My husband and I took my younger son, G, to the local amusement park this week. We would have taken my older son, too, but at age 14 he is way too cool to be caught dead outside of the house with his parents. So just the three of us headed out to Miragica, which claims to be "the land of giants." Didn't see any giants or anything even very large there (besides the rides), but I guess these places need a theme.
I love all the crazy rides and willingly stood in long, hot lines for 30 seconds of wild hysteria.
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| Long, hot and SWEATY lines . . . |
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| Around and around, up and down |
No ride is too crazy for me, I'm up for it all.
Even the ones G was terrified to try - like the Tower
- 47 meters straight up and 47 meters free fall, whoo hoo! We went this one alone.
We also caught 3 shows over 2 days. You see, if you pay for one day, the second day is free. What that means, is that whether you are up to it or not, you feel obliged to go again the next day. Because you already paid for it, right?
The shows were worth it, though. Russian dancers, acrobats and contortionists . . . pretty heady stuff for this small provincial city!
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| She was good! |
By the end of the second day, all I could handle was a gentle ride on the merry-go-round.
While, in the meantime, G had overcome his fear of the scary rides and decided to ride the roller-coaster as many times in a row as physically possible. I think he did it six times! I did go with him the first two times, but lost my appetite for it after the second go when my hair got stuck in the safety bar and I couldn't get off the ride at the end. The ride operators extracted my locks and said it happens all the time.
What will I do when G is too cool to go with his parents to the amusement park? I'll have to borrow some little kids from someone for an excuse to go!
