Monday, July 18, 2005

Our Trip to Six Flags

I took Madeline to Six Flags over Georgia yesterday. She rode her first roller coasters! I started her off pretty easy with the "Canyon Blaster"--a small roller coaster in the kids section of the part. The whole ride took less than 90 seconds. On the contrary, it took well over 2 minutes to get people off and then get the next people on...

She LOVED it!

Next we rode the Dahlonega Mine Train--twice! It's a longer and bumpier ride, but she loved it, too.

After riding some other rides I managed to get her on the Scream Machine. She was scared stiff, even before we got onto the ride. Just standing in line she told me that she didn't want to ride it. I just sort of paid no attention to her comments and got her on there anyway. I made sure to put my arm around her head, though, so that it wouldn't get banged up--those wooden roller coasters certainly do knock you around! Well, at the end of the ride I couldn't tell whether she wanted to kill me or ride it again. Eventually she said that she wanted to do it again, though we ended up riding some other rides that she also wanted to do, instead.

The very last ride that we rode was "Thunder River". That should have been one of the first rides that we rode, because we both ended up UNDERNEATH the water fall and got completely SOAKED! Melissa was smart--she packed a change of clothes for Madeline. I, on the other hand, drove home wet...

In short, we both had a blast, and Madeline wants to know when we can do it again.