Sunday we went to Church at Harvest Baptist Temple. Stacy had gone to this Church when she lived in Ohio, and now all the relatives attend there. We had planned on seeing Grant and Blake but they were away for Youth Camp. Blake for his last year as a camper, and Grant as a counselor. We felt like the apostle Paul when he said, "Only Luke is with me".
You can't go on vacation with commercial fishermen without going fishing, and that is what we did on Monday. Well, you can't really call it fishing, a more accurate term would be "catching". Because catch we did. Grandpa, Luke, Elisabeth, Matthew Jr, and I took the boat out on the Portage River right under State Route 2 and we went fishing for about 3 hours. During that time we caught so many fish, that we completely forgot about lunch, a truly historic moment for Matthew Jr. We caught over 100lbs of catfish including the prize of the day a 16.5lb flathead catfish caught by Luke Stinson.
Originally we had planned on going to Cedar Point on Tuesday, but the forecast called for rain all day long, so decided to stay an extra day and go there on Thursday. Turns out that wasn't needed at all, as Tuesday was a beautiful day without a single drop of rain. Instead we went out on Grandpa's boat and drove around Lake Erie, in the afternoon. Wednesday was Grandpa's famous Fish Fry.
The week was very relaxing and we had a great time with the family, but the exciting part was yet to come...Cedar Point.
On Thursday, the kids and I got to experience our very first real roller coaster. I have been to DisneyLand before, but they don't have anything like these. Stacy on the other hand had been here before so she was a pro, even if she hates roller coasters. Uncle Rich, Aunt Jan, and Luke joined us for a fun day of screams and excitement.
We measured Elisabeth and in her shoes she was exactly 48 inches tall. This is important, because that is the magic number that allows you to ride almost every ride in the park. While they spent most of the day riding kids' rides, they did get to go on some of the more fun roller-coasters. Stacy was happy that the kids spent most of their time on the small rides, because she doesn't enjoy roller-coasters.
Aunt Jan and I started by going on the Raptor, we waited in line for almost an hour, and right when we were about to get on, they shut the ride down. By then, everybody was hungry so we went to Panda Express for lunch. After lunch, it was time for the kids to ride on their first roller-coaster. We all went on the Iron Dragon while Uncle Rich & Rebekah sat on a bench and watched. Matthew & Elisabeth screamed their heads off and were absolutely sure they were about to die. Next they went on the Wave Swinger where once again death was nearly certain. Finally, we went on the Cedar Creek Mine Ride, after which Matthew and Elisabeth declared it to be awesome. Unfortunately for them, this was the last roller-coaster they went on.
Next up was water rides. We went on Thunder Canyon, a ride that lets you glide down the river while waterfalls drench you with water. You may leave the ride with hardly a drop of water, or you make to completely soaked. Stacy and I experienced the latter. Since I was already soaked, I went on Snake River Falls with the kids. This ride was simply a big drop that splashed water over everybody.
Now that we were all thoroughly drenched, we moved on to more calm rides. Way too quickly it was time for dinner. We ate at Joe Cool's Cafe, and overall weren't impressed. The pizza was good though.
After dinner, I sneaked off by myself and went on the Wicked Twister followed by the Raptor (I figured since I had already stood in line one hour, I really needed to go on the ride). These two were the highlight of the trip. The Wicked Twister shoots you out at 70mph where you twist around straight up in the air, then you fly backward and do the same thing only looking down instead of up. I was sure my heart was going to stop. The entire ride lasts 40 seconds, but it is the most intense 40 seconds I have ever experienced. After that, the Raptor seemed rather tame. Although it was still a very fun ride.
For our last ride of the day, Stacy and I went on the Matterhorn together, a mild ride that is about as wild as Stacy cares to go on. We arrived at Cedar Point at 10:00am and left at 9:00pm. I was amazed that the kids lasted that long, I had thought that they would give out at around 5:00pm, but they were great the entire day.
In all, I went on:
Friday we drove through Indiana to visit with Elizabeth and Brian Feng. We got to spend some time getting to know each other, as they were kind enough to let us spend the night. We left there at 11:00 and got home in time for dinner on Saturday.
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