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The Zipper is only for the strong of stomach!

The best thing about Ocean City, Maryland is the old-fashioned boardwalk at the south end of town. The boardwalk stretches for over 30 blocks, long enough that a little train rolls up and down to accommodate who can't - or don't want to - walk.

The boardwalk features every kind of delicious junk food: candy apples, floss, fries, caramel corn, ninety-leven kinds of ice cream, saltwater taffy. You name it; they've got it, from funnel cakes to fudge.

At the end of the boardwalk, are the rides and games. Pinball exists alongside the video games. Skee ball is my favorite; I live for sinking the ball in the 50-point hole! The talkers lure you into slinging baseballs at milk bottles or squirting waterguns into clowns' mouths or tossing darts at balloons.

One pavilion houses kiddie rides, including an antique carousel. When I was a kid, I had a terrible time deciding which animal to ride. I usually chose the big tiger cat instead of a mundane horse, but sometimes I rode the pig or the rooster.

There are rides for the those with cast iron stomachs, too. The Zipper flings you every which way; the Tidal Wave coaster flips you upside down and backwards. Over on the pier, ride the Slingshot, if you dare. Thank goodness for the much calmer ferris wheels! The big wheel on the pier has the best view of the entire city, especially at night when the lights turn this coastal town into a micro version of Las Vegas.

Except this town has an ocean.