green bay: bay beach

One of our first orders of business in Green Bay was a visit to Bay Beach Amusement Park. Bay Beach is a fantastic little amusement park on the water that has been around for years. We would go often when I was a kid. There is no admission fee to the park. Tickets for rides are 25 cents (up from 10 cents when I was a kid) and rides require only 1 or 2 tickets.

My dear friend Kristilyn came all the way from Minneapolis to hang out with us a bit and she and her mom joined us for a hot afternoon at Bay Beach.

Oliver wanted out of the boats (and into the water) and unfortunately there were no seat belts.

He had to be removed.

We quickly discovered that Amelia had outgrown the kiddie rides and was much happier on the bigger rides. 

Elsa had a blast on all of the smaller rides.

Elsa helped herself to Kristilyn's ice cream cone and had an ice cream face most of the day.

Kristilyn took Amelia on the ferris wheel. I don't know why, but I didn't get any pictures of me and Kristilyn.

I was a little slow getting pictures of the big slide.

  

Bay Beach recently purchased a "new" roller coaster, the Zippin Pippin. It was actually a super fun coaster (and Elvis's favorite) that used to be at Libertyland in Memphis in the 70s. Amelia was so excited to ride it, but she missed the cut-off by less than 1/2 inch!

It was such a hot day. We couldn't resist getting ice cream cones before we headed home.

Lounging around in my parent's backyard in the evenings was always a pleasant way to end the day.