parking lot carnival, columbus

I stumbled across this in the back parking lot of Columbus' main shopping strip, and immediately was drawn in with the hand-painted signs and old-timey rides. There were some real classics in the mix: Tilt-a-Whirl, of course, but also The Octopus, The Gravitron, The Hustler, The Zipper, The Sea Dragon, and, my favorite, Swamp Thing. The crowd was mostly middle school kids, but there were also some families with little kids, and everyone was having a fantastic time.