After lunch (a burger, fries, and shake for me), we took a relaxing ride on the train. And as you can see above, they have a lot of excuses on why the train doesn't ever leave!

 

 

  

Four hours later, it was time for our all-you-can-eat BBQ buffet in a pavillion just about 100 feet from Spinning Dragons. It was actually really good BBQ!

 

 

 

Then it was time to ride the Ferris Wheel, which takes you within feet of Patriot.

 

 

 

Here's Patriot's long line, lol. It never got longer than this the whole day (becuase they were operating both trains)

 

 

 

Lastly, I caught some shots of Patriot at sundow.

 

 

 

This is my favorite of the three I took.

 

 

 

Rising into the evening sky.

 

 

 

Lastly, a shot just before it went to dark to take pictures without my blinding flash.

Overall, it was a great day, because there were no crowds. Thanks for reading this update!