Fried Stuff and Rides

I have always seen signs for the Bourne Scallop Festival but have never gone.  I never understood what it was all about.  Turns out it is more than scallops.  They also have clams.  Upon arrival we went into an enormous tent and my nose were inundated with the smell of fried.  We shirked the long lines to the frialators and chose landlubber fare.  After that we went out to try out some of the rides.   Phoebe was in a good mood and wanted to try out everything but had her eye on the ferris wheel the entire time.  It was a decent sized wheel and all I have to do is look at something like that and my acrophobia kicks in.  I don’t know what the different levels of that are but mine is definitely towards the worst end of the spectrum.  How I found myself trapped in a tiny basket in a hot air balloon with two burly men miles above the french countryside for two hours is a long story which basically boils down to one important point:  I am an idiot.  Also, it didn’t do anything in the way of “curing” me so the phobia persists.  I had Ellie in the backpack so Cristin took her on whatever rides she was qualified to go on which were any where the line was under 42″.  She was set on going on the ferris wheel so we waited in line where she picked the color car she wanted.  The ferris wheel is an incredibly inefficient ride because it can only load one car at a time and the ride is not really running while they unload/load the entire wheel. They loaded us last and I knew right away what this meant.  The ride was nice and Phoebe sat still which was good because there was very little in the way of a rail.  A toddler standing on the seat could fall over the edge without any problem at all.  We had a nice view of the train bridge and the canal and maritime academy.  Finally the ride ended and they began unloading which meant we did one full rotation over about a ten minute period.  This meant we spent what felt like an eternity nearly stationary at the top during which Phoebe became untenable.  I was very relieved to get back on the ground.