One evening when I was about ten years old, my friend Robby and I wandered over to this traveling amusement park that was being set up a couple miles from home near a shopping center. The place was empty and not yet fully set up. I’m surprised there wasn’t a fence, as you could walk all around the deserted grounds. There in the dark was this Ferris wheel called the Skydiver that looked like the coolest thing I’d ever seen. The way the sleek cages spun horizontally blew my mind. I wanted to ride it once the fair was up and running but the problem was that I was a scaredy-cat! It looked so exciting, but I never worked up the courage to go on it. I was afraid it would turn into a puke-fest or that I’d otherwise freak out. Robby thought it looked pretty cool too, but he wasn’t exactly racing to go ride it either. I think if he’d been more enthusiastic, I probably would have followed his lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even when we went back the next day and the rides were up and running, I still chickened out. In the grand scheme of things it’s of no importance, but in a funny way I still regret that I never rode that thing since most of the Skydiver rides have long since been retired and I haven’t seen one at an amusement park in decades. I do enjoy watching this POV video on YouTube though and yeah, that horizontal spinning motion does look vomit-inducing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n