REUNITED WITH AN OLD FRIEND

IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER 18 YEARS SINCE I HAVE SEEN MY DEAR FRIEND LARRY. I WAS LIVING IN MARYLAND AT THE TIME WE MET. I MET HIM WHEN HE WAS DRIVING A CAB. HE PICKED UP A FRIEND OF MINE AND I ONE NIGHT. WE SOON BECAME VERY GOOD AND VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME AND I FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT HIM. AFTER MY BREAK UP WITH MY PARTNER WHO WAS ALSO NAMED LARRY I MOVED IN WITH HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. EVENTUALY I CAME BACK TO NEVADA TO BE WITH MY FAMILY AND LEFT MY LIFE BEHIND IN MARYLAND. WHEN I GOT TO NEVADA I KEPT IN CONTACT WITH LARRY AND THEN I LOST CONTACT. FOR YEARS I HAVE TRIED TO LOCATE HIM ON THE INTERNET BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DO IT. THE OTHER NIGHT I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING HI ROB THIS IS LARRY. PLEASE CALL ME. HE TO HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIND ME FOR YEARS. AND FINALLY HE DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND STUMBLED ON TO MY BLOG. THIS IS HOW HE GOT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND WAS ABLE TO CONTACT ME. LAST NIGHT I CALLED HIM AND WE TALKED FOR OVER 2 HOURS. IT WAS AWESOME. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD VERY DEEP FEELINGS FOR LARRY AND I AM GLAD WE HAVE BEEN REUNITED. HE GETS TO TRAVEL OFTEN AND GETS TO COME TO IDAHO SOMETIMES WITH HIS JOB. I HOPE IT IS SOON. I HAVE REALLY MISSED HIM AND AM EXCITED WITH ANTICAPATION FOR THE DAY THAT HE GETS TO COME TO IDAHO. HE LIKE KELLY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. I AM SO VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE BEEN REUNITED LARRY AND HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.

A ROAD TRIP

ON FRIDAY I MADE A DECISION THAT IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP. THINGS HAVE BEEN VERY HECKTIC HERE AT WORK AND A LITTLE STRESSFUL SOMETIMES. SO YESTERDAY A FRIEND OF MINE AND I DECIDED TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GO TO SINCE I MOVED HERE. IT WAS ABOUT A 3 HOUR DRIVE. PLUS I WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY NEW TRUCK DID OUT ON THE OPEN ROAD. IT DID GREAT. WE DECIDED TO STOP AT A MOM AND POP DINER ON THE WAY FOR SOME BISCUITS AND GRAVY. SO WE STOPPED IN SNOWVILLE UTAH. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM IT WAS GREAT. WE WENT TO A PLACE CALLED LAGOON. I LOVE AMUSEMENT PARKS AND THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THIS ONE WAS WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD. THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AMUSMENT PARKS IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS BUILT IN 1858. MAN WHAT AN AWESOME DAY. I EVEN WON A COUPLE OF STUFFED ANIMALS LOL. SOME OF MY PICTURES DID NOT COME OUT SO SOME OF THE FOLLOWING POSTS HAVE PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RIDES LOOKED LIKE. ENJOY ALL THE POSTS I HAD AN AWESOME DAY

RATTLESNAKE RAPIDS

WHAT IS AN AMUSMENT THEME PARK WITHOUT A RAPIDS RIDE AND LAGOON HAS A GREAT ONE AND IF YOU DON'T GET WET DON'T WORRY THEY HAVE A SUPRISE FOR YOU AT THE END.

IT IS JUST CALLED ROLLER COASTER

THIS COASTER IS AN OLD ONE. AN ORIGINAL WOOD ROLLER COASTER. IT CREAKS AND SHAKES AND IT WAS GREAT START TO A PERFECT DAY.

COLOSUS THE FIRE DRAGON

THIS COASTER WAS A BIG ONE WITH A DOUBLE LOOP HIGH PEAKS AND CORKSCREW SPIRAL TURNS

THE JET STAR 2

THIS COASTER IS A HIGH SPEED COASTER WITH TURN AFTER TURN AFTER TURN. SOME OF MY PICTURES DID NOT TURN OUT SO I GOT SOME OF THEM OFF THE INTERNET TO SHOW YOU

THE SPIDER

NOT ONLY DOES THIS GO IN EVERY DIRECTION BUT THE CAR TURNS AS WELL

THE WICKED

IT IS JUST WHAT IT SAYS WICKED. YOU ARE SHOT STRIAGHT UP IN THE AIR AND STRAIGHT BACK DOWN AND THEN FROM THERE YOU ARE TWISTED AND TURNED EVERY WHICH WAY

THE ROCKET

THE ROCKET IS ONE OF THOSE THRILL RIDES THAT LEAVES YOUR STOMACH SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOUR ARE STRAPED INTO A SEAT. CATAPULTED UP THE SIDE OF A TOWER AT ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR AND WHEN YOU GET TOT THE TOP YOU ARE DROPPED BACK TO THE BOTTOM

PICTURES FROM A HUGE FERRIS WHEEL

THE SAMURI

THE ROCKET

THE WATER SLIDE
THE ROLLER COASTERS

IT'S A BIRD IT'S A PLANE IT'S SUPER ROB

ONE OF THE THINGS I GOT TO DO WHILE I WAS AT LAGOON WAS FLY. LOL. IT IS CALLED THE SKY COASTER. I WAS PUT IN A HARNESS RAISED 153 FEET IN THE AIR BY A CABLE ATTACHED TO THE HARNESS. I GOT TO PULL THE RIP CORD AND DID A PENDULUM SWING TO THE GROUND. OK I AM A LITTLE ON THE NUTS SIDE LOL. I WAS GLAD THAT MY FRIEND WENT WITH ME TO TAKE THESE PICTURES FOR ME. THANKS.

THE SAMURI

THERE IS NOT ALOT TO SAY ABOUT THE SAMURI THE PICTURES AND THE SIGNS SAY IT ALL. IT WAS AN EXTREME RIDE.

THE BAT

THE LAST ROLLER COASTER WE RODE FOR THE DAY WAS THE BAT. IT IS A COASTER THAT HANGS ON THE RAILS. BASICALLY THE RAILS ARE ABOVE YOU INSTEAD OF BELOW YOU. I HAVE NEVER RODE ONE BEFORE AND IT WAS GREAT.

THE END TO A PERFECT DAY

THE ULTIMATE END TO A PERFECT DAY WAS THE CATAPULT. IT WAS JUST WHAT IT SAYS. THEY PUT YOU IN A SPHERE ATTACHED TO CABLES AND A MAGNET RUN BY SPRINGS. WHEN THEY LET THIS SPHERE GO IT IS SHOT 250 FEET INTO THE AIR LIKE A BULLET. IT WAS AWESOME. IT IS KIND OF LIKE REVERSE BUNJI JUMPING. YOU GO WAY UP IN THE AIR BACK DOWN TO EARTH BACK UP IN THE AIR BACK DOWN TO EARTH. WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE. I WAS NOT GOING TO DO THIS RIDE BECAUSE LIKE THE SKY COASTER IT WAS AN EXTRA FEE BUT AS I WALKED BY IT WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SORRY THAT YOU DID NOT DO IT.I HAD A GREAT DAY.

IT HAS BEEN 2 MONTHS

TONIGHT AT 8 PM IT HAS BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE I HAVE SMOKED A CIGARETTE. I FEEL MUCH BETTER AND FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE ENERGY. THANKS TO THE NEW DRUG CHANTEX IT MADE IT EASY AND MUCH MORE BEARABLE TO QUIT. I HAVE BEEN SMOKING FOR 40 YEARS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO QUIT. I AM SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO QUIT

A LETTER TO MUM AND DAD

THIS IS A LETTER FORM AN AUSTRALIAN SOILDER TO THEIR MUM AND DAD

Dear Mum & Dad,I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!
At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the back paddock!!
This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of piss!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload!
Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster.Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is.




Your loving daughter,Sheila