Ok so some might say that being a cashier at an amusement park is a little under someone with just about a Master's done, but I absolutely love jobs where I get paid to help people. Nothing is better than someone approaching, pissed as hell, worrying themselves into a fury about some injustice done to them, and working with them so that they leave happy as a clam. When that happens I mentally (or occasionally audibly) yell BAM! SCORE! HELL YES, I KICK CUSTOMER SERVICE ASS! It's just a nice way to spend the day, making people happy.
Back to the point, Waldameer is on the shore of Lake Erie about 9 miles from my parents house (where I begrudgingly moved back to in order to save money for the move) which is a nice distance to bike. The only major concern I had is that since I am south of the park, it is almost entirely downhill on the way to work, which means that the way home is almost entirely uphill. I didn't know how well this would work after an 8 hour day.
Regardless of doubts, I decided to give it a try. I mapped out my route on Google maps, and decided that my first day to try it out would be today.
So at 8:50am map in head, fleece zipped up (it was chilly!) I went off to work. The ride there was as I expected, amazingly easy and quite nice. Work went quickly, I spent 5 1/2 hours hanging up one rack of key chains. Yes, five and a half hours - one display of key chains. Don't ask. Then a couple of hours of orientation since the park will be opening to the public soon. At 6:30 I headed home a little nervous about the ride back as it had been a long day. However, the ride went awesome, I was buffer than I thought cause I didn't stop the whole way despite some pretty obnoxious hills.
Verdict on bike travel: why in God's name haven't I done this more???
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