Saturday, June 19, 2010
4:07 AM
Pony Rides
Many stores still have these so they aren't necessarily "vintage" by the most precise definition of the word, but my memories of riding the ones here, in town as a child are definitely and legitimately vintage. It cost .10 per ride back then and my mom almost always let me have at least one ride whenever we visited a store that had one. Safeway had one right by the side entrance, which is the entrance we most often used so many, many of our grocery shopping trips began with her giving me a dime with which I would gleefully ride the pony. I'd still ride them today if I could afford to pay for the inevitable damage that would ensue. : )*note - the other local store that had one of these for years and years was Ben Franklin's. I rode them at both places.