Finally Vacation: Massanutten Resort

Halfway through July the boys and I went with Fred to Massanutten Resort. Now, before you start freaking out that we went with Fred, the condo we stayed in was a double condo. As you walk into the main door, you’re given two other doors that lead to one bedroom apartments. I had one and Buddy slept on my hide-a-bed, and Fred had one where Doodle slept on his hide-a-bed and we just kept all of the doors open.

Whew with that out of the way, we had a really nice time. I had to work, but took my birthday off (for the most part) and half days two other days. I’m not used to having paid vacations.

Fred has had a time share for a lot of years now and this year, while his kids were gone to Germany with their mom, the four of us headed over to enjoy it. Next time, I’m taking a full week off to enjoy everything that’s available.

One of the first things we did was actually outside of the resort. We took a really beautiful hike at a park. Fred had done it before so he knew what to expect. While it was beautiful, there were some precarious spots to climb. The top of the climb had a gorgeous view, but oh my goodness, I couldn’t climb to the tippy top. It was SO scary for me! I was a bit panicked with the boys being up there, but Fred kept an eagle on them for me.

Fred took the boys fishing where they saw a snake swimming in the pond as well as some deer! They didn’t have any luck catching fish, but the boys hadn’t fished since last year.

Thanks to the resort, we were given 2 passes to the Water Park and Mega Zip Line. We had to pay for everything else, don’t get me wrong. lol Fred and Doodle did the Zip Line. Man, it looked so scary to me. hahahaha They loved it though. Doodle even did a kids ropes course later on in the week.

We had a good time at the Waterpark. It was a fun place to spend my birthday! The slides were a lot of fun! Doodle loved the lazy river and when we couldn’t find him at one point, it was because when we looked for him, he was sitting in this area that makes you go in circles. There was one point that we all had to get out of the water because someone left a little “gift” in the water. It was closed for about 45 minutes.

Throughout the week, there were different activities that Fred took the boys to while I worked. They went and played Candy Bingo and went to one of the Rec Centers where Doodle swam in one of the pools. One of the nights they had an Xbox Madden competition that Doodle played in. One night, I was super tired, we played the Trivia Night. We did a good job, but not good enough to stay for the entire game. lol

It was also nice to sit at the condo and watch the storms roll in and roll out within minutes. It reminded me of living in Colorado as a young girl. The view was absolutely stunning.

It was fun to have an entire week to spend with Fred and the boys. Obviously it’s not something we’ve done before and this kind of vacation isn’t something that’s usually available to a couple who isn’t living together. It also gave us the inspiration to start thinking of other vacations we could take with the same set-up. We definitely want to do Disney, so maybe this winter we’ll head down.

Have you done any vacations this summer? What was your favorite part of it?