fun”, while Phil and I continued to refill:



From there we went on to experience some coasters, water rides, and the falling star (Which I rode on our last trip here in 1996. It has seen better days):

"Tidal Wave": You can't see him here,
but Ian also rode this and actually slid off the seat on the way down...
Good thing I had a good grip...

Seth, Grace, and Caleb on The Log Flume:

Phil & Ian on The Log Flume:

We also even dropped $20 on a carnival style midway game so Seth, Grace, Caleb, and Ian could “win” superhero capes (We were going to pay $7.50 apiece for them, anyway, so it made sense and made us the superheroes in Seth’s eyes, since he always wants to play the games)… Ironically, I actually did win the game, so Miah got a stuffed snake, too, which she loves:

"Super-Ian"

Super Kids:

Super Baby & The Pink Snake:

And, of course, it wouldn't be a day at the park without a spin on The Ferris Wheel:

Caleb, Ian, Me, and Miah (Miah's 1st Ride Ever):

Grace, Seth, & Phil:

Ian Lookin' Out Over The Park:

Seth Was So Proud of This Face (haha):

We stayed until closing time, which was 8:00, and then hung around for another half hour to refill the cup again! An exhausting but fun day, for sure…

Miah, Ian, and Caleb were asleep not long into the ride back, but we hadn’t had dinner, so we stopped at Quiktrip, where Seth picked out a corn dog, lemonade, and starburst; and Grace picked out a buffalo chicken and cheese fried thing that we put in a bun, an orange smoothie, and starburst. They thought this was great fun. I had another orange smoothie, as well. Phil and I stopped further down the road to grab some Little Caesar’s Hot & Ready, and it’s a good thing we did, because Caleb woke up hungry when we got to the hotel and was a little miffed that we ate dinner without him…

And that is day four… in a nutshell…

Lisa