NEUKAM: Kings Island, Crab Fest, & 4th of July

I guess you could say this was that mini vacation I was looking for since the wedding and honeymoon to Jamaica. Whitney and I took three days on the weekend of the 4th of July to hang out, have fun, and visit some family. We started early Friday morning and headed to Cincinnati to King's Island with my brother Chris. We used the entire day to ride some great roller coasters and visit the water park. I think the ride of the day was Diamondback, a new coaster at the park. WOW!!! We rode it twice! I will say Whitney and I were not up to riding those big coasters over and over, but my brother was gung-ho.....so we tried to hang in there for his sake! That evening we were exhausted and made the short trip to Dayton where our hotel was located. It was a really nice hotel:)

Town Place Inn & Suites

CRAB FEST 2009

Saturday was the fourth and we headed to the Durick household to celebrate! It was not the weather we were hoping for but we still managed to have a great time. Beer, jello shots, and crab were the main dish, along with some land food. Whitney tried his best at the adventure of eating Maryland blue crab but I did not. Something about digging out crab insides was just not my thing, but I still had plenty of great food:)