2025 – The Holy Trinity Church Carnival
Having been baptized in this church and gone through 8 years of Holy Trinity School, I think “Carnival” would be the last word I’d associate with either place.
But this event has now become a long-standing tradition. I’m not sure when it started, but if you go to bobleafe.com and enter “Carnival” in the search box, you’ll see an interesting (he says modestly) photo I took at the 2001 carnival.
I still get a kick out of the fact that the large parking lot on which all this merriment takes place used to have a big school on it in which I attended grades 1-4 (zero merriment from the nuns).
Anyway, I try to make it a point to visit the carnival when I see this banner on the Anderson St side of the old convent:
BTW……..click images to see if they enlarge. A couple won’t and a couple need two clicks.
When you walk down Pangborn Place, this is what you see as you approach Maple Ave:
Let’s start on the left at the Fire Fly. I’ve never been interested in whatever’s on that corner of the lot. Photographically, it’s good for one shot. Financially, it must be expensive because it’s got an ATM right next to it:
From the southwest corner to the northwest corner, we arrive at the Round Up, which is ALWAYS in this spot (so is almost every other ride………when you figure out a placement plan that works, you stick with it).
The Round Up is always good for a couple of shots:
Want one in purple?
Just to the east of the Round Up is the Zipper – ALWAYS good for a couple of shots:
Slightly to the south of the Zipper is the Fun Slide. You sit on a towel or something and slide down………whoopee:
Time for the wild animal rides…………ride the wild baby elephant!
When you recover from that, ride the wild Woody Woodpecker!
Looks like no one was brave enough to try it.
On the west side of the lot, you’ll find all the games of chance:
Want a sno-cone? No one’s home, so it must be self-serve:
Here are a couple of panoramic shots, primarily looking north and east:
My exit shot:
See you next May!
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