Why I Love Ferris Wheels

“…the idea of sitting in a Ferris wheel is ridiculously romantic to me.”

When I was little, I lived in a relatively small town that had one amusement park called Wonderland. It was nothing like your Six Flags or Disney Land. I think it had one roller coaster the last time I visited (which was when I was a ripe 6 years old.). It did have a haunted house that I loved, and the “Frog Hopper,” which was the best thing in the world to my easily-pleased mind.

What I always wanted to ride, though, was a Ferris wheel. I can’t remember if Wonderland had one, but I don’t remember being able to ride one. I’ve always been terribly short, so there wasn’t much I could ride. I remember one day watching a part of a movie, late at night. I wish I had known what it was, but I was young. In the movie, a man proposed to a lady in the sunset.

It launched a world of imagination. I would think about what it would be like to ride the thing- how I would pretend to fly, or to be able to see every moment from the sky. Even as I grew older, I used to wish I could get on a Ferris wheel and ride to the top. I never had a chance to ride one during my life in Albuquerque.

Sometimes I imagined it was early in the morning, sometimes at sunset. Maybe I could ride one in the light of the moon. That would be nice. Maybe on a beach. Maybe I could  sit in a Ferris wheel with my sister. Maybe one day a daughter. Maybe I could ride one with someone special. Maybe with a life-long friend. In any case, the idea of sitting in a Ferris wheel is ridiculously romantic to me.

Everyone tells me I should go to the fair and ride one there. Wanna know a secret? I have never been to the state fair. *Pauses while everyone gasps* I would go, but I hear it’s expensive, and I’m broke. Plus I have nobody to take me. Our fair is coming up really soon, and I know I’ll be one of the only ones to stay home and imagine riding a Ferris wheel. Oh well. One day!

There are other things that have high places in my fantasy mind, but a Ferris wheel is one of the main ones. What do you guys think of as special?

Hoping you maybe, possibly enjoy my odd musings,

Kenny ❤

P.S. I posted on my writing blog! You can get to the blog here. I love you guys! My sister also recently started blogging, and her blog can be found here. She is a bit more developed in her diction than I, so I think you guys will enjoy her posts.

“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.” -E.B. White, The Points of My Compass