Cartoon Central

I’m not a big fan of theme parks. I mean, they are amazing to look at. It’s the crowds that get me. Wasting hours of my life in lines. The commercialism. The exhorbitant cost. The next-to-no educational value. But I know the kids dig ‘em. So I try to make room for them in my life here and again. Even then, I try to avoid the ones that just suck the life right outta ya. Yesterday we visited Bonfante Gardens. And we were in for a treat. It’s an agriculture themed park, no Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse to harangue you into a costly photo. No TV personalities. Replaced instead by kiddie rides shaped like artichokes and apple cores. Beautiful gardens full of rarities. Learning stations. Circus Trees- hand grafted and shaped into enormous works of art. Monarch butterflies flitting all around you while you peruse. Waterfalls all throughout the park. And thanks to a mid-week visit- no lines!!! Wooo! I could dig it.