Dog Sitting

Hello Everybody! I wanted to show you pictures of the dogs that I am babysitting. I say babysitting because they are very very big babies! The poodle's name is Niles, he is a lot of fun and loves the water! The schnauzer Stormy a.k.a. Toby's Half Brother is, well, a lot like Toby. He is very protective of me and has a lot of the same characteristics that Toby does. Both dogs have been really good and we even went to Petsmart and on a few walks. It is funny because they will run around the house and play with each other like Faith and Toby do. (Those are my moms dogs if you didn't know.) I can't wait to have my own house with lots of 'puppies'.




Stormy










Niles









Stormy & Niles

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

This is where our Friday started!! This was both mine and Randy's first trip to Six Flags and Randy's first time on a "real" rollercoaster. Apparently the one that I took him on before wasn't a "real" rollercoaster because it wasn't big enough. So, we went on some big ones! He definitely got a little "thrilled' later on in the day! I wasn't at all "thrilled" though because I am a daredevil! Oh yeah, I think the date stamp on my camera was a little off! The real date was 05/26/06.






The first ride of the day was the Superman:Tower of Power. We started off slowly so that we could warm up into the larger rollercoasters.





We then went on a couple more coasters, even one that was completely in the dark. We both liked that one. You could not tell when there was going to be a turn or a drop, it was awesome! My mom would love it! Just kidding mom. :-)

This was us waiting to go on Spongebob Squarepants 4-D the Ride. It was a fun virtual reality ride. "I was scared like a little baby girl!" said Randy in between sobs. Nice shades!!









We even saw the King himself, Elvis Presley! Fun Factoid: I was born in the same town as Elvis, Tupelo, Mississippi.






The yellow and blue coaster is Batman the Ride and the light blue ride in the backround is the Mr. Freeze. Both Randy and I decided that the Batman was our favorite coaster. The Mr. Freeze was probably one of the shortest rides. Here are a few facts about the rides. Batman: The Ride- 109 feet 6 inches high, 2700 FT long, 50 MPH, and many many loops.
Mr. Freeze- 238 FT high, 1480 feet long, 70 MPH in 3.7 seconds, and worth the wait.









We even got to hang out with some of the Warner Brothers characters. I can't tell if the character is the one in the orange shirt or the rooster?! I stuck with bugs. We also say Sylvester and Daffy! I tried to get Randy to get pictures with Wonderwoman but he said, "No, I don't want to make her look bad." (Okay, so maybe that was a little bit exagerated on my part.)



We went on the Texas Giant which was a huge wooden rollercoaster, that has been repeatedly named the #1 wooden rollercoaster in the world. It was fun buy jerked you around a lot and wasn't a very smooth ride. We also went on the first ride that was ever at Six Flags Over Texas Theme Park. It was a nice calm rollercoaster with rolling hills. We went on another ride that took you straight up as if you were in an elevator and then dropped you straight down, short but what a rush. We also went on Yosemite Sam's Gold Rush Adventure (or something like that). It was like a Small World but with guns, gold, the roadrunner, and of course the wiley coyote. We went on a few more rides but that is enough explaining...ON TO THE FINALE!!!

TITAN

Height of First Drop: 255 Feet Length of Track: 5,312 Feet (over one mile)
Top Speed: 85 MPH Duration of Ride: 3.5 Minutes
Fun Facts: 120 Foot Underground Tunnel, total steel used to build Titan would build 16,000 cars, enough electrical cable to wire 40 homes, approximately 45,000 bolts used, and 175 sensors monitor the trains at all times.
*all technical info about coasters was found on the Six Flags website

Now knowing all that...who wouldn't want to ride?!

Of course this is only part of the rollercoaster but that huge climb you see was what started the ride. It was a blast!!!

All in all it was a great day; hot, thrilling, and death defying...what more could you ask for?