Travels with Rendell

Hi!

Welcome to my "vanity page". I talk about myself a great deal here. I started this page merely as an excuse to foist my horrible photographic skills on an unsuspecting world. Consider yourself "warned" should you be unwise enough to proceed.

I hope some enjoyment can be gleaned from this mess.

--Rendell

Click on a link to see my pages:
OutWest2000
Dixie Diversions - Summer 2004
Waterfalls of Louisiana
Central Florida 2001

My Top Ten Wooden Coasters

  1. Voyage [Holiday World, Indiana]
  2. El Toro [Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey]
  3. Hades [Mount Olympus, Wisconsin]
  4. Shivering Timbers [Michigan Adventures]
  5. Tonnerre de Zeus [Parc Asterix, Paris, France]
  6. Rampage [Alabama Adventures, Birmingham, AL]
  7. Megafobia [Oakwood, Wales, UK]
  8. Ghostrider [Knott's Berry Farm, California]
  9. Grand National [Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, UK]
  10. Coaster [Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada]




My Top Ten Steel Coasters
  1. Superman : Ride of Steel [Six Flags New England, Massachusetts]
  2. Nitro [Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey]
  3. Superman : Ride of Steel [Six Flags America, Maryland]
  4. Expedition GeForce [Holiday Park, Germany]
  5. Millennium Force [Cedar Point, Ohio]
  6. Batmen the Ride(s) [Multiple places]
  7. Nemesis [Alton Towers, England]
  8. Voodoo [Dorney Park, Pennsylvania]
  9. Dueling Dragons - Fire [Universal's Islands of Adventure, Florida]
  10. *X* [Six Flags Magic Mountain, California]

    Honorable Mentions

  11. Top Gun : The Jet Coaster [Carowinds, NC/SC]
  12. Greezed Lightnin' [Joyland, Lubbock, Texas]
  13. Outer Limits : Flight of Fear [Paramount's King Dominion, Virginia]

Ok. I cheated. There more than ten coasters in my Top Ten list. But I have so many coasters that I want to "award" by making sure to mention their names. These coasters are coasters to seek out. They are very good. I especially try to put coasters on my list that I think are unfairly overlooked. Nobody talks about Outer Limits or Top Gun : The Jet Coaster -- even in places where coaster-fans talk about their favorite rides.






Highlight of 2006 : My "Midwestern Misadventures" Trip with Alex and Michael - including seeing the King Tut exhibit with Nola and Kelly while in Chicago.




Click here to see my Picasa Webalbum of photos from the trip. Unfortunately, there are practically no photos from the ANY of the wonderful museums we visited in Chicago. Still, the museums in Chicago are world-famous for a reason. If you are ever in the area - you must visit at least one of them :


Lowlights of 2006 : "A Tie" : The bulldozing of Astroworld; and the dismantling of Six Flags New Orleans