A Sad Day Indeed

A childhood landmark....gone.
What child who grew up in this area doesn't have fond memories of Astroworld?

• Houston, in the depths of summer. The intense heat reflecting off of the concrete making it about 150 degrees out there.
• $4 bottles of water.
• Feeling like you're going to vomit before you even get on a ride.
• Watching small children collapse from the heat right in front of you.
• Standing in line for 2 hours just to ride the rickety wooden Texas Cyclone.
• That sickening sweet orange drink served in the plastic orange shaped containers that we BEGGED our parents for.

I have my own personal memories of the park.
My best friend and I "enjoyed" a day at the park in the rain.
I don't know why we thought it would be fun to run around in the pouring rain but after a few hours of being soaking wet, it wasn't fun anymore.
I remember how bad my feet hurt after walking around in wet shoes and socks. We eventually went into the bathroom and took turns stripping in a bathroom stall and we would dry the other's clothes under the hand dryer. We were ingenius little fuckers.

Ahh....the memories.

PS: We DID have fun there sometimes.

Posted by De at September 13, 2005 10:28 AM | TrackBack