Parkville July 4th Festivities

Parkville July 4th Festivities
High atop the Ferris Wheel at the Parkville Missouri July 4th 2010 Festivities.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Parkville Cotton Candy



This thing was the size of Texas! It came in pink or blue and either on a stick or in a bag. In a bag??? Whats up with that?? Cotton Candy is meant to be consumed in one mad rush right from the stick it is spun on! I am a purist when it comes to the consumption of this greatly maligned delicacy.

It was tasty and spun right before my eyes. Perfect.

It gets a 5 Corn Dog Review!

Parkville Pretzel Review



Ewwwwww! Absolutely THE worst pretzel of all time.
It was supposed to be soft. Not.
Was there any nice coarse Kosher Salt. Nope.
Was there salt of any kind? Nope.
Was it even shaped like a pretzel? Perhaps if you were tripping on something.
Then they served it up slathered in icky cheese sauce.
Come on man...where's the mustard?

It gets a lame 1 Corn Dog review.

Parkville Foot Long Corn Dogs



These Corn Dogs were dandy! Crispy and a lot of flavor.

They get a 5 Corn Dog review!

Parkville Missouri July 4th Festivities





I have a love/hate relationship with Ferris Wheels and I find from time to time that I have to get my fear factor in check. Thus was the case last night and the inspiration for this blog. Yes, you read correctly. Fear factor. It is a little like being afraid of a teddy bear gerbil.

I love to look at Ferris Wheels, but I am always amazed that I have this eager, no overwhelming desire to ride one. Every time as soon as that rocking seat starts to move I have immediate buyers remorse and inside my head I am screaming "let me outa here!"

But, I always ride start to finish although I do have to close my eyes as the seat starts to crest the top of the wheel. Then and only then I open my eyes up for the trip down. Sounds crazy. On this particular occasion we had a Ferris Wheel operator named Steve who has been spinning families round and round on Ferris Wheels for 35 years. I could not have been in better hands. Just think about that many years. I wonder what the calculation would be for how many times he has sent the wheel turning. Thanks Steve for all the memories you have given untold throngs of folks.

Amber