Ride Day
I was able to fit in my Ride Day on the first Monday of fair as per usual. Mindi, Burton, and Sam were all able to join me. Of course it was raining pretty heavily for the better part of the day but that didn’t stop us. We rode the roller coaster in the rain for example. I hadn’t done that since grade 10, I had forgotten that at those speeds raindrops become little bullets but I still had fun.
Burton wussed out on a bunch of rides which was a shame but thankfully Mindi had no such reservations.
The Friday before fair my job requires that I make a presentation to the ride carnies that is impossible not to come off as a lecture. Last year this resulted in heckles and taunts as I went on the Rainbow knock-off. This year I think the operator of the Twin Flip tried to kill me; I blacked out at one point, it was great.
We did other fair stuff too like The Simpsons couch and Marketplace. We also caught the Superdogs which Mindi seemed to get a huge kick out of. Personally I think they need a Supercats show. Call it AcroCats or something.
Sam was quite the shutterbug but being Sam he was very covert about the whole thing. He has a penchant for taking my picture while I’m talking, not very flattering.
