Rumbling Tracks

Just got back and cleaned up from a wonderful day at the park (Hershey Park) with a group of friends from the bible studies. It was a beautiful day to be out at all, let alone to be out in such a place and with such people. We all gathered there around 1 o'clock and started in to Chocolate World which seems to get changed every year or two. The changes are normally more subtle, but this time we were met by singing cows and then, when we thought it was over, more cows. (^_^) It is really for kids and those from out of town. A one time is enough type of place. Still, it is nice to be engulfed in the scent of chocolate as you walk and ride.

We then departed for the gates of the park. Once inside we deliberately moved from roller coaster to roller coaster lead by our appointed "tour guide". :) The only stops not scheduled were for food and one brief pause to ride the Pirate ship, a personal favorite. I love the feeling it gives of being tossed into the air and then gently catching you on the way down. It's wonderful. Most of the coasters we rode I had fun on, but not too much fun. I do love coasters, but I get headaches from the rattling they can give a person as they bound down the tracks. Most of the time that means I don't enjoy the wooden ones as much as the metal ones. Anyway, I was happy to ride the three metal ones that we did get on and one of them was new to me. It starts in a weird way, meaning it goes from 0 to 40 or so in about 50 feet. Then, already flying along jets you up a cliff wall and over an arc several stories up. Immediately following the arc is a several story plunge that is actually inverted. I cackled like a madman in delight of the ride. Unfortunately it only lasted 35 seconds total, but it was so much fun it may very well have been worth the hour wait.

By 6:30 we had all had our fill of the park I think and so we departed, but I had so much fun and laughed so hard today that my face and stomach are tired. Good people and a good day. If I weren't exhausted I'd wish it weren't over, but being that it is over and I am exhausted I'm grateful for my friends. I haven't laughed so much in so very long, my face and stomach are sore. It's interesting to be with such a group (that of a heart minded mentality) in comparission to the other friends I have, both in and out of work. How far from the truth it is that Christians are not fun or funny. Or how we are stuffy and stiff in social situations. In truth humor does not need to be dirty to be funny, though the societal norm says otherwise these days. Anyway, I'm heading for a rant again so I'll stop. *sigh* I'm looking forward to our next outing.