TOPIC: Two Days At The Beach and One At The Park

My annual two-day vacation turned into a three-day!  The family spent a week at Virginia Beach, with me showing up for the weekend.  No pictures of the beach - I don't like taking the camera to the sand...

It was HOT!

Monday was spent at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg VA.

It is certainly the best park around.

We did all five of the great roller coasters before lunch.  Smart to do...

Our favorite is the Griffon.  It has two, count'em two, vertical 90 degree drops of 205 feet.  At the bottom it is said the coaster is traveling at 90 mph!  The front row gets you the most thrill - at the top of the slope they stop the carriage for about 7 seconds!  You are hanging vertical and looking straight down!

This photo is snapped at the point of maximum G's, just as you begin the climb following the drop!  We rode this ride three times - they used this photo all day, I guess to advertise the force of the ride!  Maybe they thought I am Jon Voight.

My pants (I was one of about three dopes who wore long pants in the whole park...) are plastered against the seat - the G forces did not swell my legs to that dimension!  My daughter is to my right.  How that kid on my left has his eyes open I don't know!  Given the obvious G forces, I calculated my weight as seen in this photo to be 6,153 pounds.  My sunglasses are in my right hand, and survived the trip.

How HOT was it?

I had a case of Diet Pepsi in my car during the day.

It was predicted that the temperature would reach higher than 100 degrees, so I left all my windows cracked 1".

That didn't help.

I think it reached 144 F that day, with humidity of 161%!  Maybe more...

We drank water ALL DAY LONG!

The second picture demonstrates the heat.  Have you ever seen a soda can do this?  Maybe because it is caffeine free?  There was about 1/2 case left, and most of them exploded like this during the day.

That is hot!

All in all, it was a great day!

Jay

Glad to hear your having fun.

How hot do you believe it was in the car to result in the cans exploding?

You seem to be the type of person that is enjoying his life!! I bet you are fun to be with.

Take care!!  Stay cool and drink water.

Hey Dave - you have to know, I am getting WAY too old for this stuff!

I have very bad knees, so I just sucked down a bunch of Ibuprofen so I could spend the day doing whatever my daughter wanted to do.  We did that ride in the photo three times! 

You have to imagine that the inside of the car got to 160 F or so to make cans do that!  I have never seen that before.  And the windows were cracked! 

I have had a busy week to follow.  Next week I might have some time for myself, who knows!

Nah, that'll never happen...  (;>)

Jay

Why were you wearing long paints?

Was it to hide your bad knees?

Could you tell me who the people are in the photo. The 5 of you.

I hear the knee replacements are worth it!!  I can cover for you.

I hate roller coasters. I like water rides.

I thought it would help to spare my legs from sunburn.  It was a mistake!  It was so hot, I was very uncomfortable.  The pants really make my lower legs look fat, and they are not.  My legs are very muscular.  The knees are somewhat swollen though.  I am too young for replacement knees!  The only last about 15 years, depending on use and would prohibit me from doing some of the things I do on inspections!

Nobody in that picture except my daughter on my right is known to me.  We just went together and did everything together.

Looks like fun. Unbelievable that the cans exploded!