Did anybody find a ducky in any other photo than the ones in the prior posts???
The winner will be revealed this evening!!!!
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I had a feeling you were trying to throw people off and make them really stare at the photos
Anyway, another good report from you both.
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That picture was taken before we even had the duckies. The object you are seeing is the base of the dashboard GPS.
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The Winner of Find the Ducky is.......
by The Bebes » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:38 am
The correct number of duckies in the CGA trip report is............
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TWO!!!!!!
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- The ducky in the bottom right corner.
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- And the "Big Mike" ducky between Lady Bebe's boobies.
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The Bebes' TPT:P3 - Day 4 - Gilroy Gardens
by The Bebes » Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:24 am
DAY 4: Gilroy Gardens
Wednesday August 18, 2009
It’s Wednesday morning now, our last day of theme parks, and we’ll be splitting the day between two parks. In the morning we’ll make our way to Gilroy Gardens and then trek to the coast for Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for the evening.
But first… a stop at Falafel’s Drive-In in San Jose.
Wednesday August 18, 2009
It’s Wednesday morning now, our last day of theme parks, and we’ll be splitting the day between two parks. In the morning we’ll make our way to Gilroy Gardens and then trek to the coast for Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for the evening.
But first… a stop at Falafel’s Drive-In in San Jose.
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- Hardly a drive-in with only like 4 parking spots, this little Greek outdoor café was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. They were lauded as having the BEST falafel sandwich anywhere. Neither Bebe had ever had a falafel sandwich, but we like Greek food and wanted to find out what all the fuss is about. Lady Bebe ordered the Falafel Sandwich with a banana milkshake (that’s the combo #1 and, by rule, you MUST get it). Mr. Bebe, however, got the Gyro Sandwich.
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- After our breakfast we hit the rode, on our way to Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world, to visit Gilroy Gardens (formerly Bonfante Gardens).
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- We had our Platinum Cedar Fair passes, so entrance was free (though parking at GG was NOT).
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- Upon entry, you notice the beautifully landscaped foliage.
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- That’s really what Gilroy Gardens is all about. The beautiful foliage…
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- …and the scenery.
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- Of course, they have rides too, like this car trek through the gardens. We couldn’t see the entrance for this ride, but I’m sure we’ll come upon it.
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- Hmmmm. Where to go???
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- Our first hit would be the Timber Twister coaster. We want to make sure we get all of our credits!
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- Hmmmm. Scenery or Ride?
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- The Bebes skip the scenery and run to the ride, a snake themed junior coaster similar to Cobra at SFDK or Treasure Train at SFGAdv. Since the seats were rather small and the line was short, Lady Bebe and Mr. Bebe take separate cars. After Lady Bebe got in, some kid literally stepped over her and sat next to her. WTF??!!
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- That arm better be the ONLY thing he grabbed during the ride!!! J
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- Sorry, you must be at least 1ft tall to ride.
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- Most of the rides at Gilroy Gardens are aimed for younger children. Banana split was one of the more exciting rides.
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- It’s a banana themed pirate ship!!!!! Since most everything at Gilroy Gardens is “Garden” themed.
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- And they didn’t seem to mind on-ride photography (uncommon for a Cedar Fair park). Wheee!!!!
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- Don’t let anybody see me in the Strawberry ride. They’ll think I’m soooooo uncool!
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- They had a nice old-fashioned carousel.
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- And what better place to proclaim our catch-phrase of the trip, “TRES, OLE!!!!”
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- We caught the workers behind a wall prepping the ground for something. A new ride perhaps????
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- The giant rock maze was super fun. It had tunnels that you could crawl through and some people got lost in it.
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- There was a section with various different waterfalls. Some you could even walk BEHIND.
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- Bebe di signora. Mangia!!!!
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- Somehow, Mr. Bebe didn’t see the shaved ice stand right behind him. If he had, he’d be ALL OVER IT!
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- The “big ticket” item of the park was upon us: QuickSilver Express.
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- It’s sort of hard to find in the back of the park and tucked into the trees. It’s your standard arrow mine train ride with two lift hills and a couple of good turns, but otherwise uneventful. We rode it like 3 or 4 times without stepping off.
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- All over it
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- Lady Bebe HATES mushrooms, but REALLY DUG the mushroom swing.
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- Hey, we finally found that car ride. But which side do we take? 1920’s Model T’s or 1950s Chevys and Corvettes???
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- Corvettes!!!!
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- It was a nice, long ride where you would, at times, pass the drivers on the other course. The scenery was gorgeous.
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- It had some fun touches like this 1950s Gas station.
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- And a Drive-thru Car Wash (Acceptable Amount of Wetness). I would’ve liked to see the stuff on the other course, but the line was the longest of the day and we had places to go!
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- We hopped a ride on a lazy river ride.
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- Animal topiaries we plentiful throughout the lazy river ride.
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- Apple and Worm. It looked like a kiddie coaster. We didn’t know if it counted as a credit or not, but we rode it anyway. Jeff??
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- Lady Bebe entices the whole worm train to join in our festivities. Tres Ole!!!!
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- The Garlic Twist was a nicely themed teacup sort of ride. Here it is from the outside.
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- And here it is from the inside.
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- If anyone watches horrible VH1 reality programs (like the Bebes do), you’ll recognize the girl in the middle as CALI from Real Chance of Love and I Love Money 2.
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- The Artichoke Dip was adorable, but stunk to ride.
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- Nearby Castroville is the artichoke capital of the world, and this little food stand was exactly what we were looking for. No corporate lame Johnny Rockets or Panda Express here. Local cuisine and Park Goodness!!!! We had the fried artichoke hearts and Gilroy Garlic Fries. Yessss!!!!!!
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- At the core of Gilroy Gardens is their collection of Circus Trees. 10 are outside the main entrance with the other nine found throughout the park. Pick up a map when you get in to find them all! Here are a few.
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- History Lesson: As a hobby, bean farmer Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) shaped trees – he pruned, bent, and grafted trees into fantastic shapes and called them “circus trees”.
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- Erlandson was very secretive and refused to reveal his methods on how to grow the Circus Trees and carried the secrets to his grave.
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- Axel Erlandson’s Circus Trees stood in Scots Valley near Santa Cruz for many years after his death in 1964. The “arborsculptures” eventually began to die from lack of care.
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- In 1985 the trees were purchased by Michael Bonfante (owner of Nob Hill Supermarkets) and transplanted to Gilroy. Bonfante rescued 25 of the 74 original trees (19 are currently on public display at Gilroy Gardens).
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- In 1997, Bonfante sold the family supermarket chain to focus on his dream of opening a horticultural themed amusement park. And in 2001, he fulfilled that dream by opening Bonfante Gardens Amusement Park.
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- In 2006, Bonfante Gardens contracted with Paramount Parks (now Cedar Fair) to manage the struggling park. In 2007, the name was changed to Gilroy Gardens. In 2008, amidst a ton of debt, the park was sold to the City of Gilroy.
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- Goodbye Gilroy Gardens! We had a lovely time at a very charming place.
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by Homeboy23 » Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:03 am
The Bebes wrote:Wow, alot of really low guesses so far! Did you guys read the part of the instructions where it says that each picture could have as many as three duckies???
Good luck everyone!!!
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I had a feeling you were trying to throw people off and make them really stare at the photos
Anyway, another good report from you both.
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by Big Mike » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:58 am
Booo, I outsmarted myself! LOL
That kid was very smoooooooth hopping in with Lady Bebe and grabbing on to her during the ride! Reminds me of a younger Big Mike!
Peace, Big Mike
That kid was very smoooooooth hopping in with Lady Bebe and grabbing on to her during the ride! Reminds me of a younger Big Mike!
Peace, Big Mike
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by Mechanic » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:11 pm
It looks like less is more when it comes to the duckies. 
The report on Gilroy Gardens was great. I can never see too many pictures of that beautiful little park. If I may offer one minor correction, Quicksilver Express is actually a Morgan coaster.
Looking forward to more Bebes reports.
The report on Gilroy Gardens was great. I can never see too many pictures of that beautiful little park. If I may offer one minor correction, Quicksilver Express is actually a Morgan coaster.
Looking forward to more Bebes reports.
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by The Bebes » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:24 pm
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Homeboy, you were totally right! In fact, there was originally only going to be ONE ducky in the report (the infamous "big mike" boobie duck), but at the last minute I decided to add the foreground ducky.
But if Big Mike wants to use the Multiple Ducky idea for a harder challenge, he may do so.
Mechanic,
Thanks for the correction. I uncharacteristically didn't do my homework and verfify the maker. Rather, I ASSumed that it was so much like GoldRusher etc that it must be an Arrow. errrrrrr. History Lesson aborted.
-Mr. Bebe
Homeboy, you were totally right! In fact, there was originally only going to be ONE ducky in the report (the infamous "big mike" boobie duck), but at the last minute I decided to add the foreground ducky.
But if Big Mike wants to use the Multiple Ducky idea for a harder challenge, he may do so.
Mechanic,
Thanks for the correction. I uncharacteristically didn't do my homework and verfify the maker. Rather, I ASSumed that it was so much like GoldRusher etc that it must be an Arrow. errrrrrr. History Lesson aborted.
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by bhartley » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:33 am
This looks like a duckie . Look at center of the windshield right above the wipers . Sure looks like a duckie to me. That would make 3.
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by The Bebes » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:21 pm
bhartley wrote:Look at center of the windshield right above the wipers . Sure looks like a duckie to me.
Bill
That picture was taken before we even had the duckies. The object you are seeing is the base of the dashboard GPS.
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