Friday, July 13, 2007

Adventureland, Altoona, IA

July 8, 2007

Hot summer!!

Adventureland – an outdoor theme park – 20 minutes drive from Drake University

Feel surprised to have such a theme park at somewhere near to Drake. Although it might not as nice or as big as other theme parks, it consists of almost everything. From marry-go-round to space shot or inverter, it is enough to entertain you for more than 3 hours.

Furthermore, fun fair game is available too. I won my care bear at one of the stalls there. Each trial costs me 50 cents, not a big deal huh! I wanted to give up after my first trial, but I didn’t. I continued the second and third trials till I hit all “cats” on board. I was so happy (just like a small kid) that I finally got the care bear. Hmm…it might be a present to my sis. J (evil’s smile)

Well, there is a circus (magic show) for those who do not like the rides as well as other visitors. All circus performers are well-trained, they are well done. Put on a thumb for all their hard work! I was amazed by the changing clothes magic show. That’s interesting. I wonder how fast their movement going to be or if there is a trick inside??!

Back to the wet wet world ~

We enjoyed it very much. Hmm…the fun part was during the time where the water splashed on John. That was so funny; Danielle and I can’t help but just simply can’t stop laughing at the poor John. Hahaha…finally

Something to add on…I actually took almost all rides that I dare not to take on since young. Opps…don’t ever tell my mum ya. She will faint (I guess). She will say it is too dangerous to play such things.


My day was not end after the adventureland. There are two more to go. First, we went for dinner at Adong, a Vietnamese Restaurant. They serve good food and their vegetable is all organic vegetables! Isn’t it sounds great and healthy? Put a star for Adong!

Try out their vegetable spring rolls and the lemon grass chicken with white rice! They are my favorite!

One last activity of the day – movie time…

We went for a movie called – live free or die hard, lead by Bruce Willis and other casts (Maggie Q is one of the casts). It was a nice show; get a ticket for you at the nearest theatre! You will not want to miss it!

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