That was a nice trip around the world.

We got to see Magnolia, New Philadelphia, and Bolivar all twice and within 5 1/2 hours. It was great. The Tuscawarawas is flooded? We’ll just go the back way. Flooded. Two other routes from there? Both flooded. you know, that Tabor Ridge Road is on top of a ridge, I doubt it is flooded. It wasn’t. But State Route 212 was. Ever wonder what a road looks like under seven feet of water?

Can you spot 212? The white thing in the middle is the stop sign at the end of Tabor Ridge. I get the feeling we won’t be going to Atwood for awhile. Maybe one of the other routes will lower to a fordable level, but I think that won’t be for another few weeks.

In 1983, Geauga Lake became one of the first parks in the world to include a water park with an amusement park. It was called Boardwalk Shores. In its first year it included Neptune’s Falls, a body slide complex, the Undertow, a racing “skimming slide”, a kiddie pool, a beach with a slide, and a boardwalk along the lake.

 

How about that foreshadowing?

So I made an intro for my school’s morning announcements. Its a parody of the “office linebacker” series of commercials (does anyone remember what exactly they were for?) and it features various people from Comtech, myself included, being tackled for goofing off. I finished it last week and it was a hit with the whole class.

However, I am being made to take it back to the chopping block. In each scene Evan says “boy”. As in, “Watcha doin’, boy?”. I was told that is a derogatory line. Huh? Can someone please explain to me how that can be? It is not use of the word exclusive to blacks. Watch the intro and let me know what you think.

In other news, I had Waffle House for breakfast. Yum…they have some of the best waffles anywhere and you’re in and out in a half hour.

I’m hungry. If I could go back 20 years I would eat at Geauga Lake’s former Engine House Restaurant. Picture from Coasterdad’s Time Machine.