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Dutch Wonderland and Doug’s

Our trip to Pennsylvania would not be complete without a trip to Dutch Wonderland.  This was our second visit and it was just as much fun as the first.  The entire park is geared towards children under the age of ten.  There are rides for kids as young as Miller and roller coasters for the older kids.  I went on the biggest roller coaster with Faith, wilson and Jordan and it was fast and very fun. I loved it as much as the kids.  Unfortunately, we put Miller on the “turtle ride”, which is like a Tilt-a-Whirl, a bit too early in the day and he was terrified.  I think it ruined him for the rest of the day.  He wouldn’t go on anything faster than this very slow bulldozer ride or the Merry-Go-Round.  He still had fun.

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Last year wilson and I went to see the diving show called, “A Dragon’s Tale.”  He loved it and we got a little bit splashed by the divers.  We decided to go back again this year to see this show and another one called, “The Frog Prince.”  The first show was so much fun that we went back thirty minutes later to see the other one.  The first five rows of the bleachers are appropriately called the “soak zone.”  We sat in the front row both times.  We got splashed pretty well during the first show, but we definitely got “soaked” during the second show.  I didn’t dry out for the rest of the day.  Here is the stage, the pool and the two diving boards.  There is a latter that goes up another thirty feet up in the air where one crazy diver dives off at the end of the show….

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Here we are after the second show….absolutely soaking wet….

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We took Jordan with us to the park this year.  She was a great help!  Having her there meant that I didn’t have to get completely nauseous on all of the rides that went around and around in circles.  It became big joke that I would have thrown up on whatever ride they all just got off, complete with actions and maybe sound effects.  Because there is a two year age difference between our kids, it was nice to be able to pair off during the day.  Tom took Wilson, I took Miller, and Jordan took Faith to the appropriate rides and then we would all meet up again.  We really had a great day.  Here are some pictures of the kids on their age appropriate rides….

 

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After Dutch Wonderland, the day was not over.  We drove an hour and a half to Ellicott City to visit Doug, Jacqueline and the kids.  We didn’t get there until after 7:00pm, due to the fact that we didn’t want to leave the park and because Tom ran out of gas.  LOL!  Yes, at 51 years old he still runs out of gas.  😉

The kids played until midnight while the adults hung out talking and drinking tequila.  It was a lot of fun.  The next morning we walked around town with them and had doughnuts.  It was really wonderful seeing Doug’s family again.  I had a great time and I know that the kids did.  I only took one picture while at Doug’s house.  This is of the kids running around in the giant bus in the kitchen….

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