Julie's Vacation on a Stick Photo TR

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Thanks for stopping to read my TR! It has been a labor of love over the last week!

 

I write my trip reports for myself, so I tend to be very long winded so I can remember everything. If you'd like to read the entire thing, you are more than welcome. But if you just want to look at the pictures, I understand

 

For me, this trip had been about 4 years in the making. Some friends and I had planned out almost this exact trip in 2001, but it fell through for various reasons. I'd also planned a coastering trip to Texas for this summer, which also fell through. So stuck with loads of vacation time and a few spare bucks, I decided to go for it and take the trip I'd been wanting to take, even if I was gonna be alone for most of it.

 

My original plan began with just Cedar Point and Kennywood. Next I added in Geauga Lake because it was between those two, and Canada's Wonderland because my friend Kevin lives near Toronto. Figuring that I needed to break up the Pittsburgh to Toronto drive, I added in Darien Lake, Waldameer and Conneaut Lake. To finish out the trip and break up the Toronto to Nashville drive, I added Kings Island, the only park I'd been to before. Finally, my friend Kim's mom got free tickets to Idlewild, so I added that park in also! So what was going to be just a quick few days of coastering turned into an 8 day, 9 park trip!

 

Another interesting thing I decided to try during this trip was to only eat at places that either I've never been before, or that they don't have in Nashville. To spoil the surprise, I completely succeeded! I ate really well, and it was all either new to me, or an old favorite I can't get at home. I'm sure some of you will be surprised at where all I'd never been!

 

I was also hitting my #100 coaster on this trip, and I really wanted it to be Millennium Force. That's the only coaster that, back in the day, I looked at and said "No way! I'll *never* ride that thing!" Since Kevin was gonna be at Cedar Point with me, he agreed to hold off on Millennium Force so it could be my #100.

 

I've put the entire TR and my favorite photos onto my website, which can be visited through the links in each section of the TR.

 

Thanks again, and I hope you enjoy!