Another exciting day in Denver

Well, actually a little west of Denver to visit a cousin and then in the afternoon a visit to Lakeside, which is an old amusement park that is actually it's own town at the edge of Denver.

Lakeside is really cool -- the place doesn't make enough money to refurbish wildly, so it still has a lot of its original rides, and an air of the amusement parks of my childhood. Well, it was one of the amusement parks of my childhood, so I guess that's fair enough.

The best ride -- which I went on twice today -- is the Wild Chipmunk. Imagine (if you haven't already clicked the link) a roller coaster so small and harmless looking that you might be able to persuade a chicken friend aboard. After all, instead of a train, the riders go in small egglike cars named Alvin, Simon, Theodore and Chip, two to a car. And the rails of the track aren't any farther apart than the rails on the kiddie roller coaster at the other end of the park. Imagine getting aboard and starting upward to the first turn. Now imagine the fascinating sensation of realizing that your feet have extended beyond the edge of the track in front of you before you suddenly turn...

There are, apparently, other roller coasters in the world which are similar to the Wild Chipmunk, but I've never found one to match it -- even though I've visited some of the theme parks which theoretically have one.

But the others just couldn't be the same, not really.

Best primal scream therapy in the State of Colorado...

Another exciting day in Denver

Well, actually a little west of Denver to visit a cousin and then in the afternoon a visit to Lakeside, which is an old amusement park that is actually it's own town at the edge of Denver.

Lakeside is really cool -- the place doesn't make enough money to refurbish wildly, so it still has a lot of its original rides, and an air of the amusement parks of my childhood. Well, it was one of the amusement parks of my childhood, so I guess that's fair enough.

The best ride -- which I went on twice today -- is the Wild Chipmunk. Imagine (if you haven't already clicked the link) a roller coaster so small and harmless looking that you might be able to persuade a chicken friend aboard. After all, instead of a train, the riders go in small egglike cars named Alvin, Simon, Theodore and Chip, two to a car. And the rails of the track aren't any farther apart than the rails on the kiddie roller coaster at the other end of the park. Imagine getting aboard and starting upward to the first turn. Now imagine the fascinating sensation of realizing that your feet have extended beyond the edge of the track in front of you before you suddenly turn...

There are, apparently, other roller coasters in the world which are similar to the Wild Chipmunk, but I've never found one to match it -- even though I've visited some of the theme parks which theoretically have one.

But the others just couldn't be the same, not really.

Best primal scream therapy in the State of Colorado...