The Carnival Comes To Oakland

Dad and I hit the local carnival a couple weekends ago here in Oakland. We roamed around staring at all the rides (but didn't actually go on any of them), soaked in the colors, lights and sounds and shot a bunch of pics. I ate pink carmel corn and Dad had a corn dog. Games are up to $5 now, insane. I think the last time Dad went to a carnival he said they were a quarter. Last time I went to a carnival I could still stomach the tilt-a-whirl, but I sat this one out and opted for a photo session instead.



Along the way we both plugged a couple of rounds with the bb-gun rifles. I'd actually never done it before. I missed some of that red star on the target paper but I almost got it all. Good to know I can focus on a mark without my glasses on, whee.

I also made this silly slideshow with a free online thingie
It's got quite an annoying sound loop... you may want to hit 'mute' if it starts making your brain spin, but I couldn't help myself, it just needed something playing while the images rolled. This tool doesn't let you use your own sounds, unfortunately.

I uploaded all of the photos HERE if you want to see them individually (they're much larger and without the annoying sound loop).