It was fun, and it didn't even involve alcohol

Remember that movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

You'll recall a scene where, after Bill and Ted brought Napolean back to 1989 in a phone booth, they lost track of him and eventually he went wild at a San Dimas, California water park.

I sort of felt like that character when I visited a Billings, Montana water park on Monday with my brother's family. It was me against all those screaming kids. I wasn't going to be denied. I have no idea what came over me.


Here I'm trying to convince my 5-year-old niece Tristen that the super plunge slide really isn't all that scary. She's clearly not buying it.

Tristen's big brother Trevor, on the other hand, is fearless. His long hair makes him look like an 8-year-old version of David Lee Roth. I was in no way shape or form as cool as him when I was 8.

Travis, 10, and his dad after the plunge. Craig nearly got sick going down a water slide backwards. typical.