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** DAY 4, NOVEMBER 8: ST LOUIS GATEWAY ARCH EXPERIENCE ** This was BY FAR my favorite part of the entire trip. I'm going to let most of the photos speak for themselves.. my jaw dropped at this GIGANTIC structure and rendered me totally speechless. I was beyond stoked when I found out we were going to the arch! We parked in a parking garage down by the riverfront, and started walking down the stone tree-lined path toward the arch. It is simply astounding to see. Some shots of St Louis from the walkway. A little boy and his dad playing baseball on the field by the arch. This was too cute not to share.. he even had a little baseball hat on. Here is the part of my TR that I have been so excited to write, and to show you all. Enjoy. LOOK AT THAT SHADOW! Here's a brief video of me showing you how high the arch really is. I didn't think photos did it any kind of justice. It's time for our journey to the top! Before you go underground to the trams, they check your bags, and you go through a metal detector, and then your belongings are screened. So DO NOT BRING ANYTHING YOU DO NOT ABSOLUTELY NEED! My ticket and Adam's ticket! Nerd shots. Topping off the arch. This is a simulator where you can put the last piece in. It wasn't working. Scale model of the arch. MY BOARDING PASS TO OUR TRAM! (I am getting excited typing this, and remembering the experience!) OMG OMG OMG HERE'S OUR DOOR!! One more photo before we get in the elevator. WE'RE IN THE ELEVATOR! I am excited!

It was time to go! The temperature was reading 66 degrees, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.. it was GORGEOUS in St. Louis! You can see the park from the hotel parking lot! We passed a Sherwin-Williams paint place on the way there. I took a pic of this sign that I found rather environmentally unfriendly. HERE WE COME! GETTING CLOSER!! Win. 73 degrees. In November! It felt like the middle of July.. DEFINITELY did NOT feel like November in St Louis! Batman the Ride testing! We could hear the signature B&M roar! Going into the park, we also met up with several people from another coaster enthusiast website. There were a total of 9 or 10 of us in the group by the time the park opened. When it did, we all got our photo with Mr Six! I don't have the photo, but I'm sure I'll be tagged in it later. I had decided I wanted Evel Knievel as my 50th coaster (I was at 48 before the trip), so we headed for Boss first. Enjoy these woodie pics from as we walked to the station. I took a lot of them. Boss and Screamin Eagle in one shot.. mmm, I love wooden coasters! Some may disagree, but I didn't find Boss to be that great of a ride. It felt like I was riding a mini Mean Streak.. I gave it two chances, and I came off with a bad headache and a backache, no matter what I did. Headed to Knievel to make it my 50th, but the line was at an hour wait, so we skipped it in favor of my 50th coaster being Mr. Freeze. I did take some Knievel pics, though. Adam loves this coaster! This sounds good to me! MR FREEZE! Theming. Kat and Nick are on the trains shown in the two pics below! Mr. Freeze is a crazy awesome ride. In my mind, it stomps TTD. I announced that it was definitely worthy of my top 5 steel coasters! Kat told me that there used to be tunnels like this at KI, so I took a pic for those of you who want to remember them. I thought these tunnels were pretty cool myself. Walked by Xcalibur and Tony Hawk's Big Spin on the way to Screamin Eagle, and took some pics. Going to Screamin Eagle! I like the M&M steps. They are cute at SFKK, and they are cute at SFSTL. Six Flags cracks me up. Kat and I in line for Screamin Eagle! The gross platforms are everywhere. Screamin Eagle! I liked Screamin Eagle. It reminded me a lot of Racer. We went to ride River King Mine Ride.. wow, that was a stupid, pointless ride. It had 3 tiny lift hills, and a trim brake. Even CCMR is better than that. Then it was off to one of the coasters I was looking forward to the most: Batman the Ride! I liked Batman, but I honestly like Raptor better. Batman has 2 loops, but lacks my favorite invert element: a cobra roll. The four of us decided we were hungry, and were looking at a map trying to figure out where to eat when something happened that has NEVER happened to me at ANY amusement park: AN EMPLOYEE WALKED UP AND ASKED IF WE NEEDED HELP. Kat grabbed a hot dog, I got chicken tenders, and I believe Adam and Nick both got burgers. We drained like 946 gallons of lemonade, and then decided it was time for my first GCI: Evel Knievel! KI reference at a park in Missouri! I had heard so much about Knievel, but didn't think it would be that great.. HOLY COW, WAS I WAY OFF ON THAT ONE. It knocked Legend out of its #2 spot on my top 5 wooden coasters. Not quite Voyage, but good enough to be my #2 as far as I'm concerned.. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! After that, we all ran back for another ride on Mr Freeze.. blew me away again! I LOVE THAT RIDE! Time for my credit on the death machine.. um, I mean Ninja. Why am I doing this? Nerd shot of the control panel. Ninja wasn't as painful as I expected (we rode in the very front row), but it failed to impress me. It's a diet Vortex. My last coaster credit of the trip was Tony Hawk's Big Spin. I chose to ride this last, as I don't do spinning rides well. It went down for mechanical difficulties for about 20 minutes. The park was closing in 45 minutes, but we chose to wait it out. We all got to ride, and I loved my first spinning wild mouse! It's like a Tilt A Whirl on drugs.. barely made me dizzy at all, in fact, it was really fun! We realized we weren't going to get to ride everything we wanted, so we booked it for Xcalibur. Terpy, THANK YOU SO MUCH for telling me to ride this. It's now my #2 flat ride, right below Skyscraper at CP. That was INSANE! Nick and Kat wanted a night ride on Boss, but Adam and I wanted a night ride on Evel Knievel. Here we are, waiting for THE LAST ride! Adam and I managed to make it onto the very last train of the year, for our night ride.. TOTALLY epic! What a terrific way to end the day at SFSTL! Ride count: Boss: Adam and I 2, Kat and Nick 3 Evel Knievel: Adam and I 3, Kat and Nick 2 Screamin Eagle: Nick, Kat and I 1 Mr Freeze: 2 Batman: 1 Tony Hawk's Big Spin: 1 River King Mine Ride: 1 Ninja: 1 Xcalibur: 1 We went to a gift shop and we all bought SFSTL shirts, and we got to shake hands, joke and talk with the park president before we left! Our friends took pity on us that we had walked there, so they gave us a ride.. to Applebee's! The 9 of us laughed and chatted over drinks and good food, and got to know each other a little more before we said our goodbyes for the night. After we arrived back at the hotel, we couldn't get to sleep. We stayed up until the wee hours of the morning, giggling from being so slap happy, laughing over nothing and at each others' brainless and klutzy antics, and feasting on ice cream. Tentative plans for the next day were to go to the Gateway Arch, and then to a hot dog roast at Nick's house.

WARNING: You may want to hit the restroom, and/or grab a snack! So here's how it started: Last Monday, I was depressed. Cedar Point had closed the previous day, and I was missing my roller coasters. Kat (violakat03) was texting me, and brought up that she was going to Six Flags St Louis that weekend (they were open from 11 am to 6 pm). Even more depressed, I made a comment about how I wished I could go. She talked to Adam and Nick, and the three of them decided they wanted me along for the ride! I WAS STOKED! I managed to get the days off work too! ** DAY 1, NOVEMBER 5: ROLLER COASTER CAR! ** Kat and Nick (dare to fly) picked me up in a shiny black Ford Fusion rental. Nick made a comment that he was impressed that I'd only packed one bag (I've learned that the more I pack, the more confused I get! haha). We hit I75 south from my house toward Cincinnati to pick up Adam (pkiboy), and then it was off to Nick's house in Milton, Indiana for a stayover before the drive to Missouri. On the road, I became part of a hilarious game: hypothetical strip padiddle! (for those of you who aren't aware, a padiddle is a car with no headlight. Whenever one of us saw one, we'd claim a random person's piece of clothing in the car.) We didn't actually take anything off, but it was amusing to say the least. We discovered a road on the way there that, I kid you not, looked like freaking Racer. He hit some of those hills with some speed, and I literally came up off my seat at one point! I GOT EJECTOR AIR ON A FREAKING ROAD! We stayed up for a while, going through Nick's coaster stuff (which he has A TON OF), and discussing which parks we want to visit, and Adam became fascinated with the "happy apple" (a smiley toy apple that made a little ding-a-ling noise when you gave it a good smack) on Nick's computer desk. We passed out for the night, with plans to make the drive to MO the next day. ** DAY 2, NOVEMBER 6: DRIVING, DRIVING, AND MORE DRIVING! ** We woke up and went downstairs for food. Nick's mother offered to make us breakfast, and Adam helped out. We had a delicious breakfast of sausage, toast with butter and jelly, scrambled eggs, potato cakes, milk, orange juice, powdered donuts, and blueberry donut sticks. YUM! Before we headed out, Nick offered to show us Midnight Trail (?), the haunt he is building behind his house. We got a full walk through, and I was extremely impressed. We also played with his pretty and sweet dog, whose name escapes me (sorry Nick!). We got our stuff together, got in the car, and we were off! I can't remember everything. It was a long drive, and we went back and forth between howling with laughter and having heart to heart conversations. Oh, and reading the ACE Rollercoaster! magazine with Magnum on the front, jamming to amusement park music, and continuing the game of hypothetical strip padiddle. Adam is making faces at me. Nick is happily whistling along to the music, and totally oblivious that I took a photo of him. Happy Kat (yes, she is reading the ACE magazine, haha)! Yours truly! I love this shirt (thank you Kings Island!). Here is the magazine we are reading (and Adam's phone somehow got in the picture haha)! Isn't the front cover just beautiful? Driving toward Indianapolis, I whipped out my crackberry and started snapping skyline photos.. I love city skylines! Miles and miles later, we stopped at a rest stop somewhere just inside the Illinois border. Here, we found beautiful landscaping, and a historic bridge (yes, at a rest stop, of all places). So out came the cameras again. Kat took a photo of me stopping to smell the roses. They smelled amazing, didn't they, Kat? Nerd shot of the history of the bridge. Ground shot of the bridge. A rather interesting pamphlet I picked up in the rest stop information center. I just had to take a pic of the back of Kat's shirt. Back on the road! Another shot of yours truly, this time with my blingin stunna shades. Random gigantic cross on I70. A truck towing a truck towing a truck towing a truck. BACKLOT STUNT CAR! We're finally here! Hello, beautiful St Louis! We arrived at our hotel, to see that we could see Six Flags from our hotel parking lot, and it was a 10 minute walk from our hotel! We grabbed all of our stuff, checked in, and Nick and Kat promptly passed out. Adam and I had wanted to make a trip to the Walmart that was about a half mile down the road, but we didn't want to wake them up, so we decided to walk. I scrawled a note on a napkin and tossed it on the table, and outside we walked to find it was a BEAUTIFUL night. It was a breezy and balmy night, 66 degrees. So we walked all the way to Walmart and were in the store when Adam realized he forgot his wallet. So we walked all the way back, and at one point I didn't feel like walking around this chain link fence so I just jumped it. Nick and Kat woke up, and we all drove back out to Walmart and bought a ton of food. I also took goofy pictures while we were grocery shopping. Yes.. we were getting slap happy at this point. The rest of the night was spent goofing off in the room, to the point where we were laughing so hard we were crying. As slap happy as we were, we managed to get some sleep, and planned to get up to be at Six Flags before they opened the next morning! ** DAY 3, NOVEMBER 7: SIX FLAGS ST LOUIS ** The next morning brings more silly photos. Here is me showing off my Voyage shirt. And Adam and I being stupid. I had went to take a shower that morning, and I slipped in the shower. I grabbed for a random part of the wall, and ended up grabbing the towel rack outside the shower, and a towel fell in the trash as the curtain was yanked aside, throwing every bottle in the shower stall into the tub or on the bathroom floor. I died laughing at myself over that one.

I voted for Demon Drop. I don't have kids so I don't care much for the kids areas, and SOB really hurts me so I choose not to ride it anywhere other than the front seat of the blue train. Sad that you have to ride a coaster a certain way to stop your spine from being shattered.. Anyway, I rode DD on CP closing day, and I had forgotten what a great ride it was until I rode it again. It made me really sad. Posted from my Blackberry mobile device.

Todd, I've been keeping up with Ryan's updates as well, and it looks like you guys are having an absolute blast. I am seething with jealousy, but I am so glad the two of you are thoroughly enjoying yourselves! I for one can't wait to see Ryan tell me about it in person. He tells such vivid and amusing stories of his adventures!

Thanks guys! I have heard nothing but good reviews about this park. Adam has been straight up raving about it since he found out I was going. We leave tonight.. for anyone who has my Facebook, check for updates! eeeeeeeeeeeeee I am soo excited!

I've heard mixed reviews on the Boss. However, I'm convinced that no wooden coaster is worse than Mean Streak at CP.. I'm still in shock that I rode that thing and my spine is still in one piece..

I noticed the odd advertisements at SFKK too. I saw one that said "If everyone's fists were made of Skittles, getting hit in the mouth would be delicious." (Or something like that.) I also LOL'd at the "Hold On To Your Buns" Miracle Whip ads.

I'm going with Kat (violakat03), Nick (dare to fly), and Adam (pkiboy) this Saturday, it's their closing day. This will be my first visit to the park. I've looked the coasters up on RCDB, so I'm aware of those, and I'm going to ride them all. I'm really looking forward to Batman The Ride, Evel Knievel, and Mr. Freeze! What kinds of flats do they have that I should ride? Is there any kind of really good food or desserts I should try? And what else should I look for, such as nostalgic parts of the park, anything of interest, etc.? I like to explore parks and see what is hiding in the (non-restricted) corners of the park. Thanks!

When I got back from CP, my dad said, "I bet Dragster was a cold ride!" Honestly, it wasn't. During a launch from 0 to 120 in 4 seconds, the temperature outside tends to be one of the farthest things from your mind! But Millie and Maggie?.. BRRRRRRR-R-R-R!!

I went to CP in November for closing day 2 years in a row.. that may as well have been sub-freezing temps! I'd put on a Carhartt coat, several layers of clothing, insulated gloves, boots and a ski mask.. I say bring it!

The only coaster that ever really scared the hell out of me was Millennium Force at Cedar Point, on my first ride. I was still afraid of heights at that time. It hit me while we were in the station how high we were about to go, and I freaked out to the point where I had a panic attack. I still rode it, because we'd driven 4 hours to get there and it was my reason for my first visit. I absolutely loved the ride, so it totally destroyed my fear of heights.. I ran back and rode it again!

It IS Delirium. The restraints are different. Drop Tower OTSRs Delirium OTSRs The OTSRs shown on my silver 2008-2009 pass are indeed Delirium restraints.

Whoa. I certainly hope the platinum pass is still available.. if not, we are going to have BIG problems.

He told me it's 82 and sunny down there right now. I is a jealous Giga.

Terpy, I thought for sure you'd be at CP for a farewell ride on Demon Drop. I'm never going to get to meet you.

I'm glad you all had such a great time. I really wish I could have been at KI too, trust me, it was not an easy decision even though I made it seem that way. But I had to say goodbye to my northern friends that I literally NEVER see during the off season.. the closest one lives 4 hours away. I was literally sobbing with the Magnum crew at the end of the night.. it was so sad.

I can NOT handle any spinny ride that goes so fast that everything is a blur throughout the entire ride.. especially a ride like Monster where the seats spin separately from the arms of the ride. I'm fine on Tilt A Whirls, Himalayas, and Enterprise rides like Witches Wheel at CP. Just PLEASE for the love of all that is not puke, DO NOT spin my seat so fast that it feels like it will spin off into oblivion.. the only place I'll be sitting the rest of the day is on the bench.

Kings Island: 26 (including opening day and Ride Warriors Weekend) Cedar Point: 9 (including opening day, CoasterMania!, Maverick ERT night, and closing day/Demon Drop's last operating day) Holiday World: 5 (including HoliWood Nights and closing day) Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom: 3 (including Chang's last operating day) Jungle Jack's Landing: 1 Coney Island: 1 Stricker's Grove: 1 .. so far.

This coming from the person who wore shorts to the Offseason Blues Party.. if memory serves me correctly, there was quite a bit of snow on the ground. Last time I rode MS, I had a backache for 3-4 days afterward. It hurt me that badly, so I choose not to ride it. CP has plenty of coasters to keep me happy.

Tom (Tom76257) and I had planned for a while to go to CP closing day. A small part of us wanted to go to KI closing day, as their closing days were the same, but I have many friends from up north that I never see during the off season. We dragged our butts out of bed at 5:45 am, and left my house around 6:30 am, since the park opened at 10 am to platinum passholders. I had driven about 10 miles when Tom reached for his phone and realized it was still on the charger at my house. So I drove back, thinking I could get in with the garage door key. I opened the garage door, and went to enter the house, but the storm door was locked. So we said forget it, and jumped back in my car. I still do not know what these letters on this tower mean (it reads EHCRWA for anyone who can't see it, sorry for the bad pic quality). Earlier this summer, we had figured out that once you pass the SANDUSKY - 6 MILES sign, if you look to the left, you can see Dragster over the trees. The tree line was clear as many of the leaves had fallen off, and we could see Dragster and Millie, clear as a bell! We finally made it to Cedar Point shortly before 10 am. I didn't feel like speeding, because every time I did, I saw a cop. I chose to drive around to the Soak City lot, as we wanted to hit Maverick first. On the way around, we were lucky enough to drive past Millie's first drop just as a train roared down the hill and over the first overbank! We parked over by Gemini, and I had to take a pic of my baby.. oh Maggie, how I've missed you. Witches Wheel in full spin with people (not ride ops) on it! Didn't realize they'd be running this during morning ERT. We walked to Maverick. We figured there was no sense in running since it was cold, and it was a few minutes past 10 am anyway. This is how I feel about being at Cedar Point! (yes, I am wearing a hat, gloves, and 3 sweaters.. you don't begin to understand how COLD it was up there! BRR!) Tom looks like a ninja. We got to Maverick to see NO LINE WHATSOEVER! STATION WAIT, FOR MAVERICK! We literally ran from the entrance all the way to the station, and got right on seat 4 of the train in the second loading area! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin about, w00t! We then headed for Millie! I walked into the queue and I was so excited, I literally started skipping and dancing, even though there was no music. Here's why. Isn't that beautiful? Now it was time for Raptor, we ran all the way to the station and jumped right into row 6! We also got a second ride without getting up out of our seats! This little kid next to me said something to his mom about how the ROTB didn't look that bad. I realized I was sitting next to an enthusiast kid and his mom, and we shared a few good jokes about GP'ers. I love you, Raptor. I wanted to ride Blue Streak, so we headed that way, and it was a total walk on too! We sat in seat 1-3, which has WICKED ejector air! We saw my friend Scott too.. and we also got a second ride without leaving our seat! Then we both wanted a ride on Magnum, so we headed that way. Aren't you supposed to be at Holiday World? Got a sweet shot of Dragster on the way to Maggie. It was BARELY clearing the hill all day. We got to Maggie.. and saw THIS. I literally screamed with joy. I'm about to print that photo and frame it.. it's too beautiful for words!! We rode, and saw my friends Megan, James, and Bre working. Then we decided it was time for a ride on Dragster. It was posted at a half hour wait, but like last year, the line wasn't even to the bottom of the ramp. We waited 10 minutes, if that. We decided to hit Demon Drop on its last day at the park. On the way, we hit the Space Shot side of Power Tower, then headed to Mantis so I could see my friend Tony. As I walked through Mantis' queue, I looked around at the track and suddenly remembered a much smoother, blue and yellow B&M standup, and I got depressed at the thought. I saw Tony working, but he didn't see me. I was going to say goodbye for the season. Off to Demon Drop we went, for a last ride. I expected a huge wait, but we waited around 10-15 minutes. I had never been impressed much with this ride, but as we entered the queue, I suddenly became sad. It seemed a very realistic example of the saying that you don't realize what you have until it is gone. I literally hugged the hand rails and told it I was going to miss it. Goodbye. It was a better ride than I remembered, which made me even more depressed. I blew a kiss at it and told it goodbye. We were getting hungry, so we went and ate. Then it was time for Tom to keep his promise to our friend Erin, and ride Mean Streak in the very front seat. I chose the best seat possible.. on the bench outside the entrance. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? Run AWAY from the entrance, not TOWARD it! Tom is on this train. I hope he still has a spine when he returns. How I feel about Mean Streak, combined with how I feel about Demon Drop moving. We headed for Tom's favorite flat, Skyhawk! (By the way, I HATE how the camera on my BlackBerry reduces the resolution when I zoom in to take a photo.) We hit Magnum again, and went for another ride on Dragster. Back toward the front of the park we headed, because I wanted to ride maXair (a ride Tom does not do). I realized that with as much as I love swinging ships, I'd never ridden Ocean Motion, so we chose the very end seat on that. Same ride as Bluebeard's Bounty at SFKK, minus the color scheme. We hit Wicked Twister, and rode in the second seat from the back. And then I headed to maXair while Tom waited at the exit for me. For anyone who hasn't ridden it, it is not the same ride as Delirium. maXair has smoother and higher swings (and without that annoying metallic whine), a longer cycle, and a much better view. My friend Katrina texted me to meet up because the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade was about to start. I videotaped the entire parade.. watch and enjoy! And yes, that is Tony Clark driving the HalloWeekends hearse, with Tyler Adams in the passenger seat! We met up with my friends Katrina, Rachel, Amy, and Garrett, and headed for Magnum! My friends from Akron (Amy doesn't like being in pics) After that, we went back to my car to get my coat.. yes, it had gotten THAT cold. We headed back to Millie, and I had to take a photo of this. In line for Millie, we saw my buddy Single Rider Bob! He laughed at me for taking his picture. He is a really nice guy. The sunset over Lake Erie was GORGEOUS. My camera didn't begin to capture the blood red color in the sunset.. it looked like the sky was on fire. Last pics of Millie for the season. Goodbye, coaster that was the reason for my KIC username. We went over to Raptor to see my friend Schuyler helping another employee put trash cans in storage. I did get to say goodbye to him. Then we went over to Blue Streak to say goodbye to Scott.. and he wasn't there. That really made me sad. As planned, we headed to Magnum where we would be ending the season. On the way there, this kid was running and jumping through the fountain.. what an idiot. It had gotten freezing cold. We got to Magnum to see my friend James working! He said he wouldn't be around for last rides, so I took a pic with him. We rode Magnum 4 times in a row. Then Tom sat out for 2 rides which was my 2 rides without getting off the train. I also saw my friends Bryan, Danielle, Ryan, and Matt from the Cleveland/Detroit areas. My friends Bre and Megan were working, and trying very hard not to cry while doing their spiels, as there was less than half an hour left in the season. I lost track of when Tom rode with me and when he didn't. I know he sat out for 2 more rides, and I got a total of 5 more, one with Bre. I walked to the exit after my last ride, and realized that it WAS my LAST RIDE. Bre was in the control booth crying while doing spiels. Megan hugged her and they both just broke down bawling. I couldn't help it. I felt tears rolling down my face and was literally sobbing in Tom's arms (in fact, my throat is getting tight as I write this). I said goodbye to Bre, and she insisted that I get a pic with her. I look psychotic, lol I have no clue what is up with my left eye. Then I said goodbye to Megan. The tears came again as we left, and again as we got in the car. That may sound silly to some of you.. but do you have friends who live hundreds of miles away that you never see? Remember how it feels when you say goodbye and walk away.. it is NOT easy. I am really going to miss them. We left Cedar Point around 8:45, and even though I drank a 12 ounce Red Bull on the way, I was hitting the rumble strips around Findlay as my adrenaline crashed. I pulled off to a rest stop and slept for a few hours, and we made it back around 2 am. My ride count: Magnum - 14 Raptor - 3 Blue Streak - 3 Millennium Force - 2 Dragster - 2 maXair - 1 Maverick - 1 Ocean Motion - 1 Wicked Twister - 1 Demon Drop - 1 Mantis - 1 Power Tower Space Shot - 1 Skyhawk - 1 Tom's ride count: Magnum - 10 Raptor - 3 Blue Streak - 3 Millennium Force - 2 Dragster - 2 Mean Streak - 1 Maverick - 1 Ocean Motion - 1 Wicked Twister - 1 Demon Drop - 1 Mantis - 1 Power Tower Space Shot - 1 Skyhawk - 1

Rest assured, you'll get to read a TR from November 1st from me.. but it won't be one from Kings Island.

I went to KI 26 times this year. I don't know where to begin with the most memorable moments or with everyone I met this year, and all the fun I had. I'd be writing for days if I wrote about everything memorable to me this year at KI. Thank you everyone; admins, mods, fellow KICers, and park employees, from the bottom of my heart for a fantastic year, and one worth mentioning.

Tom76257 and I both did yesterday around 12:45 pm.

My last ride last night was Magnum XL-200.. yep, nothing like a good Arrow.