Day 3: Cedar Pointin Sanducky Ohio!

Day 3: Cedar Point in Sandusky,Ohio!

We arrived in Sandusky, Ohio famished because in order to follow our food spending allowance of $5 per day we only ate leftover oyster crackers and coffee from some Canadian equivalent of Star Bucks for breakfast (Canadian chain restaurants are okay since all their employees have health care.) It is also interesting to note, that you can use American or Canadian money close to the border -- in both the USA and Canada.

We met our coach surf host Dora at her family restaurant near the theme park of Cedar Point. We arrived with the intention of just getting directions to her house, however she insisted we had something to eat. Maryanne had a vegetarian burrito and Helen had fish tacos! Dora even made us horchata or sweetened rice milk. Helen drank two glasses because Maryanne is lactose intolerant, although she did enjoy a few sips. Helen made cruel noises of happiness to display how good the drink was after each sip -- just to make sure Maryanne knew what she missing out on.

Next Dora led us to her home, taking the long way so we could see the cute town of Sandusky. She showed us around and we got ready for the theme park. We dressed in many layers to brave the frigid temperatures. Not only did Dora feed us – she insisted on dropping us off at the front gate at Cedar Point so we didn’t have to pay for $10 for parking!! She told us to “be safe” and she would be back at midnight to pick us up!

The best time to go to Cedar Point has to be in October. The longest wait we had was 20 minutes and we walked onto most rides without a wait. We even sat front row on every coaster at least once (minus the Dragster because it was really scary) and rode most 2 or 3 times. Maryanne and Helen both picked the Millennium Force as their favorite ride because of how tall it was and how sharp the initial drop was. When you sat in the front – it appeared there was not even a track under you!


Cedar Point was holding the equivalent of Halloween Fright Fest. They had a haunted corn walk – and lots of other scary themed areas. Maryanne’s favorite part was leaving Helen’s side and watching her get scared then coming up when she wasn’t watching and scaring her. This was not Helen’s favorite part. In fact she did not enjoy it.

These are our roller coaster faces because we are too broke to buy the picture when you are done the ride:

After a long night at the theme park – we were glad our ride was there.

Here is a video of our time at Cedar Point!
WARNING: There is profanity coming from the lips of Helen Brown!

We went back to our host house to meet Dora’s husband, Jesus and were treated to Mexican hot chocolate. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Nothing could have been better at that point. Dora and Jesus showed us pictures from their trip to Italy, France, and Spain. It was really fun to hear about their travels and we wish them luck with their baby that is on the way!