Milking Summer For Every Last Drop

We took a trip to Six Flags for our last day of summer vacation. Rachel and Aaron earned free tickets through a reading program at school last year. We saved them until P.K. got home. I don't do roller coasters which is Rachel's favorite part, so we really needed Daddy for this trip.

P.K. and the kids started the day off with a roller coaster called the Dahlonega Mine Train. It was a moderate roller coaster. They started small and worked their way up. Aaron and Hannah are starting to enjoy roller coasters. I think Hannah has acquired Rachel's love for them. Aaron is a bit more reserved. Rachel has loved thrill rides since she went to Disneyland when she turned four. She called them "high and fast" rides then.

After their first roller coaster, I suggested we take a family trip on the sky buckets. Apparently, I had a temporary loss of sanity. I am terrified of heights. I was thinking it would be a fun family ride across the park. This picture above was taken when the family decided to ride again without Mommy.

This picture of Hannah is from the first trip across. The look on her face is of concern and fear as she watches her mother trying not to hyperventilate.

P.K. and Jody with Bugs Bunny.

Rachel and Aaron on the swings.

P.K. and Rachel were getting ready to ride the Ninja. Hannah wasn't quite tall enough. The Ninja reaches over 12 stories tall in places, reaches speeds of 52 mph, has five upside down turns, upward spirals and corkscrew dives.

P.K. and Hannah with Foghorn Leghorn.

This is the last roller coaster P.K., Rachel and Hannah rode. It is called the Mind Bender. It is eight stories tall at the highest point, reaches speeds of 50 mph and has three loops. The girls loved it so much, they took a second trip. P.K. was able to get this picture of them.

This is Hannah telling me all about the Mind Bender and how she got to ride alone with just Rachel.

A picture of the Mind Bender from outside the park.

One of my favorite rides was the Monster Mansion. It is a slow boat ride through a tunnel filled with whimsical animated monsters

The fam waiting in the very long line for Sky Water Falls.

Hannah trying to scale the wall while P.K. was distracted by his wife who was talking to him from the walkway above.

This ride climbs slowly up five stories, makes a quick turn and then plunges down. Yeah! They got wet!

Rachel and Hannah

P.K. and Aaron

Aaron loved Thomas the Train when he was younger. He even had a Thomas bedroom. Once in a while he will still build tracks, but it is more of the boy urge to build than out of a love for Thomas. Thomas Town is one of the areas at Six Flags. I'm posting these pictures for my friend Kristy. Her little boy loves Thomas and I thought of them as we went through this area.

Aaron and Hannah with Harold.

This ride is called the Wheelie. It rotates to a really high speed and then lifts to a vertical position as it spins. It kind of looks like a Ferris wheel on extreme caffeine.

The camera took a great picture. The Wheelie was actually spinning so fast at this point that I couldn't see Rachel at all. She is actually in the lowest car in this picture. I could see her when I blew it up.

Aaron, Hannah and I rode the bumper cars. Aaron was able to drive one himself. Hannah did her best to direct me to bump into her brother.

We had such a great day. We left about 6:30 knowing the kids had to be up and ready for their first day of school the next morning. We stopped for dinner on the way home. It was such a great way to spend our last day of summer vacation.