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Trotting on Trigger Into a Candy-Coated Sunset in Doswell, Virginia
Pintos, dapples, high-stepping stallions, and a sword-and-holster-bearing steed with U.S. stitched in the saddle await eager equestrians. Precision-carved by the Pennsylvania Toboggan Company, the carousel at Doswell’s Kings Dominion dates to 1917 and features fully decorated horses with stirrups, leather reins, and “rhinestone”-embellished bridles. As lively calliope music canters around the canopy, the melee of the midway fades, and the magic of mirrors and motion takes over. Clouds of cotton confection float through the air, picking up the sticky sweetness of crimson candy apples mixed with touches of golden, buttery popcorn...blurring the horizon for a windup worthy of Rogers, Wayne, or Eastwood. Saddle up, grab the reins, and hold onto your hat, pilgrim. “We’re burnin’ daylight.”
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