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Vacation Day 1
May. 27th, 2005 12:46 pmThursday we got up unreasonably early (poor Java didn't get much sleep since he had to pack after we got home from the show and a long day at work). Made it to the airport a little later than I had planned but there was no line at the ticket counter and essentially no line at security (phew). My portable CD player and CDs caused some concern at the x-ray stations but other than that, we had no problems. Then off to breakfast.
The flight went well and we had a lot of fun looking for things out the window. The topography of the Appalachians is amazing from the air. It is truly beautiful up there and for most of the flight I had at least SOME idea of where we were. We did see the Six Flags from the air as we came in. Drrooool!
The flight got in early and we got our first car (it is an impala). Nice car. Off to visit our first park via lunch. Unfortunately for us, it is closed for a private event (and given our schedule it will now be skipped.) So we find the hotel, hit the room and head out to see Star Wars III (that review/commentary may come in a different entry). Played some games, saw the movie, got dinner and then time to sleep (what a novel concept).
The theatre we ended up at is very close to the hotel and has fabulous prices (the matinee price was $2, evenings are $4). Given those prices I was not expecting a nice theatre but I wanted to see the movie. However, the seats were very comfy, the bathrooms were clean, the projector clear, the screen fairly large and it's only flaw was not that big a one and was very low on the screen so it didn't mess up the movie.
Hobby store and magic
After we bought the tickets, we went to a hobby store in the same shopping center and bought a beginner's set of Magic the Gathering so we could try it out. Java was into the game when it first came out but I had given it a try and didn’t like it. A friend was letting me use her deck against another of her decks and I suspect that the decks weren't at all balanced. So we played the 'teach you the rules game' then headed out to the movies. It was fun and we will continue playing during the vacation.
The flight went well and we had a lot of fun looking for things out the window. The topography of the Appalachians is amazing from the air. It is truly beautiful up there and for most of the flight I had at least SOME idea of where we were. We did see the Six Flags from the air as we came in. Drrooool!
The flight got in early and we got our first car (it is an impala). Nice car. Off to visit our first park via lunch. Unfortunately for us, it is closed for a private event (and given our schedule it will now be skipped.) So we find the hotel, hit the room and head out to see Star Wars III (that review/commentary may come in a different entry). Played some games, saw the movie, got dinner and then time to sleep (what a novel concept).
The theatre we ended up at is very close to the hotel and has fabulous prices (the matinee price was $2, evenings are $4). Given those prices I was not expecting a nice theatre but I wanted to see the movie. However, the seats were very comfy, the bathrooms were clean, the projector clear, the screen fairly large and it's only flaw was not that big a one and was very low on the screen so it didn't mess up the movie.
Hobby store and magic
After we bought the tickets, we went to a hobby store in the same shopping center and bought a beginner's set of Magic the Gathering so we could try it out. Java was into the game when it first came out but I had given it a try and didn’t like it. A friend was letting me use her deck against another of her decks and I suspect that the decks weren't at all balanced. So we played the 'teach you the rules game' then headed out to the movies. It was fun and we will continue playing during the vacation.