OAKS CLOSING DAY 2023

It’s our annual tradition – closing day at Oaks Park!

SAUVIE ISLAND SUNFLOWER FARM

We went to Sauvie Island with Aliah and Cayah to check out a huge sunflower farm. There were so many sunflowers! They even had a maze made of sunflowers. We got lost and had to sneak out the side.

Aug 1

NEW YORK CITY DAY

Before heading back home, we spent one final day going to a bunch of different places in New York, including riding the Staten Island Ferry, visiting the Mysterious Bookshop, and walking The High Line park.

Jul 31

CONEY ISLAND

We went to the the world famous Coney Island! It took, like, an hour on the subway, but I love the subway, so no problem. Plus, I was super duper crazy excited.

Don’t I look miserable?

I rode The Phoenix!

Daddy had a Nathan’s hot dog for lunch, OF COURSE.

And, of course, the subway back to the hotel.

Video time!

Jul 26

NORTH HAVERHILL FAIR

The North Haverhill Fair was going on while we were in New Hampshire. So, of course, we had to go so I could get another credit!

This turned out to be the worst roller coaster I’ve ever ridden. See that cord behind me? This coaster was literally plugged in to the train the whole time. (But it’s a credit!)

Grandma is not much of a roller coaster fan, so she just accompanied me us.

Mommy and I went on a swing ride, and it was pretty nauseating.

But a fair is a fair, and I still had an awesome time!

Jul 22

KENNYWOOD

Next, we headed to West Mifflin, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh, to go to Kennywood!

We rode both sides of Racer, an amazing woodie…

…an appropriately named flat ride called Whip…

…the super fun Turtle, the last operating ride of its kind…

…and, of course, much much more, including this over-100-year-old wooden coaster, Jack Rabbit. It was very fun, but it’s double down was not as intense as I’d heard.

Jul 21

IDLEWILD & SOAKZONE

Right after DelGrosso’s, we headed over to Idlewild in Ligonier, PA. They’re both small parks, so we could do them both in one day!

Fun fact: We were actually supposed to go to a 3rd park called Lakemont. But when we went, ALL THREE of their roller coasters were CLOSED.

Oops…Mom caught me with her camera, so I had to run away, as usual.

Here’s my video recap for our short trip there:

Jul 21

DELGROSSOS AMUSEMENT PARK

We spent the morning at a small park called DelGrosso’s.

This was my favorite ride, a spinning Wild Mouse coaster called Crazy Mouse.

Here’s a little video recap of our time at DelGrosso’s.

Jul 20

KNOEBELS AMUSEMENT RESORT

Knoebels is a family-owned, almost-100-year-old park, and it was fantastic!

The wooden coaster, Phoenix, was amaaaaazing! There was so much air time, I can’t believe I was even allowed to ride that thing.

Here is a video account of all the rides we did. Important note: I said I liked Twister in the beginning of the video, but by the end of the video, I changed my mind. I DO NOT LIKE TWISTER.