We recently traveled to SoCal for a variety of reasons, most importantly to celebrate my mother Doris Henion’s 90th birthday (although she didn’t want anyone to know her age). While there we (including my brother Larry who flew in from Seattle) began the process of cleaning, sorting and discarding at Mother’s home. For two days, we went through every cupboard, drawer and closet to completely clean out the laundry room, the hall, the barroom and the sewing room / office. In the process we filled the neighborhood dumpster to the brim (and overflowing), took two carloads of reusable items to the local Goodwill … and when we were exhausted from the effort, we took two “mystery trips” planned ahead of time to Knott’s Berry Farm and to Catalina Island in celebration of our 50th wedding anniversary.
Our day at Knott’s was filled with nostalgia as we tried to
remember the last time we had been there.
The park was nearly empty, so we spent the day enjoying the old Ghost
Town and walking right up to some pretty wild rides in the newer section of the
park – several which we rode more than once. The park was gearing up for Halloween so many
of the rides were closed for maintenance or in preparation for a month leading
up to All Hallows Eve, but we had adrenalin rushes on the Pony Express, the Mouse,
the Mine Train, Log Ride and the Wild Rapids.
It was a fun day .... with some GREAT rides and waaaaaaaaayyyy cheaper than Disneyland!
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