Vacation - time GEEK-OUTS!!!

 Ok---- it's time to break-out what most folks usually DREAD!!  The (usually) boring family vacation pics!! This blog being what it is, though--- all about the things that 'ol Loydster digs to the uppermost and foremost, I figured I'd cut right to the heart,and sorted out the pics of what I've ALWAYS went GOONIE for in vacations past!! Let's kick this little 'Uncle Loyd's slide-show' off with our trip to Six Flags over Texas, back in 2015---- Six Flags, I've GOT to say,is a comic book-freaky-fan's paradise!!! With DC comics-based stuff ALL over the park!! The absolute BIGGEST thing probably being----

 That's right--- a real, LIFE-SIZED replica of the HALL OF JUSTICE!!! This fronts the 'Justice League 3D' ride, of course (an AWESOMELY WICKED-COOL ride, by the way!)!! My son and I both said the REQUIRED phrase when we first saw it!!!! 'Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice.....'

Then,the ABSOLUTELY required pic of this self-described SUPREME 'Bat-geek-a-zoid' with his 'other car'!!---- Yeah, I know it's just a giant non-working prop..... but,STILL--- just HOW cool is it to be photographed with something like this???? Especially if you ARE a 'Bat-geek-a-zoid'!!!

This Giant Ape Sculpture----made ENTIRELY from old automotive parts(!!!) is one of the MANY oddball items in front of the 'Ripley's Believe it or not' museum---not far from Six Flags. Being a King Kong fan since I was a wee lad---- Getting a pic standing in front of this thing was a MUST!! The wifey doesn't look NEARLY as excited as me!!

Our vacation the following year---2016-- was a LOT closer to home!!! This time, we spent a couple days in Oklahoma City.One full day at Frontier City amusement park, the second wandering around 'Bricktown' (VERY cool!!), and finished the trip off at the Oklahoma science museum, just south of the downtown area. Being a big fan of the 'space -race' / efforts to reach the moon-era--- posing for THIS pic was a NATURAL!!!

Last year---it was off to Branson, Missouri!! Believe it or not, though we've lived here in the mid-west for close to 25 years(!!!!)---- it was our FIRST trip there!! We spent a day at Silver Dollar City--- a FANTASTIC amusement park--- and the next day,a couple of hours at one of the SUPREME geeky-nerd-oid destinations in ALL of Branson (and there are SEVERAL of them there!!)--- The Hollywood Wax Museum!!! THIS is what the main entrance is like!!!----

-----Then there's this 'Hollywood Mount Rushmore',overlooking the parking lot!!!---

----Once inside, there's a 'LIFE-SIZED' King Kong to greet all visitors!!

Just me and 'Dr. Jones', hanging out!!! Doesn't it kinda look like he'd rather be with someone else??

The ABSOLUTE high-light of the trip to this museum, was the almost 'goose-bump'-inducing, LIFE-LIKE figure of 'The King' himself!!!--- 'Elvis' seemed to be just a split-second away from suddenly blinking his eyes and breaking out into 'Guitar man', or another song from the '68 Comeback special!!

Another, closer look at the AMAZING Elvis figure!! Doesn't he look like he's about to start performing a 'greatest hits' medley or something??? Like I said, this one gave me goose-bumps!!

That's the 'Geeky-riffic' highlights from vacations past, gang!! I've ALWAYS believed, if you can't stay in touch with that 'inner-12-year-old', especially on vacation---- well, then.... your'e just a BORING old GROWN-UP, that's all!!! See you next time, kids!!