When we visit Grandma and Grandpa, we always go to the Four Aces Diner. I like the yogurt with King Arthur Flour granola and real Vermont maple syrup.
Later, Grandpa and I went fishing on Eastman Lake. I caught a lot of algae!
DINING & FISHING
NORTH HAVERHILL FAIR
The North Haverhill Fair was going on while we were in New Hampshire. So, of course, we had to go so I could get another credit!
This turned out to be the worst roller coaster I’ve ever ridden. See that cord behind me? This coaster was literally plugged in to the train the whole time. (But it’s a credit!)
Grandma is not much of a roller coaster fan, so she just accompanied me us.
Mommy and I went on a swing ride, and it was pretty nauseating.
But a fair is a fair, and I still had an awesome time!
NEW HAMPSHIRE KAYAKING
Every time we go to New Hampshire, we need to make sure we go kayaking! This time, we used the inflatable kayak, which is cool, because all three of us can go at the same time.
FLYING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
With the Pennsylvania leg of our big East Coast trip done, it was time to head from Cleveland to New Hampshire. On our layover in Philadelphia, we got to deplane outside!
Then when we landed in New Hampshire, it was only appropriate that we went to the Airport Diner. It’s a tradition!
WALDAMEER PARK & WATER WORLD
Waldameer, in Erie, PA, was our last park in Pennsylvania!
This is Comet, one of their five credits…
…and Ravine Flyer II, my favorite coaster there! (Mommy thought it was a concusser.)
And here I am intentionally looking away because I’m being photographed next to a sign.
After we left the park, we looked for a restaurant for dinner, and Daddy sat next to Lisa Simpson for some reason…? Anyway, on to New Hampshire!
KENNYWOOD
Next, we headed to West Mifflin, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh, to go to Kennywood!
We rode both sides of Racer, an amazing woodie…
…an appropriately named flat ride called Whip…
…the super fun Turtle, the last operating ride of its kind…
…and, of course, much much more, including this over-100-year-old wooden coaster, Jack Rabbit. It was very fun, but it’s double down was not as intense as I’d heard.
GOLDEN EAGLE INN
One of the coolest places we stayed in was the Golden Eagle Inn in Bedford, PA. It was built in 1794! It’s very old and cute and weird.
IDLEWILD & SOAKZONE
Right after DelGrosso’s, we headed over to Idlewild in Ligonier, PA. They’re both small parks, so we could do them both in one day!
Fun fact: We were actually supposed to go to a 3rd park called Lakemont. But when we went, ALL THREE of their roller coasters were CLOSED.
Oops…Mom caught me with her camera, so I had to run away, as usual.
Here’s my video recap for our short trip there:
DELGROSSOS AMUSEMENT PARK
We spent the morning at a small park called DelGrosso’s.
This was my favorite ride, a spinning Wild Mouse coaster called Crazy Mouse.
Here’s a little video recap of our time at DelGrosso’s.
KNOEBELS AMUSEMENT RESORT
Knoebels is a family-owned, almost-100-year-old park, and it was fantastic!
The wooden coaster, Phoenix, was amaaaaazing! There was so much air time, I can’t believe I was even allowed to ride that thing.
Here is a video account of all the rides we did. Important note: I said I liked Twister in the beginning of the video, but by the end of the video, I changed my mind. I DO NOT LIKE TWISTER.