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Jul 24

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!

Jul 23

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!

Jul 22

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.

Jul 20

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.