Closed for Maintenance 5/2 – 5/5
The Carousel of Happiness maintenance crew (our grease monkeys!) will be replacing a main gear set that is over a century old with a brand-new custom-fabricated gear set. This part is expensive!! But should keep us spinning smoothly for decades to come. Consider making a donation to support our maintenance program! We will be CLOSED for rides all next week, May 2nd through May 5th, with plans to re-open on Monday, May 6th. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Instagram...
Read More >>Free Rides March 23!
FREE RIDES Thurs, March 23 Open at 10am, last ride at 4:45pm. In Honor of Tom & Glenna Carline Tom and Glenna both grew up in Nevada and were high-school sweethearts. Their love of the outdoors, and especially the high country, led them to the mountains here in Colorado. They formed a real-estate agency and worked as brokers in the area for over 40 years, including developing the Sunnyside subdivision and helping to build ‘The Lodge,’ a large wood cabin in...
Read More >>The Tortoise & Ladybug
He sits atop the old tool chest, near the carousel motor. Ask the operator to help if you’d like to take a photo with him! Scott’s smallest carving, Ms. Ladybug, is now on display in her toasty warm home above our radiant heat display, perched on a leaf. As Scott was finishing up tortoise, he remembered his good friend, George Blevins (our local cartoonist), wrote a story called “Mr. Turtle meets Ms. Ladybug.” And Scott decided he needed to carve a...
Read More >>The Beehive
“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.” – St. John Chrysostom “The lovely flowers embarass me, they make me regret I am not a bee.” – Emily Dickinson Bees are so wonderful! This happy little beehive arrived at the Carousel of Happiness in October 2023. Spiritually, bees are linked with rejuvenation, divinity, and the mysteries of the natural world. They’re viewed as divine messengers in folklore, navigating between the...
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