French Lick, Indiana = Awesome!!

For our gift to the kids this year we planned a quick, but awesome, overnight to French Lick Resort in Indiana.  It is the most random thing ever - we had talked about going tubing or to a waterpark with the kids and then a flyer came in the paper of this town in Indiana that had both a waterpark and a ski resort all in the same little town.  Perfect!  We took a gamble and booked a reservation at the local historic resort and let me tell you - it just might be the beginnings of a family tradition.  We had the BEST time!  It is such a tiny little place, but just our speed. 
 
We drove over Thursday morning and went to the Splash Adventure indoor waterpark.  It was fun!  After 4-5 hours we changed and drove down the road to check into the French Lick Resort. 



It reminds me of the Greenbriar in West Virginia - it is an old historic hotel built around a mineral spring.  The only difference is they just spend 500 million about 7 years ago totally renovating the place and you could tell!  There are actually two hotels there - but guests have access to both amenities.  Our room was small, but nice. 
Here is the view of the courtyard from our window. 
The lobby was so pretty and ornate.

They had this beautiful handmade gingerbread/candy house.  Amazing!

Roaming around...
Here is the huge dome entrance to the other hotel - West Baden Resort.  Pretty impressive!
We took the kids bowling at the cute 5 lane place they had. 

I actually learned how to keep score! 
We were pretty ready for bed by this point.  A great, great day!

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Anonymous said…
That place is gorgeous!
December 30, 2013 at 7:47 PM
Jennifer's Kitchen said…
OH MY GOSH, that place looks so fun!!! And Christmasy!!
January 10, 2014 at 10:22 AM
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