Walls in Charleston: Whirlin' Waters

In an effort to continue our 'family unit momentum' that we established during our years in France, I agreed to accompany Lucie, Kathleen and Bucky to Whirlin' Waters Adventure Park on Sunday. I am not super keen on public amusement attractions, but I decided to take one for the team and try it out. I figured that I would at least get a good blog out of it!

We left for North Charleston at about 9:45am since the park opened at 10am and we wanted to take advantage of having the place to ourselves while most of the Charleston population was at church. Apparently, if you have a Piggly Wiggly card, you can get a $3 discount on each entrance ticket which is not too shabby since the price of one ticket is a whopping $19.99. Of course, we did not have a Piggly Wiggly card with us so we figured we would have to pay full price, but a very generous woman who was ahead of us line surreptitiously handed us her card so we were able to get the discount! So, only $67 later, we were in the park.

The girls were pretty certain that I was not going to partake in all of the thrilling activities that the park has to offer, but I wanted to prove them wrong. So when they suggested we start with the Riptide Run, a gigantic slide that one travels down on a mat, face first and on your stomach, I heartily agreed. Climbing the steps of the massive structure, I got a bit nervous, but Lucie was full of advice so I got in place. The attendant counted down and said go, and three Walls plummeted down the slide, but I didn't budge. The attendant had to give me a good push to get going - I met my family at the bottom of the slide and we were all in hysterics! We got out of the water and started immediately to mount the stairs for another go...I gathered more advice on the way and the second time around, I actually got out of the starting gate on my own and laughed the whole way down. After a few more trips down the Riptide Run, we decided to take it easy in the Lazy River, which was much more my speed. We lolled around there for a while until the girls suggested we hit the Tubular Twister, a massive complex of three twisting and turning water slides. Of course, I joined in with enthusiasm, screaming and hollering down each one and flipping not so gracefully into the water each time I emerged from the slide. The girls loved it!

The rest of the day we spent enjoying each other's company and the other attractions at the park. We eventually enjoyed a hearty meal of junk food that kept us energized for the afternoon. When we headed home, thoroughly exhausted, we were happy that we had made the trip and this mom was proud that she had participated fully in the Whirlin' Waters experience!