Our first stop of the day was the gas station. We paid $2.40 per gallon. I think it’s the lowest price we have found so far.
Within minutes, we were back at King’s Dominion.
We had originally planned to take advantage of early entry to avoid long lines, but the allure of free breakfast and air conditioning was just too strong.
We arrived close to noon. It was again hot and humid, but we feel like we are getting acclimated to the weather. We are making sure to always walk where shade is available. Our soda refills have become water refills. And we have learned that the best air conditioning can be found in the restrooms of all places.
We suspect the park’s newest coaster will have the longest queue, so we head straight for Twisted Timbers.
We walked the entirety of the very lengthy queue without seeing another soul. Finally, we made it to the load station. There is but one other person waiting to board the train.
After Twisted Timbers, we decided to loop around the park to enjoy the entire collection of coasters. Apple Zapple, Grizzly, Dominator, Woodstock Express, Avalanche, Anaconda, Backlot Stunt Coaster, and Racer 75. All fun coasters. All walk ons. Not a single line to be found.
We decided to try a non coaster. Windseeker is a swing ride that takes riders up 300 feet. Of course, there is no line.
The ride operator informed us that the attraction requires 8 riders to balance it out. We would need to wait for five more guests. Our only wait of the day is because there are not enough people in the queue.
Kathy walked into the midway to convince others to ride.
We were strapped into the seat and the sun was beating down. Hard. The temperature was spiking upward. And the lightest of breezes we had been enjoying had evaporated.
It was clearly time to leave. We raced to the van, quickly aired it out, and continued southeast to Williamsburg.
We had dinner with Brett, Jeanne, Megan, and Griffin at a BBQ restaurant. They are traveling with another family who joined us as well.
It was a great dinner. Brett is the funniest, most generous, most down to earth guy I have ever known. The kids share their parents’ great sense of humor.
After dinner, we returned to the hotel and collapsed. Hopefully, this hot streak will end soon.
Big Trip - Traveling across the USA in a 2000 Mazda MPV 
If it wouldn’t be too much trouble …could you bring each person following this blog 1,000 gallons of gas at $2.50
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Everything here is cheaper. We bought 24 ice cream sandwiches for $2. We are 7 of them and tossed the rest. So what you really want is ice cream sandwiches.
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