Well,what a weekend!!
Saturday morning I got in 9 laps by the time line got to 2nd queue. I hung around entrance chatting with ops for awhile. About 2pmk,headed to soak city to do my favorite thing: LAZY RIVER! 4 hrs I floated around watching Magnum. In that time,I saw Maggie goe down. Maintenence showed up by 2nd & 3rd hills. Hoisted themslves up in bucket and began checking track. Then they got out torch and began welding. They worked on it for about an hour and a half. Left SC about 6 and showered, changed and went back into park. Still busy. Maggie had about 35-40 min wait.
Stayed there til end of night,when Dan showed up. Got 5 more laps in by close. For a total of 14
Sunday,I had a feeling that it would be a ride day,so I grabbed the tally counter. Good move. First couple of hrs I managed 9/hr. This was it! Me & Dan's record of 72 was going to fall! I think it was about1-2pm that I noticed a draft. I had somehow ripped my shorts in back. About a foot in length. So I lost about half an hour to go out and change. After that I only had about 2 more breaks for food/restroom. Ride-ops helped alot by getting me into single seats. When I hit 50,I told Andy "Dan's going to kill me!" LOL
The last 2 hrs were very tough. I was so exhausted! But I kept my legs moving. I ended up with 83 for day. It was 2 hrs more than previous Sunday.
I still give Dan alot of credit for doing 70 in just 8 hrs. That will be almost impossible to top.
I staggered out of park looking like a drunk! Glad I didn't get pulled over!!
Monday morning was tough getting up. Made it into park a little after 9:30 and headed straight to Gemini where many were already there. It was nice to finally meet more GTTPers and place faces with names. Which I'll probably forget! LOL
Once the blue side opened up,the pace increased. But so did the heat! It was getting too much for me. So at 2:15 after 30 laps,I told Dan & Randy I was heading out before I was carried out! I was still feeling the Magnum rides from day before.
I thought I'd do a lap on Magnum before leaving. Line was about 15-20 minutes. But after 10 min, it went down. I didn't want to wait,so I headed out and called in to work telling them I would be showing up late.
Hats off to everyone that made it!
jerry
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