Many ways to have a good time

We did have our Easter by the way. Not going to bunny_hugger's parents, the first time she hasn't spent some part of the holiday weekend with them since college. We did get a good chat going on a the Facetime. It was even a three-party a the Facetime, as her brother joined in and we got to see his apartment for the first time.

I later phoned my parents and we caught up on everything that had happened since we talked on Thursday. Not much; they got more boxes, to help them with next month's move, and that's about it. The nursing home where my dad's sister has been had its first case of Covid-19 among the staff, but they don't think it's going to spread. All the patients have been under a pretty tight lockdown since things started going bad, which seems incredibly boring. But they do seem to be managing that well enough.

In the evening bunny_hugger and I colored eggs. Two dozen this time. I can't say we had any real mangum opuses here, just your basic coloring job. But it's something and we'll have that to add to our salads and our ramen for a while.

And hey, story comics time at last. What's Going On In Judge Parker? When will the pandemic reach the story strips? January - April 2020 has its secrets revealed.

Now let's wrap up that little visit to Cedar Point, the one to see Witches' Wheel one last time before it closed.

The setting sun at Blue Streak; we're looking to the west so there's always good sunset photographs at this roller coaster.

Back to the Witches' Wheel for a night ride; here's the lamps around the queue, because nobody is going to take photographs of the Witches' Wheel lights by night if I don't do it.

The spokes of the Witches' Wheel as illuminated.

Again, the spokes of the ride, along with some weird reflectoid business that gave me a trail of green dots.

The cars had their own lights, too.

The Witches' Wheel as seen from inside, at night, with the rear lights turned on too.

And behind me, the front lights of the cars are also nice and clear.

The spokes of the Witches' Wheel as seen from the top of one of the cars, as I got off the ride.

Nice in-motion picture of the Witches' Wheel, lights just about all on. Notice there's one spoke that wasn't lit.

The Witches' Wheel by night and at nearly full inclination, along with good weird colored lighting of Gemini behind it.

Slightly fuller view of the Witches' Wheel, where you can see the spokes that aren't lit.

The Witches' Wheel coming to its stop.

We stayed at Cedar Point until it closed; here's an after-closing picture of the ride at rest.

Another picture of the ride at rest, with Gemini lurking in the background.

And on the way out we saw a work crew swarming Top Thrill Dragster.

Trivia: The Apollo 13 oxygen tank and its shelf assembly had originally been installed in Service Module 106, used for Apollo 10, on the 4th of June, 1963.
Source: Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of NASA's Apollo Lunar Expeditions, William David Compton. (The shelf was damaged in its removal; had it been used on Apollo 10 it would likely not have exploded.)

Currently Reading: Classical Mechanics with Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: An Intuitive Introduction, Mark Levi.