While we were looking at the hollowed out alley and the trophies that somehow survived
a man in a sleeveless dress shirt yelled from across the street "Ain't nothing there!" and then whistled at us. Even though Colleen and I have both lived independently in large crime-ridden urban areas, we ran scared back to the car. Hungry, bored, and full of excitement about having completed scavenger hunt mission #1, we headed to Sylvan Beach in search of adventure.It was a beautiful but chilly day
and there was free parking! Luckily, the amusement park was open!! 
Colleen and I, of course, decided to ride Laffland the "scary" dark ride from the 50's. It was three dollars to ride - $1 for fun, $1 for nostalgia, and $1 for history.
We were scared and amused at the end, 
and the teenagers running the ride sneered at us. Clearly they are too good to ride Laffland, but not too good to work at it.Next went played Skeeball. I won all three games and 12 tickets and Colleen won.... 0. When I went to choose my prize, the nice girl at the booth let me have 3 extra tickets so I could get a sweet bracelet (the last hot pink one!), but Colleen didn't win anything
.Next, we played with the shooting gallery game -
which apparently works with light. When the flash from my camera when off, all of the beer cans, pigs, piano players, and other animatronic things went haywire!Then, Colleen and I went to look at the piece de resistance of Sylvan Beach Amusement Park..... BUMPER BOATS!! It is extremely unjust, but Colleen was never allowed to ride the bumper boats as a child, and this still upsets her
. We did NOT ride the sketch ball roller coaster that they have, because we have no interest in dying
.Afterwards, it was time for a lovely walk
along the beach
. There, Colleen announced to the world her crush on Ira Glass of This American Life
. Finally it was time to head to Eddie's for delicious dinner. What a fun day at the beach!!
