Stricker's Grove PTR

[StalkerChick]

Ok, so my computer (I hope) is done recovering from its nasty nasty virus its had for a week and a half so I can get this up finally lol So anyways!! I had been to Stricker's last summer but for a company picnic, and didn't get past the shelterhouse, so I had NO idea that any of these rides existed minus the putt put, Tornado, and the carousel cuz i could hear it and see it. Had no idea that all those other things were there... I know epic fail.

So first I had to stop by good ol KI so i could solidify my spot in Urgent Scare this year And i dragged Justin along with me too. Then my GPS which actually had SG as a Point of Interest had me on some culd-a-sac in Mt. healthy.... super. and the gas stations were no help, so finally got ahold of Giga and got the right address, found a great oldies station on the radio so we rocked out to Grease, got some strange looks as we're blaring oldies going downtown Mt. Healthy lol. I was an idiot and followed the directions towards Hamilton, turned around and finally made it there lol.

First stop: Teddy Bear! With NO SEATBELTS!!! yay!!!

2nd row.

Then the boys decided riding tip top would be a great idea I knew better... but poor Ashers...

Justin was spinning it while Tom, and Kle POV'ed her lol

Me and Giga sticking to the ground

I think these are our "heck no" faces

Ok, not let me pause here and just say... when I got here... I really didn't think i'd stick around too long as i DO NOT do spinny rides... at all... used to love them, but got sick after riding the swings at the fair one year, and just haven't been able to bring myself to do them again. So I was a little leary, but i saw the scooters while in line for Tornado, and since i never got to ride them at KI i was totally looking forward to them!! So after getting a quick lesson in wtf i was doing on them, it was time to get snappin... er going O:) and man i managed to get 2 snaps on those puppies! and Kevin and Kyle like to make fun of me cuz the second I got off them, i was totally ready to do it again!! New all time favorite flat!

my first time on the scooters

the rest of the group on the scooters

next up the 1/2 mile train ride!

the peeps behind us

the ones in front

Me and Kat in the awesomest row

It doesn't say a darned thing about heads!!! haha

the park from waaaayyy.. out by the creek

I'm turning into kat with the videos lol

by this time it was getting close to dinner... and me in my geniousness told ppl i'd ride that stupid electric rainbow ride and i would do it right before dinner, so that i had an hour to recoup... ugh. lol ok so it wasn't HORRIBLE but at the same time, the ride op made sure to crank it up so we were pretty much at 90 degrees instead of halfway up like he had been going. And this was totally like the Delirium moment and i want to apologize to kevin and justin if i made their hands hurt >.< but it wasn't horrible... but i dont feel the need to ride it ever again lol

I guess I'll continue this in the next post

[StalkerChick]

So then it was dinner time. and OMG!! They have some amazing food! Altho i was a little wary of having to paint brush on my butter for the sweetcorn, it was thee best sweet corn i've eaten all summer! a-mazing! SO we all kinda relaxed and chilled and ate and it was good. After we all decided to jump on the carousel Erin's got some great video of us all screwing around on there and i know theres pics of me and ashley floating around, but i dont have any thank goodness but i love that it still has the music instruments and its amazing! me kevin, ashley, kyle, and justin decided to go play some skeeball. and it was great! We saw the cutest little cheating kid ever!!

We all pretty much combined our tickets, well except for kevin who kicked our butts. and we eneded up with girly little barrettes for me and ash and deputy sheriff badges for the 3 boys. We then went over to the arcade next to the skeeball. And the hick in me decided the shooting game would be fun. Well we made a little discovery When the camera flash goes off... so does every single one of the targets

Kevin Kyle and ashley tryin their hand

some trying more than others

see... everything lights up!!

I so kicked everyones butts on this game too

ash being a bad a$$

check these guns LOL

THen it was more time for teddy bear and a POV (yes Dave i did it from row 2) and kyle has a backwards pov of all of us in the train that he'll hopefully add here

Then it was another lap on Tornado in the 2nd last seat. holy ejector air! and then another lap on the scooters... and then... *sigh* the darned Tilt-a-Hurl

Justin, Kevin, and Kyle epically failing at spinning

Ok so hilarity warning ensues... me and ash were smart enough to not ride with the boys after the whole tip top incident... cuz we both dont like spinning, but we got bored and wanted to make it spin and just couldn't. well... then when we decided we didnt really want to spin anyways, thats when we went spinning like crazy!!! we couldn't stop. and here is my POV of it. I need to get Ashley to upload hers too

Ashers, Stalker, and Giga with their love Tornado

While we were recouping from Tilt-a-Whirl, we got another group on the scooters

Ok, so at this point, me and Ash couldn't really handle much more of anything. so we opted for the ferris wheel. *giggles* me and ash had great convos on that ride... for how freakin long it was. the ride op would not let us get off. ugh. So this was enough spinning. We met Ted and his friends jared and tim while we were on the ride, so the 5 of us plus kyle and justin decided we should check out the putt putt. So survivor putt putt sounded like a good idea... until we got to the lighthouse of death, aka the 3rd hole lol

Thanks to ash hitting my ball into the middle of the lighthouse, i had to pool shot mine out.

Ted using some creative putting.

pretty easter eggs. lol this is what happens when you stat playing free for all putt putt cuz the course was only open for like another half hour. But honestly it was Thee most funnest time ever! (and yes i said that on purpose for emphasis)

while we putt putt I noticed a certain giga taking off on teddy bear all by herself

and after taking the pic of her i decided to get artsy

hi jackson and kat!

look! KIC on-ride photo! yeah i know i'm awesome

now tornado loveliness

yeah, i <3 it

So we ditched putt putt and all headed to teddy bear before it closed. which was EPIC!!! first off pretty much a really long trimmed ride. lol the trim being the station brakes that we barely stopped at for our 2nd trip. then as we came in after our 2nd loop we were all like, we wanna go to tornado, and the op goes "oop too late first cars out" and we went again! it was awesome!. this is where i will say my one negative thing about the park... when they say the rides close at 9.. then they should close at 9.. not 8:55 like they did... if not sooner... *sigh* bad planning on their part

but we all met up after our ride on TB and the rest of the group's 3 rides on tornado, and got a group photo. since there was no scooby van we went with the bear holding the Stricker's Grove sign

and then we made it fun and crazy

Then about 8 of us in 5 cars headed to steak n shake and killed some time there. it was blast!! I had so much fun that day, i can't wait to do it again! FOr as small as it was with as few rides as it had, we found plenty of ways to occupy our time, and didn't want the place to close! <3 SG

[DropZone99]

Nice photos! I really wish I could of gone, and hopefully I can go on Labor Day and there will be another meetup?

[StalkerChick]

I'm hoping to go there on monday. Since i may be down there sunday to celebrate someones b-day ;)

[TheCryptRaider]

Nice PTR, I really wish I could've come. Stricker's Grove is a very nice park.

[DaveStroem]

We had a great time hanging with y'all. To bad we left before the group grope photo. On the other hand we did get a couple of night laps on DB.

[IndyGuy4KI]

Glad to finally see a PTR. Thanks StalkerChick!

[MeanStreakLady]

The carousel video is up on my facebook. I haven't uploaded it to YouTube yet.

[StalkerChick]

Glad to finally see a PTR. Thanks StalkerChick!

LOL no problem

and Erin it can just stay on FB lol thats all i need is me and ash being umm... well... professional carousel riders O:) out there for all to see

[Justin_M17]

Glad to finally see a PTR. Thanks StalkerChick!

LOL no problem

and Erin it can just stay on FB lol thats all i need is me and ash being umm... well... professional carousel riders O:) out there for all to see

No, Erin, please post it. That way I can ensure that it makes it's way onto KIC so people can witness Ashley and Rachel in all their... "professionalism"