The Giant Dipper at Mission Beach in San Diego, CA

On weekends and throughout the summers I spent lots of time and money down at Belmont Park at Mission Beach, in San Diego, CA. The seaside amusement park was not within a reasonable walking distance from my house in Pacific Beach, so I always had to save back a dime to ride the bus home.

Belmont Park's attraction to me was the public indoor Olympic sized swimming pool called, "The Plunge", a midway with street vendors peddling their games and prizes, a House of Mirrors, and a massive roller coaster called, the "Giant Dipper." The Giant Dipper was undeniably the park's star attraction.

The Giant Dipper at Mission Beach in San Diego, CA, is a summer story written about childhood memories of Belmont Park with a moral twist and lessons learned.