The Real Deal

Aren't water parks fun? And those cool new indoor mega hotel/parks like Great Wolf? You get to feel like you've taken your family on a grand adventure without ever leaving the air conditioning.
Here's a few things you'll find at Lake Whitney and Arrowhead Resort that top even the best water slide or indoor "camping" trip.
1. Little clam shells scattered along the shore that are just the right size for tiny curious hands to carry.
2. White limestone cliffs designed especially for teenagers to jump from.3. Hummingbirds fighting for control of the salvia bush right outside your cabin.
4. A family of four young blue birds learning to fly from the fence.
5. Dixie & Crystal, the Mini Mares, just waiting to have their wild manes combed and braided.6. Real smores you make yourself over hot coals using wire hangers to lightly brown the marshmallows.
7. Scavenger hunts for feathers, fossils, & wildflowers.
8. Hiking to the lake to tiptoe into squishy sand and mud just to say you did.
9. Pontoon boats that carry you out beyond the squishy shore for a real swim in the lake, with some sightseeing as a bonus, and a side trip to watch the crazy teenagers jumping off the cliffs.
10. Real food served by real people at Mel's Steakhouse where you can rub shoulders with the locals, not just other tourists with children already cranky and bored to tears by plastic water slides.