Will there still be a clown in the sky
It's a Sunday, so I'm just here to shareReviewing _Popeye and Son_, Episode 10: Split Decision and then a double dose of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk pictures with you. Yes, I'm still not off the beach! Technically!
More of that ring arm reaching out to bite you.
And here's the carousel horses in-between rides. You can see the ring arm in the background on the left.
The clown mouth in-between rides. You can see a lot of the steel rings on the floor, where they completely missed both the clown's mouth and the capture area in front. And understand why the general public isn't allowed into that area.
The kids here had done their best to reach through the fence and grab rings near enough to get extra tries at the clown mouth.
Some of the horses. I forget if this is the one I'd ridden just before this photo, but that seems likely enough.
This horse must be important because of the head armor and all, right?
It was a couple minutes after 9 pm --- nominal closing time for the boardwalk, and this on a Friday in the summer --- but they were still letting people ride. Here's some of the hopefuls for the last ride of the night(?).
My last ring arm claw picture, I promise. Also the rare picture where I have a discernible depth of field.
Told you I was done with the ring arm! Back now to the boardwalk, closing up for the night.
Though the lights were on for Giant Dipper, it was already closed for the night. The swings were not quite done yet, though, that's nice.
Looks like the Sky Glider has done taking passengers back and forth. I like this angle where the ramp leading up to the station is higher in-frame than the station is.
A valuable warning for people approaching the station by sky chair!
Trivia: Omar Khayyám worked for eighteen years at an observatory in Isfahan (about 200 miles north of Tehran). During this time he measured the solar (tropical) year as 365.24219858156 days. Source: The Calendar: The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock with the Heavens --- And What Happened to the Missing Ten Days, David Ewing Duncan. (The figure is correct but far more precise than the actual movement of the Earth allows.)
Currently Reading: Modesty Blaise: Live Bait, Peter O'Donnell, Enric Badia Romero.