Robot Claw

Yesterday I went to the Altamont fair with SFL. We got their before the midway opened, and started by checking out the animals:

That’s a photo of a brand new Doctor and a goose! The lemonade cost $5 with $3 refills, which we did three times. We both figured the lemonade carney was mad at the fact we actually carried the cup around so long.

This was the brand new ride at the fair, called The Stinger. This shot was taken when they were testing it before the midway officially opened:

With a stunning mix of bravado and foolishness, I rode the above ride. Here is a video of the entire experience (watch for my reaction at the end):

If you couldn’t see the video, here is a hint as to the effect The Stinger had on me:

Check out these art panels on the front of a very, very bad ‘haunted house’ type ride:

Nothing to do with haunting I know, but ultra-cool nonetheless.

After some time I had somewhat recovered from The Stinger, and we chose to go on a very mild looking thing called Avalanche (which we dubbed ‘Glacial Forest’). Basically you sit as seen in the picture and it goes around and around… how bad could it be?

All I’ll say is I was slightly relieved that SFL, too, got terribly nauseated by the above ride since if it had been only me I would have felt like an old man indeed 🙂

The day was very hot and we were there slightly over eight hours (time flew)! The fair seemed bigger than last year with a great deal of things to see, especially animals. Including beyond the usual – such as Kangaroos, bears and even coatimundi!

Oh, and I had my first ever taste of fried dough, which was delicious!

All told a very fun day, even if The Stinger absolutely ruined me for… almost 40 hours and counting so far 🙂

Later today I shall go to San Diego for SPIE. I will not have internet, so no blogging, but you can follow me on twitter.

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