DisMomAmy
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- Jul 24, 2007
Did anyone get to go to River Country before it closed? I don't even think we knew about when we were there.
We went during our 1983 trip. (I did ask my mother for pictures so hopefully I'll have some oldies soon too). My father has never been a very strong swimmer so my mother went down the waterslide first, then my father sent me down. She made sure I got to the side safely. Then he sent my brother down and he was supposed to follow right after. He was 6 at the time - he swam OK, but he was still 6. Well when he hit the water he paniced... he grabbed my mother and somehow managed to wrap himself around her so that her arms were down at her sides. They started to sink and had to be rescued by a life guard. She still tells the story as if it is my father's fault... I think she wanted him to come down the slide and rescue her, but I'm sure the life guards wouldn't let him go down until the water was clear... It's one of my clearest memories from that trip - probably because my mother won't let it go...