Mini Vacation

For one of our family Christmas presents, we decided to travel the long distance to Coeur d'Alene and spend the night. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Hayden, which is just north of CDA, and is connected to Triple Play, a family fun center. The main reason for our visit was that Triple Play has an indoor water park called Raptor Reef and we thought that would be great for our family especially during this weather.

The water park is not overly big, but it was just perfect for our family. Because we went on a Thursday, it was not crowded at all and we basically had the whole park to ourselves. They had 3 big waterslides, which Daryl and I really enjoyed, a wave pool, and a kiddie pool with some water toys and small slides.

Our overnight stay in the hotel included 4 passes to the waterpark that day (4 pm to 9 pm) and also 2 hours the next morning (10 am to noon/checkout). It was perfect. The kids had a blast, even though they petered out rather quickly, but that was okay too. I think it will be even more fun when the kids are older (and taller) so they can ride the big slides and the adults can ride them more too!