Hello! I'm Kiter, living in the South Bay area of San Francisco, and I just joined the Review Forum. I haven't ever been on a coaster--not yet, anyway, and I'm already 46!--but I definitely want to ride one some time before I die (which will hopefully not be any time soon...the dying part, that is).
My first theme park was in Branson, Missouri, when I was about 14 years old. It was called Silver Dollar City. After that, I only got to visit a few others, mostly in the south central and southeastern US. But I will say that, as a girl from an extremely rural part of southern Missouri who had never traveled much before, the Silver Dollar City experience changed my life. Mostly, it cemented my determination to be an artist, as I saw many beautiful handcrafted things at the park. I can still feel the tremendous excitement that churned in my tummy, walking around the park and nipping into all the little shops that sold art glass, quilts, jewelry, leathercrafts, etc. I had never seen anything like any of it before then, and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Anyway, I grew up and became an artist. I focused on printmaking and black-and-white photography in college, but due to space and money limitations these days, I now work in jewelry-making, art quilts, 3D design and animation (I'm still learning that, using Maya), and digital photography. That's probably way more than anyone wanted to know in an introduction, but I didn't know where to start. Anyhoo...
I live pretty close to Great America, but currently don't have anyone to go with, as I'm new to the area. Who knows, maybe I'll meet people in the area here on the forum?
Best of luck and thanks for letting me play!
