Looped The Loops

Sunday I did something I don't think I've done since high school. I went to 6 Flags, a local amusement park. I rode a bunch of roller coasters and other rides. We went mainly because The Girl wanted to go, but I really enjoyed myself. More than I thought I would. I don't think we could have picked a better day to go. There wasn't hardly any crowd, and the weather was beautiful. Maybe a little chilly at first, but it ended up being perfect. I got a little sunburn on my nose. We waited until the very last ride to go on one that was a water ride because we didn't want to have to walk around dripping wet.

We only had to wait in line for a couple of rides, most were pretty much walk up and get on. We went with a couple of friends, and everybody wanted to drive the little race cars, but I didn't want to, so I just rode my favorite ride, the Highland Fling, over and over, about 4 times, and still ended up waiting for them to get their ride on.

Going to 6 Flags was pretty fun, but everything there is so expensive. We brought our own lunch and sat out in the parking lot eating, so at least they didn't get us on food. We did buy some bottled water, and The Girl found a shirt and skirt that said Corona that she had to have, so we didn't get away completely free.

I would have had more fun without my husband. Not that I don't love him and enjoy his company, but he has a bad back, and bad backs and roller coasters don't really get along. We made the mistake of riding a roller coaster called the Boss right at the beginning of the day. Even my husband rode it. It didn't look that bad. It's a great big old fasioned wooden roller coaster. Oh, my, God. It whipped us around and up and down, jerking and rattling. My husband started tripping out because his glasses about flew off his face, so he had to ride the whole thing either with his hands up holding his glasses on, or without his glasses on, which basically made him blind to the twists and turns coming his way. I was afraid he wasn't going to be able to walk when the ride was over, but he was okay.

I also rode roller coasters called the Ninja, Mr. Freeze, and something about Batman. Out of all of them, I don't know which one was best. Not Mr. Freeze, just because it was way too short. Batman was cool, but it was one of those where you are suspended from the track, or rail, or whatever you call it, with your feet dangling around. I don't consider that a real roller coaster. It wasn't the Ninja. That was a good ride, but you snapped around left and right so much I kept smacking my ears on the side of the seat, and The Girl complained about hitting the side of her head. So I guess the winner was the Boss, but I didn't get to ride all the roller coasters so it isn't official.

We decided to go ahead and get season tickets for 6 Flags, since chances are The Girl will want to go again, either with us or with friends. Next time I'm going to make a point of riding all the roller coasters and scoring them for future blogging purposes. I also want to go back one time at night and get to enjoy all the pretty lights. Then one hot day, I want to have a special water day where we just ride all the water rides over and over.