Rock n Roller 17: Santa Monica Pier
As we left Knott’s Berry Farm we looked at the map for our next stop, a nightcap at the Santa Monica Pier. “It’s only 25 miles away, thats nothing,” I proclaimed. Little did I know that 25 miles would take over two hours in the crazy and constant bumper-to-bumper traffic on the spaghetti of LA […]
Rock n Roller 17: Knotts Berry Farm
We kicked off the 2017 Rock n Roller coaster tour after a red-eye flight down to Los Angeles from Alaska. It seems that every affordable flight from Alaska to the Lower 48 or what we call “outside” to those who don’t live here. We scored an amazing deal on Kayak.com and found a one-way ticket […]
Rock n Roller 17: Guns n Roses at Mile High
The 2017 Rock n Roller coaster tour rolled on with a stop at Mile High to see Guns n Roses! Just like last year our road trip was book-ended with two concerts and both ended with the Gunner’s Not in this Lifetime Tour. Who would have ever thought that not only would this band get […]
Rock n Roller 17: Louder than Life Festival
We arrived at day one of the Louder Than Life music festival around 2 pm. We went to ride a few coasters at Holiday World in Indiana first. This was still the Rock n Roller coaster tour remember and how could we not visit one of the coolest family-run theme parks in the middle of […]
Rock n Roller 17: Metallica at the Rose Bowl
Our trip to Los Angeles was really for one thing. To see Metallica at the infamous Rose Bowl. It had been a concert I have been thinking about almost every single day when they played their first show of the tour last year at the new Minnesota Vikings stadium. I said to Michele then, “no […]