Fun Times with Tuesday 4

Good morning from a cold, rainy, and sometimes snowy Pennsylvania! Today I'm joining in with Annie and the gang for the Tuesday  4, a weekly meme started by Toni Taddeo and continued on in her memory.

1. Did you as a child or do you now like amusement parks, going out to places of entertainment? (theaters, themed parks, etc.)  Yes, I did and I do. I've been lucky enough to live near an amusement park at every point of my life...and for a couple of years when I was first married, the amusement park was Disney World! I also have or do enjoy theater, arcades, etc.

2. Which rides/parks did you enjoy the most or what snack foods to you enjoy when you are out and about?  My absolute favorite rides were the so-called dark rides. They are the ones you rode through in the dark and things popped up or out, though some were just pleasant to look at rather than scary. I was also a big fan of fun houses. 

There were two specific rides that I loved and both were at Conneaut Lake Park in northwestern PA. The first was Hell's Hole. For that one you walked into a round chamber that was open at the top. You stood against the wall and it spun so fast that you'd stick to the wall...and then the floor would drop out from under you! 

The second ride was call The Ultimate Ride. It was a Mad Scrambler ride that was put inside a building. The space was painted black...walls, floor and ceiling. Mirrors were placed all over and there was neon colored black light graffiti all over. The ride was painted in neon colors, too. The lights would go out and then black lights, strobe lights, and all kinds of disco lights would start up as the ride began to move. They blasted rock music the whole time. It really was the ultimate ride!

3. When you were a kid, what activities /games/places brought you the most enjoyment?  Anything really. I was a happy kid, but an only child so anything that entertained me and involved other kids was a big hit.

4. Would you share with us a fun time or great trip that you've experienced?  Oh goodness, how do I choose one? There have been so many. I guess I could mention the first time I went to Florida. It was for our honeymoon. I was just barely 20, so barely more than a kid and I'd never been anywhere farther south than WV before that. It was all a grand adventure. 

I was so excited to see my first palm tree and everything seemed so exotic and exciting. Disney World and Epcot were still fairly new then and they did a lot more than they do now to truly give the place a magical feel. We went there several days on that trip and that first morning we were right there against the rope, waiting for them to open Main Street. I doubt there's ever been a kid more excited than I was. I still like Disney, but it's never matched that first time.

Thanks, Annie, for the questions. This was a fun trip down memory lane. And a nice diversion as we sit here and wait. Our daughter was tested for Covid yesterday. Her husband got tested this morning. Now we wait for 3-5 days for the results. Her husband is off work until both of them get a negative result or are over it. My mom and stepdad have gone back into seclusion because he has some fairly serious heart problems. They will not be having Thanksgiving with us even if the kids are negative. If they are positive, none of us will be having Thanksgiving together, which while not mandated, is being "suggested" by our Governor anyway. If they are okay, we will have dinner with them because they live next door and we see them all the time. I'm the grands' main caregiver after their mother. We haven't seen them since Friday at this point and it feels like it's been forever!