We spend our first day at Busch Garden. It was such a nice break to do something that would have been quite difficult to do with Anna. There was hardly anyone at the park that day, so we were able to walk on to almost every ride. A couple of the rollercoasters made me a little nauseous. I must be getting old. Jeff took the cake on getting sick though. After riding a twisty, crazy rollercoaster, we rode a 3-D haunted house. We got off and Jeff was in a cold sweat. All the color had drained from his face. We had to sit down for about 15 minutes before doing anything else. I have never thought of Jeff as having a weak stomach! It was a good laugh. I guess we're both getting old. Our favorite ride was the new coaster, The Griffin. It was a 90 degree drop on the first hill! So fun.
Jeff with The Griffin and Lochness roller coasters and our river ride.
The Griffin Drop
The next day we made our way to Water Country USA. It was a fun water park, but I did kind of wish we had Anna with us. There were so many fun features for kids. We only stayed until about 4:00 and then had some fun shopping at the outlet malls. (At least I had fun...:))
Finally, that night we headed down to Norfolk/Virginia Beach area for dinner. One of Jeff's classmates is from VA Beach and she recommended Chick's Oyster Bar as a great local favorite. It was a blast! It was definitely a local crowd and the restaurant decor was not what it was famous for, but it was right on the water and the food was amazing. We had a hillarious experience with our dinner, though. We order the crab feast which included a crab soup, crab legs, crab cakes, and key lime pie. The soup was delicious and then came the crab legs, which were still attached to the crabs. We had some tools to extract the meat, but we were pretty unsure on how to go about the task. We finally had to ask our
waitress and apologize for our lack of coastal dining knowledge. Really what it boiled down to was cracking open the shell and sifting through the guts of the crab to find the meat. It was fun, but I think we'll try to avoid that dish next time. Too much work. It was a gorgeous night, and it will be one of those meals we remember for a long time.
In fact, we'll remember the whole weekend.
Notice the boat right behind Jeff
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