i know you were all hoping for a juicy story ... but please get your minds out of the gutter so that i can tell you about my first busch gardens experience!
a favorite girlfriend of mine (susan) brought her daughter (gigi) and two friends (ally and jessie) to celebrate gigi's 16th birthday. they drove down from dc for some quality rockstar time and to go play at busch gardens. i definitely had a packed home ... laughing teenage girls, air mattresses, blankets, clothes, pizza (+ diet coke) and the atmosphere that came with it only excited us more for our trip. here is our story ...
williamsburg is home to busch gardens - europe. who knew that in one day we could visit france, italy, scotland, england, ireland, and germany! the girls went their separate way with the goal of riding as many scary rides as possible. (there were roller coasters that just by watching them i was wetting my pants ... so congrats to the girls for accomplishing their goal!!) susan and i opted for the train rides around the park, the gondola ride that took us from country to country, and rooms with air conditioning so we could enjoy our food ... and more food ... and more food. however, we did go on a very fun 3-D haunted house ride where we were almost eaten by werewolves, skeletons threw knives at us, and we fell head first through the castle. i apologized in advance to the strangers sitting next to us for my soon-to-happen screaming. it was awesome. the weather was perfect ... about 75 degrees with low humidity. as the day wore on the cooler it got and we had a nice cool breeze in the evening. it was a fabulous day! here are some pics for you to enjoy ...
there was a small line to get in ...
germany!!
view from the gondola ...
susan enjoying the gondola ...
who knew big bird would be in europe?!
we didn't know at the time what our sins were ... but how appropriate!!
wetting the pants ...
the girls enjoying a calmer ride ...
rockstar and skirt in the sandbox ...
