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I had the pleasure of taking my family to the very noisy Ponderosa Ranch Theme Park in 1990 when it was still going strong, with street fights and lots of fun for the family. This is part one of that adventure, one that I credit for eventually becoming an authorized Bonanza novelist. Part two is coming.
Along with me are my mother, my sister Mindy and my own three kids, Adam, Bennett and Carrie. We were on our way to Yosemite from San Francisco, when I saw this big billboard sign announcing the Ranch, and I had never heard of it. So they allowed me to cancel our Yosemite stay for a night in South Lake Tahoe. Sadly, this Theme Park closed in 2004, after a summer of the largest attendance in its history.
For two very hot July months I spent in the field trying to play hostess to a series of video excavations. Adam sent me this link; though I've not seen all of it, I'm sure it doesn't begin to describe all the work I did prepping for this. All the work I did trying to get video worthy interviews for the Portage website. You can't find anything there about it. I feel bad.
It gets kind of fun for me to watch, as I get used to it. Really fun seeing it on TV. I just loved the little girl I got to work with. She's a natural!
Posted at Bonanza Brand. There's an episode where Adam has to confront someone who looks just like him, but I got incensed because they would not let Pernell play his double. So I rewrote it, envisioning just that.
For kids ages 9 and up - get a copy of Powering the Road, my article on hybrid cars versus electric, in the May/Juen 2020 edition.
This is my very FIRST major article in a national magazine. For which they've not yet paid me. They have until the end of June. $340 is not money I'll easily give up.