Knoebels

Knoebels is just one of those things you have to experience. I couldn't begin to explain. So click on the link, visit their website or find some other way of getting an idea of what it's like to go back into the past to one of the "real" amusement parks your parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents went to.

Son-in-law NL took extra duty because our daughter MF is expecting our precious grandbaby number 10 and so wasn't riding much. And Michael and I aren't as good as this as we used to be. But we were there to lend a hand when an adult was needed to accompany V or E who were both raring to go. Michael adored riding the sail plane which took him back to days spent at the amusement park on Pontchartrain Beach. He even remembers the price of this ride back in the day. Evidently you have a lot of control over your plane as you manipulate the wing. He and V had a quiet ride. NL and baby E had a rollicking ride and grandson ML flew solo and did great. I had the thrill of doing a smaller roller coast with V. It packed a surprising wallop and she enjoyed every minute of it.

Our grandson ML is just over 48 inches so could ride almost everything by himself. V is just in the middle and could enjoy both grownup rides and ones for the "yiddle" kids. E was up for everything and rode a lot of  kiddie rides but also went on some of the biggest rides. She is pretty tall for her age so I'm pretty sure she was one of the few two-year-olds on the big rides. Her dad taught her to raise her arms to heighten her experience on "The Whip." But I think her absolute favorite was the kiddie fire trucks with a bell to ring and a steering wheel to turn.


First photo is of son-in-law and grandson in the battle of the bumper boats. Then Michael in his sail plane. V is in there but we could only see her on the upswing! The last ride is called the "Italian Trapeze" was a particular favorite of all the grandkids and the colors on this old Italian ride just knocked my eyes out. Plus as  the thing telescopes out to gain height, lurid copies of naked Renaissance goddesses come into view. It's like an enormous hallucinogenic birthday cake.

It was a beautiful day at the park. The weather was just perfect, everyone there was having fun, I heard almost no one yelling at a kid (very unusual for a theme or amusement park) and except for an abundance of visible upper-arm tattoos on hairy male arms, all was beautiful. The food is even superior at this park with good healthy options alongside the requisite funnel cakes and pickles on a stick.