Conneaut Lake Park

Another weekend of clean-up and repair.

This is the midway, deserted now,

but cleaned up and almost ready for the season.

Sixty or so volunteers

from all over the area,

all with a love of the park,

and a desire to see it thrive,

showed up this weekend

to

clean,

scrub,

rake,

paint,

and

fix

what could be done on a cold and rainy weekend.

I spent most of my time here with my crew.

We arranged and scrubbed tables,

and then painted them.

Don't you just want to take a picnic lunch there

and spend the day at the park?

I know I will be this summer!

Dad and I stayed at the Hotel Conneaut.

This is a picture from last year.

And while I don't believe all the ghost stories,

when they offered the ghost tour,

I went along in order to see more of the hotel.

The ballroom is beautiful,

with amazing views of the lake.

If you haven't been there in awhile,

it is worth the trip.

The park is trying to stay open.

The coaster is one of only two Vettel coasters left in this country

http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/yellowpages/coasters/bluestreak_conneaut.shtml

The carousel

http://nationalcarousel.org/psp/ConneautLake/

http://nationalcarousel.org/cgi-bin/census/census.pl?NCANo=173

is amazing!

Well worth the trip!

There is a very nice beach

and a boat ride also.

The park has it's issues,

but when so many of these historical parks are going under,

it is nice to see so many people that care

and show up to help them out.

I am honored to be a part of it all,

and I love that my Dad and I can share it together.

http://tolentreasures.blogspot.com/2011/09/off-to-park.html