Having Fun with Guests

We are again this year having fun doing Activities here at Lake Ridge Resort in Virginia.

Schools are finally starting to let out and the resort is getting busy. It’s so much more fun to enjoy activities with lots of guests. Sometimes it’s a tough gig when you are up against two pools, two waterslides, paddleboats, kayaks, mini-golf and the game room which has 26 arcade games, four pool tables, air hokey, ping pong, and a new state of the art “jute box” at plays from a mass storage computer memory that stores 5000 songs ( no Cd’s).

Some of the new activities like the rubber duck races has gone over huge! Guests buy a little rubber duck from the office. They bring their ducks to the waterslides… we have 10 races and two ultimate winners that get their choice of a free night of camping, water park passes, arcade tokens, or pizza and sodas. After the races they get to keep their ducks… which is one of the 300 different kinds of ducks to choose from. Pirate ducks, princess ducks, Mardi Gras ducks, redneck ducks, dog & cat ducks, zoo animal ducks, luau ducks, beach ducks, biker ducks… well… the list is almost endless.

Another big hit is the Hayride… this year we added music to the hayride and it’s a big hit! This week was our Mardi Gras weekend. Played Blues Brothers music… got everyone to sing, clap, and sway to the music… and when we see other campers… scream and shout… waving arms… and throwing out beads. Did I mention that I was the self appointed King of the Mardi Gras… yep… it was a unanimous… one vote… one King… done deal!

Lots of fun by the pools too. Bubble-time with the small kids, and the new T-Shirt contest. The kids gather by the pool… I give them all a Lake Ridge T-Shirt… they jump into the kiddie pool and put the T-shirt on… the first one to get the shirt on wins! Did I mention that the shirts are wet and frozen solid when I give them to the kids… didn’t tell them either… surprise!

So with schools letting out and guests coming in, it really is turning into the fun zone! We have 35 different organized activities that we rotate from week to week and Shelly Crafts room is picking up. Mardi Gras shirts and masks were a big hit this past weekend.

So the summer season is kicking into high gear.

Fun… fun…fun… it’s great to see everyone having a good fun time! The scenery is beautiful up here on the mountain the weather is warm in the daytime and cool at night…. just perfect.

And finally…. and I sincerely hope… finally… the rainy season has ended. Fun in the Sun is here again… so we run and play and sing again… and enjoy the warmth of spring again… happy days are here again!

Well…. the sun is starting to come up and today is our day off…. Brandi and the girls are here and we can have a fun time with them. If you’d like to see a little of what we are doing… visit the Resort Activity Blog at www.ResortActivities.blogspot.com .

Have a fun day!