a day ago

HILE

Watching a Youtube I subscribe to I had a memory.  This YT is a guy who visits graves of famous or not so famous people.  That day he visited the grave of a 15 yr old who had died when he fell out of a ride at Disney Land in CA. This was quite a while ago.  The ride was a rollercoaster, and somehow he got his seatbelt off and stood up and hit his head them fell out of the ride.  

That story brought up a memory for me...I have never been one to enjoy going on rides, I get motion sickness sooo...but back in the early 80's before my son was even born I went to a place in Charlotte,  called Carowinds, with my Mom my friend Shelia...and my step son D, who recently died.  He and I were not close in the last 20 yrs he lived with us for about 3 yrs in 1979 to 1982, I ran into my old friend the other day in Walmart.  

They talked me into getting on this thing called the Loopy Loop.  Neither of them had ever ridden it but the people getting off were very excited and it looked thrilling...So we could sit 2 in a seat and so my friend and I sat together and D. sat with a stranger in the car behind us...

I was regretting my decision to ride it the minute it came to a screeching halt we were told to get into the ride and grab this large padded bar that came down over our heads...and hold it with our hands, it came over each shoulder and down to  your lap.  

We were so excited we chattered and laughed and this whole loading process takes literally only minutes, as people are herded in and out like cattle.  So that part was ok, then when this alarm went off BUZZZZZZ.... meaning everyone is either in their seat or back away...that's the all clear signal.....the guy pushed a lever and that padded bar that came from overhead suddenly clamped down on us and we were immediately pinned to our seats...It made a sound like the Air Brakes of a semi as it locked and loaded us for the ride of a lifetime.  I knew that very moment I was about to be terrorized. 

It didn't just take off slowly, it immediately took off with G-forces working on our faces I looked at her and I yelled, her mouth was open and full of air as she made the O M G with her lips..

Then both of us looked like rag dolls as our hair whipped and bounced in every direction all at once...the thing shot off and then it cruised over on it's side and it looped the rail like a huge snake, then it went down and literally we were upside down as it looped and did that twice or 3 times.  I was screaming and had shut my eyes and was gripping the padded bar with both hands as tight as I could...Mind you at this time I was 26 yrs old a fully grown female...LOL

We both screamed to the top of our lungs, as our bodies jerked and slammed and took on the grotesque forms as the G forces pulled pushed and tried to kill us.  

It last only seconds, but I swear I transcended normal life I  touched the surly bonds of reality and wondered to myself WHY in the HELL did I think this would be fun...OMG..we could barely walk with the air brakes lifted the bar off our chests and I just sat there in shock...the people waiting to get in nearly knocked me down as I exited...

I never rode that again...but I rode this thing called the Rock Skip...

This was at Myrtle Beach...it was a water ride...so bathing suit required, we had been all day doing the Tube slide thing where you get in and along with rushing water you glide and slide and eventually you are dumped in a nice big swimming pool...but my older sis talked me into this one...it was a channel of rushing water, you get onto this flat floating thing a rectangular shape and it had handles on each side.  It's made of something like surfboard material.  So they instruct you to sit on the thing with your knees up toward your chest you hang onto the handles on each side that are at your hips....then you float like a rubber ducky to the edge of his HUGE drop off...and you and the water flash down the grade and at the end of the channel you are launched off like a skipping stone, and you hit the water and you bounce like 3 o r 4 times before you come to a halt in the pool...OMG another will never do again thing...

Here is a Loopty Loop or something like it, take a watch..