Lakeside

Last weekend we went to Lakeside Amusement Park. It is a "vintage" amusement park that has tons of rides for young children, and is inexpensive and "low maintentance". They allow you to bring in whatever food or drinks you want, so most people picnic. The children's rides cost 1 ticket ($0.50 each) and the adult rides are 2 or 3 tickets.  There are tons of classic old rides, and many feel like they might fall apart at any minute. I assume if they made it this long, they must be OK. 

They had tons, at least 20, of the little kiddie rides. Lauren was in complete heaven, the only thing that could have made it better would have been a friend to ride with. She kept hoping kids would get on with her. She wasn't scared a bit and just kept jumping on more. Then we took her on some big rides- it took a bit of fudging because she was about an inch too short- I poofed up her hat and asked "please!!" and they let her ride some of them. She rode "The Whip" first- which was kind of like a "Tilt-a-whirl" and I was unsure what she would think. She loved it, and started to raise her hands in the air and scream on the fast parts. Jeff was in shock because he would never ride any of those rides. She wanted to ride the real "Tilt-a-whirl" but the height restriction is 48 inches, so they would not let her. She is still talking about how she has to finish her dinner so she can grow up big and ride the red ride. We also took her on the Scrambler, another one that Jeff just couldn't believe we would try. Well, the kid screamed and raised her arms in the air and did not want to come off. This was a great day for us all. I am elated to know I now have a buddy to ride on rides with- bring on the summer fairs!!!


Look Grandpa!



Screams of pure joy!

Jeff's favorite part was that many of the rides had machine guns. Not very PC, but the kids seemed to like it!

Wild Chipmunk! Holy Cow! Mom and I rode this, and screamed the whole time. Super fun!