Six Flags

One perk of Dave going back to work at Deloitte is the friends and family day at Six Flags.  This is a day that Deloitte buys out the whole park.  We had to pay $15 per person to go but it's only about a 1/4 of the regular ticket price and their are no lines in the park, so it's totally worth it.

This year, the girls both invited a friend to come along.  It helps so that everyone has a riding partner and can ride at their own pace.  We did have a forecast of rain but fortunately the weather held out until late afternoon.  We did get one serious downpour that lasted about 30 minutes then it was done and we were able to start riding again.  (Not too bad considering it could have rained all day.)

It was nice that the girls had friends to ride with so I didn't have to go on everything.  I could pick and choose which rides I really wanted to go on and skip others.  Also, this year Paige was officially tall enough to go on every ride, even the big scary ones like Superman.

The newest ride at Six Flags Great America is Goliath, "the world's largest and tallest roller coaster."  There was a line to get on this one.  Ashley and her friend waited to do it.  When Paige and I got in line later in the day, it started to rain and so we ended up not riding it, but I'm sure we will get the chance another time.

Goliath