A first ride, report - Ducati.ms

JimC · Dec 8th, 2007, 9:22 am

Remember your first ride?

The anticipation before the ride had you really excited and slightly nervous. As it got closer to the time of the ride you felt those little butterflies in your stomach. Then when sitting on the machine waiting for it to start a little voice inside your head said " this is not a good idea" When the ride starts and for the first few minutes you are terrified and quite sure you made a big mistake. But after a few minutes you open your eyes and start to enjoy the speed and the feeling of leaning side to side. By the end of your first ride you got a smile a mile long and you cant wait for the next one to happen. Your hooked!

Well this is a short story of a first ride. Not mine by the way, and not even on a motorcycle. This is about Lizzy's first ride!

Let me explain a little more...

I was going thru my photo's on the computer, putting some of the older ones on a new hard drive I just bought. Lizzy was sitting on my lap while doing this and we came across some photo's she liked.

Last year towards the end of my Canada trip Mrs OSJ and the kids met me in Bethel ME. I took a much needed day off from riding and took the family to Santa's Village for the day.

We had an absolute ball riding all the rides and doing the normal things family do when at an amusement park.

At one point we walked by a smaller roller coaster and Gracie asked if we could go on it. I looked at Lizzy and asked her if she was game? No way she says, " Im not big enough for that, its too scary" I didn't push her so we kept on going. Later in the day we went by it again and out of the blue she asked me if she went on it would the whole family go with her? You bet I said, then Victoria grabbed her hand and said.." Sit with me, I love roller coasters "

So off we went to " Rudy's Rapid Transit Coaster " For Lizzy's first ride!

Grace and I sat in front, then Victoria & Liz and followed by Michelle & Caroline. Lizzy was excited but nervous sitting waiting for the ride to start

The first up hill climb was easy, Im sure she was thinking this is nothing! Not knowing what to expect at the top of the hill!

At the bottom of the first hill I think she might have been thinking this was a big mistake. But the best was yet to come.

After another short hill we had this fast corkscrew to whip around. Not upsidedown, but kind of like going down a drain of a tub. Not very steep but kind of quick. I don't think Lizzy was ready for this! I managed to catch one more shot as we whipped around one of these corners.

I rest of the ride was uneventful and when it came to a stop at the end, I looked back at Liz and she said in a low voice..." Can we do it again? " We went and got some Ice Cream first then headed back to Rudy's ride did it again. She's hooked!

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Bill_Anderson · Dec 8th, 2007, 12:23 pm

Good photos and a good story.

Crepusculum · Dec 8th, 2007, 1:05 pm

That last shot is fantastic.

RUSH64 · Dec 8th, 2007, 2:41 pm

Fun read and thanks. If I'm correct, you have four children? If so, how in the heck do you manage?!? My wife and I have two and that is plenty!

JimC · Dec 8th, 2007, 6:48 pm

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Originally Posted by RUSH64

Fun read and thanks. If I'm correct, you have four children? If so, how in the heck do you manage?!? My wife and I have two and that is plenty!

Yup, 4 girls, and with 2 more on the way....

Just kidding

4 is enough

**John** · Dec 10th, 2007, 2:26 pm

Fun photos. Reminded me of the old wooden roller coaster in Santa Cruz Ca. Its still there but when I was a teen the seats had a safety bar, nothing else. So when you hit the corners you either squashed the person next to you or you get squashed. The coaster is one of the oldest wooden relics around and still a kick, but separating the seats and adding more safety mods reduced the fun factor.

There used to be another wooden coaster of about the same size on the San Francisco beach back in the 50s. It was called Flyshackers (wrong spelling) at the Beach. It was an area with a white way, diving bell, carnival rides and games, the coaster and a Fun House. The Fun House featured a hugh model of a fat lady laughing. She was dressed up like a black southern Mami with freckles. She moved in a circular motion and constantly had this scary laugh. I swear many kids were scared by her, as I was. She was recreated in a museum at the Wharf and the caption made mention of this.

The area was razed in the early 60s and replaced by condos.

RUSH64 · Dec 10th, 2007, 2:48 pm

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Originally Posted by JimC

Yup, 4 girls, and with 2 more on the way....

Just kidding

4 is enough

OK, you had me going until I scrolled down....you're still more of a man than I. Two is all my wife and I can handle. There is NO way we're being outnumbered.

**John** · Dec 11th, 2007, 1:54 pm

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Originally Posted by RUSH64

OK, you had me going until I scrolled down....you're still more of a man than I. Two is all my wife and I can handle. There is NO way we're being outnumbered.

thats exactly why I refuse to get a female dog. If we did I would have been outnumbered 4 to 1.

**John** · Dec 11th, 2007, 1:54 pm

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Originally Posted by RUSH64

OK, you had me going until I scrolled down....you're still more of a man than I. Two is all my wife and I can handle. There is NO way we're being outnumbered.

thats exactly why I refused to get a female dog. If we did I would have been outnumbered 4 to 1.

RUSH64 · Dec 12th, 2007, 11:28 am

Let me know if you need a reinforcement. I can be a long distance addition to make it 3 vs 2. It's not perfect but it's the best I can offer.