
What’s more, this serpent of a ride never lets up throughout the entire chase – over half a mile of steel and adrenaline. A series of fast, tight, close-to-the-ground maneuvers are tangled with five head-over-heels inversions - the most of any double launch coaster in North America. “Double launch” means not only does the ride take off at an incredible 0 to 42 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds, but midway through the second thrust of acceleration launches you into the next half of the experience. As the first double-launch roller coaster in the Carolinas, Copperhead Strike delivers twice the boost and twice the bite. Your getaway vehicle? Carowinds’ newest thrill ride, Copperhead Strike. It’s something with quite a bit more bite that could get you in a huge heap of trouble if you’re caught with it.Īfter a sudden commotion, a shrill voice hollers, “Trespassers! Y’all git outta here!” A gun cocks and you high-tail it out. Peeking in, you see that she’s cookin’ something alright – and in big, copper vats – but it sure ain’t jam. When you get to the farm’s huge barn – that’s got to be the headquarters of her jam operation with all that banging and clanging – you get the strange sense that something’s not right. Word has it there are lots of copperheads around there, so be careful. But to get your hands on it, you gotta head way, way out to a run-down, broken-down farm at the far edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

She’d won blue ribbons at the county fair for 40 years with that jam, but no more.


Everybody knew about her delicious concoction.
