life's rewards

Five hojillion rides later (oh, my poor tender tummy) and a stiff dose of junk food (oh, my poor tender tummy) we have returned to find the building in one piece. A great day. Company money well-spent. We even won a hundred bucks doing a little Amazing Race action on site.

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Maigen totally wanted to make out at the top of the ferris wheel. EEW!

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There’s a famous picture floating around somewhere featuring this ride from sorta this angle but I think I like mine better. It features insane children trying to get themselves killed.

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Vancouver’s Playland features a world famous wooden rollercoaster build in 1956 or so. Built in 1956 I said. Fifty years ago. Half a century old wooden rollercoaster, is what I’m trying to say. Wood. Fifty year old rollercoaster. So of course we had to go on it.
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It was freakin’ scary. But it wasn’t the ride that beat Maigen. That would be the Hellevator:

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I didn’t have so much trouble with that one, for some reason. But I’m that guy who thinks jumping up & down in elevators is funny. At any rate, we had a very good time on the company dime. I would even go so far as to say we earned it. We currently feel like this guy:

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So g’night. Oh, and in half an hour or so… Happy Birthday, my beloved Maigen. You are the brightest star in my sky.

Maigen & Adrian at Play