Six Flags

Six Flags today was an awesome good time had by all.  Actually Jamie and Ian are still here.  Ian is giving Dave guitar lessons, Jamie is observing, and I'm kind of in the background making sure my presence is known with frequent sneezes.  At some point on the ride home my allergies decided to strike with a vengeance.  Seriously, it's a perfect angry WTF moment.  I don't see Jamie and Ian often enough to be dealing with allergic plague.  Plus, it be nice to write a post where I'm not complaining about something or other.  Haa! We just had a sing along as Ian just played the music to Free Falling by Tom Petty.  This post may be a bit disjointed as we are hanging out but oh well.

Though absurdly expensive Six Flags is the theme park to go to in this area.  We have a couple of smaller ones but they are as almost as ridiculously expensive and don't have nearly the attractions and fun stuff of Six Flags.  One must admit though, if you're not a thrill ride kind of person or have small children, Six Flags isn't worth the price at all.  However, as the four of are thrill ride people and do not have any small children, we spent more money than we probably could afford but had great time doing it.  In my personal opinion aside from the roller coasters the best part is the adjoining water park.  It really is a full on water park complete with a wave pool, a lazy river, and water slides a plenty.  

As it was freaking hot out when we got there, we decided to hit up the water park first.  It felt good to go swimming for the first time this summer.  Yes, that's very sad, I know.  We also managed to get ourselves a good bit tipsy from drinking Mike's Hard Lemonades with no food really to speak of in our tummies.  Slightly inebriated, we thought it best to wait in a line for a water ride and I can safely say that by the time that was over, we had sobered up a good deal.  Due to a line for the lazy river, we only went around once but it was still a good time.  By the time we had our fill of the water park, it was already almost 6.  A basic nightmare had we not spent a small fortune on whatever they call their "Fast Passes" (I will forever be a Disney girl).

To wait in line on this gorgeous Saturday evening for all the rides we wanted to go on would have taken forever.  However, with our passes we were able to get every ride without waiting in a single line.  We would finish one ride and be ready for another, bypass that line, and enjoy that ride.  Like I said, it was pricey... too pricey for most people but we only go to Six Flags once a year and I want to do everything while I'm there so it's all good.  I would write more now but I'm officially done.  I haven't stopped sneezing since the car ride home and I've had it.  I'm going to attempt to sleep and I'm changing medications first thing tomorrow as clearly what I'm taking now is no doing nothing to fend off the plethora of dust everywhere that I'm reacting to.