Still busy with holiday stuff. So after you get answers to the questions of What's Going On In Dick Tracy? Why was that library woman killing people? October - December 2023 please enjoy a double dose of Gilroy Gardens pictures as we get to the end of the operating day:
Now that, Michael, is a $15 banana if I ever saw one.
Another view of the Banana Split, here at or close to its peak.
There's the Banana Split after a ride cycle. I love that they got such a whimsical custom frame for their swinging ship ride.
One last visit to the Garlic Twirl, so here's a last look at the queue. It's not the most efficient use of space but it must be very pleasant a line to be on when it's long.
What it looks like from inside a Garlic Twirl car, before it twirls.
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bunnyhugger peeking out at what the next thing on my photo reel might be. Will I get to it before the new year? ... We'll see!
And the Garlic Twirl ride sign, a last look.
Basket, the centerpiece Circus Tree that's become an icon for the park.
This structure on the right, behind the Basket tree, is where the food-sampling event on the 4th of July was. We didn't get cards for it because there didn't seem to be enough vegetarian food to be worth getting.
Taking a last ride on the Illions Supreme Carousel. Here's the horse I rode.
And the file of horses we were on for the last ride of the day.
Ride operator going up to close the ride off. The day's barely at 5 pm and it's already over!
Trivia: From 1926 the United States Department of Agriculture's farm radio service began offering a five-day-a-week show, Housekeepers' Chat, hosted by ``Aunt Sammy''. Aunt Sammy would answer her large, semi-ept family's questions on everything from how to make Thanksgiving pie to why children need sunbaths. The scripts were provided by the USDA Bureau of Home Economics, to be read by each station's own local ``Aunt Sammy'', in the local voice and with local embellishments. By 1931 it was on over a hundred stations. Source: A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression, Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe.
Currently Reading: Michigan History, January/February 2024. Editor Sarah Hamilton.
