Posted on 09/13/2005 4:52:01 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
Done, but I promised some never to use that as a ping list so I don't consider it as such. More like "a list of FReepers who 'get it'."
The first or second rally? I think you were the guy drinking beer with humblegunner at the second one, right?
There goes a whole childhood full of memories. I remember being a kid in the early 70s riding in the back of the car as Mom and Dad drove to AstroWorld from Sulphur, LA. Every summer for years.
Then we moved to League City which was only about a half hour from AstroWorld. Summer passes for two or three years straight. Getting dropped off with friends. Texas Cyclone, Excalibur, Greased Lightning (which came about the time I stopped going).
Then moving back to Houston during college--getting stuck on some ride upside down for an hour while some 18 year old with bad acne tried to figure out which button to push to call a supervisor... The first time I was ever sunburned under my chin.
Where else can I get an Invisible Dog or get stuck on the walls of the Barrel?
Oh, well. Progress...
Yep. I was wearing the bright yellow t-shirt.
I am trying to think of a time when I was with humblegunner and booze wasn't involved. Maybe he can remember a time, if it has ever happened.
LOL!
Cheers!
I think the water ride was the Bamboo Shoot. I LOVED Astroworld. I went there in jr. high, but went there with my high school boyfriend in 1975 on the first out-of-town date I was allowed to go on. LOL.
I don't think its ever happened yet.
I had to think about that one for a few minutes, too.
I remember: my Grandparents taking me when I was 8 years old in 1968.
1. Throwing up on the Barrel of Fun (Barrel of Barf) :)
2. Riding the "River of No Return"
3. Riding the Astro Needle
4. My first ride on the Texas Cyclone in High School.
5. Taking my little girl to ride on the Carousel...
Thanks for the memories, Astroworld. You will always be in my heart!
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