Throwback Thursday: Three Parks in a Day

Throwback Thursday, for those that don't really know (and if you don't, get out from under that rock you live in, and jump into the internet pop culture), is a weekly photo/memory trip for people to post something from the past to share with the friends on the futuristic social networking across the globe. Because really, how great is it that you can now share your baby photo with your friends in Paris? 

Like I blogged yesterday, I'm going to try to blog daily. So for Throwback Thursday, this one's a memory about earlier this summer. 

I had just broken up with my girlfriend, and I needed a distraction. So I take a vacation down south to hang out with my bro Austen (@blueskyhigh91) . We spend a few days going to Disney, and the US Open of Surfing, but the craziest day was when we hit three different theme parks in a day. 

We woke up in his apartment, thinking we'd drive down to Carlsbad to check out LegoLand. It's a quaint park, just really designed for the twelve and under crowd. So we get out on the road, and blast the killers, crack jokes, talk about girls and his (now girlfriend) crush Danielle (@Deemagicgurl on twitter). Talk about the breakup I had, and what I was going to do about it, and we finally make it down to LegoLand. 

It's a lot of fun, and we check a few rides out, enjoy the shows and such, and spent the longest time at the MiniLand section, observing the models of towns, and then wanting to visit the actual cities such as New York, and San Francisco. Then, my grandmother calls and offers to get us into Knott's Berry Farm (they were already over there). We accept, and head out. This was only 2:00pm, and we were going to make it up to Knotts. 

A side note, but I don't get how people complain about driving in LA/OC. The traffic can admittedly be bad, but really, it's not as terrible as it's hyped up to be. 

Back on track...we get to knotts, and get into the park, and decide to ride one of the few woodie coasters in California. Does anyone know of a good chiropractor, because Ghostrider is set on breaking your back. We have a good time, and ride a few other rides. Oh, and I got Austen onto Xcelerator. That was entertaining. He was freaked out in line. We're talking, shaking hands, sweaty palms, the works. We get on, and the air hisses out of the brakes. We're rocketed down the track and he's screaming and yelling, and about halfway DOWN the tower, he starts laughing and enjoying the ride. We get off the ride and he ends up liking it. After Xcelerator, him and I try to go for what we didn't think would happen. We leave to go see the fireworks at Disneyland, and go for three parks in a day. We make it to the parking structure, race to the trams, and run into the park a mere 10 minutes before Magical! starts for the evening. After that, we ride a few rides, get a coffee and head back to the apartment for the night. 

Next time, we're going to try to add Universal Studios and California adventure to this crazy mix, but this was definitely a helpful fix for me after the breakup, and a really great memory I had from this past summer with my bro.