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Vacation 2016, Day One!

So day one was a travel day.  We started in Clio with lunch and then I dropped Michelle and the kids at the park while I got an oil change and washed the van.  We were out of Clio by 1pm and on the road.  The drive was uneventful until we were around 20 mile till our destination.  Traffic was stopped on 80 in Ohio.  An internet search showed us there was a fatal accident.  We were stuck in this traffic for 4 hours!
4 hours in traffic results in this.

We managed to watch two movies while we were in the traffic jam.  Once things started moving we took a detour off the expressway and made it to Kalahari in about 20 minutes.  Once we arrived we were greeted by a very nice bellman who loaded up all our stuff and moved it to our room!  He also filled us in on the resort.

We managed to get Brendan into the water park for about a half an hour and then went and ate.  I had to make a trip to the van.  I got a little lost on my way out and seen a great deal of the resort from the outside.  It is really cool.  Going to take a walk outside today.

Found this mural on the wall.

This is in the water park.

A couple craft brews with dinner.

We really slept in this morning and are waiting for pizza to be delivered.  Then we will start our day!

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