Stake Lagoon Day

When I was little, my family lived in Ogden, Utah. In fact, we moved there half way through my Kindergarten year, and moved away after I finished 5^th grade. So essentially, all of my elementary years were spent in Ogden.

Aah, Utah life. Utah is full of Mormons. Being as young as I was, I didn’t really realize there was anything different about living there than anywhere else. At any rate, the big theme park in Utah is Lagoon, located in Farmington. Back then—and maybe still? I really don’t know—Lagoon would have these Stake Lagoon Days. When our stake had Stake Lagoon Day, we could get free (or discounted?) ride tickets, and our family would pile in the car and head on over. It was fun. My favorite ride there was the Scrambler. I’m positive I couldn’t handle a ride like that today. I was an incredible wimp though, and would never go on the roller coaster. Everyone said it was super fun, but I was not having it. But everyone has their price, I guess, and somebody offered me a dollar if I would ride the roller coaster. A dollar! I did it for a dollar. And strangely enough, I loved it. It was exhilarating! And that was the end of my roller coaster phobia. You couldn’t get me to go on the Collasses, with its two loops, where you actually went upside down. I do think that eventually I tried Collasses, but it’s possible that my loop experience was later on at Magic Mountain in California. Can’t remember. All I know is, I learned to love the roller coaster at Lagoon, on Stake Lagoon Day.