My friend Micah gave me a look I didn’t trust and nodded for me to follow him. We speed-walked across Silver Dollar City, an amusement park in Branson, Missouri, without his telling me where we were going.
He’s been coming to Silver Dollar City for 40 years, so he knows the best rides, where they are, and the fastest way to get to them. The fact he wouldn’t tell me where we were going… that made me nervous. Micah and I settled into a long line for a big coaster and… gosh, I hate to admit this, but I was frightened as I looked up at Outlaw Run.
Apparently 50 is the age at which roller coasters scare me. Outlaw Run twists upside down three times and reaches 68 miles per hour, making it one of the fastest wooden roller coasters in the world, and all of that is great, but what those statistics don’t capture is
