9-10-11 GO!

Another busy Saturday. Richard had a roller hockey game at 9 a.m., the first of the Fall session. Unfortunately, they lost 15-7. Please pray for their regular goalie: he has a pinched nerve in his back and may need surgery.

We had lunch at Boston Market; haven't been there for a while. Then we went to Sports Authority to get Richard a new (hockey) stick. We browsed through a Borders Bookstore located next door but did not succumb to the temptation to add more books to my clutter.

On our way out of Sports Authority, I saw a brochure for a nearby amusement park, Quassy. I have been trying to get there to ride their new (mini) wooden roller coaster, the Wooden Warrior. We have been there twice only to find that the coaster was not operating. So today, I called ahead.

If you look close, you can see the coaster (blue).

When I found out the coaster was running today, we changed our plans and headed there. We had a delightful time. Got all day pass for $17 each (a special). We rode the coaster 3X! You can see a point of view video on YouTube here. The ride is only a minute long but it is intense. As I anticipated, I enjoyed it a bit more each successive time.  The third time, I rode with Richard in the front car.

Richard and I also rode the Free Fall-n-drop "tower", Bumper Cars, Paratrooper (that made me dizzy), YoYo super swing (scarier than I expected because of the way it went up and down), and of course, the train. Richard also rode the Pirate ship, Music Fest (2X), and the drop "tower" (again) by himself.

Quassy is a nice little park by a lake. We didn 't have time to do the boat ride or rent a paddle boat. This park is my speed.

At the end of the day (6 p.m.), a B24 (WWII) bomber flew over the park, pretty low. So we tracked it down to a nearby airport but they were done flying for the day.

On the way home, we stopped for supper at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen near Mildale, CT. Richard had chicken, Cajun fries, biscuit; I had red beans and rice and corn-on-the-cob.