Six flags, five stars.

From the previous post you may have gathered that I and my three youngest siblings went to Dallas this past weekend. While we were there I had an opportunity to use two tickets that my boss had given me to Six Flags as a boniness. As for those of you who may not know what Six Flags is, it is a park much like, say... Disney World. (Or Disney Land. What ever it might be.) I had only been on roller coaster twice before, once up in Minnesota, and once again in California, so this was going to be good. But to say the least I had quite forgotten the joys of such rides. However there was still a few obstacles in our way before the fun could began at Six Flags. First I had to find the tickets before we left. That took almost 30 min. But I found them in the end and we set forth. The next obstacle was the waiting line. After about 10-15 min. waiting we were the next group in line to get on the ride. However it was canceled do to thunder storms in the area. It looked like it was going to be a short trip, when Mr.East (our host and a season ticket hold to Six Flags.) lead us to an indoor roller coaster. It was great! With one hitch, it was pitch black inside the indoor roller coaster. This as you might guess, was a good reason that I could not see the track in front of me. To make a short story shorter I thought that the first turn was to the left and set my self up for such a movement. It went right and I was jerked hard the wrong way. I aggravated a muscle strain on my right side, which had first accrued when working in an attic. When we got done with that ride and spent some time here and there doing other things the bigger rides reopened as the thunder storm had past, taking with it as it seemed most of the other people that had been there before. The rest of the group that I was with started running from ride to ride so that they would not have to wait in line as long. This however turned out not to be a problem as there was hardly anyone waiting for the rides. The only problem there was, turned out to be the one that I felt every time I took a step or drew a breath. The muscle strain had me far behind the group at all times. And after two rides on "Bat Man" one on "Mr.Freeze" and three (two of them back to back) on the "Titian" I learned to put mind over matter and forget about it for a time. It was however after the "Texas Giant" That I really felt bad. Matter won out in the end of mind. In the end we made that our last ride for the day and returned to less active hobbies such as X-Box.

Robert L.

P.S. I loved Six Flags...Thank you East for taking us, and thank you Joe for giving me the tickets!