4 Things You Should Never Do At A North Dakota Water Park

It's finally spring in North Dakota! We're starting to see all the flowers bloom, bugs come out, and parks open. Spring doesn't last long in North Dakota; it won't be long before we get the boats in the water and start getting up into those scorching temps.

If you don't have a boat, you might opt to go to a water park to cool off this summer. If that's the case, there are a few things you should know before you go to a North Dakota water park.

1. Bogart the Chairs

Every time I've gone to Raging Rivers, I've noticed people do this thing where they cover the chairs with their towels, then disappear for an hour. This forces people like me to find an uncomfortable spot in the grass.

If you are leaving and then coming back immediately, that's fine. However, if you're off wandering around or floating down the lazy river all afternoon, you're the worst. Put your stuff in a locker. When you're done with whatever it is you're doing, go back and look for a chair. Claiming a spot to infinity and beyond when you're not even using it is ridiculous.

2. Walk Barefoot

Obviously, you're going to walk barefoot through most of the park, beware of hot spots in the concrete and wooden bridges - don't fry your feet. While you need to be barefoot in most areas of the park, there is one place you should avoid at all costs. Dun duun duuuunnn... THE BATHROOM.

Beware: the water that you see on the floor of a waterpark bathroom is not water. It is, in fact, a mixture of water and human excrement. The last thing you want is to walk through that and let it soak into your skin all day.

Not only that, but imagine you get a cut. That's an infection waiting to happen if you ask me.

3. Splash

I know at waterparks you're meant to get wet, but if I'm relaxing on a tube going down a lazy river, and a kid splashes me in the face and knocks my tube around, I'm going to be upset.

If it happens to be your child who has disturbed my peace, I'm sorry. I will scold them as if they were my very own. There's no shame in the grumpy "I'm too old for this s**t" game.

4. Standing in the Way

Hanging out at water parks isn't supposed to be stressful, but HOLY COW. If you find yourself standing in the middle of a walkway doing nothing... don't.

Step off to the side just as you would and should anywhere else. 9 chances out of 10, if I'm walking anywhere in a waterpark, I'm trying to get there quickly, before the pavement scorches my entire foot off.

We're in hustle mode, okay?

There you have it. Those are the four big offenses in my book. What are some things you think a person shouldn't do at a waterpark? Leave us a chat message.