Diana has a four-day weekend coming up around Memorial Day, so naturally we'd like to get out and do stuff. Time is getting short on us. The problem is that I feel like we shouldn't be vacationing since I'm not working, which is stupid because it's not like I'm not making any money at all. We've talked about three options, starting with the most expensive...
We could go to Busch Gardens, flying into either Richmond or Norfolk. With [certain ride] closing after this year, Griffon and my desire to show Diana just how beautiful that park is, I'd really like to go. I can get free tickets. The problem is that airfare adds $400 right off the bat, at least, plus a car and hotel. It's an $800 trip at least.
The second option is Washington, DC, which I've been tossing around for a long time. No amusement parks, but it just pisses me off that I've never been to our nation's capital. I've only driven around it. DC is totally drivable, and I suspect it can be done in under six hours. It can be done for around $500 in hotels, gas and whatever attractions we decide to go to. Smithsonian is high on my list. Photographing monuments will be good too (appropriate given the weekend).
The cheapest option is a swing out to Eastern PA to visit Hersheypark and Dorney. It would likely only be a three-day affair, hitting Hershey on Friday night for the free preview, then all day Saturday, and a half-day at Dorney on Sunday with a drive home. That's $250, plus gas and Hershey tickets (one of a few places I don't have any real connection for comps). It'd be all new for Diana, plus new rides for me at both parks.
Not sure what to do... but I really want to do something that weekend.
BBW?
Beth is going to D.C. in a month and I'm jealous. Hopefully her sister will stick around and we'll have a reason to go together. I've also been wanting to get back to PA, in fact Beth & I were contemplating flying into PHL for Hershey, Mutter Museum, & cheesesteaks.
There's a park in D.C., Jeff. Granted, spending time doing D.C. stuff may not afford you time to visit SFA, but if you've never been, there are a couple rides worth stopping by for.
And if you do drive TO D.C., I recommend not driving IN D.C. once you get there. People say Atlanta is bad, D.C. is terrible. Ride the Metro, it's clean and reliable.
I dunno, but you said there weren't any parks so I thought maybe you didn't realize there was one there. If you do go to DC though be sure to hit the Spy Museum. Honestly it's the best one I've been to and I usually hit up about 3 DC museums a year. Holocaust is good too but depressing.