Lake Winnepesaukah shuts down for six months each year, but the women who run the North Georgia amusement park barely slow down.
“We go from working seven days a week (in season) to working five days a week,” said Tennyson Dickinson, who, with her sister, Talley Green, represents the fourth generation of family ownership.
Lake Winnie opened last Thursday for its 98th season with what Dickinson calls its “signature attractions” all spiffed up and ready to go.
“The Cannon Ball, opened in 1967, is a classic wooden, out-and-back roller coaster,” she said during an interview from her office at the amusement park on Lakeview Drive in Rossville, Georgia. “We’ve given it some extra time and attention this (past) winter, and our carousel boasts 68 hand-carved, hand-painted horses. It was built in 1916 and came to our park from Atlanta in 1967.”