Silverwood

Kennedy has been wanting to go to Silverwood all summer.  Her Christmas and birthday money has been burning a hole in her wallet.  We told her to save it for Silverwood and she could buy hers and Isabella's admission tickets.  (She also had to make her bed every morning - that was one easy way to get her to do it cheerfully). 

So we loaded up last weekend and did it.  Heidi, Tyler, Debbie, and the boys drove up too.  Shane and I were pretty much dreading it because of the long lines and tons of people - which there were - but we had braced for it before we got there, I took lots of deep breaths to keep my patience, and it turned out to be a great day  :) We got there right at opening, 10:00 am, and left 15 minutes before closing, 9:45 pm.  The girls slept like zombies all the way home; they were asleep before we even got to Coeur d' Alene!

Kennedy and Odie

Kennedy and Shane rode the Corkscrew first thing when we got there.  The 3 of us decided in the car on the way there the order we were going to ride the roller coasters so that she wouldn't get scared on the first one and they would progressively get scarier.  The corkscrew is pretty mild but Shane of course, made the girl wait in line to get the front row seat.  He has a sickness for the first row of roller coasters. 

She liked it:

Next up was Timber Terror.  Kennedy and I stood in line for about an hour for this one.  Man, she was a trooper!  She stood in line and didn't complain any more than I did - seriously - an hour is a long time to wait without complaining at least once or twice.  We played games on my phone and people watched.  She did really good.

We screamed our heads off on this coaster.  I'm not a raise yours hands up kind of rider - I'm a hold on for dear life/death grip on the handle/strap that belt on super tight kind of rider. I think Kennedy out screamed me though - she has one heck of a scream. 

My brain felt like oatmeal afterward.  I don't remember riding a roller coaster and being sore BEFORE I even got off it.  I think I'm getting old!  The next morning I could barely move out of bed, my back and neck were screaming at me.

We spent a little time on the Country fair side.  Kennedy was just an inch too tall to ride with Isabella on her rides and Isabella didn't want to ride alone.  So after the paratrooper we went to the water park.  Isabella loved the lazy river.

After the water park, we took the Silverwood train.  The founder of Silverwood successfully outbid Disney and others for an original 1915 Steam Engine Train in 1986. 

I remember riding on this as a kid and I knew the bandits were going to part of the train ride.  It was hilarious watching Kennedy try to figure out if the hold-up was real or not.  The capguns they used made her jump a mile!  Shane and I got a great laugh out of that.

 

I remember Mom and Dad getting us a snack and sitting on the big lawn to watch the old airplanes and the air show.  They didn't do the airshow this time but one of my favorite rides was still there, The Antique Cars.  What is it about this ride?  It's so simple and fun. 

 Tyler spotted this hot stroller for me:

Last but not least, Shane and Kennedy went on Tremors.  We ran out of time for the last biggest coaster, After Shock, but that'll give us a good reason to go back sometime.  They rode on Tremors at about 8:30 at night.  It was dark and apparently much scarier because you couldn't see the track and which way you were going to turn or drop.  Kennedy got off the coaster laughing and deliriously giggly but I think the picture below shows how terrifying it really was!

That picture cracks me up!  She was a brave girl to go on all those big coasters!  What a great last weekend of summer.