A trip to Indianapolis

This weekend was quite eventful. On Friday, I went with my fellow Neenah High School seniors to Six Flags Great America for the 2005 Senior Class Trip. I took my first ride on a real rollercoaster on the theme park's "Ultimate Flight of Superman" ride, which is somewhat of an upside-down rollercoaster. Riders sit in the seats , which is beneath the rail. When everyone is strapped in, the seats rotate backward so that everyone is facing the ground. Along with the Superman Rollercoaster, I rode with The Raging Bull Rollercoaster, which is more conventional, the Viper, which is a wooden rollercoaster, the Iron Wolf, where all subjects are standing up, and the Demon twice.

A bus arrived to pick up all band students that were heading to Indianapolis to play in the Indianapolis 500 parades. The bus arrived late, so we had to catch supper on the way to our hotel. We arrived and went to our hotel rooms. My roommates were Brendon Otto, Eric Proces, and Steve Yazicioglu and we watched various movies on TV and made various criticism.

In the morning, we readied ourselves to participate in the Flagstar 500 Festival Parade, which went through the heart of Indianapolis. At the end of the parade, we were all drenched with sweat and very tired. We then headed back to the hotel, where I showered and ate the provided buffet lunch. Afterward, we headed back downtown to look at the mall and eat dinner there. The mall was fairly boring, so it was a relief to leave and head to an IMAX film about Dolphins that was fairly interesting. Then we headed back to the hotel and went to sleep.

The next day was Racing Day and we had to wake up before 5:00 am to make it to the Racing Track to play along with 24 other bands on the 2.5 mile track. Afterward we changed into normal clothing and watched the race until about the 170th lap. We then came back to Neenah. However, our marching wasn't over. Today, we marched in the annual Neenah-Menasha Memorial Day parade.