Fun Day!

Well, my day at King's Island was, indeed, fun! We got a bit of a late start this morning because my friend's daughter woke up and cried at the sitter's last night where she was supposed to be staying the night, so she had to go and pick her up and then drop her off again this morning. Then, she couldn't find her sunglasses, so we had to stop at Target to get some new ones. Then we were off. We got on the road around 9 am (about an hour later that originally planned) and listened to Brian Regan's comedy CD on the way there.

We made really good time though, thanks to my friend's crazy driving. Seriously, she's a crackheaded driver! She changed lanes so many times zooming in and out of traffic. We got there, parked and were walking through the gate at 10:10 am, just 10 minutes after the park opened for the day!

There were really not that many people there! The longest we had to wait in line for any ride was about an hour. We rode, in no particular order, the Vortex, Face Off, the Racer (forward and backward), Drop Zone, Top Gun, Flight of Fear, Tomb Raider, and The Italian Job. Not to mention, the Zephyr, which is the big swings, Viking Fury, the big pirate ship looking thing that swings you back and forth, and the Scooby Doo Haunted Castle (I told you I was going to act like a kid). Oh, and of course, we went up on the Eiffel Tower to look around.

We even had time to eat a leisurely lunch and shop around at some of the shops. By 7 pm, we were both ready to head out. There were still a couple of rides we kind of wanted to ride, but one of them was not running and the other was at the opposite end of the park and we were both pretty beat, so we just decided to call it a day.

All in all I think it was a very successful day at the park. I've had times where I spent the entire day there, from open to close and only get to ride a few coasters. So this was good! And though it was extremely hot today, at least it didn't rain as the forecast had predicted for us!

Then I had to endure her crazy driving again on the way back home. Let me give you an example. There was this big 12 passenger van that was in front of us in the fast lane that kept slowing down next to all the semi's and doing the universal arm thing people do to try to get the truck drivers to pull on their horns. Well none of them wanted to play along and my friend is getting really ticked off because the guy is not going fast enough for her and she can't get around him. So she honks her own horn at them and a few miles later, they finally get over and let her pass. Then, inevitably, they got back over behind us and tailgated. So what does my friend do? She pulls up beside the next semi and slows down and does the arm thing and much to her satisfaction, the trucker plays along and pulls his horn. This makes her really happy and the Van then backed way off and we lost them in our dust. I must admit, it was pretty funny!

Well, I hope everyone else had a wonderful and hot day as I did! Tata for now.