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Amusement Park, Blue Streak, Carousel, postaday, roller coaster, Six Flags, Texas, Texas Giant, Wooden roller coaster
… trapped in the body of a sixty year old woman.
And no, this does not mean I have multiple personalities. It means that today … as many others … the childlike quality in my heart just gets the better of me.
“Says you” says the four year old.
Like today … at the park … for the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the wooden roller coaster The Blue Streak.
“I love it I love it”
Today I bought a five dollar wristband … and went on all the rides in the park.
“Yipp… Wait … you missed that one ride … remember? … the one that spun around … that the little kid threw up on.”
The best one was a tie. It was either the Merry Go Round or the Blue Streak.
“The Merry Go Round had the cool Giraffe”
There is a definite story about where I sat on the Merry Go Round … about it being the seat where my Aunt used to take her daily naps as a child … looking up the Giraffe’s “address”.
“But the Roller Coaster made me scream !!”
Yeah, about that. It was a combination of thrill of the ride … and abject fear of its current construction. But I figured if everyone else made it out alive … And for those of you who are constant readers, you know I am a big fan of old wooden roller coasters.
The area in front of the ride had a display of cakes and whatnot that folks had made in honor of the occasion.
And there were no fewer than five different calliope type organ band machines … all playing the singularly beautiful music.
“The music made me happy.”
And there were at least four different organ grinders.
“Two hours! I lasted two hours!!” Says the four year old trapped in the sixty year old body.
“Two Hours! Felt like three days.” says the sixty year old body.
Truth?
What a great thing to do. Best five bucks I have spent in years. Oh, plus the other five for hot dog, mozzarella sticks … you know … healthy amusement park stuff.
Which I am happily munched on back in my quiet air conditioned room. Oh lord have mercy. I need to lose like fifty pounds before I try something like that again.
But then … I still have the wristband … and it is good all day.
Okay … maybe only thirty … but I think I am too old and too fat … mostly fat … to be jumping on and off rides.
What. A. Day.
What. A. Day.
I to can remember those days down at Blands park. Wednesday was nickel day and I remember riding the rides and eating cotton candy, peanuts, hot dogs with big cups full of Mt. Dew or Pepsi. But now at 53 and bum knee and a bad back a no energy like I had when I was younger so kudos to you Happy Holiday for what you did!!
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Oh what fun, you lucky duck. Of course I remember the wrist band~
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