Tori’s Writing Hole

Two weekends ago, we took a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure with my parents. The five of us piled into my parents’ minivan and set out for the three hour trip to Jackson, NJ. We took the GPS - which meant that we were steered through some of the more scenic areas of NJ - meaning the stinky ones. It was fun. Then there was traffic - more fun. Basically, it was a family road trip, only I’m an adult now. So I can curse at the other cars.

We went through the Wild Safari first. Julia was not nearly as enthused about this part of the trip as I thought she would be. Pretty much just the emus were interesting.

Next came the actual theme park. Completely huge. Especially when walking with/pushing a stroller with a three year old. We decided (Stephen and I) to try taking Julia on her first ride - which just happened to be the Big Wheel ferris wheel. We were pretty sure we were going to have a meltdown - but she loved it! And then she loved every ride in the kids (Wiggles, feh) section - even the ones she rode alone!

Aside from being raped for food and drink at the park, we had a great time. Left much earlier than usual because well, we had a three year old, and Stephen and I only got to ride one roller coaster. But, we’re already looking forward to the next time!