For years, Wild Waters worked to bring people in. Now, the challenge is keeping vandals out. (Inlander photo: Daniel Walters)

The sun bakes the concrete roof of the La Quinta hotel in Coeur d'Alene, where 19-year-old maintenance worker LJ Waldvogel is standing, looking down on the Wild Waters water park below. Nostalgia floods past. A half-dozen years ago, this was where he spent his summers. Back then, his agenda was simple. "Hang around," Waldvogel says. "Chill. Probably sit in the sun for a bit, get a suntan." From here on the roof, you can see the entrance to the "Drop Off" slide he loved, the one that ended in a sudden, stomach-yanking dive. It's been six years since anyone has taken that plunge/Daniel Walters, Pacific Northwest Inlander. More here.

Question: Do you remember hanging out at Wild Waters?