7. Town Fair

It doesn't get much better than walking a 1/4 mile to a carousel right by your house! The town fair moved locations this year due to some construction and it came even closer than usual. We went the first night to make sure we could get this ride checked off of our list. It was a great night, we rode a couple rides, ate some fried dough, heard some of the band concert and headed home. 

The carousel was a small carnival ride that could easily be pack up to move around.

My favorite shot of the summer so far! And what are we teaching Rory? That doesn't look safe!

Will is hanging in there!

6. Southwick's Zoo

Southwick's was an expensive trip! We had to pay admission as well as buy ride tickets and despite the coupons I had, we still paid roughly $80 to get us all on this carousel. I'd like to say it was worth it, but as Will put it, "This carousel was expensive, puny, and hot!" We were accompanied by Grandma though and that was a nice treat! She even took a family photo of all of us on the ride.

We did enjoy ourselves at the zoo, but this was by far the smallest carousel we have ridden on - just one animal abreast with a rare pair next to each other. The sweltering heat didn't add to the ambiance, just to the sweat factor. I almost had a nervous breakdown when the ride operator disappeared right when we approached the ride. All this work, and what if we didn't get on!! We rode a few other rides and kept our eye on the carousel. The operator finally came back and we all piled on. I was worried for a minute that we were going to break it with all of our weight.

The Zebra

All three kids (look closely for Brynn)

Brynn gives the giraffe a thumbs up