The Kirkpatricks: Wooooooosh!

That's the sound we were making all day today as we rode the roller coasters 16 TIMES at Busch Gardens today! 16!! Justin and I got up to the park which in Williamsburg (about 40 minutes away) at 11:00AM and stayed til 10:00PM! We had a FULL day of riding scary roller coasters, eating park food (where else would eating a funnel cake for dinner be acceptable?), and being scared at the frightening haunted houses during Howl-O-Scream! Busch Gardens totally transforms into a scary, spooky park for the month of October. Fog fills the sky, spooky music is projected on the speakers, the lighting is orange and eerie, and scary people pop out of no where just hoping to get a jump or squeal out of you!
Our favorite ride of the day was "Griffin", the WORLD's TALLEST floorless dive coaster. Imagine... Looking down 90 degrees, 205 feet up in the air. You hang 90 degrees over the side of the track for what seems like an eternity (in reality only 10 seconds) and then go zooming down it at 75 MPH. The ride lasts 3 minutes and believe it or not... we didn't go back for seconds, we went back for thirds! We rode it 3 times throughout the day and enjoyed every single second of it. THRILL SEEKERS! (see the website for the ride at http://www.griffoncoaster.com/ )
One of our favorite things to do after the roller coasters were to look at the candid pictures that they take of you as you are zooming on the ride. Justin's mouth was always wide open and he looked like he was having the time of his life. Me on the other hand was holding on for dear life and I looked absolutely terrified.
After 11 grueling hours, we decided to call it a day. Next up... a massage or chiropractor visit to get our backs and necks back in line! :-)