"Rides & Attractions" Boardwalk Memories

The girls riding the bumper cars sometimes would get tangled up in a corner, and we would have to untangle them. That’s how we met them. It didn’t hurt us

My first ride on Double Shot was fun but terrifying! My best friend and I were scared to death and we didn’t want to go on it at all. But,

When I was around 12 my family would always go to the Boardwalk when we visited our Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin in San Jose every summer. We would have a

When I was 5 years old my Grandparents, Amy & Dick Luke, took me to the Salt Water Plunge, to learn how to swim! I remember walking down a long

As I sit around at age 86, after a long caeer including four years as a Naval Officer during WWII, a long career with NASA-Ames, including managing Space Projects, I

I remember going into the funhouse…scary and FUN. I particularly remember something like a spinner…..you sat down in the center and the faster it spun, the harder it was to

My Grandmother lived in Santa Cruz much of the 2nd half of her life. She went to the Boardwalk to see the Giant Dipper on it’s opening day to the

We used to go to the Boardwalk because it was not far from our home in Saratoga. I remember going into the funhouse…scary and FUN. I particularly the spinner. You

I remember a rainy day at the Boardwalk. It was well into late fall, the best time to beat the crowds and avoid the sunburn that plagued us. Because of