Luke ‘n’ Bill

So as I posted the other day, Lisa and I went to Valley Fair for a fun afternoon.  We had a blast on all the rides and also had a great time people watching and of course making small talk with the random strangers and not so stranger people (guys we know from here at IBM).  But there was one part of the day that kind of bummed me out

I didn’t really notice the guy in front of us on the log flume until we started to get to the front of the HUGE line (longest line of the day) and I could see that everyone was all paired or tripled up with their group…except for him.  He looked like he was in his late 20’s or early 30’s and possibly had some very slight mental/physical defects.  He didn’t make eye contact with anyone and didn’t seem to be overly happy but just got in and rode the ride.  Afterwards he got out ahead of us and I didn’t see him meet up with anyone at the end of the ride but didn’t see him walk off.

I’d like to think that maybe he was with a friend or group of friends who maybe didn’t want to wait in that huge line just for the log flume, but I can’t help to stop thinking that he was really just at Valley Fair…alone.  No friends or family to enjoy the ride with him.

I don’t really have any deep thoughts to go with this, it just bummed me out and I couldn’t really get it out of my head.  I just have a hard time looking past that stuff or getting it out of my head.