I am back from a weekend of visiting my family in Cleveland, Ohio—the home of the Buckeyes and that mean roller coaster you see pictured above, the Top Thrill Dragster.  It was the single greatest roller coaster I have ever been on in my life.  It shoots you up a 420ft hill at 125mph.  You then scream back to earth twisting as you fall.  To give St. Louisans some perspective, Mr Freeze at Six Flags is a mere 226ft and only reaches about 70mph.  This is nearly twice as high and a little less than twice as fast.

I highly recommend that if you are ever in the area, take a detour and visit Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.  The Top Thrill Dragster is the next best thing to being shot out of a cannon.  And, it is probably a little safer too.

As an added bonus, I added some video I took of the coaster taking off on flickr.

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