Spent the day today at Silverwood, an amusement park over in Idaho. I haven't been to one in a very, very long time. I forgot how much fun they were! I was afraid I'd find the rides a little *too* thrilling, being older and supposedly wiser, and having a healthy fear of broken bones now, but I had a wonderful time.
We screamed our heads off on the roller coasters, yes, even the corkscrew one, which frankly, was way too short. I mostly laughed all the way through the huge wooden one, cuz my friend spent the whole ride screaming, "HOLY SHIT!", at the top of her lungs. *g* When we were climbing up the first huge hill, I do remember saying, "Why are we doing this? We're middle aged!" and then the bottom fell out and we were off! What a rush!
We also, somehow, ended up on Panic Plunge, which was stoopid scary. It's one of those towers, where they haul you straight up about 200 feet, then let you go and you free fall until the hydrolics grab you about 20 feet from the bottom. We had the terror pleasure of watching a group go before us, and when they made it back to the bottom, this 13 or 14 year old girl turned to her friend, still petrified, and said very calmly, "I hate you." And yet, we decided to be stupid brave, and go ahead and ride it. I remember thinking at about 20 feet, "Okay, this was stupid, you're afraid of heights!" And then at about 50 feet, "This was really stupid, cuz I'm scared shitless." And then I think I was frozen in fear, because the next thing I knew, a guy sitting next to my friend said, "Godspeed, everyone," and the rig let go, and we were *plummeting* toward the ground. I may have screamed, I dunno, but once we were safely back on the ground I started laughing, mostly with relief, and we both wobbled off the ride, unable to walk in a straight line, completely strung out on adrenalin. We passed the kiddie Dumbo ride, and she looked at me and said, "I think I'll stick to that for the rest of the day. " *g*
I needed a day exactly like this one-- out in the fresh air, even though it was hot. Good company, abject terror, complete with adrenalin rush and subsequent endorphin high, and a little *fun*. :)
pleased