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OK I-S and rhertz - a few dusted off synapses and that sounds about right.
and on the fairgrounds... your great site here has a pix of it. And yeah - the Six flags one too - check. Anyone old and feeble enuff to recall the six flags trees with spiral slides inside (also a burlap sack affair). |
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Oh gosh I remember being so nervous climbing up those steps because the slide was so high! I recall getting airborne too. Does the fair still offer a newer/safer version of that slide?
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But the recolletion of the spiral slides at six flags blows my mind. I remember but never would have had you not mentioned it. Wasn't that on Skull Island? Anyone remember that big skull? We walked cross a bridge held up with barrels floating on the murky bluegreen (dyed) water... but at night, Skull Island was really lit up and looked really cool! |
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Skull Island at night was all lit up in red, white and blue it seems! That is a wonderful memory from long ago!
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Do you remember the spiral slide inside the hollowed out (fiberglass) tree? They would give you a burlap sack to slide down on... It got dark for a moment. I was always afraid of a pile-up and getting stuck but that never happened. My favorite Six Flags ride would have to be the Spelunkers Cave.
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Yes those were simpler times when a slide was all that was needed for entertainment. I do remember the Spilunker's cave and those little guys in there with ice picks and it was COLD too. There was an urban legend later that a snake dropped in somebody's boat while in the cave and bit and killed them during the ride. That kinda put a damper on it for me.
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