I was at Clover Crossing Mall a couple of days ago and a couple of young men were walking in my direction. One of them asked me where the 7-11 was. I told them it was 4 blocks away on the corner of 60th Avenue. One fellow asked if that was on the other side of the fairgrounds and I said yes. Then he said he knew they'd walked the wrong way. He said they were with the carnival and setting up. It was really hot on Monday, my car said 27C. They looked like they needed slurpees so I suggested if that was what they were looking for they should try the Chevron gas station on the corner because I thought they might have a machine. They thanked me for the tip and said all they knew was 7-11.
Its kind of a tough life for people who work for West Coast Amusements constantly on the move, setting up midway rides and gaming booths, taking them down, and then moving to the next town.
West Coast Amusements used to be set up and ready to go for the Cloverdale Rodeo by Friday night. That was pretty much teenagers flocking there and going on the rides. Back in those days there used to be free admission to get onto the fairgrounds. However the fall fair in September did charge for fairgrounds admission. Now that's they've cancelled the fall fair and combined the two events for the May long weekend, they charge admission to the fairgrounds.
I really enjoyed going on the rides when I was younger. I still do! I liked the tilt a whirl and the octopus. I like rides that spin! Unfortunately Kerry can not take spinning rides so I don't usually go on them any more. He likes the ferris wheel and I went on that with him but he decided it would be fun to rock the coach we were in and really got it swinging. I've seen too many news stories about people falling out of ferris wheels and I wasn't too happy about that so I skip the ferris wheel now too.
Admission to the Cloverdale fairgrounds is $12 but tickets can be purchased at London Drugs for $10.
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