Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Day 1: Mt Olympus Experience, Um.... Almost!

After Lake Delton, it was still too early to check in to the hotel, so we grabbed some lunch and decided to try the 'dry' rides at Mt. Olympus. They had all kinds of Go Kart tracks and roller coasters. The Trojan Horse is part of one of the kart tracks!
The weather was lookin' stormy so we weren't sure what to do.
Well, I didn't want to just wait and see, time was wastin' so we grabbed our tickets and went to the counter to get our wristbands. I figured, at least we are able to bypass this step next time we come back.
As we got to the ticket counter the rain came. And I mean BUCKETS.... Wow. I am not a fan of hanging outside when it storms so we ran back to the car, but it didn't help much we were SOAKED! We didn't even go on a water ride!!
It was about 1:30, check in at our motel wasn't till 3pm, but we were hoping they would let us check in early. Thankfully they did. So we went for a swim....

Our hotel was a nice place.

Older. Way older, but it was very well maintained. The check in woman was very nice and from another country and I think one of the owners. She had a dog in the lobby that was waiting to enter the main house. Almost like a polish accent.

The main building of this place was a older home, but the lobby was in immaculate condition. Even the light fixtures were sparkling.

I stayed in other hotels that are newer but not NEARLY kept up as well. They were close enough that we walked to the 'downtown' Tuesday night. It was a great day for a walk.





















It had one indoor pool with a whirlpool and sauna, outdoor pool with swing set, ping pong table and shuffle board. Lots of grass to play in. They supplied badminton equipment too if you wanted. All Free! They had 2 residential Grey squirrels that would let you get really close to. Duner and Reece were both pretty good at Ping pong, Brock and I played Shuffle board while Zeb wandered between us.










It also has nice trails in the back. It is right on the main drag,but with all the large trees you don't hear all the noise.
We saw lots of deer tracks on these trails.

After the weather passed and we got some swim time in at the hotel, we headed to Mt. Olympus again for some rides...

Here is a great video I found on Youtube! Enjoy!

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