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Six Flags~ whew the end of this trilogy.
We headed off to Six Flags about 10:30, the girls were pretty tired from staying up late to watch a movie. Annie left us breakfast and snack food, so we munched and left. (She's so thoughtful!)
I stuffed the snacks in a backback just in case the girls got hungry. Who wants to pay escalated 6 Flags prices. Well, we get to the gate, and you can't bring snacks in ~ so I walked them back out to the car. BTW it was already 100* . So then we re-enter the gate, and we get busted for the suntan lotion. Ummm you can't bring aerosol suntan lotion spray. So we had to check that in. Okay, finally in. We did the 4 D ride ~ To the Moon ~ that was really cool. Then we were in line Hell after that. (Hot and long). We decided that Batman was worth the hour wait, but Tony Hawk wasn't. At the Batman ride (and all of the big rides) you can't take ANYTHING with you on the ride. So they offer a locker to rent for a dollar. That's crazy! So for each ride you have to pay a dollar-each time you ride it. I told the guy that Six Flags was trying to "suck the money out of us." I guess that was rude. Luckily May was half an inch too short, and they wouldn't let her ride the big rides. So she was the official bag and drink holder. Hot and tired, we took a break and had dinner at Denny's (about 3:30). The girls did not want to go back to 6 Flags, but since we drove all that way, they didn't have a vote.
When we went back around five, we rode the water ride, Aquaman (Splashdown). The line was only 25 minutes (when we left earlier-it was at the 1 1'2 hour mark). We were wet, fed, and refreshed! The lines were only 15-25 minutes after that. Awesome ~ we're having a good time! Then storm clouds loomed. So as Hay and Ray are sitting in the Texas Giant (Ry, May, and I are next in line), they make everyone leave because of storms. We kill time by watching (not one of their best) shows, and the storm moves off. Now we get to ride the big rides with no wait time. We ended up staying until 9:30p.m. The drive home was really long!
More fun after the Dallas World Aquarium...
The girls and I left the aquarium to head back north ~ destination...The Speed Zone. B wanted me to take the girls Go-Kart driving. 30 minutes later (for a 8 min drive) we arrive. It's really cool...it's like a small version of Celebration Station, but with very cool Go-Karts.
We're starving, so we share some pretzels and drinks first. Then we go to drive these super cool Go-Karts. Well, the tracks the girls can drive on are closed, so Plan B. The girls play at the arcade and win about 800 tickets. Rylee and Hailee, then Rylee and myself danced off to DDR. I love that game! (BTW my mom just bought a Wii version for us ~ spoiled.) After 3 hours (J/K) of picking out prizes, we head off for Annie's apartment.
Annie's apartment is so cool! It's located in downtown Dallas, not too far from the Dallas World Aquarium. She has a pool on the roof of her apartment building. The girls thought that was very neat. So we met up with Annie and James and ate pizza; it was very nice to visit with them. Then Annie and I took the girls to the roof to swim. They had so much fun! On the roof there is a green area for dogs to relieve themselves, a bar area in the middle by the pool, a good size square pool, and a long rectangular hot tub adjacent to the pool. The hot tub has fiber optic lights that cast random colors on the wall. The girls swam from 7:00 to 9:30pm.
(girls swimming on rooftop pool)
(View of downtown at twilight:)
We went in and got to see the bowling alley in the bottom of her apartment building. Then we went in to settle down for the night. The Ry and May on the couch, Hay and Ray on the air mattress. It worked out really well. I got to stay in their other bedroom, which was nice.
Then it was off to a full day at Six Flags Wednesday morning.
On Tuesday I took Ry, May, Hay and her friend Raymie to Dallas. We were going to check out the Dallas Aquarium and play at Six Flags on Wednesday. When we stepped out of the car at the aquarium's parking lot, the girls were just amazed with the big city and the murals on the buildings. They were saying ~ this is cool...this is awesome.
When we went into the entry-way...it was all jungle. Then when we stepped inside we saw baby penguins playing. The girls loved this! One would swim and wave the whole time. When we went in, it was amazing! When you walk through the rainforest, you walk through its different layers. There were different animals and aquatic life shown in the layers. Hay and I had a bird swoop right past our heads. We saw manatees from above. Monkeys playing in the trees right in front of us.
In the shark aquarium, there were so many different types of sharks swimming above us and around us. It was amazing! In another aquarium we saw HUGE manatees, fish, catfish, sea turtles. We saw a sloth sleeping in a hammock ~ that was hilarious. We saw crocs with piranhas, sting rays and manna rays. We were surprised how bright the flamingos were. We watched the lady feed the penguins fish (it smelled smelled heavily of shrimp).
Then the girls got to shop in the gift shop ~ which was fun for them! We loved the Dallas Aquarium!
