A visit to Santa, twinkling lights, candy canes, and a ride on a carousel. We had a magical (and chilly) ride on our second to last carousel at the Stone Zoo during their Zoo Lights holiday festival. The carousel at the Stone Zoo is only assembled and operated for Zoo Lights, so although we had been several times over the summer, we had no had a chance to ride this carousel. We took a special trip the week before Christmas to fit this ride in, getting close to the end of the year!
Zoo Lights
I have yet to confirm it, but I think this carousel might be the Prancing Ponies which is listed on the National Carousel Census as a historic Mangels ride from 1921. Mangels made metal rides (very cold on the bottom in December!), and this particular ride was first at the Cincinnati Zoo before moving to Virginia and then to Stoneham.
We split into two groups for this ride because of the high interest from both Will and Rory in the armored horse. Will, Brynn and I rode first, and Ryan and Rory waited for the next ride to get that cool horse. It was a great night, 21 carousel down, just one more to go!
Rory on the armored horse
Zebra
