Staycation Day 3

Over the whole summer we have had plans to go to Lake Winnepesaukah for a vacation day at home, but we wanted to avoid a lot of heat, plus when we did plan to go someone wasn't feeling well or something else caused us to have to change our plans. We finally got to go on Saturday, and the weather was just perfect! It was cool when we first arrived, but by lunchtime it was warming up and very comfortable for shorts.

I highly recommend visiting in late September! I'm sure May would be just as wonderful. The weather is great and the crowds are not bad. Lines were very short, and there were no lines for the kiddie rides at all.

Darrin had never visited Lake Winnie, so after we first entered he wanted to walk around the amusement park and see what was there. Of course, Rebekah and I were ready to hit the rides, but we obliged after the first ride. We totally missed the itty bitty kiddie rides that Joshua could ride with Rebekah without adults, so he didn't get a chance to ride them before he was too tired. That is the one thing I would have changed about the trip. I would have gone to those rides first so the kids could ride them together.

We did several family rides as well as a few that I rode with Rebekah. We had a great time! After lunch Joshua just wanted to walk around, so we held his hands and let him walk some so he wouldn't fall on the pavement, but later we had to hold him as we walked through the park, and he really got upset about that. We took the train and Joshua finally calmed down. It was a great ride to settle him down, so Darrin rode it a few more times while I took Rebekah on several other rides.

We didn't take our nice DSLR to Lake Winnie since it's so big. I just didn't want to lug it around. These pics are taken on our old little pocket Olympus. I want a smaller camera for things like this when I don't want to carry the big camera, so if anyone has any recommendations for a really nice small camera let me know!

The first ride we did was the Balloon Ride near the entrance.


Riding the carousel...Rebekah rode in the back of a chariot while Joshua and I rode in front.


This is the best I could do taking the pic myself. Joshua is so mesmerized by all there is to see.


Rebekah and I rode the Wacky Worm kiddie roller coaster. Rebekah acted like she wasn't too sure about the drop down toward the end of the track, but when I squealed in delight and talked about how fun it is she seemed to enjoy it more. I think the drop startled her and even frightened her a bit, but she was more relaxed when she saw me having fun.


I didn't get a pic of us in the antique cars, but Rebekah got to "drive" with my help. I pushed the gas while Rebekah helped steer the steering wheel. She thought that was so cool! Darrin and Joshua rode in back, and Darrin said Joshua wasn't too sure about the bumpy ride.

After lunch we took the train.

Joshua doesn't look too happy here. He's mostly just becoming content, but it wasn't long before he was smiling.


While Darrin and Joshua rode the train some more Rebekah and I hit the slide a couple times. Rebekah LOVED it! I wish I had pics of us sliding because when we got to the bottom Rebekah hopped up and shouted, "I want to do it again!!!" She then ran as fast as she could to the back of the line.

Riding Jumbo, the flying elephants


We finally found the itty bitty kiddie rides. Rebekah rode several of these before we left to go home.


Joshua fell asleep on his last train ride, so we called it a day. Like I said, I would have hit the kiddie rides early at our visit, so I'll have to remember that next year, but we still had such a great time!