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Hello everyone!

We have been very busy building the trains for “Terminator Salvation” and all I can say about them is WOW! These trains are going to look so cool.

The past few weeks, I have been learning so much about the construction of a wooden roller coaster. I was given a study manual about the construction and operation of our rides and was then told that I was going to be given a quiz by Chris in the near future. I have been busy reading this manual trying to obtain as much information as I can.

Adam and I also joined Clair at Dutch Wonderland to assist him and finish the repair job on “Kingdom Coaster”. This was a great learning experience to be able to physically work on the structure.

I attended my first East Coaster last month and Chris played a very good practical joke in front of the crowd that embarrassed me, but we all got a good laugh out of it. Thanks Cliff for playing along!

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures of all our construction progress, we will post more soon!

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The past few days have been relatively eventful. Well, on Thursday and Friday, Adam and I worked on the lapbars some more and I ran some errands on Friday. That actually took up a good part of the afternoon because I had to go to our two farthest vendors (each about 40 minutes away and a half hour from each other).

Friday afternoon we cleaned the entire shop and office in preparation for this weekend. It was ACE’s Eastcoaster and it involved a tour of our office today.

But it began on Saturday when we drove to Northampton, PA, roughly two hours away. Chris made a presentation with updates on Renegade and Troy, as well as auctioning off some cool things from our place.

Adam and I also got to meet a lot of cool people interested in doing the exact same things as us. I have to admit, it was pretty cool talking with people who want to do this. I’m not used to it.

We were at Eastcoaster all day. It was the first one I’ve been to and I thought it was pretty cool. You can tell they put a lot into it, getting parks and manufacturers to come and talk. Afterward, we had dinner locally with Pete Owens from Dollywood, who is a really cool guy.

Today, was the tour at our office. We were there for several hours and I’d say roughly 40-50 people showed up, which was about what was expected. Adam and I got to show them around, giving as much information as we could on our trains. The word is out, by the way, that the two other trains we are building are, in fact, for Hershey’s Wildcat.

Knoebels followed, where roughly the same people who took our tour went on to see Flying Turns being constructed. They had it set up nicely for us, so we could see the trough in stages. The whole project is just wild; quite an undertaking and it’s going to be quite a ride when it is done. I hope it opens before I’m done here.

That’s pretty much it from this weekend. I’ve posted a few photos of these events, so you can check those out.

We’re supposed to get the chassis for the other train of Wildcat this week, so we hope to report more progress in the coming days. Stay tuned.

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We’re at a lull again because we’re waiting for parts to come in from several places. I never realized how dependent a task can be on so many other people.

We worked on chassis for all of yesterday (photos posted), which included adding the brake fins, flipping the chassis, and adding the floor mats (among other things). In preparation for the parts coming in, Adam and I went through a lot of our lapbars so they’ll be ready when installation comes.

And finally, to segue into a plug, Chris, Adam, and I also did a little bit to prepare for East Coaster this weekend. If you’re going, make sure to come on the tour of our place on Sunday (followed by Knoebels, which should be a lot of fun).