Turtle Cove Waterpark Adventure

It's hot and it's summer. Any parent knows the secret to keeping most kids happy, and occupied for hours .... Turning them loose to play in water. So far this summer we've done several local pools, our sprinkler under the trampoline, and the blow-up pool in our backyard. But the kids wanted more.... And I wanted an inexpensive place that our family could go to cool off and have a good time.

We found one last week. Turtle Cove Waterpark, which a few months ago had it's grand opening and is located at one of our local metroparks, only a 15 minute drive away. This week we thought it was high time we checked it out. For only $8 for adults, $6 for children, we got an all-day pass to all the waterslide action we could handle. The only thing we didn't like is that there's no food allowed inside the park, so we ate lunch before going.

Turtle Cove Aquatic Center has two water slides (body slide and tube slide with single and double tubes), an endless lazy river, a water playscape with a dumping bucket, a zero depth entry pool that deepens into a four lane lap pool, a snack bar (called Turtle Cove Grille) and a sunning hill. My favorite was the lazy river. Jessica and Alex loved the water slides, and Logan loved the water playscape, especially when the dumping bucket dumped the water on top of him. He'd stand underneath the dumping area while waiting for the water to spill over onto him, then laugh and laugh and go again. Too cute!

We went with our friends, the Larsens, and had a terrific time. On the way out of the park we stopped at "Turtle Cove Grille" to buy some snacks and drinks. We got slushies, french fries, nachos and ice cream before going home.

Spencer is at scout camp this week so he didn't go with us. We'll have to go again in August with him and Joshua. I know they'd love it too!!