GREATest ADVENTURE

This past weekend one of my best friends, Mira, came up to visit from D.C.. It is always a special time because we barely ever see each other, but when we do we have the best time I think 2 people are legally allowed to have. On this most recent visit we decided to head down to Six Flags Great Adventure.

Let me tell you, who ever came up with the idea to name it "Great Adventure" is a freaking genius and should be given the Noble Peace Prize......or at least a nice big pat on the back!!!

First off, on the ride down there we we decide to stop at Quick Chek and get some cappuccino and hot chocolate. Of course, our stomachs get the better of us and we buy a box of the most delicious donuts. I am sure you already know the ones I am talking about, but for those who are slow on the up take they are the Entenmann's Crumb Donuts. If you have had them you know they are crack in a donut form.

With 3 donuts in my stomach, 2 in hers (she is a light weight) we continue on our way down to Six Flags. We start to discuss comedians and listen to a bit of Mitch Hedberg (who you should go listen to right now.......hilarious!).

We arrive ready and excited for our day at the park. We meet up with Mira's cousins and start hitting up every roller coaster in our sights! Superman, Kingda Ka, Nitro, of course the Scream Machine, Medusa, Run Away Mine Train (which I will wear a neck brace next time I go on), The Twister and El Toro.....which is fantastic. I would ride El Toro all day if they wouldn't kick me off.

Mira, her cousin Michelle and myself then decide to act our crazy selves and hit up the Dare Devil Dive! This is one of those rides you don't tell your parents you did until after the deed is already done.

After waiting a little while in line (the only line we had all day), we finally start to put on the vests/harnesses. One of the workers is having a bad day and starts dropping the F-Bomb and bitching about everything while her nasty bunched up cheetah underwear is hanging out....Cheetah.....Grrrrrr!

So, I get put in the middle of the 3 of us, and Mira and I vote Michelle (the youngest with the most to lose) to pull the draw string that will eventually release us into a dive bomb for the ground......she seems a little uneasy, but shows her courage and decides she is the one for the job.

We finally get the harnesses on and start on our way out to the platform. The platform is a small elevator type device that bring us up about 15 feet off the ground. At this height we are hooked up to the cords that ultimately decide our fate. The main guy in charge finishes hooking us up and tells us to hold on as he lowers the elevator. We loose our footing and hurl forward, as if we were face planting. At the last second we are caught by the cord and we are left horizontal.

The cord starts pulling us up to the max height of over 15.5 stories. Once we are there we have about 2 seconds to enjoy the view before they call up to us that we are free to pull the cord. Michelle, being the dare devil she is, pulls the cord with a great but hesitant force.........

.........for the first 2 seconds it is complete terror and ecstasy at the same time, because there is no tension from the cord and we feel as if we are flying. Then just as we are reaching the top speed of 60MPH, straight at the ground, the cord catches and sends us flying over the onlooking crowd.

With several passes over the crowd, like a pendulum....and the utter fascination of what we had just done, we are finally back on the elevator platform and the ground. With smiles as big as the arcs we just flew and our hearts still racing in our chests we laugh at ourselves on the replay and pledge that we will do it again next time we are there.

Cheers to an amazing time at Six Flags and great times with even greater friends!