Wet playtime in Sacramento

To give the girls a break from all the scenery (which frankly doesn’t do much for them) we decided to stop off in Sacramento and visit the Raging Waters water park. It turned out that one of Lily’s school friends was staying in Sacramento too at the time, so we decided to meet up at the park.

It was quite a culture shock going from the wilderness of our several days in Yosemite to the urban black-top, which we hit at rush hour on a Friday, no less. After a few wrong turns and narrow entrances, we found our way to the campsite, which was just behind the waterpark which itself was in the California State Fair ground. As soon as we were hooked up (power and running water, yay! No more shouting every time someone ran the tap for more than 2 seconds) we walked round to the fairground to see what was going on.

It was one of those times you realise that the US is set up for cars, not pedestrians. It was actually a 2 mile round trip, and we set off at gone 8pm. Another holiday late night for the girls! Still, they enjoyed themselves at the fair; it was basically a run-of-the-mill fairground with the addition of a large display of cows. Livestock’s obviously an important part of a state fair… Another odd thing was the claim on almost every kid’s ride that it had been part of “Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch”.

The next day at the waterpark was excellent fun. Jasmine took a while to warm up, probably because she was tired, but eventually found something she liked (a shallow pool with a shark fountain in it). Lily enjoyed it from the start and when it came time to leave insisted on “one more go”… about twenty times.

Edited: August 5th, 2010