We have already gone on two big vacations this year so for the summer we decided to do something a bit lower key. Kerry had heard about Silverwood from a few of her friends and it's not much of a drive from Oliver so we packed our bags and headed out on a good old fashioned road trip. After a quick stop in Oliver to drop off Wilson we headed to the Motel 6 in Coeur D'Alene. We figured we'd be gone most of the day so there was no sense wasting money on a nice hotel.
It seems that amusement parks open quite late which meant we didn't get into the park until about 11:30. By that time it was well over 30 degrees. We decided we'd start with the train ride around the park to get our bearings. That turned out to be a terrible idea. With our bad luck we got robbed!?!?! They got $5 Canadian off me. I was happy to find out later that it was all part of the show and the money went to charity. All kidding aside, it was a nice 30 minute ride with a 15 minute show with train robbers and an abandoned mine.
After that we tried some of the other rides. I was very impressed by the layout of the park. Nicely groomed landscaping with proper paths and each ride looked very permanent. (Unlike Playland where it seems the place could shut down any year.) After an unfortunately very long wait for the old fashioned cars, the kids went on one of the twirly rides. I hate them. Callie looked like she did as well but seemed to have forgotten her screams of terror by the time she got off. Must be amusement park memory.
After a few hours at the amusement park side we headed over to the water park side. Bounder Beach. Our kids have not done well with water slides on the past. Not sure why but we just can't get them down a slide that they can't see the end of. It was good that this one had some smaller slides. Carter went up and down a few dozen times. Baby steps I suppose.
Although we didn't get to go on any of the bigger slides we still had a great time. There was a great lazy river that was all one level but with a current and only a few feet deep. Kerry walked the kids around 5 times. The other highlight was the wave pool. It too is only a few feet deep and unlike some other ones we've been to was that deep the whole way. This meant the kids could get into the big waves and still stand up. We stayed at the water park until it closed at 7:00p.
The amusement park side was open until 10:00p. We went on several more rides, won some prizes on the midway. Our food highlight was Dippin Dots ice cream and something called funnel cake. I think they make it by funnelling batter through a funnel into oil. Kerry bought it for herself but once we all tasted it, it was gone very quickly. We stayed until the park closed at 10:00p. That made for an 11 hour day with no breaks. The kids were surprisingly good for that amount of time. I highly recommend Silverwood if you're planning a road trip.
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