THE CARNIVAL COMES TO WAMEGO EVERY YEAR ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. MY FAVORITE RIDE IS THE FERRIS WHEEL - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S 110 DEGREES WITH 100% HUMIDITY - BECAUSE THE WIND IS COOLING.

RIDES AND BOOTHS ARE SET UP BETWEEN LINCOLN AVENUE AND THE CITY PARK (RIGHT). LONG AGO - PROBABLY AROUND THE TIME OF THE MURDER - THE CARNIVAL WOULD SET UP IN THE PARK. BOOTHS WOULD BE NESTLED BETWEEN TREES. ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THE FERRIS WHEEL: IT GOES HIGH ENOUGH TO SEE ALL OF WAMEGO.
EVERYONE GOES TO THE CARNIVAL. IT'S THE THING TO DO - AND IT'S GREAT FOR WAMEGO. PICTURED TO THE LEFT: (L-R, BILL, CHARLIE WHITE, AND MY DAD - CLARK).
HERE'S A PICTURE I TOOK OF MY SISTER, BROOKE, ON THE FERRIS WHEEL. BLUE HOUR IS THE BEST TIME TO RIDE THE WHEEL. ALL THE BRIGHT CARNIVAL LIGHTS COME ON - IT'S JUST DARK ENOUGH TO GIVE THAT BLUE TONE TO EVERYTHING - YET LIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE WAY THAT WAMEGO LOOKS DURING THE CARNIVAL. IT'S SO OPPOSITE. BRIGHT LIGHTS, FLASHY COLORS - IT'S LIKE LAS VEGAS - ONLY IT LEAVES EVERY YEAR THE MORNING OF THE FIFTH.
HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF MY DAD (WITH KATHLENE McPEAK). BEHIND THEM IS THE SOUTH-END OF THE CARNIVAL'S MIDWAY. IT EXTENDS BEHIND WHERE I'M STANDING TO THE OTHER END OF THE CITY PARK.
THERE'S SOMETHING VERY CREEPY ABOUT WAMEGO WHEN THE CARNIVAL COMES.
 

 

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