Notes from the rest of the trip up until the conclusion which just happened a few minutes ago since we arrived home. Notes in no particular order, no rhyme and no reason.
A lot of fun can be had standing next to you sons while you all dry your hands in the hand-dryer - blowers in restrooms. They have some really powerful dryers these days.
Six Flags St. Louis is superior to Six Flags Over Texas in these ways:
It was much cleaner.
Better organized so that getting from one area to the next is simpler. At least, for me.
Very clean restrooms that did not stink, and this is my last restroom comment.
The rides were similar in many ways. Both have Superman and Batman and Mr. Freeze and a mine train. St. Louis had more rollercoasters. But it had more performers that roamed around the park doing their thing. They did have, like the one in Texas, some singer from High
School Musical who I have never heard of singing to a bunch screaming pre-teen girls.
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We stayed at a Days Inn in Eureka, Missouri, because it was close to the park, cheap ($53), and had a pool. The pool was indoors in what they called a Fundome. In our family ranking, Leslie gave it a four, that high only because it was cheap. I gave it about a six because I know what I should get for $53. There is a difference. Marks against the Days Inn because it was not that clean, the pool/Fundome made everything smell like mold, the motel is one where they do not have fitted sheets so they try to stretch a sheet that I think is too small over a bed a little bit bigger the result being that the sheet never stays on meaning that one is sleeping on the bare mattress by 1:00 am.
Central Missouri advertises itself as the a World Famous Pan Fried Chicken area.
There are three universities in Springfield, Missouri and the original Bass Pro Shop.
I have been to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, San Diego, and a lot of other larger cities. Chicago, as a city, was the prettiest. Great location - on a lake, great parks, great architecture that even an architecture idiot like me could appreciate. It was easy to navigate, even to drive around the busiest sections of the city. By the way, in any category, Houston is last.
It is a little strange arriving home from trips. Everyone has been together for several days, sleeping in the same room, visiting everywhere together, and then when home everyone sort of feels weird not being in the same room.
A lot of fun can be had standing next to you sons while you all dry your hands in the hand-dryer - blowers in restrooms. They have some really powerful dryers these days.
Six Flags St. Louis is superior to Six Flags Over Texas in these ways:
It was much cleaner.
Better organized so that getting from one area to the next is simpler. At least, for me.
Very clean restrooms that did not stink, and this is my last restroom comment.
The rides were similar in many ways. Both have Superman and Batman and Mr. Freeze and a mine train. St. Louis had more rollercoasters. But it had more performers that roamed around the park doing their thing. They did have, like the one in Texas, some singer from High
School Musical who I have never heard of singing to a bunch screaming pre-teen girls.
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We stayed at a Days Inn in Eureka, Missouri, because it was close to the park, cheap ($53), and had a pool. The pool was indoors in what they called a Fundome. In our family ranking, Leslie gave it a four, that high only because it was cheap. I gave it about a six because I know what I should get for $53. There is a difference. Marks against the Days Inn because it was not that clean, the pool/Fundome made everything smell like mold, the motel is one where they do not have fitted sheets so they try to stretch a sheet that I think is too small over a bed a little bit bigger the result being that the sheet never stays on meaning that one is sleeping on the bare mattress by 1:00 am.
Central Missouri advertises itself as the a World Famous Pan Fried Chicken area.
There are three universities in Springfield, Missouri and the original Bass Pro Shop.
I have been to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Boston, Chicago, San Diego, and a lot of other larger cities. Chicago, as a city, was the prettiest. Great location - on a lake, great parks, great architecture that even an architecture idiot like me could appreciate. It was easy to navigate, even to drive around the busiest sections of the city. By the way, in any category, Houston is last.
It is a little strange arriving home from trips. Everyone has been together for several days, sleeping in the same room, visiting everywhere together, and then when home everyone sort of feels weird not being in the same room.
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