Day out at Great America

Last Thursday we took the kids to the local theme park called Great America. Despite the fact that the park is litterally 1 mile from our house and we have enjoyed the free fireworks many times this was our first trip into the park. The occassion was our friend Steve and Jen's son Mateo's 7th birthday and we thought it would be a fun way to end the summer, and it was.

Julia in particular was game or riding some of the more aggressive rides so I took her and the other two older boys (Diego 9, Mateo 7) on two rollercoasters, one called the Deamon and one called the Grizzly.

The Deamon had two loops and a double corkscrew so it was a pretty fun ride although compared to the others in the park relatively tame. The Grizzly is a classic old wooden roller coaster like you might find at Coney Island or some other older theme park. They all liked both of them and I am sure we will go back. In fact I think we may get a season pass next year since we can ride our bikes over (saving on parking) and go on rides for an hour or two all summer long and really get our money's worth.

Steve shot some video with his iPhone when we were on one of the rides and there are a few pictures as well. The park also features a pretty cool water park with rides, slides and a wave pool and we also spent some time there as well.