Codonas Amusement Park, Aberdeen

Since we are in the golfing capital of the world, the three of us decided we would honor this age old tradition with a round of golf, mini golf that is, at the Codonas Amusement Park at the edge of the North Sea.  The courses had a pirate theme mixed with tropical huts and volcanoes, which we thought was an interesting choice this far north.  The pirate ships would fire cannons and the water would explode in the ponds.  It was quite exciting.  I must say that the three of us really got into it.  Allen and Carly tied for first and I got a pretty good second.  So I say look out Aberdeen, here come your next world class golfers!
Carly is showing us how to enter the tiny tiki hut house, which she almost broke the windows out of with her crazy "putt."

The Amusement park had some pretty interesting rides.  They had a log flume ride, but besides two little boys and their brave parents nobody was going to volunteer to get wet when it happens all the time here.  The three of us chose to do the Ferris wheel (or Big Wheel) and the Big roller coaster, which wasn't big at all not in space taken up anyway.  It was on top of a roof, which you tried not to think of while you were careening around the tight track, and it even had a loop!  At first glance you think, I don't think we can even get going fast enough to go through some of those turns, let alone a loop, and then you get on.  This was a hold on for dear life, Allen might have been too tall and lose his head, kind of ride.  I love roller coasters, but this one was like a parking lot coaster for adrenaline junkies.  Safety was iffy and nobody did that cute little tug on your harness before you leave the station thing.  We were glad we survived.

It was a wonderful day full of junk food, grocery store going, and amusement park riding.  The North Sea is beautiful, but you couldn't pay this Texas girl enough money to stick a toe into it.  I couldn't believe it when I saw surfers volunteering to go in, now that is dedication to the sport.

The Big Hill that shows Aberdeen