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I feel like I left something out in talking about the new office, but I keep being unable to think what it was. So I'll let that go unaddressed until such time as it matters. And meanwhile, please enjoy a dozen KennyKon pictures!
Despite how brilliant the illumination was last panel, it was still this bright out. From near the merry-go-round you get this view down to see the back side of Statue George Washington. And, on the lest there, Kangaroo.
Here's the Jack Rabbit station as night sets in. The neon of the old Jack Rabbit logo is still looking as good as it did in 2019, when two of the leg segments weren't working!
Looking up towards Jack Rabbit, but from the queue for Racer, the youngster of Kennywood's wooden coasters (it/they are only 97 years old this year).
Looking up at the arch ceiling of the Racer station.
And looking down at the left-hand side train, the green one right now.
Waiting for our turn --- we're right at front of the queue, so we'll get the next dispatch. Note that the green train has moved to the right-hand side of the station, because Racer is the rare M&oum;bius strip coaster, trains coming back on the other side from where they leave.
We went back for another ride. There's some nice Kennywood accomplishment arrows here. Also a historical plaque explaining the ride and about the other two wooden M&oum;bius strip coasters out there which --- oh. Uh. Look, nobody tell them the sad news from Mexico City, okay?
After our second ride. Here's what the entrance looks like from the flip side of things.
And stepping back out into the imminent night. Here's one of the upcharge rides, the 'Skycoaster', a 180-foot-tall giant swing which Wikipedia says hasn't run since 2019.
Stopped back in to look at the ACE KennyKon pavilion. It's not quite closed up for the night; you can see a couple people hanging out yet in there!
Walking back we found this little booth attached to the side of a building that I suppose is an employee time clock. I don't know, I haven't used an actual literal time clock since working for Bradlees in the summer of 1993(?).
There are at least four typefaces in this four-word sign.
Trivia: Among Andrew Carnegie's philanthropic donations was funding for the construction of an artificial lake at Princeton, to allow ``a rowing crew to compete with Harvard''. Source: The Uncyclopedia: Everything You Never Knew You Wanted To Know, Gideon Haigh.
Currently Reading: Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games, Marcus Du Sautoy.
