I hate that each year I have to figure out which sunscreen offers the best protection but also the least harm from chemical exposure. I hate that it needs to be reapplied to sweaty, sandy, squirming kids. But I hate holding down squirming kids to get it on them. But there is one thing the beach requires that makes me kind of crazy: sunscreen. I’m a Parrothead for more than one reason: the sun the sand the colorful drinks with cutesy umbrellas great photo opps with the kids as they splash in the surf the great beach memories we make. Here are the five coolest things about visiting this indoor water park in the winter: Also? Swimming, tubing, and sliding in the winter without having to trek to the Caribbean or Mexico to do it? Perfection. Great Wolf Lodge appealed to us primarily because we didn’t have to fly to get there and it’s completely family-friendly, which is important to us when traveling with young (read: crazy, wild, full-of energy, only-tiny-reserves-of-patience) kids. We considered several different locations when planning our Winter trip.
Just after Christmas our family took a trip up IH-35 to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas and the DFW Airport).