Today is day 4 of our 11 day road trip adventure driving from Pittsburgh to San Diego. I have wanted to blog for a while, but I just haven't had the time. We've been doing so much and I was mostly driving because we were in familiar territory to me. Tonight, Donny is driving so I can get caught up.
Ever have a day that starts off well, but so much crazy stuff happens and it throws off your plan? That's when having a great travel partner who thinks in a similar way you do is fantastic. See, we are supposed to be at Cedar Point right now, enjoying the great roller coasters. Afterwards, we were to go back to our nice little camp for the night and hit the road in the morning. Instead, what are we doing? Driving towards Indiana thanks to a tornado and mosquitos. Yes, it has been THAT kind of day.
It all started last night when we decided to get a campsite for two nights at Harbor Creek State Park in Ohio. It is only 25 minutes from Cedar Point, and since we were going to be there all day today, I figured it would be a great place to set up camp for a couple days. We get in last night and noticed right away how many mosquitos there were. We put on bug lotion and started a campfire. It helped...a little.
This morning we woke up to beautifully clear skies; the first we've had since Donny arrived on Friday. We went and showered (more Mosquitos in the bath house...) and ate breakfast. When we left, I left some of our things out. I didn't really assume it would rain. The forecast looked promising for the day. We gathered our things for Cedar Point and set out.
Once we got to Cedar Point, we were both pretty excited! I haven't been there since 2010, and he has never been there.
We went in and were waiting for my friend Jessica and her boyfriend to meet us. While we waited, we went on one of my favorite rides: The Raptor. When we got off, Jessica and Joe were in line for The Gate Keeper, so we went over and jumped in that line, meeting up with them after we had all finished. The four of us ventured through the park riding more rides like Millenium Force, Rougarou and The Iron Dragon.
One of the more hilarious parts of the day occurred while waiting in line for Rougarou. A guy in front of us sat in the coaster car and jammed the safety bar too tightly onto his balls. He desperately tried to get it loose and asked the attendant to help him. The attendant thought he was joking and told him that he couldn't do anything and the coaster was set. The kid begged him to get the coaster stopped and yelled "My balls can't handle this!" Everyone, to include the kid's friend was laughing hysterically. I mean, yes, I felt bad, but it was pretty comical. It was rather mean for the attendant to not address the situation, but he seriously thought the kid was just joking around.
Then it was our turn for that ride. I started to feel pretty nauseated after the first minute. Actually, I was pretty miserable. We rode Millenium Force before that and it is what initially made me queasy. After Rougarou, we rode The Iron Dragon. This is a classic, easy, no frills ride. Well, it was enough to make me heave while we were still on the ride. After we got off I went straight into the bathroom and hurled. That wasn't fun. Jessica was in there too and heard me. She went out and told Donny and Joe, so they all knew too. Gee. Thanks. Lol. After that we took it easy and rode the train and then got some lunch.
Lunch. That's a story in itself too. Turns out the guy messed up our order and instead of 2 meals and a sandwich (this is between the 4 of us) he gave us 5 full meals. What!? That was $75 worth of food. It was really expensive, which is why we chose to just get a couple meals and split it. Instead, we all get a meal and had an extra.
Once lunch was over we split up. Donny and I headed to watch some shows and they went to ride some water rides. In between the 2 shows we were going to watch, it started sprinkling. No bill deal. The rain would probably pass over while we were in the show. Right? Wrong! We came out of the show to a heavy drizzle and thunder.
All of a sudden, huge lighting streaks come over the sky and the loud speakers come on saying that there is a severe thunderstorm warning and to seek shelter. Well, that's no fun. So we started walking towards the exit as I was trying to get ahold of Jessica. When I finally got ahold of her, it was starting to rain hard. We met up just as a tornado warning came up. Donny got a notification on his phone, and the loudspeakers came on again warning everyone to take shelter. We just started walking a little faster to the car.
Poor Donny. He has no idea what is going on. He looks at me and asks "Is this ok? Are we supposed to be going to the car?" I just laugh as I reply "No." We technically should have taken cover, but I could tell that we had plenty of time to get to the Jeep. We said goodbye to Jessica and Joe once we got to the parking lot, got in the Jeep and started driving.
Once we started heading west, the weather cleared up. It turned out to be pretty nice. We get to our campsite and noticed one very big problem... mosquitos. I'm not talking just a few. I am talking a cloud so thick you cannot breathe. They attacked the Jeep as soon as we pulled in.
Not only that, but our entire campsite and gear was soaked.
I looked and Donny and I said something about how ridiculous the situation was. We both basically had the same idea of just packing up and getting the heck out of there.
So now we are driving through Ohio on our way to Indiana.
If I get a chance, I'll throw a picture blog up of our previous 3 days, though they were pretty relaxing, as we spent quite a bit of time at my house so I could finish packing up and get some things squared away before I left.
Thanks for reading! Check back soon for another update!
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