Lake Compounce

[mmcirvin]

Jorie is staying with Diane and Noreen tonight, so Sam and I went down here to Lake Compounce for a day of riding big rides and such.

I'd been curious about Boulder Dash, Compounce's enormous wooden coaster from 2000 that hurtles through the woods along the mountainside. The first half of the ride is almost entirely hidden from view by the trees

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[mmcirvin]

The name seems to actually be a corruption of "Compound's"; the place supposedly once belonged to an American Indian known as John Compound.

[mmcirvin]

Another potentially cool ride there was, unfortunately, not operating: a ski-lift-style skyride that akes you way up the mountain. There are notices there saying that if they have to evacuate the ride you need to be able to climb down the mountain. I suspect that's why it wasn't operating; the brief rain in the AM would have made things a little slippery.

[mmcirvin]

By the way, here's a tip for people visiting Lake Compounce: Follow the signs to the park, or pay attention to the park website's preferred directions/GPS coordinates. Do not blindly follow your GPS or mapping app to the park, because what appears to be the only road past the park does not in fact take you to the parking-lot gate, which is where you need to be.