Cedar Point, pt deux, Cleveland, and more RAIN!!!

Hey everyone (and you know who you are),

This is a bonus posting!  Yep!  Two posts in one day.  I gotta catch up.  Yesterday we revisited Cedar Point to catch the rides we couldn't hit the day before.  The humidity level was 89%!  That, combined with the 80-85 degree temps caused us to wilt on the vine!  It was gross and sticky.  Blech.  At any rate, we were able to hit a lot of the other rides.

We went on the "Raptor (Joe, Alison, and I)," a hanging roller coaster (Joe's first).  Fantastic ride, I have no idea how many inversions.  It put "Batman" at Magic Mountain to shame.  Alison and I then went on "Mantis," a standing roller coaster that had 4 inversions.  After that, the kids and I went on "Maverick."  This ride was voted the best new ride of 2007.  It was tremendous. This ride had a 95 degree drop.  REALLY.  There were also five inversions I think.  Really great ride.  While all of the riding was occurring, Lou was supposed to be in the car.  However, she never made it there. She got sidetracked in the gift shops, when she found a heavy duty air conditioner!

Afterwards, all four of us went on the "Disaster Transport."  It was weak, but we got to all ride it together.  The ride was an extremely poor man's "La Vibora" from Six Flags Over Texas.

It was a bobsled-type ride.  The building was steaming-hot and dark.  After the ride, Lou and Alison went to the car, and Joe and I rode the "Demon Drop."  This was an elevator-type ride that went up 13 stories, waited for about three seconds, then dropped you.  I believe this was the last ride of this kind still in operation in the USA.

We left the park after this ride.  All of us were parched beyond belief!  The answer? Lemonade from Arby's!  Whatever, we were craving some Arby's for the road.  Then we headed to Cleveland.

Cleveland was underwhelming, at best.  Our room in the Embassy Suites was great, but the hotel was weird.  There was a ball game on the agenda for the night, so we walked over to Progressive Field (about 5 blocks). 

 

We got our tickets, then took some photos and video of the stadium and surroundings.  No sooner had we walked to our section, than it started to rain.  It rained, and rained, and rained.  The game did start at 8:45, though.  So Cleveland was unique because we had never experienced a rain delay before.  

The game was a good one.  Cleveland won, but what was more interesting were the people.  The workers and crowd were EXTREMELY nice and friendly.  We had a great time talking to the vendors during the rain delay.

We did have a semi-scary near encounter on the way home, though. We were walking down the street, and about 60 yards ahead of us three teenagers dressed in all black came bounding out of an alley.  I was watching to see if they were older men (which would not have bothered me), but Lou said, "We need to cross the street now."

So we did.  they went back into the alley, and we made it safely back to the hotel.

Cleveland the city is stinky.  Cleveland the baseball team is great.  IF we ever come back to watch a game, we will stay outside of the city and drive in.

Thanks to God and Jesus for keeping us safe in the city.

-Dave