Archive for May, 2007
Cedar Point and Bad Fashion
Today Ellen and I drove down to Cedar Point in Ohio, which is among the largest amusement parks in America. They feature 17 roller coasters, of which 10 we rode. We were literally three trains from getting on their newest coaster (featuring magnetic lift hill!) when it started thunderstorming and all of the rides shut […]
The Rest of Canada
The short: dinner, the rest of Ellen’s family comes, cards, Oklahoma!, cards, dinner, beach walk, fireworks fail - too much wind, clever fire tricks, fireworks!, ferry, Michigan.
The longer:
We saw Oklahoma in Stratford, Canada, which is famous for putting on spectacular plays. I remember seeing Oklahoma at TEMS, so I associated all the characters with who […]
Friends in Faraway Places
After getting back (finally) on public transportation to our hotel, Ellen and I met up with Laura and Amy of Team 1547 after not noticing their “WE’RE IN THE PARKING LOT PLEASE COME OUT” text messages for about twenty minutes. We drove into downtown with them for under thirty minutes before deciding there was nothing […]
Some Things Are the Same Everywhere; Others Not
Today Ellen and I went into downtown Toronto by taking the bus to a streetcar to downtownish. We proceeded to walk around and look at malls and fancy buildings. Then we went to the CN Tower, which we learned cost $22 to go up. It’s the tallest tower in the world (or so they claim), […]
O, Canada
For those of you not “in the know,” I am currently on a trip to Canada/Michigan until June 4th with Ellen and her family. Canada is that place to the north, and Michigan is the one that looks like a hand.
Ellen and I are currently sitting in traffic on the QEW, which is the Queen […]