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Junior · January 20, 2011, 06:46:48 PM

Looks like a Gandy Dancer cart, dosen't it?

rubedugans · January 20, 2011, 06:46:49 PM

It really does resemble the Gandy Dancer...
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Junior · January 20, 2011, 06:48:33 PM

That little kid in the cart is all grown up now and teaching school in the St. Louis vicinity! 1984 was HOW MANY YEARS AGO?

rubedugans · January 20, 2011, 06:51:54 PM

I remember that ride like it was 3-4 yrs ago. Yeah, teaching for 8 years now! Regardless of how long ago it was (27 yrs) I know that I get that same smile on my face every time I walk in the park.

betamike · January 20, 2011, 07:26:00 PM

It's amazing how vivid my memory of the Gandy Dancer is as well. Wow!!! Something so short lived has impacted so many of us. I also support bringing back something kid powered. With the obesity rates of children in this country, a little "exercise" would be a positive statement to make.

One last thing for those of you that remember riding the Gandy Dancer: Do any of you also remember pushing and pulling so hard that you smacked yourself in the face with the handle?! I do!

rubedugans · January 20, 2011, 07:33:28 PM

I was a little guy (as illustrated by the photo) and I just remember having to get it started and feeling like I was having to pull what felt like hundreds of pounds to get moving. I felt so proud once I get going though. Remember vividly smacking myself in the face several times While Dad was yelling "Push-Pull-Push-Pull"!

mhguy77 · January 20, 2011, 07:45:46 PM

The lawyers will never let that return......................

History Buff · January 20, 2011, 08:57:11 PM

What lawyers? I don't see any lawyers.

Hey, do you suppose that ride is why there are so many dentists in town?

sanddunerider · January 21, 2011, 10:52:29 AM

"thats not funny"

rubedugans · January 21, 2011, 10:53:44 AM

(I do not believe I have posted this one yet) Not alot to see from this angle, just a lost view from behind the waterfall. You can see the rear of the Lumbercamp, and my Dad with the video camera.

okiebluegrass · January 21, 2011, 11:50:24 AM

That was awesome. Really good pictures. I think it was still open to the public til at least 1997 wasn't it ?

Joy · January 21, 2011, 01:55:42 PM

It was open in the summer of... oh, god... 2003?

pintrader · January 21, 2011, 04:07:54 PM

A picture behind the waterfall is truly a lost view. It's one of those things at SDC that you don't miss until you can't do it anymore. It was pretty neat walking behind it, but what I remember the most is how loud it was when you were behind it.

sanddunerider · January 21, 2011, 07:15:57 PM

i do remember that also.. another harmless "attraction" that we lost...

rubedugans · January 21, 2011, 07:22:19 PM

I remember it being wet, and lod back there. My thoughts would be that it was either A.) not handicapped accessible , or B.) It was a liability being wet. Being that it is all concrete, I did not think that it would have been anything structural. It used to lead up to the "Land of Forgotten Crafts" up a few switchbacks of mulch. I cannot exactly remember a date when the falls closed to be honest.

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