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I have always wanted to go to Knotts Berry Farm as I love
Snoopy and he is the mascot of this theme park.
It was originally a farm started by the Knotts Family. Mrs. Knotts was known for her friend chicken,
and many people came from far and wide to enjoy it. Mr. Knotts set up some games and rides to
keep people happy while they waited for their friend chicken dinners, and so
Knotts Berry Farm was begun (he also made berries and jams which are still sold
today via the Smuckers brand)
Anyway, from its humble beginnings, it has become a theme
park which huge roller coaster rides, shops and arcade games. Our first stop was a roller coaster called
the Ghost Rider. It’s an old fashioned
wooden rollercoaster, which shook us so hard, I ended up renaming it the Bone
Shaker. I don’t ever need to go on that
ride again!
After that was a roller coaster where the seats rotated on
the track. Steve tackled that one with
Pete while I went shopping. Smart mom!
As it was a Saturday, we noticed that the park was getting
more and more crowded as the day wore on.
We decided to pick and choose our rides so that we could get back to the
hotel and cool off. I should mention
that Steve had seen his fair share of sun yesterday, and he was really feeling
the sunburn on his head by today. He
kept trying to find shade as we went along, but Knotts Berry Farm doesn’t really
believe in shade. That was another
reason we knew we weren’t going to last long.
We made it to the back of the park where we found corn dogs
and chicken nuggets for lunch (not the healthiest vacation so far!). While the corn dog was cooling, Pete and I
went on a cute mine ride and then we started heading towards the front of the
park. We stumbled upon an old blacksmith
building, which is one of the oldest buildings in the park. Mr. Knotts had it moved to its current
location in the 50s (the building is from the late 1800s!), and the blacksmith
there makes all the horseshoes and forged metal found in the park. It was really fascinating to see him work,
and I was encouraged that some of the original spirit of Knotts Berry Farm is
still there.
After another quick peek at a snoopy shop outside the park,
we headed back to the car to get back to the hotel and the POOL! The days here have been a bit hotter than we
expected (mid-80s) and a LOT of sun, so the pool was quite refreshing.
The kids decided to join us for dinner again and not do the
evening activities at the conference, so we got dressed up and met up with the
kids along the sidewalk in front of the conference center. We headed for Downtown Disney to a restaurant
located right in the center called Catal.
It was a lovely evening to be eating outside.
A bit of window shopping after dinner, and then we walked back
to the room to sleep and prepare for our big day tomorrow: Disneyland with the
big kids!
(From Emily about her day: I met Tom Milsom and gave him a
hug. Andy went off with the Rooster
Teeth guys and did stuff, and I hung out, bought some things, went back to the
hotel and took a nap, and then went to the Secret Panel. After that, I met a lot of people and it was
awesome.)
To see what Andy had to say (which is WAY more than Emily did), click on this link:
1 comment:
Great to see the blog is back, team. And I've read up to Day 4. Not quite certain which of the two entertainments I'd be most uncomfortable with, but really glad that you're all having a nice time.
Steve: get a hat.
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