Sapporo's and Daytona Lagoon
So a bunch of my friends and I went to Sapporo's and Daytona Lagoon last night - ohh my Lord it was so fun.
I got to Sapporo's late because somehow I actually got lost on the beachside. I guess even after living in a place for 19 years a person can still forget to turn left or right. But I arrived just in time to order the chicken and shrimp, and the Japanese chef put on quite the show at our table. Would you like a little dinner with your sodium?
And I don't care what anybody says, bean sprouts are awesome. :-D
So once we finished our meal we rolled out of Sapporo's and carpooled over a few blocks to Daytona Lagoon. The place was nearly empty so we had free reign and were left to our own devices. Elena, who paid for everything using the school's newspaper fund, left early and decided against racing us in a rousing game of Go-Carts. Pity, that would've been a serious photo op.
We literally raced until our eyes watered. Those cars go FAST (er, quickly, lol). I only wrecked once - no whiplash this time.
Laser tag was great - tiring, but seriously fun.
I do believe, though, that the highlight of the evening was miniature golf. And I say this for SO many reasons, hahaha. We spent a good hour or more putting around, ignoring the score keeping and losing golf balls. I think we had way too much fun playing mini-golf than is normal ... but then, we're not normal. So there you go.
We soon discovered that our talent was inversely proportional to our performance. Therefore, the worse we scored the better we got. See? Journalists can do math, too.
We discovered a hidden world beneath the water slides and learned that there were more ways than one to play Team Put-Put Extreme 06.
Stairs are an excellent place to launch golf balls off of as long as you don't aim for anybody's head on the lower level and at least think about aiming for the hole beneath you.
After golf, Jen, Mike, Jerry and I stayed a while longer and played skee ball, took pictures, talked about loaning dollars for parking, interviewed the bored cashier and watched as Daddy's little girl cashed in her nightly ticket earnings. This particular little girl was up to 9000 tickets, the cashier said, so I shook the girl's hand - she deserved a tribute or something for getting that kind of gaming money out of her Dad.
We also bought some fortune telling red fish. I promise we're not easily amused.
The four of us were the last one's out of Daytona Lagoon - the security guard came up to us and politely said that the power would be going out in just a minute. He smiled, though - I've never been kicked out of a place in such a gentle way.
All in all I had a wonderful time. Twas a great night, indeed.
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I can't wait for the outreach on WEDNESDAY!!!!
See most of you there!!