After Friday evening dinner at nana and grandad's, Charlotte and I hit a new playground on our way home. This one is the northwest corner of Burnaby, not too far off our route home from North Van. I was so thrilled when we arrived. Here was a playground teeming with kids, and a relatively small number of adults hung out on the sidelines. Some of these kids must be, gasp, here on their own! The air rang with the normal, happy sound of kids at play, the noise I had recently realized was so often missing from our playground visits. This is what a playground is supposed to be! Charlotte even came running back to me at one point to tell me she had made a "new friend, new friend!"
She practiced climbing on the rock wall - she doesn't get very far on this yet, but it's great that she tries. She went down the small slide over and over again, but insisted that I hold her hand each time. Eventually she discovered the helter-skelter and she was on her own for that one - I couldn't reach her hand whether she wanted me to or not! She was a little cautious the first time and sent Owlie down to test the waters - but soon she was fearlessly launching herself off down the ramp, crying "Again, again!" as soon as she got to the bottom. I had to boost her up the first step, but after that, she was able to pull herself up to the top to begin her ride down the helter-skelter all over again. She played till the sun started to go down and then reluctantly agreed to head back to the car to head for home. She always seems to be comforted by the fact that there will always be more playgrounds for us to explore though! There are no geocache in this park - always a surprise to find a park without one! The park is located at N 49.17.270 W 123.01.237:
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