Part 10

       Today was the day we would be leaving Great Wolf Lodge. That morning we got all our things packed and moved to the car for our ride home. We all woke up early and ate our breakfast so we could go to the water park on last time before leaving. My dad had already checked us out of the hotel but we were still allowed to go to the water park if we had our bracelets. Minha and I went on the big blue water slide, The Hydro Plunge, as many times as we could. We went on each water slide as many times as we could. Especially, The Toilet Bowl. Last time I went on that ride I got a wedgie. We went on every ride we could. I went to the wave pool for most of the time.

       There's this big umbrella like thing that had fast moving water rolling off the top of it. It's really fun to just stand there being hit by cold water. My dad then called out to us telling us it was time to go. It was sad that this vacation had to end. We got dressed in the bathroom and headed out of the pool doors. There was an ice cream shop right by the pool so i asked my dad if we could have ice cream. I cot cookies and cream ice cream and it was yummy. My sisters got ice cream too. I asked my dad if we could go one last time with our wands but he said no because it was getting late. We headed out of Great Wolf Lodge to our car for the ride back home to Louisville, KY, across the bridge. It's possible to swim in cold weather at Great Wolf Lodge because it's indoors. People who live in Ohio are known as Buckeyes relating to the Buckeye tree. As i mentioned earlier that Ohio is known as "The Buckeye State"  because of Buckeye trees.

Part 9

   
    This day was the last full day we had until we left the next day. Today we went to a museum in Cincinnati. It is the children's museum. The whole museum was about nature and how it works. It was also about energy. There was this one exhibit that was talking about teeth and there was this big model of teeth and a huge toothbrush so u could brush the teeth. There was also this one cave thing which was cool because it was like an actual cave except inside! I also thought that another cave was cool because the tried to male it icy like a polar bear cave. Then they had this fake trail thing with fake animal tracks on the ground which was cool. They had all these fake animals, water and everything!

      Afterwards we went to the gift shop. I got this ring with a purple stone in it because it was like my birthstone amethyst.I also got a camera from there. I wanted to get this adult penguin stuffed toy but my dad said no since i got a penguin stuffed toy from the zoo already and we already had too many stuffed toys. I got the ring instead. I wanted to get this other toy but my dad said only one things since we had gotten so many things over the past few days. The Children Museum in Cincinnati opened in 1998, which was the year I was born. It used to be in downtown but moved. That is an example of Human Environment Interaction. The museum moved because the area where they had the museum always got flooded from the Ohio River. It is now located farther away from the Ohio River on Wesport Avenue.

Part 8

       The next day at Great Wold Lodge we decided we would go to the Cincinnati Zoo. Since it was winter it was really chilly we all had to wear our jackets. The zoo was so cool. We did so much. We went and saw all these animals like polar bears, giraffes, alligators etc. For lunch we went  to this restaurant in the zoo called The Rhino Cafe I think. I had pizza and coke and some chips. My sisters got he same thing. I forgot what my parents got. After that we looked at more animals. It smelled like animals everywhere we went.

    
     Then we went to the gift shop. I got this little penguin stuffed toy. My dad said i shouldn't get a stuffed toy because we already had too many. He said "One day the stuffed toys will be living in the house and we're the ones that will have to live outside it!". My dad can be really weird sometimes. He always tells us if we eat to much we're gonna turn into a football but my little sister once said "like you?" to my dad. It was hilarious. After the zoo we headed back to our hotel. We went to our room and rested a bit. My sisters and I just watched TV while our parents slept.  Ohio is known for its status us the "swing sates' and the "bellwether" in national elections. Ohio also has 18 seats in The United States House of Representatives.

 

Part 7

         Next came dinner. We went to a restaurant called "Tasty" which is an Indian restaurant in Mason. It has really good food. I got chicken which was an orangish color and rice. My little sisters got the same thing. My dad is a red meat and vegetable lover so he ordered a beef kabob with green beans. My mom just ate off everyone else's plate. My dad ordered a lot of food though so we had leftovers. After that we head off to watch the 8:00 pm show that the puppet robot people put on at Great Wolf Lodge. The characters are an Indian or Native American girl, two trees and I think there were some squirrels? I don't exactly remember all the details.

       
     After that me and my sisters quickly got dressed to go to the water park before it closes which is usually 10:00 pm. So we went there and quickly Minha and I went to the long line for the Hydro Plunge. The big blue water slide. It was well worth the wait though. Then my dad and my sisters and I went on this water slide together. It had this big circle raft that was green and we all fit on it. It was fun going down on that slide because the raft kept going in circles. Then we all went to the wave pool because it just started giving the waves again. At the deep end there are big waves and the shallow end has small waves. It's so hard to walk in the water when the waves keep trying to push you down! The name Ohio comes from the word "Iroquois" meaning "great river". Ohio is the 7th most populous  state with nearly 11.5 million residents.

Part 6

       The next day we decided to do something else outside of Great Wolf Lodge since it can get boring after a while just doing the same things over and over again. My youngest sister, Kinza, brought up the idea of going to Newport Aquarium and the Cincinnati Zoo. We all decided to go to Newport Aquarium. My little sisters love Newport Aquarium and so do I. We saw so many different fish, sharks, alligators and even jellyfish! We also got to pet sharks and a starfish! My dad's favorite is the jellyfish. I don't know why it is but I guess it fascinates him. After we saw the aquarium we went down to the Barnes & Nobles there to just look at books. My dad also wanted some coffee from Starbucks so that's another reason we went there.

      After that we went to a shop that is kind of like the Build a Bear here in Louisville. I got a white poodle and an orange kitty. My little sister got a grey elephant and my youngest sister got a small white polar bear. My dad said we were either allowed to get a stuffed animal or only clothes for one. It wasn't a hard decision for me but for my sister, Minha, it was a very tough decision. We all obviously got animals instead of clothing for them. The poodle liked wasn't there so they just gave it to me off there display thing. I was happy anyway. After that we just wandered around the area and we also got hemit crabs as pets. Sad story though, when we got home both of them died. Mine died because we didn't get it a new shell and Minha's died because the crabs claw fell off while tapping the window.  Every year Mason, Ohio gets at least 45 inches of rain. Ohio is the 34th largest state by area in the U.S.

                                                   The stuffed toys.

Part 5

       Dinner was great. We went to a restaurant called The Camp Critter Restaurant. I had pasta, my mom had salad and my little sisters had pizza . My dad had already ate so he just sat at the table with us. He ate at Starbucks. Our food was really good so we decided we would come again for lunch the next day. After that my mom and I headed to the gift shop to look around. There were lots of things like candy, snow globes,  decoration pieces. There were so many Vera Bradley bags, pencils, pens, little pouches and so much more! I stared at them for so long but got out of my trance when my mom asked me if i wanted Starbucks since there was one in the gift shop.

        I got my usual Caffè Latte there and it was so good. I bragged in my little sisters faces because they didn't get any. After that we decided to go to the pool again. I didn't really feel like going so my little sisters and my dad went. I stayed with my mom while they we swimming and doing the rides. Since my mom and I were wearing our regular clothes it was really humid when we got inside. I started sweating!I got so bored just sitting there and i was starting to regret not going to the water park. I asked my mom if I could just stay inside because it was hot. She said yes so we walked up to the lobby. We ended up staying in our room while my sisters and my dad were swimming. Mason, Ohio has a total area of 17.7 sq mi. Mason's population as of 2010 is 30,712 people. In the year of 2000 the population was 22,019 people.

Part 4

        The next morning my family and I woke up, got ready and headed down for breakfast. I got pancakes, a biscuit and some water for breakfast while my parents got eggs and my little sisters got cereal. The name of the place we ate breakfast at was called "The Loose Moose Cottage". Then it was my turn to go and choose what we did next so I picked the magi quest. We first had to go buy wands for me and my sisters. My wand was grey with some gold on it while my sisters were black and gold.Then we each got this book and it has all these riddles on there and we have to go on an adventure solving the puzzles written in the book. We went on so many different floors went all around the hotel with our wands while my parents were just sitting on the couches waiting for us to be done. We went everywhere except the basement area. After that my family and I headed back to our hotel room to just relax until dinner came, which was only an our away.

      In that spare time my sisters and I played a game with our wands which was fun. We pretended we were wizards in training with bad wizards and good ones. My little sister was the bad wizard. Me and my sister Kinza pretended we were gonna defeat my other sister Minha. Later, we also asked if we could go swimming but with the little time we had my parents said no. I took a long shower and watched some TV afterwards. Then i took a short nap. When i woke up it was time for us to head down for dinner. I had to get ready quickly. Then came dinner time! These are Mason, Ohio's coordinates: 39º 21' 29'' N 84º 18' 43'' W. Mason's highest elevation is 810 feet and it's located in Warren County.

My Wand!

Part 3

           This time me and my sister went to the activity place and we made frames for pictures. We colored them and put stickers. Mine was blue and it had polar bears and penguins on it. My sisters wanted to make theirs pink. After that we went to get our face painting done. I didn't want face painting because it just took too long for me to get off so my sisters got it done instead. After that we went to the party thing when everyone dances till midnight. It was fun, but i didn't dance much but my little sisters did and they had the most fun out of all of us. Later after midnight when everyone was tired my Dad grabbed my youngest sister's hand and pulled her through the crowd of people who were leaving while my Mom was doing the same to my other sister. My dad wanted to leave before he got stuck in the crowd but that was a total fail. 
       On the way I saw some chocolate chip cookies and took a few. They were so yummy. My little sisters got some too.  As always my sisters race to our room again. When we got to our room I got into my pj's and then tried some sparkling grape juice since it was given to us by the people who work at Great Wolf Lodge. We also got these glass cups and hats from the workers there.  I got the crown and I got the hat they gave us. The sparkling grape juice didn't taste that good. I really didn't like it all. It was a light greenish color that was all fizzy like a soda. After that I brushed my teeth, washed my face and and got ready fora long blissful slumber so I could rest up for the next exciting day at Great Wolf Lodge. Mason, Ohio is located in the Southwestern region. Cincinnati which is close to Mason is located in that same region. Ohio is historically called "The Buckeye State".

 

Part 2

 

        My little sister Minha and I went on the Hydro Plunge together and it was a lot of fun. We also went on a ride that gave my sister a wedgie! We call it the "Toilet Bowl". Haha! Soon it was time to go back to our room and all of us had to take a shower and get ready for the evening since it was New Year's Eve. So my parents found all of us and we got wrapped in our towels and head upstairs to our room. It was freezing once we stepped out of the water park. We all took long hot showers when we got to our rooms. After we got ready we headed down to the main lobby. My family and I went to dinner at a restaurant in the hotel. I forgot what it was called though. 
   
  I ate pizza that night and like always my sisters ate macaroni and cheese. My parents ate fish or something with salad. Since it was New Year's Eve we had to eat dinner early because we wanted to do all the activities there. I think all of us were anxious for the evening. At Great Wolf Lodge they always have activities for us to do in the evening such as face painting, coloring, a dance party and clowns! Every year it is different.  Last year we made picture frames got our face painted and we waited until midnight. On one of the year's we came to Great Wolf Lodge on New Year's we didn't get to make picture frames but it was still fun.  This year clowns were here which was fun.Later everyone who is at the Great Wolf Lodge activity thing dance at the dance floor. They dance till midnight until it's the new year. That's when we watch the news thing in New York and all these balloons fall down from the ceiling. At Great Wolf Lodge, or in Ohio, the food the eat or how they talk is nothing different from Louisville since they are close to Louisville. Ohio has a few more museums than Louisville though. The overall climate in Mason is kind of the same as Louisville. It's cold in the winter and snows and in the summer it can get warm like in the 80s.

                                       

Part 1

On December 31, 2010 I was leaving for Great Wolf Lodge. My family and i had backed the night before at the last minute. We left in the morning for an hour drive to Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio, across the bridge. Great Wolf Lodge is located in Mason, Ohio and it is right across from the water park Kings Island. My family was staying there for a few days. We left on New Year's Eve.  Once we got to our destination my Dad checked us in. Since it was New Year's Eve, there was a long line so it felt like we had to wait forever. I put all my stuff right next to a huge Christmas tree which was almost as tall as the ceiling! There were all these things you could take pictures with so my mom and my sisters and i took pictures while waiting for my dad to get us checked it.Once we got our room key my little sisters and I raced to our room.      When we got to our room my parents started to relax because my dad was tired so they watched TV while me and my sisters had already started getting ready to go to the indoor water park. After that we just watched TV in our bunk bed cabin like thing in our room there. Later, when my parents were not as tired we headed down for the water park. The indoor water park at Great Wolf Lodge have many rides like Alberta Falls, Coyote Cannon, The Hydro Plunge and much more. The Hydro Plunge is probably the biggest water slide there is in Great Wolf Lodge and its REALLY fun.  It's the only blue slide so it not that hard to miss. There is also a lazy river, some other little water slides and a plain pool which has waves in it like the ocean. My sister's and I just swam in the wave pool for a bit. We dunked each other in the water. My youngest sister couldn't come to the deep end because she can't really swim so she was at the shallow end with my dad watching her.                                                            We just got there.                                                              How it looked inside. Isn't it pretty?