Sunday, August 12, 2007

Tampa Vacation: Busch Gardens

Ok, ok, so you may be thinking...how many more pictures can one person post??! But, I have to admit...I'm sort of having fun with this digital camera thing! I'm trying to make up for lost time...for the last year of NO pictures....so, forgive me for squeezing an entire year's worth of pictures into a few posts!!



Our next stop...Busch Gardens!


We saw animals....



Note the very large hippo behind Kathy...he was really a friendly Hippo!!


















We saw the elephants...




We briefly traded in our convertible for a more practical, adventure-some mode of transportation!




..and visited the gorillas! It doesn't seem as though our life in vacation mode is much different than the life of your typical gorilla! Hmmmm....











We also rode some rollercoasters...the scariest was THE SHEIKRA!!





The Sheikra was advertised all over Tampa....it's a 200 foot drop, 90 degrees down! And, the worst part? It stops at the top for 5 seconds so you can take your time looking stright down and pondering the terror of the inevitable drop!







We survived the Sheikra!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Kelly, I was visiting Ruth's blog and I saw your comment and clicked on it. Your pictures of the sunsets in Florida are great.I also liked the footprint photos along with the verse. Enjoyed seeing your face too!

Kelly said...

Thanks for stopping by and visiting, Pat! I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures!!

Ruth said...

Keep the pictures coming...you don't need to apologize!
Nate and I went to Busch Gardens two years ago. Sheikra had just opened and we went on it a couple of times. I would have to say I have never been so scared in my life. Those 5 seconds seem to last forever! It was fun though.

Michelle said...

Hi Kelly! Im so glad you are posting pics! Looks like you had so much fun and Im glad you got to take a good vacation...

marti said...

We did Busch Gardens while there this month. Joel went on Sheikra with us and said he didn't want to do anymore. I felt sorry for him. I'm sure it had to do with his head injury. I felt sorry for me too! That meant I had to be the one to ride all the rollercoasters with Ken so as to make our day count!