Busch Gardens

Despite the heat we went ahead with our planned trip to Busch Gardens.  It was very hot, but they have lots of shade, misting machines, water rides, and we brought lots of sun screen and water.  We had a great time.  Here we are all cooled off after our ride on Roman Rapids (a large 'tube' with seats that floats down a river and under water falls).  We were all wet, but I was thoroughly drenched.  I was ok with that, it was 100 degrees and very humid!

Madeline and Lilah found a new favorite ride - Elephant Run.  I think they rode it 5 or 6 times through out the day.  It wasn't very crowded, so with such short lines they could!

The best part of the day was when we got home at around 5pm and the Dominion power trucks were just leaving.  We had our power back!  We turned on the A/C and quickly left to go find some dinner.  It was 100 degrees upstairs and 93 downstairs.  It wasn't much cooler when we got back, but with cool air coming out of the vents - it sure felt better!