Friday Photo Flashback

It’s been a pretty cold and miserable winter here in the mitten. When I went looking for a Flashback photo, I found one that brings back memories of a warm Ohio day.

My folks took us down to King’s Island one summer. If I had to guess I would imagine this was 1975 or 1976. I look about 5 or 6 here.

This is one of those trips that I can only recall bits and pieces of. Most of the memories of the trip come from photos. I do not recall posing for this picture. I don’t really remember anything about it. I cannot remember seeing the flower Fred Flintstone and I’m not sure which parent decided this was a good photo opportunity. I also don’t remember owning a Great Gazoo tank top, but obviously I did.

This is one of the reasons we haven’t taken the kids to somewhere like Disney. We want them to be old enough to remember the trip. They shouldn’t have to look at pictures as their only memory of their time there.

I remember that we rode on a water ride that took us through a tunnel. There were various characters all around as we floated through. I remember there were two skeletons dancing together and thinking it was hilarious. I asked one of my parents to take a picture of it. That photo is lost, along with other photos from that trip, sadly.

That was the one and only time we went to King’s Island. Honestly, I don’t know if it is even still open. If it is, I would imagine the things that were in place 50 years ago are long gone. I even did a Google search to see if I could find a picture of the skeletons, but nothing came up. I wish I could find that picture.

Oh, and another reason I like this picture – I have a lot of hair!