Deep Creek Lake Day 2: Wisp Resort

[MickinMD]

Wisp is better known as Maryland's best place for skiing in Winter, but it has summer fun, too.

Here are some pics and a video - saving the best for last.

We did the Mountain Coaster.  Grace (front), Scott (middle), Ryan (rear) get ready to ride.  The levers Scott is holding are your brakes. Push them forward and your cart flies downhill so fast that none of us was brave enough not to use the brakes many times to stop.

I took the next picture from a chair lift.

Your cart is towed up the mountain where about 1/3 of the relatively straight track is visible here. The curling tubes are how you get back down.

The three family members in the first cart picture completing their rides below.

Me on the chair lift

10 year-old nephew Adam, who I last showed on this forum doing experiments at the Maryland Science Center, decided to make like an American Ninza Warrior.

Here he is getting rigged for the "Spider Monkey Adventure."

Mon-Thurs is mostly fishing in Deep Creek Lake

Friday we're back to Wisp for White Water Rafting:

[Airehead]

Where are you staying.  I need to get my nips and nephews up here.

[Parsnip Totin Jack]

Looks like a lot of fun. I did the Garrett County Gran Fondo two years back. Great ride. We went to Mountain State Brewing for beer and pizza post ride; it is close to Wisp. Check it out some time.

http://mountainstatebrewing.com/

[MickinMD]

4 hours ago, Airehead said:

Where are you staying.  I need to get my nips and nephews up here.

We are staying at a huge cabin called Bear Hollow, 20590 Garrett Highway, Oakland, MD 21550, right on Deep Creek Lake.

It's described here and in the clip below: https://www.facebook.com/BearHollowDCL/

There's another one just like it next door called Raccoon Lagoon.

It's got miles and miles of shoreline so there are rentals of all sizes and prices.

Bear Hollow is something like $5400/week - we have 12 plus some occasional-drop-by-invites. My share was $467.

[petitepedal]

Looks like a fun time!!

[Mr. Silly]

That looks like fun.  How come you didn't invite Mrs. Silly and I?

[MickinMD]

8 hours ago, Mr. Silly said:

That looks like fun.  How come you didn't invite Mrs. Silly and I?

Maybe next time!  We have 5 bedrooms and one is reserved for some friends/relatives that each are dropping in for a couple of days.

Tonight's my cooking night. The Walmart Supercenter in Oakland, MD has chicken thighs and legs on sale for $1.29/lb so I loaded up and invited the next door cabin - mac & cheese and green bean sides.

[AirwickWithCheese]

Chair lifts are the absolute greatest thing on earth!