All's tolerably quiet around here as we get ready for March Hare Madness, the charity pinball tournament. So until we experience that, and I'm ready to report on it, please enjoy the end at last of my Dutch Wonderland pictures.
Getting a ride on Merlin's Mayhem. Though the station works hard to be fully ``indoors'' the ride operator has this little booth from which they can see both the queue and the train and here's their little control panel.
There we go, the inside looks much more sensible when the camera's sensitivity is set right!
Scenic moment out in the park where you can pose for pictures with a simulated Pennsylvania Dutch couple, or sit in their wagon.
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bunnyhugger sitting in their wagon, trying to look Pennsylvania Dutch, which is to say unhappy.
What do you think, did she nail it? Don't pay attention to the plush Mayhem we have in the bag.
And oh, we caught the back side of a show with Duke and the rest of the cast! They were doing a bit where for some reason everybody had to freeze when they said to.
Off to Kingdom Coaster for a last ride of the day. Here's other people getting a ride dispatched.
Caught the monorail going past Kingdom Coaster here.
And then, alas, the day is over and the ride is Closed.
Evening view of Merlin's Mayhem against a setting sun.
Train going in for the night, too.
And a glimpse back at the underwhelming park entrance. They've got a carousel horse at the front, like other Kennywood-chain parks picked up.
Trivia: The first professional-baseball name-the-team campaign seems to have been in 1905, when the Washington Senators ownership, tired of that nickname, offered a season ticket to the person sending in the best new team name. The eventual selection was the ``Washington Nationals'', which remained the team's official nickname through 1956, but they were called the Senators throughout. Source: A Game of Inches: The Story Behind the Innovations that Shaped Baseball, Peter Morris.
Currently Reading: The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-Century America, David Baron.
