it's about an hour boat ride over to cedar point. it's rather enjoyable during the day.
cedar point at arrival [yes, we rode the yellow one!]we take advantage of their starlight pass. basically half price, it gives you about five hours to get as dizzy as you can before the park closes.
here are a few artsy photos of the mantis. not the best, but will get your heading spinning and your knees aching:
we made it to all of the best [all we wanted to ride] roller coasters.
here's the 2008 list with commentary:
- mantis
- millennium force [we will only right this after dark]
- maverick [follow my brother's instructions, 'keep your shit in your pockets!" during the ride, a nickel hit my foot and lodged between my foot and flipflop. it was not mine...i don't carry nickels. i gave it back to the guy in front of me.]
- cedar creek mine ride [it will blow your mind!]
- gemini [andrea's favorite... she could ride this all day!]
- magnum xl-200 [i've heard rumors that fabio's face got destroyed by a seagull on this ride...can anyone confirm this?]
- corkscrew [this gave andrea a nice bruise on her left bicep!]
- top thrill dragster [try screaming on take off. but if you choke...it's not my fault!]
- disaster transport [andrea convinced me that we needed to ride this...the scariest part about this ride was that if the cars stopped, nobody would find you for days!]
- raptor [one of andrea's favorites! your feet dangle and you spin upside down!]
after the coasters, we hit up famous dave's barbecue, which is dockside. after our stomaches are filled with beef, we get one final ride! the boat ride home in the dark! if you've never been out on lake erie at night, find some one experienced and try it out!
we had a lot of fun this year and already look forward to next year!
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rad! i miss disaster transport, that opened when i was a kid and i was DAZZLED by the blacklight and the crazy machinery displays on the way in. too bad the ride was weak compared to the waiting line :)
renee and i are going up with my parents this weekend - she's getting her first visit to south bass. and i will eat stupid amounts of fried walleye. word!
if you guys use the ball floats in the harbor, ride the boardwalk water taxi in and look for a guy named forrest. tell him i said hello.
enjoy south bass. if you haven't stopped yet, get a yellow perch basket at the village pump on kelleys island. now that's "some good eatin'!"
Thank you, thank you, thank you.....for not asking me to go along to ride roller coasters! :)
we had an interesting weekend - sailed on a run for about 20 minutes out of port clinton at ~2 knots, gave up, fired up the engines and motored the rest of the way in.
took renee to perry's, the boardwalk, the winery, and goat's, which is some of the best food i've ever had on that island. seriously. you have to try it.
i can't get over how much that island has turned into a daytona-beach-esque party town in the last ten years. it's kind of disgusting that much of the changes have been to accommodate that lifestyle.
we anchored in front of perry's, and i expected to get a relaxing night's sleep. i slept for about fifteen minutes - no AC on the boat, shifting winds out of the south (which got the boat moving pretty heavily), rain on and off, and lots of noise from the island... that's one thing i don't miss about weekend trips up there.
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