Today I went to Coney Island! Despite a rather scary nighttime visit last summer, I went to ride the Wonder Wheel and play a little skee ball! It's not scary at all in daylight.
Before I left I had a yummy breakfast of french toast with blackberry preserves in the middle and homemade raspberry sauce on top!
The view of the beach from the top of the wheel
I need to go swim sometime!
The other rides. I only went on the ferris wheel.
One of the signs for a bumpers cars business...
After the ferris wheel I went to one of the many arcades and played skee ball, which I was quite good at, and the jackpot game. Last summer I played it and did wonderfully, but this time I didn't do so well. I ended up with 200 tickets! I used ten of them and gave the rest to a little kid who talked to me while we were playing skee ball.
So, when you give the guy your ticket for the Wonder Wheel he asks if you want a swinging car or a stationary car. I said swinging, not really knowing what that involved. When I got most of the way up I was startled to experience this:
It was a little much the first time when I wasn't expecting it, but after that it was the perfect amount of excitement! Also, the breeze was strong and cool on top of the wheel and it felt amazing!
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ReplyDeleteI can't believe you went on that swinging car after all the times dad made the ferris wheel rock when we were kids!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so cool! And I hope that you didn't actually bump your ass off. That might ruin your day.
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