Toledo, OH to Sandusky, OH

We woke up at around 5:45, and started to pack our bags. Like the previous day, we had another early arrival at Sandusky, so there was a clear rack point. We basically had to go 22 mph, without stopping, in order to make the 50 mile rack point. Not an easy task, but manageable.

We kept a pretty steady pace. The roads were alright, even though it was Ohio. There wasn’t much to see along the way except farmland, surprisingly. There was a stretch of which we were on the interstate, but it wasn’t for long. We eventually passed a couple cities that I recognized. Fremont, where Neil and Rachel picked up their puppy, and also Tiffin, home of University of Tiffin. My U of M inline hockey team always plays Tiffin every year, and we crush every time like 15 to 1. No joke, I think they actually enjoy getting blown out.

Before we knew it, we made to Sandusky. We arrived at a friendship visit with at least 150 people waiting for us, which was pretty cool. They served us sloppy joe’s and watermelon. After the lunch, there was a dance with a lot of hits from the 90’s including “If I had a million dollars,” a favorite of mine. Afterward, there was a water-balloon toss similar to an egg toss. After enough people were out, it turned into a water-balloon fight. I ran inside for cover, because I really didn’t want to get wet. Unfortunately, it started sprinkling, but it didn’t rain to hard. After a pretty long friendship visit, we hopped back on the bikes and headed to lodging, which was at the headquarters for the organization.

We took our showers, and got ready to go to Cedar Rapids. Before we left, a few of us did work on some leftover watermelons from lunch.

We headed out to the park. It was my first time there so I was pretty excited. We got there at around 5, so we didn’t have too much time. We had time to hit up three roller coasters before we had to meet up at 8 PM: Millennium, Mantis, and Raptor. While we were waiting in line for Mantis, we randomly ran into a few of my chapter brother, Kevin, Frank, and Charlie, two of whom I saw up in Ann Arbor.

At 8, we met up with the rest of the group, and it was only 4 of us that wanted to stay a little longer. So everyone left, while the four of us stayed. We had to be back at lodging by 11, so we really only had time for one more ride…Maverick. It was probably the best ride of the day, just because it was night, so you didn’t know when all the turns were going to happen.

We left the park, and finally got dinner at around 10 at a local Wendy’s before heading back to lodging. Overall, a really fun day. The only other major amusement park I’ve been to was King’s Island in Cincinnati and I absolutely believe that all four rides today were better than the best ride in King’s Island.