The Luge

I could see people soaring down the huge hill as we stepped out of the car. I was really excited and couldn't help but imagine myself flying down the hill. We quickly walked towards the entry door and went in to be met by none other than..... a huge line. Waiting in line was the worst part of the whole thing. Then we remembered that we had not thought of how many rides to buy and how many we should each get to do, so we let some one in front of us to give us time to think. Finally we came to a decision, but unfortunately the person we let in front of us happened to be someone leading a Japanese cruise. As a result we had to let the rest of the cruise go in front too. After we paid we started to get anxious, the people were flying down the hills and occasionally you would here the screeching tires. We rode up the hill on gondolas which gave a good view over lake Rotorua. Getting to the top we jumped out and speed-walked over to the helmet boxes. After picking the smallest size we could find we looked around and headed towards the nearest place to go down on "The Luge". We all got into our carts and we were off speeding down the hill, then coming to a halt at the bottom, unable to resist a broad grin. Then we took a ski lift back up. We did the same again another two times, wishing we could do it more. We took the gondola to get down, an end to our journey.

- Damon