Kiddieland, Part 5

If you're at an amusement park--especially one facing imminent closure, as Kiddieland sadly is--you have to take a spin in the bumper cars. And so we did.
Tina ready to take a turn. (HI, TINA!)
Your humble correspondent, courtesy of Tina. (I'm the surly child on the right, not the one on the left.)
The hood of my ride--it was very green and sparkly.

Kiddieland, Part 1

Kiddieland is the closest amusement park to Chicago (in the nearby suburb of Melrose Park) and one of the oldest in the country (it first opened with a pony-ride attraction in 1929), but on September 27 of this year, it closes for good, due to a family dispute. (The Chicago Tribune published an in-depth, excellent article on Kiddieland's last season and the details of the dispute. You can read it here.)

Last Sunday, I ventured out to Kiddieland (for what will likely be the last time) with my friends Tina and Pete, who happen to live within short driving distance of the park, and took dozens of pictures, many of which will pop up on this here bloggity this week. (Credit where it is due, though: the photo above, of your humble correspondent standing beneath the famous Kiddieland sign, was taken by Tina.)