So THAT just happened
Dec. 17th, 2016 10:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trickykittyWe planned a trip to Six Flags today. I got there wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt, carrying a sweater wrapped around my waist, and leaving a heavy hoodie in the car along with an extra skirt that I can throw over my pants for when the weather gets cold. I knew there would be cold this evening, but I was figuring on it being somewhere between 40-50 by the time we were ready to leave the park, and I *might* need the heavier coat when the sun set in about 6 hours.
As soon as I entered the gate I felt chilly and went to grab the sweater wrapped around my waist to actually put it on - it was gone. The park was FULL FULL FULL of people (it took us close to a full hour to exit the freeway and finally get past the parking gate for the park), and somewhere between the ticket counter, the baggage check, and the ticket gate (no, this isn't an airport, but you do get taken for a ride), the sweater had managed to untie itself and fall without my notice. Little Bit went back to look for me, but it was not found. I used my season pass discount to buy a light weight hoodie from a souvenir shop. It's not bad, but I just bought that now-lost sweater maybe two months ago. I was so upset that I have already managed to lose it.
We had purchased a locker to store the mid-temperature clothing that we brought in. However, within 2 hours we had retrieved everything from the locker AND made a return trip to the car for the heavier clothing.
Within the next two hours temperatures plummeted, and by dusk it was already 30 and we all became meat popsicles. Our faces were wind burnt from the cold, our fingers and toes were frozen, and Littlest One, whose birthday was today, still wanted to ride one more ride.
That was only the second ride of the entire evening that we managed to get to. We apparently spent more time in the shops and searching for each other (because we kept getting separated) than we ever spent in a queue.
As soon as I entered the gate I felt chilly and went to grab the sweater wrapped around my waist to actually put it on - it was gone. The park was FULL FULL FULL of people (it took us close to a full hour to exit the freeway and finally get past the parking gate for the park), and somewhere between the ticket counter, the baggage check, and the ticket gate (no, this isn't an airport, but you do get taken for a ride), the sweater had managed to untie itself and fall without my notice. Little Bit went back to look for me, but it was not found. I used my season pass discount to buy a light weight hoodie from a souvenir shop. It's not bad, but I just bought that now-lost sweater maybe two months ago. I was so upset that I have already managed to lose it.
We had purchased a locker to store the mid-temperature clothing that we brought in. However, within 2 hours we had retrieved everything from the locker AND made a return trip to the car for the heavier clothing.
Within the next two hours temperatures plummeted, and by dusk it was already 30 and we all became meat popsicles. Our faces were wind burnt from the cold, our fingers and toes were frozen, and Littlest One, whose birthday was today, still wanted to ride one more ride.
That was only the second ride of the entire evening that we managed to get to. We apparently spent more time in the shops and searching for each other (because we kept getting separated) than we ever spent in a queue.
