A trip to Arnold's Park in Okoboji, IA proved to be an excellent way to spend a nice summer afternoon. The girls enjoyed (well, at least Haley and Emma did...Isabel, hmm, not so much) the mini roller coaster, which went surprisingly fast around it's hilly course. Tom and Ken also enjoyed their front seat view on what might be the worlds oldest roller coaster. Grandpa T informed us that Great Grandma and Grandpa T rode that same roller coaster when they were young. Nathan and I rode the coaster later with Tom and Ken, and got the treat of getting to go around twice without having to get off the ride...the perks of a small town amusement park! Later in the day...the 3 "daredevil" girls wanted to ride the big water flume ("big, big water slide"). The girls got a little scared when we were way up at the top, and were floating in the river waiting for our turn down the slide. They got over those fears pretty quickly though, after the adrenaline rush from going down the flume for the first time. In fact, I believe we proceeded to go down another 5 times before we finally had to entice them away from the ride with a promise to go on the bumper cars next.
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