Iowa Day 3

One of the things we did almost every morning was take the kids to the pool. Along with there being a couple of dozen cabins at the resort, there was also a big hotel with an indoor pool and hot tub. There was also an outdoor pool, which they use in summer. They went back and forth between the kiddie pool and the regular pool. We were going to take their life jackets along and completely forgot. When we were at Wal-Mart right before we got to the resort on Sunday, I saw $1 inflatable armbands, so we bought those and they worked perfectly! The kids could float/swim around in the deep end with no worries. This is where I sat for a chunk of the time. Sometimes I also sat at the edge of the pool or hot tub and had one leg in and one leg out. Jared had to do all of the playing with the kids in the pool, which I felt a bit bad about, but not much we could do about that. That’s the entrance that we came in. The pool was close to the back of the hotel, so it was very tiring for me to get there. Sometimes Jared would drive from our cabin to the hotel, which wasn’t far at all, but it was that much less distance for me to have to crutch. The mechanical room. Haley likes to point out the pirate on the right side of the picture. The hot tub is on the deck area on the left side of the picture. Around Lake Okoboji there were several towns that almost run into each other. We were in West Okoboji, right outside of Spirit Lake. There was also Arnold’s Park where they have a big amusement park that opens after May long week-end, Milford, and Wahpeton. This was in Milford. I like the colors. We took the kids to the Elementary School playground in Milford. Most of the parks we saw were bigger than the ones here with multiple structures that cater to different age groups. It was great! A church we saw while driving around. Another part of Lake Okoboji Jared commented that he liked their street lights. This was just down the road from where our resort was. Sometimes places in the middle of nowhere can have a lot of character and parts of this area definitely did. :)