Negative-G - Holiday World - Holiwood Nights June 2018 Page Ten

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It was cool getting to go all the way up to Thunderbird's barn encounter to snap a few photos of it.

Bond was having so much fun showing Charlotte this side of him although the heat did get her. Like many she got overheated walking up the hill and back down so we spent a while getting her hydrated and cooled down. After she got feeling better they headed to Splashin' Safari to ride out the heat of the day while I headed to nearby Ferdinand, IN for an adult beverage and some time with my old friend and ex ride op Joe at the Saint Bennedicts Brew Works. I'm not a beer drinker but what they have there is so good I always have to go and enjoy a pint.

Brian was at HoliWood Nights and of course he had to rib Bond about his "Pretty Young Thing". Brian always sings that Michael Jackson song to Bond whenever Charlotte comes up and as a result Bond hates it.

The coasters are great but to me the fun of HoliWood Nights is getting to spend time with my coaster family like Billy.

Speaking of family HoliWood Nights ended up being a momentous one for our family. When Charlotte and Bond were in school together from kindergarten to second grade she had given several proposals of marriage to Bond and Carrie and I joked about the possibility that we had met our future daughter in law. Well a few weeks before HoliWood Nights Bond proposed over face time and after dropping me off the day before he braved asking Charlotte's quite imposing father for her hand in marriage.

Long story short Jeremy didn't kill Bond as he had feared and Bond and Charlotte's engagement became official. So here is my son, my future daughter in law and myself .

By the way Charlotte loves coasters so that is a good thing.