m&m the sweetest things: Knott's Merry Farm

For Veterans Day I wanted to find a memorable event that McKay and I could attend in commemoration of those that have served our country. I was hoping for something like a parade or even a military museum, but remained open to any traditional events of the area. After hours of research I found the perfect activity and called up McKay to tell him what I had planned. In discussing the particulars and how wonderful it would be a pause came on McKay's end... I asked him what was wrong? "Well...I don't have school off," he hesitantly mumbled.

-This was a very sad moment for Marielle-

In my despair, I remembered seeing an offer to military members that I thought might just barely take the sting out of McKay having to work on Veterans Day. The offer extended until Thanksgiving and the facility may have been so generous as to let us in for free!

Yeah for Knott's Berry Farm!

Or rather, Knott's Merry Farm now!

We were some of the first people in line.

Here's McKay giving the stink eye to anyone silly enough to try and cut in front of us in line.

...Or maybe that was directed at me for taking so many pictures before we even got into the park. I was a little overexcited!

This is the opening of the doors...(Oh, it was like Christmas!)

...And then we were off!
We ran, more like skip-ran with joy to the Xcelerator.
Here was the line.

We rode the Xcelerator two times in a row as the only passengers! It was beautiful!

So beautiful in fact, that it brought tears to my eyes!

This roller coaster rockets you to 82 mph in 2.3 seconds, then sends you up this sky-reaching incline. Now that's fast! I could have sworn that my skin had peeled right off and that whatever was holding my breakfast, yea, it was gone too.

Before we got to the park I kind of mentioned to McKay that I might scream a little bit while on the rides. You know, just a little. McKay shrugged and said, "cool!" However, after this ride, McKay looked at me in astonishment and said, "You're THAT girl!" "What do you mean, I'm THAT girl?" I replied. "You're the one that everyone can hear no matter where you are in the park!" So, there you have it folks, I'm THAT girl. I tried to warn him, didn't I?

We continued to rush to all the best rides in the park, riding 8 of our 10 within the first hour and a half. After about the 4th ride I could barely walk from all the adrenaline coursing through my body.

My favorite ride was the Silver Bullet. It's the kind where your feet dangle and you feel like Superman if you hold your arms out in front of you, at least I thought so.

When the lines started getting longer we grabbed lunch at Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant, started by Mrs. Knott's herself, and then moseyed on through the Western-themed part of the park.