Williamsburg, VA
If it weren't for last weekend, I wouldn't have known how saturated with historical awesomeness Williamsburg is!
If I was a middle or high school history teacher & I wanted to teach my students about life in the colonies pre-revolution, I would take them on a day trip to Williamsburg.
When you visit W-burg, you are surrounded by employees who act out their roles as citizens of the town. In fact, I forgot that these people were acting!
Regular life in W-burg included candle making, being a black smith, horse back riding, attending church at least once a month (or be excommunicated, your choice), shoe making, participating in jury (my dad got to be 1 of the 9 justices), & growing beautiful gardens!
The highlight of our visit had to be listening to Thomas Jefferson speak. The man who acts Jefferson is Bill Barker, who is also the official Jefferson for the UK! Listening to him speak enlightened me. My favourite quote from Jefferson is, "Some would argue that education is an expense, but I would argue that it's an investment."
The only thing I did not like was the weather aka an independent variable. It was a hot & sticky 97˚F when we visited. I think that a trip to Williamsburg in the fall would be amasing, I need to remember to visit again when it gets a bit chillier.
After W-burg, we payed the Cheese Shoppe a visit. I have been dying to bring my dad here. The Cheese Shoppe is basically a luxurious, worldly, sophisticated, tiny super market-with world class sandwiches.
For example, the Cheese Shoppe had some olive oil samples out. My mom & I loved this certain olive oil & we were happy to find out that it was from Jaén, Spain!
The next day, we visited Busch Gardens! Keep in mind that I was still healing from my wisdom teeth surgery. Anyway, 1 thing that has been on my miscellaneous bucket list is to ride every roller coaster in a certain theme park & surprise, I managed to do it!
One thing I learned about roller coasters is the drops are scarier than the twists & turns.
When we entered the park, I recommended that we started out with Apollo's Chariot because it was the only roller coaster with no twists & turns (ok, Verbolten is an exception, but that one is in a pitch black cave!). So, we started out on that one, which was a huge mistake on my part. I figured out that the twists & turns on a huge drop cause the roller coaster to go slower. Take the Alpengeist, which I thought would be the scariest after the Griffon. Yes, the Alpengeist has a 170-foot drop, but the twists on that drop cause the coaster to slow down. Apollo's Chariot doesn't have twists & turns, it "only" has 210 foot drop with a couple 100 foot drops to follow. So, my mom didn't like that.
My sister & I also figured out that sitting in the middle & back rows is more fun than sitting in the front row. Rebecca & I decided to experiment with the Loch Ness Monster while my parents were calling family. We wanted to know if we could feel an acceleration differense in different rows. We started out in the back & then the front. After riding Nessie 3 times, we came to the conclusion that there is a differense. We felt like the front only caught up to speed at the end of the drop, which kind of sucked. So, the back row is the way to go!
Are you planning on visiting Busch Gardens & you want to take on the coasters in baby steps? If so, here is a list of which roller coasters I think are the most intense, starting with the least intense.
6.) Loch Ness Monster
5.) Alpengeist
4.) Verbolten
3.) Tempesto
2.) Apollo's Chariot
If I was a middle or high school history teacher & I wanted to teach my students about life in the colonies pre-revolution, I would take them on a day trip to Williamsburg.
When you visit W-burg, you are surrounded by employees who act out their roles as citizens of the town. In fact, I forgot that these people were acting!
Regular life in W-burg included candle making, being a black smith, horse back riding, attending church at least once a month (or be excommunicated, your choice), shoe making, participating in jury (my dad got to be 1 of the 9 justices), & growing beautiful gardens!
The highlight of our visit had to be listening to Thomas Jefferson speak. The man who acts Jefferson is Bill Barker, who is also the official Jefferson for the UK! Listening to him speak enlightened me. My favourite quote from Jefferson is, "Some would argue that education is an expense, but I would argue that it's an investment."
The only thing I did not like was the weather aka an independent variable. It was a hot & sticky 97˚F when we visited. I think that a trip to Williamsburg in the fall would be amasing, I need to remember to visit again when it gets a bit chillier.
After W-burg, we payed the Cheese Shoppe a visit. I have been dying to bring my dad here. The Cheese Shoppe is basically a luxurious, worldly, sophisticated, tiny super market-with world class sandwiches.
For example, the Cheese Shoppe had some olive oil samples out. My mom & I loved this certain olive oil & we were happy to find out that it was from Jaén, Spain!
The next day, we visited Busch Gardens! Keep in mind that I was still healing from my wisdom teeth surgery. Anyway, 1 thing that has been on my miscellaneous bucket list is to ride every roller coaster in a certain theme park & surprise, I managed to do it!
One thing I learned about roller coasters is the drops are scarier than the twists & turns.
When we entered the park, I recommended that we started out with Apollo's Chariot because it was the only roller coaster with no twists & turns (ok, Verbolten is an exception, but that one is in a pitch black cave!). So, we started out on that one, which was a huge mistake on my part. I figured out that the twists & turns on a huge drop cause the roller coaster to go slower. Take the Alpengeist, which I thought would be the scariest after the Griffon. Yes, the Alpengeist has a 170-foot drop, but the twists on that drop cause the coaster to slow down. Apollo's Chariot doesn't have twists & turns, it "only" has 210 foot drop with a couple 100 foot drops to follow. So, my mom didn't like that.
My sister & I also figured out that sitting in the middle & back rows is more fun than sitting in the front row. Rebecca & I decided to experiment with the Loch Ness Monster while my parents were calling family. We wanted to know if we could feel an acceleration differense in different rows. We started out in the back & then the front. After riding Nessie 3 times, we came to the conclusion that there is a differense. We felt like the front only caught up to speed at the end of the drop, which kind of sucked. So, the back row is the way to go!
Are you planning on visiting Busch Gardens & you want to take on the coasters in baby steps? If so, here is a list of which roller coasters I think are the most intense, starting with the least intense.
6.) Loch Ness Monster
5.) Alpengeist
4.) Verbolten
3.) Tempesto
2.) Apollo's Chariot
1.) Griffon!
What can I say? I love roller coasters!
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