The Cooke's Retirement Page for 2008

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November 25, 2009

Rita retired from the Carson City Sheriffs Office December 31, 2004
Art retired from Honeywell January 31. 2005

Still full timing in our American Eagle Motor Coach
We have arrived in Cleveland staying at Pats house in Seville, Oh. We plan to stay here for the next couple of months. Rita will be working on the farm and I will be running the tractor and other farm machinery.
Just got my new toy for running around the RV Parks.

Rita, Pat and I went to Cedar Point Amusement Park this month with Pat's granddaughters and several of their friends. We took the motor home as our base camp. We rode the following rides during the day. You can select the ride to see the stats:

Magnum XL-200

Cork Screw

Iron Dragon

Wicked Twister

Disaster Transport

Millennium Force - This coaster was the most amazing ride I have ever taken. The first drop cannot be explained and the negative G's are hard to believe. Consistently voted the "Best Steel Coaster in the World," Millennium Force broke TEN world records when it opened in 2000. You climb the 310 foot tall lift hill smoothly and quickly and dive towards the earth at an 83 degree angle at speeds of 93 mph! It's all speed and airtime as Millennium Force hugs the ground, climbs onto an island and twists and turns as it flies towards the station. As we finished the ride and returned to the station cheers erupted from the riders. This ride was UNBELIEVABLE!!

Spent The month in Cleveland
Went to Cedar Point again. We rode the following rides during the day. You can select the ride to see the stats:

Went on our first cruise on a large ship the Caribbean Princess. This was not our cup of tea. Too big, too many people, too structured and they nickel and dime you to death.
Arrived in Yuma, AZ back at Las Quintas Oasis RV Resort again this year.
Left for Reno/Sparks, NV to spend Christmas with the family.