Missoula's Carousel

In Missoula there is a carousel which is volunteer-built and hand-carved. It took four years to build and more than 100,000 hours of labor, but in 1995 they had a beautiful carousel in Caras park next to the Clark Fork River. Wikipedia has an article about it. Each pony is so interesting looking and beautifully carved and painted.

Excited to go on the carousel (his happy face didn't last too long)

While Casey was here, Casey, Thomas, Stephen, Abigail and I went to Missoula to see the carousel. It is fairly cheap to ride and it goes for about 5 minutes. But, it goes VERY fast. Thomas was really frightened by the end and hung onto the pole in front of him for dear life. Stephen liked it a lot, but he had Casey on the horse with him. 

Casey, Stephen, Thomas

We then went to the play area at the park and Thomas and Stephen loved it. It has a medieval feel to it which is fun!

Stephen about to go down the slide

Thomas

The Clark Fort river next to the park

I took a video of the Carousel to show how fast it is going. See if you can spot my kids.