I found out quite by accident that my friends at church, Juan and Juliana, really like rollercoasters too. Thus, we decided a trip was in order to Six Flags to ride some!
It's north of Los Angeles, so we had quite a drive to get there. But it was well worth the trip. We had originally hoped to arrive at the park when it opened to see if we could beat the rush and get a few short lines, but it didn't work out so well! That place was so packed by the time we arrived! And the lines - Oh my. One of the lines we waited in was 2 hours long! I know this probably seems like nothing to anyone who has ever been to Disney World, Universal, other Six Flags, or Cedar Point. But I'm used to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City (years ago)! I can only imagine lines getting that long (maybe) on the two water rides in the middle of the summer. So for me, it was a bit crazy. At least all the lines weren't 2 hours long!
We feel like we made out pretty good though. During our day at Six Flags we rode six rollercoasters. And they were pretty good ones too! Terrifying and awesome, at the same time. There were a number more that we didn't even get a chance to ride at all, so I'm pretty sure I will have to go back!
Here are some pics Juliana took of the three of us at the park (waiting in that 2 hour line!) and a really great rollercoaster-scape as we left that evening.
In other news, I saw my first jellyfish outside of the zoo a couple weekends ago in the bay. I think it was dead, as it was just kind of floating near the shore, but it still looked pretty cool! And I gave my first attempt at trying to make some structure out of sand. I think its a little unfair to anyone who has actually built a castle out of sand to say that I tried to build a castle. It was more like one turret of what could have been a castle. Gotta start somewhere, right?
