Two days ago we pilled into the van, went to Tim Horton's for some coffee, donuts, and Timbits, and left Michigan for the greener pastures of Ohio. We headed to Cedar Point, commonly known as "Americans Best Amusement Park." It is an interesting place with 17 roller coasters. What makes the park unique, IMHO, is that is located on a sand bar in the middle of Lake Erie. The views were very calm and peaceful, and it made me imagine vacations taken a century ago, when people would journey to the "shore" for a few days.
As soon as we got into the park, it started raining. All of the roller coasters closed, which left only the "carnival rides (as Joe calls them)" to ride. So, the kids went on a few of the old timey rides while Lou and I waited. I felt like how Walt Disney described his experiences with his daughters in Griffith Park when they were little. On odd thins happened the more I waited. I began to freak out a little and got really nervous about going on the roller coasters with the kids. You see, Lou won't ride them, so I have to choose who to rids next to. If the rides aren't gigantic, it's no problem, but many of these rides were just that...world record holders in some form or another.
Thankfully, the rain let up after a while and we were able to ride the "Mean Streak," a giant wooden roller coaster that shook us all like crazy, and the "Gemini," a wooden "racing" coaster (FUN!). We also stood in line for the "Maverick" for over an hour and it broke down.
Lou joined us for two rides. One was the "Cedar Creek Mine Ride," a runaway mine train. The other one was the "Iron Dragon," a hanging, free-swinging roller coaster. Before we were able to ride any other rides, the rain started coming down again. This time, it was accompanied by lightning. We decided to leave (it was 8 pm anyway). By the time we got to our car, the rain was coming down in buckets. It was awesome considering we never get to e that. We went to a local dairy on the way back to our hotel and loaded up on ice cream treats.
Oh, we have no photos of the day due to the rain.
-Dave
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