Every Sunday, the comic section would contain advertisements for the park, enticing us with the promise of as many rides as you can go on for one price. After many months of begging our dad to take us to Adventureland, the moment had arrived. Dad went to work like normal, but came home early so we could go. The day seemed to last forever. Greg had not been feeling well so at the last moment it was decided that mom would stay behind with Greg.
I felt bad for mom and Greg, but the selfish, fourth-grader in me was happy that we were still going. I had already learned that sometimes if plans were changed, they never happened.
With just four of us, the whole adventure seemed different, but some things never change. Eliz and I were partnered up as always on every ride which turned out to be unfortunate for her and for me.
At some point in the fun, it was decided that we would go on a ferris wheel type ride like I had never seen before. On this one, the cars were inclosed and as the wheel spun around, the riders could swing the cages in such a way that they would flip over as the wheel was spinning around.
The ride looked fun to me, until we got strapped into the cage, at which time, the thought of swinging the contraption upside down by our own force frightened me. As the ferris wheel began turning around, I begged Eliz not to swing the cage so we would not flip upside down. Much to my relief, at first she agreed. But as the ride continued, watching the other cages flip around and around made her want to do the same. An argument ensued, she rocked her body trying to get enough momentum going to flip us around as I screamed trying to get her to stop.
The ride slowly came to an end and the operator instructed all the riders to refrain from attempting to flip the cages as they unloaded us from our cages. Eliz was all kinds of angry. I can't say that I blame her. She was stuck with me, the fraidy cat, and cheated out of all the fun of the ride. As we sat there waiting for the wheel to slowly spin forward, letting riders off and on, Eliz decided that she was going to get her revenge and make the cage flip around as we waited.
Another fight began as she began to rock the cage back and forth. I was even more frightened than before because now in addition to spinning upside down, we would get in trouble for not following the rules and get kicked out of the park.
Well, that never happened and the cage we were in never flipped over. I'm not sure to this day if we didn't flip over because as angry as Eliz was, she just wanted to scare me or if she didn't have the strength to do it. If I had to guess, I would say the former because Eliz was always so strong and determined.
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