Thin Places, Thick Places (Series)
Day 32
Warm and wet
This morning the information came out, as Agent Shades and I developed a strategy for the day, that we were both exhausted. Princess Bride Torture Machine exhausted. That makes for one long day.
The pattern of one intense busying-about/exploring day intermittent with one "chill" day which allows the kids to burn energy seems to be a win.
SO...I found a fun indoor/outdoor water thermal pool place. It was nothing like you'd ever find in the United States. It was an indoor tropical paradise. Lazy rivers, wave pools, WARM thermal water.
AAAAAND mixed gender changing rooms.
When it's how you are raised (mixed gender and no body-consciousness) it's just not a big deal. I think, at this time in my life, I prefer that to being stodgy. Just keeping it real.
Because we had adults and children in our group we were relegated to the family changing rooms (just past the mixed gender rooms) which was comprised of many adorable naked toddlers running around.
A notable thing happened...
The wave pool's waves felt like deep ocean rolling waves. It was a REALLY deep pool with about 2-3' swells. It was rather relaxing, but the swells came and went with rhythmic urgency. Up, down, up, down, up, down. A little daunting, actually.
Everyone in the wave pool was buoyed by AT LEAST two blue long pool noodles. A real noodle party. That is, everyone EXCEPT AGENT SHADES.
I offered Agent Shades some blue pool noodles, to keep him from drowning. He just looked at me, with a proper smidge of indignation. I then gathered my head and remembered that he is a former Navy SEAL. Um, he doesn't need a noodle.
He was the ONLY person in a sea of about 100 people bobbing up and down, up, down, up, down, up, down with NO noodle and swimming about effortlessly. Ha!
Tomorrow, we have high hopes for a day-out adventure. We'll see what actually happens.
To be continued...
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