What Fun IS!

Yesterday my sister (B), her sister-in-law (D) and Tybo went to Lagoon! My work (yay, eBay!) had our annual summer party there this year. Our day began at 10AM.

I neglected to take pictures for the first half of the day. Sorry folks. But prior to lunch, we went on Wicked, which included teasing D about keeping her head inside the ride at all times to avoid decapitation. The ride was short but fun, highly recommended! Then we went on the Spider. Another fun ride, where one spends part of the time going forward and another going backward, with random spinning in-between. Aside from the gum that seemed to line the entire structure going up to the ride (freakin' kids) we loved it. After the Spider we tried the Wild Mouse. Now, I know what you're thinking...isn't that a kiddie ride? Well, considering the number of people who have lost their lives to the notorious mouse, we thought it rather brave of ourselves to give this one a try. Actually, D probably screamed louder on this ride than any of the others.

After Wild Mouse we had lunch on eBay. Burgers and hotdogs, can you imagine a tastier meal? We couldn't, and it was freakin' good, especially considering how hot it was, and how hungry we ended up being. After a quick lap to say 'hey' to the co-workers, we were off to ride the rides again, starting with the Bat. It had a very scary entrance. Ty and B were spooked! This nice thing about this ride was that your feet get to dangle and B got to kick off her flip flops. Which was good, stinky feet need to air out a bit. After that, we were off to the Re-Entry, not to be confused with the Rocket, which is the exact same ride, but in reverse. The Re-Entry takes you straight up a few hundred feet, and then drops you straight down, literally your seat is taken out from under you. Very fun!

After that we went on the Samurai, a spin-you-around-six-different-ways-including-upside-down kind of ride. I laughed hysterically, I think we all did, but D and I left the ride with a bit of a headache. I managed to recover but D was still jumbled up a bit later. To further jumble us up, we went on the Boomerang. For those of you who don't know, that's the bumper cars. There was no line, which was good. Though you'll get a different account of who-owned-who in the ride, I think it's safe to say that I was the best and most aggressive driver. Again...it depends on who you talk to.

After the Boomerang we decided to play one of the many games for prizes you see around the place. B wanted to play the squirt-gun-clown-balloon game. I totally won this one and got a little bride teddy bear. Since Ty and I have teddy bears all over the house, we gave it to D. I think it made her headache feel a little better.

Teddy in hand, we headed over to Pioneer Village for some ice cream. We almost thought better of it when we passed the dentist's shop. But our need for sugar and something cold won out. We all decided Rocky Road was the way to go. B and I didn't finish it all so threw some of it away, much to the disappointment of D, who seems to have a much higher level of regard for ice cream. Her regard is so high, in fact, that when her scoop of ice cream fell out of her cone, she caught it with her bare hand. Ha ha!

After devouring our cold and creamy treats we proceeded to wait in the longest line since the beginning of time for the Log Ride. Seriously, we couldn't figure out what the problem was until we actually got to the ride and saw people riding as singles. Come on people, get a little closer and get on the ride! We were significantly hotter and tired by the time we got to the front, which was probably why the girls stole the back of the ride, assuring that wetness would be had by all.

After that we tried to convince ourselves that the 5-hour wait to ride on Wicked again would be worth it, but after 5 minutes in line, we thought better of it and ran over to the Colossus. It ended up being a lot more fun than we thought it would be, possibly because we were seated at the back. It seemed to be a lot faster than I remember.

After that we called it a day and grabbed one of my co-workers as they were entering the park to snap a photo of all of us. See you soon, at Lagoon!