I went on my first ever coaster tour! It was the best time of my life! We went to five amusement parks (Busch Gardens Tampa, LEGOLand Florida, Fun Spot Kissimmee, SeaWorld Orlando, and Universal’s Islands of Adventure) and I rode eleven new roller coasters!
My favorite park, by far, was LEGOLand. And staying in the hotel is a must. It was so much fun.
Of course, the park was awesome, too! There were lots of fun rides, including my favorite coaster, Flying School. I rode it 10 times! There was also a water park, LEGO creations everywhere, and tons of LEGO to build with.
And here’s Daddy and I just goofing around in front of a mural at our Universal Studios hotel.
We continued our primary school playground tour, starting with my very own (and very favorite), Cedaroaks!
I showed Mommy and Daddy how I like to hang on the monkey bars and then drop down.
I also really love the swings.
But probably my very favorite is the play structure.
Then we went a little down the road to Bolton Primary. Those poor children don’t have a very good playground. But I still had a fun time. (And our last school, Stafford Primary, had their playground locked. Maybe we’ll try next weekend!)
I got this cool idea to visit all of the playgrounds at West Linn’s primary schools. So we visited three of them today and we’ll do the other three next weekend.
Today was my final visit to Oaks Park this year. They’re closing for the season soon, so I had to get on my favorite rides!
I love Zoom Coaster and got lots of rides on it. Before one of my rides, I just had to gaze at it lovingly from all angles.
Oaks has a mini museum display about its history. It’s been around since 1905!
I even got one of my new favorite treats – Shave Ice.
We closed out our day on the Scrambler! But we’ll be back next year, of course.
And what else will 2022 bring? I’m hoping to get to Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire, as well as Knott’s Berry Farm (or will it be Worlds of Fun, Silver Dollar City, Six Flags Over Texas, Hershey Park, Discovery Kingdom…….???)
We went to Silverwood Theme Park in northern Idaho! They have a section called Roller Coaster Alley where most of their extreme coasters live.
My first ride was Corkscrew. Fun fact: this was the first Arrow Corkscrew ever built and the first inverting coaster in the world. It originally operated at Knott’s Berry Farm until it was relocated to Silverwood in 1990.
It was also a rough headbanger.
Later, we rode the wooden coaster, Timber Terror, and this kiddie coaster, Tiny Toot.
I loved this swing ride called Barnstormer.
The next day, it was time for the long drive home…
…and a lunch stop at the Boardman, Oregon-famous C&D Drive-In. Daddy actually had the Bozo Burger! (I had the strawberry smoothie.)
Almost exactly a year after my first camping trip, I went on my second camping trip!
We arrived at the Tin Willows Sheep Farm in the high desert of Oregon in the early evening and set up our rented camper van at sunset.
I slept in the pop top, of course!
We had oatmeal and fruit for breakfast, cooked on our indoor propane stove.
We had access to the creek from our campsite and waded in the chilly water for a bit.
One of my very favorite things about camping was catching flies in our van! We had sooo many flies. We all had a mason jar that we used to catch and release.
Another thing I loved were s’mores! We couldn’t have a campfire due to the fire ban, but the propane stove worked just fine.
On our last day camping, we walked to the actual sheep farm to see some animals.
It was quite windy.
Daddy can always find the dogs. This was Ellie…
…and this was Lora.
The sheep were all lined up, ready to be milked.
Terry, the owner of the farm, showed me how to milk a sheep using the milking machine.
I also found a cute little barn kitten named Dottie!
She climbed right up into my lap for some cuddling.
Mommy and Daddy went to go pet some sheep…
…oh, and Daddy found another dog.
Meanwhile, I found the greatest dirt hill ever.
Another camping trip in the books! Thanks, Tin Willows and our 1989 Ford Economline!