Photo TR: Natatomic does the West Coast Trip

[natatomicSWF looking for dorky overweight coaster enthusiast to sweep me off my feet.]

You could always use this program:

http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/

for example, the disney castle, mosaic-ed with pictures from this trip
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6495 ... 590moz.jpg

Wow, that's awesome! Thanks!

[JFrombaughWhich came first the turtle or the donkey?]

Great TR as always Natalie, I THOUGHT you were on the West Coast Trip but didn't know for sure...until now.

I wonder which trip you'll be going on in 2010? (Middle America, Brazil, and UK Trip #2 are the ones that R&E mentioned in the questionairre awhile back)

Can't wait to see your photos and report about SFMM, KBF, and SFDK!...But I guess I'll HAVE to wait.

[Speeddeamon128Thought "Laser Snake Horse" was real.]

Great pics & update Natalie keep it up!

[dandamanGuaranteed Fresh or Your Money Back!]

I've always thought that my main concern for going on a full TPR trip would be concentrating every fiber of my being to finishing the subsequent photo TR in under two months.

Awesome shots/captions as usual Nat. Need to add a Canon Rebel XTi (or whatever the slightly cheaper SLR is) to my Christmas list.

Completely OT, but how did you do with the wisdom teeth recovery?

[lil jimmy nortonI know more about donkeys than women!]

I am also deathly afraid to fly, and poop my pants everytime I have to. I'm very glad the Xanaxi and the alcholic beverage helped you out.

[natatomicSWF looking for dorky overweight coaster enthusiast to sweep me off my feet.]

Day 2: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

First official day of the trip that included a park, and boy, just when I had given up hope on Six Flags, TPR immediately takes me to a magical, wondrous land that rekindles and stirs up the dying faith within me.

*AhhhhAHHHHHahhhhh*

(That was angels singing, fyi. Not screaming. Looks like screaming, though, doesn't it? Well, it's not.)

So, yes, SFDK. This was the day of the Bay Area Bash, so the park seemed to really lavish us with extras, such as up-close viewings of about a dozen or so animals, Q&A with park management, a raffle with some incredible prizes (I didn't win anything, but 's'ok), a bit of morning ERT on Medusa, and then an hour of evening ERT on Roar, V2, and Tony Hawk, the latter of which included a, uh, water holding contest, which simply cannot be worded in any sort of way that accurately describes just how awesome it was. But basically, we held cups of water while on the ride and tried not to spill any. I, personally, am able to retain more water in a cup while holding it upside-down.

It's definitely one of the nicest SF parks in terms of, well, just about everything - cleanliness, friendliness of the staff, and operations. And the coaster collection is really quite decent to boot. I highly, highly recommend it.

[Jds03Happy Magic Water Cube]

Lol, Awesome report! I loved the Tony Hawk Picture, that was hillarious!

Although this was my favorite:

I believe this was Matt's milestone coaster of #217 or something. And then he proceded to marathon it for aproximately 832 rides which, according to his excel chart, brought him up to 39 more rides on it than he had ridden at this same time last year, but 28 times less than the year before that.

[natatomicSWF looking for dorky overweight coaster enthusiast to sweep me off my feet.]

^Yes, I quite liked that one too. Tee hee.

*gives a friendly wave to Matt*

I've always thought that my main concern for going on a full TPR trip would be concentrating every fiber of my being to finishing the subsequent photo TR in under two months.

Completely OT, but how did you do with the wisdom teeth recovery?

I don't think I finished my Behemoth/Ravine Flyer trip report in less than two months and that was half as many parks as this one. Heh, and I never even finished my Disney report from last Thanksgiving (uh...whoops). This TR really is gonna take me forever.

And my wisdom teeth removal wasn't too bad actually, thanks for asking! It was more annoying than anything. I was still syringing my tooth holes for the first few days of the trip.

I wonder which trip you'll be going on in 2010? (Middle America, Brazil, and UK Trip #2 are the ones that R&E mentioned in the questionairre awhile back)

I'd love, love, LOVE to do a European trip next year, but it's gonna come down to money and I BARELY scraped by for this trip. We'll see, though. I've got almost a year to figure something out.

[televisedconfessionCounselor Neil]

I don't think I finished my Behemoth/Ravine Flyer trip report in less than two months and that was half as many parks as this one. Heh, and I never even finished my Disney report from last Thanksgiving (uh...whoops). This TR really is gonna take me forever.

I won't let you live this one down Natalie. Don't worry.

I just want to let you know, It took me aprox 10-20 mins to load each page of your TR. Not your fault, my internet is at dial-up speed right now. But I was that determined to see it! Great job. I miss you like the desert misses the rain!!!!

[Sir ClinksalotBitch Please!]

Great stuff so far, can't wait to see the rest. It was cool to meet you over the bay area weekend BTW.