SHEIKRA!!!!!!!

Shiekra, this is the ride that Ariel could not wait to ride (we had to come here to this ride first). She must have mentioned this ride, like 29 times. Jerry and Ariel waited in line to ride this ride for 45 minutes and right as they were going to get on, the ride malfunctioned and they didn't get on. They waited an additional 45 minutes and never got the chance to get on. So we went to get something to eat. Wouldn't you know it, the ride opened back up. They wolfed down their food to get back in line. Ariel ended up riding this ride (and most of the other rides in the park) twice. She rode one time with Jerry and one time with me.

This ride was crazy! It took you a million feet in the air. Then it was a free fall at almost a 90 degree angle.

There was all kinds of twist and turns and loops.

The Scorpion

This ride took them through all kinds of twists and turns. It was on this ride that I finally figured out how to set the camera to continuous mode. This allowed me to take a bunch of pictures by holding the shutter release button down. I got some pretty cool pictures.

This was the last ride of the day, the canoe ride. Only Jerry and Ariel rode this ride, because I was not going to risk getting wet. Then, the Canoe goes through a series of loops and turns.

Ultimately, taking them to the top of a big slide.

They made a big splash!

Surprisingly, no one got really wet. Ariel had a good time at Busch Gardens. In the car, she was already planning when we would be coming back!

Fair Rides

This was our second day at the State Fair. Ariel had a day out of school and I wasn't working so we went to the fair. I forgot the camera at home the first night we went. She rode the rides by herself because we had Cailin with us. I shot most of the pictures while holding Cailin because she refused to ride in her stroller.

This ride went back and forth on a ring until it finally gained enough momentum to go completely around the ring and upside down. Ariel rode up front and she said that inside the cage she didn't have a seat belt and while upside down her head would hit the top of the cage. She went on and on about how it was so scary. This was right before she rode a second time!

Huge Slide

Ariel says she was a little afraid on this slide. She says that every time she would go over the bumps in the slide, she would fly into the air.

Bumper Cars