Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

[Guest Blogger: Mitch (aka Daddy)]

Today was the first trip to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo for all of us. All of us boys that is. Momma, a.k.a. Heidi, had a bunch of work to do today for her comp audit next week so she had to stay home. We met Jolie and Jonathan there around 10:30 am, and we didn't leave the park until almost 8:00 pm. The boys definitely had their fill of rollercoasters, rides, games, sugar and wildlife. Sawyer was bummed that he wasn't tall enough to ride some of the rides that he really wanted to ride. We had a long fantastic day, and the boys should be sleeping well tonight!



We met Jolie and Jonathan in the front of the tram line in the parking lot. It took a minute for Sawyer to warm up. He wasn't sure what was going on.


On the tram. Sutton eventually switched seats and sat next to me because it took a minute for him to warm up too.


Once we were inside it was all wide eyes and big smiles. Everyone is watching the people get on a water ride.


They both liked all the cartoon characters walking around even though they weren't sure who they were. I can't find old school Looney Tunes on DirecTV.



Finally, the rides! Sawyer and Jonathan are having a blast on the airplane ride.





I had to accompany Sutton on some rides because of the height issue. Here we are on our Jeep safari.

This is the first ride the boys went on together. They had a blast!

The penguins were going crazy over the stuffed whales that the boys had. They kept swimming right up to the glass and poking it. Sutton was squeeling with joy.

Inside the butterfly exibit. They had many large (and I do mean large) butterflies flying around.


Their wings are pretty, but this bug is nearly 4 inches long. The insect part is a little creepy. The boys thought so too.

More LARGE butterflies.

Sutton was showing us how they "match"

The shark exibit was amazing. There are some tanks outside that had these little sharks.

Sawyer liked this rollercoast so much that we rode it twice in a row.

A cute lion.


It's Thomas town! Yes, we did ride the train. And yes, the boys loved it.

They also loved the Harrold the helicopter ride.

Sawyer is big enough for his own helicopter. You can control them up or down.

Jonathan has his own helicopter too.

After Shouka the Whale drenched us at the whale show, we went to look at her in her tank.

Both Shouka and a dolphin would swim right by the glass for some amazing views.

Jonathan and I are in the front seat of the Boomerang.

Half amusement park, half zoo. Fun for everybody.

Jonathan, Sutton, and myself were the only ones brave enough to touch the fish and feed them to the seals.

Jolie and Sutton hung out together and had a great time.

Jonathan is feeding the dolphin.

After an hour of waiting, we are finally next in line for Sawyer's first big rollercoaster - Tony Hawk's Big Spin. He loved it!