Yesterday, 26 July, Brenda and I took grandsons Parker and Isaac to Alabama Adventure and Splashworld in Bessemer. We took our own 5 kids to lots of great places during their childhoods. Schlitterbahn and Aquarena Springs, both in south Texas, the Houston Zoo, and to Six Flags over Georgia, among others.
Yesterday's admission fees would have made such trips prohibitive when our kids were little, but fortunately fees were cheaper then.
The boys' attitudes were gratifying. They enjoyed themselves, never complained, and expressed gratitude.
Brenda and I found the amusement rides a bit too much. I went down one of the huge slides with Parker and he and I agreed it was a bit to stressful to repeat.
Yep, our enjoyment of the rides was surprisingly diminished. We did get to see two short "shows" of "aquabatics". One was trampoline-based and the second was 3-meter and tower diving. Both were surprisingly good. Parker really enjoyed the diving show, which was near the end of the visit. It was remarkably good.
Well, things do change, and our key enjoyment was floating on the lazy river. But memories are great. There's a lot of good in "kid trips."
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