Beach trip in January

Hunny and I decided we had enough of the cold and went the beach. No we didn't take another trip to the tropics, though that would've been nice. On our New Year's Day when we went exploring, we found a place that had a winter park on one side and a summer getaway water park on the other. We were not dressed appropriately at the time but decided then that we HAD to come back. And with Hunny off work Monday for Martin Luther King Day we did! We loaded up our swimsuits and towels and were excited to be warm again. It was a little pricey getting in, and the lady made me at least feel pretty silly for paying full price. She kept asking for ways of getting a discount that we just didn't have. We got our tickets though and split to our locker rooms. After what felt like a maze getting through, we met up and looked around. I was just glad to be warm.

Our first stop was the 'beach'. It was more like a wave pool... And it was packed! There had been a ton of buses in the parking lot. Looked by all the munchkins to have been field trip day. We hadn't got water to our waist when we were whistled and yelled at. Turns out it is mandatory to have a life jacket on in the pool. Really! And there was a rental fee... You're kidding. But it got better. We put them on and went back in the water, and whistled at AGAIN! Now what? Cap. We had to have head gear. And the 'Caps' were $19! Thankfully the store person pointed us to $5 swim caps. Mine is my favorite color blue and I was excited to put all my hair up so it wouldn't get bad tangled. So I was okay with the caps. Though I did end up looking like a boy with no make up or hair...

We enjoyed the pool as much as we could between all the people. The water was really warm and nice. I was glad later for the life jackets cause then I could just float and relax. Next was the 'lazy river'. Still fairly crowded but with everyone going the same direction it was easier to 'swim' a bit. It was the perfect exercise. :P I really enjoyed going around, even if there was an area that went out of the heated area. But we only went around twice before getting out for some lunch.

I have never been disappointed by a Turkish Kebab. They are my favorite street food so when I saw there was a shop in the park I knew what I wanted for lunch. But it looked fishy, no giant rotating meat stick, didn't ask if I wanted spicy, Turkey was on the sign and only option... Not looking good. And it wasn't! Gag! I won't go into details but I couldn't finish. And Hunny's meal wasn't all that better. He went to the Lotteria, (Korean McDonald's) and pointed to the picture he wanted and after eating and looking at the picture he realized, that was NOT the same burger. Not that it wasn't as pretty as the picture, but the sauces they used were completely different. I mean, more than 5 toppings were different. And they didn't have cheese! Their fries were disappointing. At least there were free refills on the drink. Anyway, lunch was bad. We got a waffle for dessert to try to make up for it... ehhh....

Back in the lazy river to get wet again before going on the super tall slides. They looked pretty cool because they went out and back into the building! So we climbed to the 7th floor and I got scared. I'm a chicken. But thankfully we go together. I sat on the front of the double seated tube and whoosh! It was way fun! While we waited we saw there was a one person slide next to it and decided to try it next. Without a tube I knew it would be painful, all the slide connections scraping your butt as you go. Yeah, it was okay. Not as fast, painful and a anti-climactic end. Hunny enjoyed it...though I am not sure how much since he only went once.

One our way to look at other attractions, there was something going on at the 'beach'. There was an announcer, music and some dancers. Then they pulled out the float that someone crawls on the front of and two others jump onthe back, sending the front person flying! It was great! We watched for a while before moving on to two smaller slides. The first one was just a REALLY steep drop that really freaked me out. The second one was more wavy and slow. We really do things out of order...

Having done most that we could on the adult end, we went to check out the kids side. They had a giant playground that had water coming out of everywhere. And wheels that you could control some of the sprays. We came across one but couldn't figure it out. I walked away for a second before Hunny called me back saying he figured it out. Halfway to reaching him, water came shooting out of the ground and in my face. Haha... It was actually so perfectly set up it was pretty funny. We couldn't figure it out at first because we were facing the wrong way.

There was a gigantic bucket over the top of the play area that would fill and sound before dumping all over the place. It was my favorite! Sometimes you couldn't hear the warning bell and would get pounded by water. Later we timed it to be every 2 minutes. It was great!

Behind the playground was a bunch of hot pools and jet massagers. We sat by in one. Hunny likes them more than me. I just liked the warmth. Then there was one you could lay down in and it would jet under your whole body. It just made me float away. Hunny found the "Neck Showers". They looked like a shower pipe sticking up but a crazy pressured jet came shooting out and you let it beat your neck and back. The first time Hunny did it, he said it took his swim cap right off.

Because the water was so warm everything else would feel exceptionally cold. So we wrapped up and thought about heading out when Hunny wanted a video of him coming down the steep slide. He went down a few times before being satisfied. With no line it was easy for him to run up and down over and over. It was adorable watching him run off to go back up like a little kid. I love him so much. We had a great time together. We got the spend the whole day with each other exploring and playing in a weird Korean water park. I am so grateful for him and his adventurous self that helps get me out and doing fun, and sometimes strange, things.