Tag: travel
member name: Dave Sandborg
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July 08, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
The phrase "roadside America" is synonymous with tacky attractions of all sorts scattered across the country, from giant balls of twine to a museum of squished pennies. But there's . . .
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May 08, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
Slowly over time, in my own plodding and methodical way, I've been recounting my experiences riding roller coasters during the summer of 2006. As out of date as I am, I have finally come to what . . .
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June 04, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
This is the second article in a series about my trip to Europe in 2006 for Oktoberfest. For the previous installment, see here .
I often find myself too wired after my first day on a long trip, . . .
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December 12, 2009 11:26 AM EST --
This is part of my ongoing series of posts about a 2007 trip we took to the UK to ride roller coasters and see the sights. Here are the previous installments:
Coasting Across the Pond, day "0": . . .
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March 24, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
It has been a long while, but I'd like to continue relating my roller coaster experiences going all the way back to late summer of 2006. Though it's been a long time since the events I relate, . . .
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July 09, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
This is the third article in a series about my trip to Europe in 2006 for Oktoberfest. For the previous installment, see here and here .
The third day of our trip featured a trip to a very . . .
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May 14, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
Waldameer Park in Erie, PA is adding a new wood coaster this year. They just released a point of view video of it, which you can see here . I'm very excited. This promises to be . . .
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October 27, 2009 10:28 PM EDT --
Having spent an inordinately long time documenting my coaster travels to Germany and other locations in 2006, I now soldier on to describe another international trip I took--this one a week spent in Britain, . . .
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July 16, 2008 09:27 PM EDT --
This is the fourth article in a series about my trip to Europe in 2006 for Oktoberfest. For the previous installments, see here , here , and here .
The day after we visited Prater was spent . . .
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November 16, 2009 09:58 PM EST --
This is the continuation of a series of posts describing our trip to the UK to ride roller coasters. The first, describing our travels to England, is here . This post describes our first . . .
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December 01, 2009 08:07 PM EST --
This is the second post in an ongoing series about our 2009 trip to Spain, mostly to ride roller coasters. The first post is here .
I have a rather idiosyncratic way of numbering the days I'm . . .
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April 04, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
I haven't written a trip report in a long time. Just how long was made clear to me when I went on my first coaster trip of the 2007 season last weekend (to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Paramount's . . .
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January 25, 2009 11:34 PM EST --
I am a roller coaster enthusiast who enjoys a high quality of ride, but there's something to be said for quantity too. At times I just want to go to a park and have a laid back time, taking . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:21 PM EST --
In the past decade I have traveled several times to Europe to ride roller coasters there. (I would love to extend my reach to other continents, but to date there has been plenty to attract me to . . .
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September 30, 2009 07:31 PM EDT --
This is the penultimate post in my long-running series about my trip to Oktoberfest in 2006. Here are links to the previous installments.
Okcoasterfest 2006 part 1, getting there
Okcoasterfest . . .
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August 31, 2006 10:46 PM EDT --
On the way back from our Holiday World and Beech Bend visits, we decided to break up the long drive by stopping at another park. Camden Park is located in Huntington, West Virginia, making it among . . .
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April 24, 2007 08:03 PM EDT --
Some roller coaster and amusement park enthusiasts are only after the thrills. Though I enjoy a good thrill ride as much as anybody, I like a more well rounded amusement park experience. Fortunately . . .
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July 07, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
In Allentown, Pennsylvania there is a park named Dorney. It is one of the oldest parks in the country, at more than 120 years old, but since being acquired by Cedar Fair (the operators of mega-park . . .
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December 23, 2008 10:09 PM EST --
This is the seventh article in a series about my trip to Europe for Oktoberfest in 2006. Here are links to the previous installments:
Okcoasterfest 2006 part 1, getting there
Okcoasterfest . . .
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March 26, 2009 10:51 PM EDT --
This is the eighth article in a series about my trip to Europe for Oktoberfest in 2006. If you've lost track of the story because the interval between installments is getting so long, or if . . .
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