Day 36 – July 24, 2019

We had a wonderfully restful night at the Hartys’ home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Such a beautiful home. Brett keeps telling me I too could have a beautiful home like theirs if we moved here.

We spent the previous four days at three different theme parks. So naturally it time for a rest day. Right?

Wrong. Today we went to Carowinds, a theme park that falls half in South Carolina and half in North Carolina.

I told Kathy and Ashley that I had two modest goals for the day: ride the iconic Fury 325 and have both meals from our meal plan.

We got to the park kind of late. I won’t point fingers, but it wasn’t me. It was Kathy and Ashley.

We walked straight to Fury 325, considered by many to be one of the top three roller coasters in the world.

After four days of visiting parks with no lines, we braced for the inevitable hour long wait.

Miraculously, the line was only 10 minutes.

The ride was so good. Huge drops, smooth as butter, and tons of buns off the seat air time. No bone crushing, blackout inducing, neck snapping maneuvers that can leave us sick or injured or worse. What a great coaster.

We gleefully hopped off and ran around for another ride.

The temperature today was around 80, with a soft breeze and low humidity. It felt so good.

We must be slowing down. Rather than running around the park trying to collect every coaster, we ended up hitting the highlights. We even watched a show.

We wrapped up the day appropriately with one final visit to the great Fury 325.

Within 30 minutes we were back at the Hartys house.

We were all exhausted from another fun day.

Five straight days at theme parks. And my feet don’t even hurt. Is it the shoes? It must be. My feet are usually trashed after two days.

These Fila hiking shoes my dad swears by have been incredible. I told him I’m a convert and he said he already got me another pair.

We are a couple of days from starting the trip back home. And we still haven’t decided which way that is. Any ideas? We’d appreciate it.