LA County Fair Trip Report
Sept. 19, 2010
Bumpacars! If I live to be 100, I will never, ever get sick of bumper cars. Who would, really?
Where else can you put a group of total strangers together, encourage them to ram into each other, and still have everyone laughing and smiling the whole time? I bet if they had bumper cars at the next Middle East peace summit, things would go much better. Seriously.
Directly across from the Dodgems was another (!) fun house, the Surf Shack. Pretty much Silly Seas 2, but with more of a Beach Boys vibe. Groovy!
Then it was high-time for a real rollercoaster and the Crazy Coaster was an adequate fix. Not quite as much spin as we were hoping for, but it was okey-dokey.
The cars have the whole mouse thing going on, so why this wasn't called the "Crazy Mouse" I can't imagine.
At this point, the day was getting long, and there were only a few rides left to do. And that's when the "Starflyer!" chanting began.
Man, I really didn't want to do this. Those little seats, held by those flimsy looking chains, spinning round and round, way up there... You put me in a tight harness and I'm good to go on any freefall ride. But this? I could easily see having a full-bore panic attack before we even got to the max. height.
However. Three eight year olds standing next to me with no reservations whatsoever, and the nagging thought that I publish a website called "ThrillRide!" finally shamed me into it.
And I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy it.
Mind you, I was plenty scared. My mouth went totally dry. But I felt this inexplicable combination of terror and serenity. The view is awesome and the sense of flight is exhilarating. Will I ever dare to get on a 'Flyer taller than this? To be determined. But I'd do this again for sure.
Feeling pretty macho after conquering the Starflyer, we sauntered over to the fair's major coaster, the lean green-railed machine called the Hi-Miler, from our good friends at Miler Coaster, Inc.
Lots of drops, lots of tight turns, lots of clankety-clank fun!
This is the kind of coaster I want in my backyard someday.
Hairpin, baby!
Wheeeeeeeee!
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