Summer is about having fun, spending time outdoors, and creating family memories that will last a lifetime. One of our family's favorite summer activities is going to Silverwood and Boulder Beach.
Located in beautiful North Idaho, Silverwood Theme Park is the Pacific Northwest's largest theme park, with over 70 rides, slides, shows and attractions, including four roller
coasters, Boulder Beach Water Park, a steam engine train, live
entertainment, magic shows, restaurants, and more.
The great thing about having a theme park and a water park at the same location... Silverwood Theme Park + Boulder Beach Water Park = one admission price = both parks!
We get season passes to Silverwood every year, have
for the past 11 years. We only live about 15 minutes away, so it
is the perfect summer time activity for our family. We go for a few hours, have a blast and
then come home.
The carousel
is just inside the main gate at the entrance of the park. From the
time our kids were little (1 1/2 years old), they knew that this ride
was our very last stop in the park before heading home. It made it easy
to leave the park this way - no fits! Now at ages 14 and 11, we still
ride the carousel once or twice before heading home - it's a tradition!
Of
course we love the rides and water slides, but we also love the variety
of other fun activities like the magic show, train robbery on the steam
engine ride, seeing the bison, and the adorable and friendly mascots; Garfield and Odie! Even though my children weren't always fond of them (they can be quite intimidating for the little ones), Garfield and Odie are always happy to pose for photos, give hugs, hand shakes, and high 5's!
