wet & wild at waldameer...

Well, we missed last year for whatever reason there was - time, time or maybe time. I'll go with number 3. Only problem was, this was shaping up to be missed again with Sarah starting a new job, vacation #2 coming up in 2 weeks, and everything in between. Well, Sarah got home from training in a reasonable time frame and we managed to put together that whole time thing to get out to visit the Ravine Flyer 2.

First things first, we had to beat the kids and put them in shackles to get them to want to ride the rides this year



They weren't too thrilled with that idea though. Whatever. We thought it was funny and made them suffer.

Next it was on to the oh so ominous spider. What a scary and sickening ride. Um, actually, it was for someone, though we won't say exactly who.



(Emma, obviously)

In reality, we haven't ridden many rides due to kids - it kinda takes our ability to have fun out of the equation when one of us is usually sitting. This was one of the first times in recent years that we have been able to ride rides all together, if that makes sense.

Then we moved on to such gems as Thunder Canyon(?)



the Wacky Shack



the Comet



(Bailey & Emma on the way up)



(Abby & Sarah on the way up)



(Abby thoroughly enjoying the Comet)

It goes to note that after this, we did hit up the Ravine Flyer II.

Abby included.

This would be the only ride that she did not like - at all. This ride is fast, hilly, and is awesome in every aspect. For someone 7 or older. Abby's WNBA like height has managed to get her on rides before she may be ready, and this was one of them. She was white when I turned around to see her. Afterward, she said she wasn't going on it for a couple more years, and that she wanted to go back to the Comet. A real amusement park trooper!

After this, we decided to repeat some of the rides that we hit up already, Emma decided to help the park out and hold up one of the supports. Inside joke.

So, Abby then decided to take things down a notch and hit up some kiddie rides...



Wait! That's not Abby and that's not a pix that I took! (Nice one Sarah)



There she is chilling in the Helicopter - at the end of this one she was practically asleep on it. Bored with kiddie land from now on! (Yippe!)

So, now we get to go up... up.... up....





Emma's trying to see how high we are going up.



afterwards. this was definitely fun, to say the least. free fall for maybe 1.5 - 2 seconds max.....

finally, we had to call it a day. the kids were tired(not really - we needed an excuse to get home) and it was almost 10:00 - poor Dockers & Sammy were inside all day! Hope it wasn't too bad there!



All in all, we rode a ton of rides, ate way too much park food, and had a great time. As always, click on a picture to see the whole album.

- m