Do Nadia and her friend love you, Big River, more than they love skiing?

Lanie reflects on a major element of our Jay Peak stay.

One of the things I enjoyed most about Jay Peak was the indoor water park. We’re not talking about a couple pools and a waterslide. This was a the real thing. One of our favorite features was the Lazy River, a long waterway snaking around the entire park that you could ride on in tubes or just swim, gliding along on the artifical waves. (This feature is actualy called “The Big River”, but I’m refering to it as the Lazy River because I think it sounds better).

Incredibly, Zoe survived the red water slide.

Another was the four gigantic waterslides. The green and the blue you go on with the same inertubes from the Lazy River. The red and orange ones you just slide down. The red one was called “Le Chute.” It went in a huge loop, and started with a sudden vertical drop. You had to be 88 lbs to ride, but I wouldn’t do it if I could. (Ed note:  Zoe was the only one in the family to take on “Le Chute,” and one ride seemed to be enough for her.)

At the part before the loop, there is a hole in the top of the slide. There is a sign that said: “There is a chance you might not make in over the loop. If this happens, please let gravity take you and wait to be assisted.” So basically, if you don’t make it over the loop, you slide back down and climb out the hole.

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  Climbing too close to the Sun earned Lanie a whistle from the lifeguard.

  The park also included a large hot tub, fake surfing (Zoe did this numerous times), and a pool that contained water basketball, and climbing walls that rose six feet out of the water. ( I got whistled by the lifeguard for climbing to the top and sitting on top of the wall ).

All in all, the waterpark was a really fun place to spend an afternoon.