Two Awesome Days of Pinball
Sunday 9/29/24 The Arcade & Napawalla Park
Larry wanted to get an early start so I got up at 6:15. I got dressed and made a quick breakfast of cinnamon raisin bagels. Concordia City Park was a great overnight place to stay. It was big enough for me to walk around and get my steps. It's convenient to Walmart.
Our next destination in Kansas was in Wichita to play pinball. The pinball place was called The Arcade and is located in downtown Wichita, 140 miles from Concordia. The drive was mainly 4 lane highway and some interstate. Larry knew it would take over 3 hours. As we drove we saw a lot of farmland. The road was rough at places. I slept on and off. When we got to Wichita we had to do a detour off of I135, they had it totally closed going south, unfortunately they didn't offer a detour, the signs simply said the road was closed and you would have to find an alternative route. We were lucky our GPS gave us an alternative route. We arrived at The Arcade about an hour and a half early. This was ok, we read in the Minnie while waiting for The Arcade to open.
An hour before The Arcade opened the manager arrived, he said they open in an hour and we may have to move. Larry explained we were parked there because we were going to play pinball, he said in that case we were fine to stay parked there as long as we wanted.
The Arcade is a very nice place with a bar and grill, pinball machines and arcade machines. The pinball machines work on tokens (4 tokens for a dollar). Then if you put four tokens in the machine you can play 3 games. If you just want to play arcade machines you pay one price for the day. For adults (11 years and up) $12.00 and kids (10 years and younger) $10. 00. When you pay they give you a wrist band to wear. You can also reserve a room for private parties. Outside they have other games, a giant chess board and blocks to turn for young children. They have their menu on the internet, made it easy to plan what you want. The pinball machines are in one row and the arcade machines behind them in their own area. They have headphone jacks installed in the pinball machines. We seldom see this. This is great because you can listen to the game and be able to hear the call-outs. We played games that are new or popular (John Wick, Foo Fighter, Jaws and Venom) and some games we have played other places (Iron Man, The Mandalorian, Fun House, Ted & Red Road Show, Godzilla, Metallica and Batman). They had other games. Each pinball machine had a camera displaying part of the play-field. There were three gentlemen who spent all their time playing one game. One played The Addams Family, another played Elvira Party House and the third one played Jaws. For lunch we had a delicious BBQ Bacon Delight burger. It was a 1/4 lb burger with barbecue sauce, tomatoes and crispy string onions on a kaiser roll. The sandwiches come with tater tots. We played an hour, had lunch, and then played another hour. The gentleman, who managed the place was very friendly and explained how everything worked. He made sure our stay was very enjoyable. He also said, that the owners were two guys and the games were out of their own collections. The machines were in excellent condition and some looked brand new.
The Arcade
Giant chess board outside
The pinball machines
John Wick
Ted & Red Road Show
Larry playing Metallica
Lunch
Godzilla
The Mandalorian
Fun House
After playing pinball and thanking the gentleman for an outstanding time we went back to the Minnie. We were on the road once again. Our final destination for the day was 40 miles away in Oxford, Kansas. Their city park is called Napawalla Park. Napawalla Park is $15.00 per day for electric and water sites. It's a self-service pay system, you fill out an envelope, put your payment in the envelope, seal the envelope and slot the envelope. It has restrooms and showers. The sites are in a grassy field and some of them have shade because of the trees. It has a couple of covered pavilions and a playground.
Napawalla Park entrance sign
The playground
After dinner, when it cooled off a bit I walked around for an hour and a half to get some of my steps. I ended up doing 17,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group for the week with 113,438 steps.
Welcome to Oklahoma
Monday 9-30-24 Cactus Jack's & Green RV Park
I woke up once again at 6:30. I got dressed, we had a quick breakfast and got ready to move on. After breakfast we put everything away and secured. We had a great time at Napawalla Park. We were on the road by 7:00.
Our next destination was Oklahoma City. It was 140 miles away. The drive was interstate all the way. When we got to Oklahoma the roads became rough and at times it was very rough. We stopped at a visitor center to pick up a map and to stretch our legs. We were surprised that they lock the gates to the parking lot at 5:30 and they had a lot of workers in the center. It was a nice facility.
Welcome sign at the visitor center
After stretching our legs we were back on the interstate. Our next destination was Cactus Jack's Family Fun Center to play pinball. We were here in the spring so we knew what to expect. We had a great time and today was no different. We arrived there a hour early so we relaxed for the hour, for lunch we had a salad. Cactus Jack's doesn't sell any food or drinks so we had lunch in The Minnie.
After lunch we went inside and played pinball for an hour and a half. We played Elton John, Attack From Mars, Medieval Madness, Scared Stiff, Elvira House of Horrors, Aerosmith, Ghost Busters, Star Wars, Cactus Canyon, Whoa Nellie!, Black Knight, Godzilla, The Munsters, Venom, Rush, Iron Maiden, Guns & Roses and White Waters. Cactus Jack had more pinball machines and a room full of arcade games. The pinball games were $.75 and $1.00 per game and you use quarters, which you purchase from the owner. No food or drinks were allowed in Cactus Jack's. The owner was very friendly and nice. We had a super hour and a half of playing pinball.
Some of the pinball machines
Playing pinball
Larry playing Elvira House of Horrors
Attack From Mars
Black Knight
Elton John
Medieval Madness
Rush
Star Wars
The Munsters
After playing pinball and thanking the owner we went back to the Minnie. Larry called a couple of RV parks to see what was available. The first park was full but the second park, Green RV Park had a few sites available. This was great, it was 70 miles from Cactus Jack's and closer to where will be tomorrow.
Green RV Park is an old park. The sites are off a gravel road and close to each other. There was no shade but it was only $30 a night for full hookups and we were only going to be there for the night. We were super happy to get power and a place to stay at a reasonable price.
We had another super day of playing pinball.
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