Kennywood Memories

Writing Club, September 27, 2002
Kennywood Experiences


“Jamie! I don’t think I want to go on this! It looks pretty scary, and I’m eating dip n’ dots annnnnd……”

“Kristi, it’s fine!’

Obviously, my sister wasn’t going to be very much help! To make things worse, Jamie said we had to sit in the very front seats to feel the excitement. I thought the middle seats would give us a better view. I bet I’d get sick on the ride, Maybe I’ll just grind my teeth and not think about it. That always helps. I stood and watched as people hung upside down and screamed. I looked around for mom. She was sitting on a bench, pretty far away. I gave the rest of my dip n’ dots to Jamie and moved back in the line, behind her four friends that were all talking and paying no attention to me. I kept thinking how I might throw up and how awful that feeling is when that happens. I still had a lot of other rides I really wanted to go on. Then someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was my mom and she wanted to know if I really wanted to get on this ride. I said, “Oh, yes, I can do it!” Then mom walked away, and the man putting people off and on, said, “Next.”