BARTLETT — A massive outdoor water park is slated to open in late June at the former Glen Ellis Campground in Glen, now called Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort Glen Ellis.
But for most of the summer, it will only be offered to campground guests, not to the general public.
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Outdoor water parks are a lot more fun and cleaner than indoor water parks.
Our family loved Glen Ellis Campground where we met annually to camp together as our number of grandchildren increased and grew up. It was a beautiful, clean, well run outdoor natural experience our family loved sharing. It appears it has turned into Disney Land so we are not returning.
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