What Were We Thinking?

When we bought season tickets to 6 Flags they gave us free passes to bring some friends with us. Some of the passes expire at the end of the month, so we decided to go to 6 Flags Sunday and take a friend so at least one of the free tickets wouldn't go to waste. In theory, that was a good idea. It was the last weekend before summer school starts, and we wanted to have a little fun. In reality, it was a really bad move. We have been having a heat wave. As soon as we got to the park I started thinking we were crazy to be there. The crowd wasn't very bad, I guess because most people realized walking around in the sun all day wouldn't be very much fun.

So we get in the park and make our way to the first ride. They were just about to start it up, and there were only about 15 or 20 people in line ahead of us for the next turn. We got in line and started waiting. And waiting and waiting. In the sun. Without any breeze. Did I mention the heat? It seemed to take forever for them to get the ride started. I guess they didn't want people falling out of the ride when it was spinning around upside down. So we waited and waited. It wasn't too bad once the ride actually started to spin, because that gave off a nice breeze.

I was minding my own business, watching the ride swivle around, when I heard something and turned around. The Girl's friend that we brought was laying on the ground, passed out from the heat. Not good. No rides for Ruth today. We got her out of the line and into a building that was semi-airconditioned. She started feeling a little better, but we decided it would probably be a good idea to just go back home and rent a bunch of videos.