My heart was beating. I was excited about riding a roller coaster for the first time. We jogged towards the line, putting our infinite rides bracelets on the scanner. When we crossed the registration, “I call sitting with Trystan”, Donnell said. I hurriedly dashed without excitement, (because I had to sit next to the counselor) to one of the middle seats. The coaster wasn’t packed with kids, so that kills the chance of seeing and hearing screams and laughs the whole ride. Then after the conductor’s signal, we took off.

Rye Play land has a purpose, like every other amusement park: they want you to have fun. When we were on the bus, there was chatter everywhere, but I was secretly thinking to myself what rides I should do first. Then we got to the registration line. It took a long time to get in, even though we were the only ones there. But after we got in, the roller coaster, scraping the sky stood as a sort of beacon to me, sky high.

Rushing to the waiting point, the river next to it was glittering. The ferry was sort of deserted, few people on it. Thinking about this I wonder what it was like at Rye Play land 50 years ago.

Rye Play land was built in 1928 by a man named Frank Darling who had a creative thought. What came with that was the park mascot, Coaster the Dragon, and its famous ride, the Dragon Coaster. There has been a sure fire motto for Rye Play land, “Family fun since 1928”.But their motto is rare: you can only have fun during May through September. Generally, everyday besides Monday, you will have a blast connecting and laughing with family and friends.

After imagining, we used the restrooms then went with different counselors, and the main ones passed out the infinite ride bracelets. When we waited for the park manager to give us a speech, Donnell, Trystan, and I were thankfully in the same group. There are the only ones who are close to me. Finally, we were told to get together and we got a speech form the park manager. The only phrase that stuck to my brain was his past life and, “having fun in the park”. I felt as if those words were imprinted to my brain, never being able to forget it.

Running everywhere in the park, enjoying all the rides that elated me, and hanging out with my friends we came upon this 85 foot tower, intimidating me not to ride it, but my friends and I made a kind of pact: to ride every ride there is in Rye Play land. So I gathered my courage and went for it.

“Guys, do you have a death wish?”, Trystan asked surprisingly confident besides all the shaking and trembling he had. I was laughing inside, but I wondered what will happen to me if an unfortunate event happens. The conductor asked, “Seatbelts buckled?” We put our thumbs up. Be safe and enjoy the ride.

We went up in the air slowly, taking a sigh of relief that we weren’t in danger. Until my seat flew. I gritted my teeth due to air pressure, and I looked down briefly. There were tiny people everywhere. I wonder if God felt the way I felt at that moment. I thought of what’s it’s like to be at the top of the world.

Then after dizzying rides, we finally came to what I’ve been waiting for. Early mornings are the times when you are supposed to light the day. As soon as we took off I got frantic, fidgety, waiting for that point to drop down the slope. I heard the familiar sound of train tracks; clack crack clack went the wheels scraping the rails. When we got to the top, the fun just started.

We went down the slope, turned sharply, and went down another slope. I got excited for the first time I rode it. We went on the Dragon Coaster 4 times, so I could feel how other people feel after every time they went on a coater. The highlight of it was when we went on it for the 4th time, Trystan screamed the whole way at the back of the coaster. Even I haven’t ridden a coaster before, but he did, so he had the experience before me.

Finally, when Beacon Summer Camp left, I looked back at that place to know that this memory is permanent. When it was about to rain, the expected rain represented all the drops of memory I have had since being 12 years old. But the reason I enjoyed this was because of Donnell and Trystan were there. My friends had fun to. So I leaned that friendship is a connection to make your life have reason, having a purpose in this world.