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🎢 Park 2/23/2014 – 2/24/2014

Great Wolf Traverse

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Lisa coloring her shirt at Great Wolf Lodge
Lisa coloring her shirt at Great Wolf Lodge
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Day 1Sunday, February 23, 2014

Traverse City

Annual winter trip to GWL.

Lisa riding a burger-shaped pool float
Lisa riding a burger-shaped pool float

We checked into Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City and spent the afternoon in the arcade before stopping at the Creation Station, where the kids colored their own Great Wolf Lodge shirts and had them signed with their names.

We walked the lobby, past the bowling lanes and the lodge's carved wolf and bear statues, then spent the evening in the indoor water park, riding the tube slides and floating rides. Thomas came away with a new stuffed wolf from the gift shop, and we all posed with it at dinner. Back in our Kid Kamp suite that night, one of the lodge's wolf characters stopped by to visit the kids before bed.

Lisa and Thomas with their Pup Pass tags
Lisa and Thomas with their Pup Pass tags
Lisa and Thomas ride the kiddie coaster
Lisa and Thomas ride the kiddie coaster
Michael helping Lisa with her shirt design
Michael helping Lisa with her shirt design
Thomas's shirt, signed with his name
Thomas's shirt, signed with his name
Ten Paw Alley, the lodge's bowling lanes
Ten Paw Alley, the lodge's bowling lanes
The lodge's indoor water park
The lodge's indoor water park
Lisa in the wave pool
Lisa in the wave pool
Thomas hugs his new stuffed wolf at dinner
Thomas hugs his new stuffed wolf at dinner
The Camp Critter Bar & Grille sign
The Camp Critter Bar & Grille sign
Sitting on the bunk in the Kid Kamp suite
Sitting on the bunk in the Kid Kamp suite
Violet the Wolf visits Lisa and Thomas at bedtime at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
Violet the Wolf visits Lisa and Thomas at bedtime at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
Thomas coloring his shirt at craft time
Thomas coloring his shirt at craft time
Lisa with the Great Wolf Lodge shirt she coloured
Lisa with the Great Wolf Lodge shirt she coloured
Lisa and Thomas hugging the cupcake bear at Great Wolf Lodge
Lisa and Thomas hugging the cupcake bear at Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge across the snow in Traverse City
Great Wolf Lodge across the snow in Traverse City
Lisa in her wolf ears with a chocolate cone
Lisa in her wolf ears with a chocolate cone
Lisa and Thomas claiming the bunk beds in our room
Lisa and Thomas claiming the bunk beds in our room
Lisa shows off her new shirt
Lisa shows off her new shirt

Day 2Monday, February 24, 2014

Traverse City

Lisa with her MagiQuest wand
Lisa with her MagiQuest wand

We woke up in the Kid Kamp suite and had breakfast before meeting the lodge's wolf character again in the lobby. The kids picked up MagiQuest wands and worked their way through spellbook props tucked around the lodge, and we followed the Wolf Walk sign to catch that morning's activity.

We went back to the water park for one more round on the slides before checkout, then wandered the gift shop, where Lisa kept her wand, before heading out into the snow for the drive home.

Lisa in wolf ears with her new plush
Lisa in wolf ears with her new plush
Breakfast, bacon and fruit
Breakfast, bacon and fruit
Lisa and Thomas with Wiley the wolf
Lisa and Thomas with Wiley the wolf
The sign for the morning Wolf Walk
The sign for the morning Wolf Walk
A MagiQuest spellbook prop
A MagiQuest spellbook prop
Back at the water park slides
Back at the water park slides
Snow outside the lodge
Snow outside the lodge
Lisa wrapped in a towel after swimming
Lisa wrapped in a towel after swimming
The MagiQuest sign in the gift shop
The MagiQuest sign in the gift shop
Lisa peeking over the balcony railing
Lisa peeking over the balcony railing
The kids at the big bear statue
The kids at the big bear statue
Thomas with the talking tree in the lobby
Thomas with the talking tree in the lobby
Antler headbands by the taxidermy display
Antler headbands by the taxidermy display
Thomas and Lisa in the big carved Great Wolf chair
Thomas and Lisa in the big carved Great Wolf chair
Thomas and Lisa with Oliver Raccoon at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
Thomas and Lisa with Oliver Raccoon at Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City
Racing down the water park slides
Racing down the water park slides
The indoor water park at Great Wolf Lodge
The indoor water park at Great Wolf Lodge
Lisa under the clock tower in the lobby
Lisa under the clock tower in the lobby
Lisa and Thomas with the carved bear at Great Wolf Lodge
Lisa and Thomas with the carved bear at Great Wolf Lodge