Six Flags Over Georgia • 09.13.09
Our school system, Berkeley Lake Elementary, offers a program that lets the students earn a pass to Six Flags Over Georgia if they participate in a reading program that spans the school year. Since both boys did well last school year and read some or all of a book, about 20 minutes a night, each night of the week, they received a pass to the park. Before school started again for the 2009-2010 year we took them and had a blast. They rode nearly all of the rides in the kiddie park and went crazy when we headed to the water slides. Carol didn’t come into the water but the boys and I did. Isaac and I went straight to the top to take the longest and fastest slide down. The lines were short, the water was cool and the day was warm – a perfect combination for roller coasters and water slides. We convinced Jacob to ride “Thunder River” with promises that it was “slow” and you were “likely” to not get “very” wet. He was nervous but rode anyway and had a blast, despite he and Carol getting hit by every waterfall, tidal wave and water gun on the ride. Isaac surprised us both when he asked to ride one of the bigger swing rides that lift high off the ground and spin you in circles – he rode with his hands up most of the time.
