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RE: 4th of July at Silverwood Theme Park and Boulder Beach Water Park in North Idaho - Thursday

in GEMS2 months ago

I've been curious about that water park expansion, but not curious enough to make the drive and pay the entry fee. Sounds like it was perfect for your kids though!

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It's rather nice being all brand new and all. The new cabanas look pretty awesome and it opens up a lot more space, though it will still get pretty crowded. We were lucky it was a 5k day and not 10k+ in the park.

Sad to see the Surplus 1 burnt down.

Yeah, that surplus store sold me a lot of ammo and various odds and ends over the years. I often wondered whether it had been around long enough to have been the inspiration for "Grogan's War Surplus" in Pat McManus' stories.

I'm old enough to remember when the first water park expansion was the new attraction.

The shittiest part I think is that they weren't insured. If they own the lot then they have something but that building is gone. It was there for 43+ years so very well could have been what Pat wrote about.