Gauche Aquatic Park

Specs
Type:	Swimming
Distance:	Short Drive
Area:	Yuba City
Ages:	All Ages
Cost:	$
Information:	gap.yubacity.net

If you're tired of Memorial Pool but you don't want to spend the bucks to go to Golfland Sunsplash, you really need to try this place. One trip to Gauche (pronounced "Go-shay") and I swore off expensive water parks. Now, those places do have their appeal (mostly for older kids and teenagers) but when your kids are still pretty little you don't need to spend all that extra cash just to have them look up at the giant waterslide and go "I don't wanna!"

Gauche is really fun for little kids. In addition to the standard swimming pool like the one you'll find at Memorial Park, there is a nice, easy 25-foot water slide (big enough to be fun, small enough to be unintimidating, though there is a height requirement of 48 inches to go on it). There is also a spray pool which only gets to about a three foot depth and is full of fun activities--dials and hoses kids can use to squirt each other, falling water and smaller water slides. And the entrance fees are really low. You can spend all afternoon having fun here, and if you still have energy afterwards there's a kids park (a dry one) nearby.