I learned quite a lot this Memorial Day Weekend. First of all I learned
\nthat Susan and I can put a tent up in the dark. That’s right, we’re
\nhardcore campers now… Seeing as how we had a three day weekend we
\nthought we’d break in our Cedar Point season passes. We took off after
\nwork, and a quick stop at Q-Doba’s and managed to get to our campsite
\naround 10:30 PM. After pulling out our lantern and one flashlight, we
\nmanaged to get our tent up in about 30 minutes without any major problems.
\nThat brings us to the second thing I learned, that it only takes about 3
\nhours to get to Cedar Point (3.5 if you need to turn around cause you
\nmissed your exit… whoops!), so the drive isn’t too bad.<\/p>\n
We went to the park (after getting free parking with our season pass \ud83d\ude42
\n) and were standing in front of the entrance where I learned something
\nelse. Cedar Point’s signage for a season pass makes no sense. After
\nstanding for 15 minutes in a non-moving line, we started to wonder if we
\nwere actually in the right line… so we decided to get in another line.
\nWe should have stayed in the first line, but in the end it didn’t really
\nmatter. So, we got in a much longer line and waited to get our pictures
\ntaken (it’s not on the card they give you, but it pops up every time you
\nswipe it…) With our cards we got in the park quickly and were ready to
\nride! Susan conquered her fear of the 420 foot 120 mph coaster known only
\nas “Top-Thrill Dragster”. Unfortunately, we don’t have picture
\ndocumentation of such an event, but trust me I was there… Maverick was
\ndown for a little bit that day, but man that ride is freaking awesome
\n(except at night, when the bugs are out!)<\/p>\n
After getting lunch Susan wasn’t feeling well and we headed back to the
\ncampground. We both took a nap and were back in the park later that day.
\nOn Sunday we went back again and rode pretty much the whole day, when I
\nlearned something else. Nap taking is pretty much a necessity when you go
\nto a park back-to-back days. About 40 minutes from closing time we were so
\nexhausted we decided to call it a day.<\/p>\n
We also got our jackets before the
\npark closed, which we should have stayed in the line we were in the day
\nbefore to get them, but I convinced the guy we bought the tickets in the
\nfall while the offer was still valid. I also learned that the guy working
\ndidn’t really know what he was doing, because he had people in front of us
\nthat he was helping for like 30 minutes (and he had to get help from a
\nco-worker). Though, the jackets were worth the wait, V.I.P. all the way!
\nWanting to have a camp fire that night, I managed to get one going (with a
\nlittle boy scout water \ud83d\ude09 ) and we made smores. Even though I was super
\nsleepy, I stayed up until the fire died down and doused the embers with
\nwater (little did I know that was pretty much a waste of time). Yes, the
\nthunderstorm came and we survived it! Although, I did learn the tent has a
\nfew holes in it and there were a couple small (really small) puddles in
\nthe corners… so we stayed dry! There wer a couple lightning strikes that
\nsounded really close, but no trees fell on us and the tent didn’t blow
\naway, so that was good!<\/p>\n
After packing up our soaking tent (on the outside) and the rest of our
\ngear, it was back to Freeland we go. We got home to see the lawn guy came
\nand re-graded our lawn. It looks a lot better then it did and it sounds
\nlike we’ll be getting seeded either today or tomorrow, so we should have
\nthe beginnings of a lawn in about two weeks, yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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