Lagoon 1973 (Part 6 of 7)
These are the paddle boats. That’s Uncle Johnny on the left with Heidi. I didn’t get to go on that ride because I was too little. I did get to go on it years later and it was like torture for me. I was completely unable to keep peddling to keep the boat going. My parents were right, I was too little, but I still felt left out.
Lagoon doesn’t do the paddle boats anymore. They have the Tidal Wave and The Turn of the Century where we used to get on the paddle boats. I never really got to ride the paddle boats as an adult or even a teenager, but I think that it would be a fun, romantic thing for a couple to do. I guess amusement parks aren’t about romance.
Great pics of the vintage Lagoon. They bring back so many memories. Weren’t those paddle boats called skeeters? I swear they were.
Comment by Bret — 6/30/2008 @ 11:38 pm