On an unseasonably warm afternoon, Charlotte and I set out to find "Edmonds Evergreens". We found the cache and we also found a very awesome playground a few steps away. It was a big one and a challenging one - there was a climbing mountain that Charlotte wasn't completely confident on at first - and it's been a long time since she asked for help with a climbing mountain. The playground was packed with kids, which is usually a great thing, but in this case, there was a pretty unfriendly vibe. Charlotte came running back to me in tears to tell me that one of the other girls had told her that she couldn't play there and though I tried to talk her through how to handle it, she wasn't into it. We went to another part of the playground where Charlotte crossed the rope bridge with some trepidation, only to be unable to get off when a boy at the other end of it blocked her way and refused to let her go past. I'm not a fan of parents intervening in playground squabbles, but I had to step in in this case. The helicopters were going beserk in their condemnation of the parents who were completely ignoring their kids' bad behaviour. Strangely enough, we were talking to our friends who had been there too and they had a similarly bad experience. It's so disappointing as the playground itself is amazing and not too far from our place. We will give it another try and hopefully get a better mix of people next time. The playground is located at N 49.12.916 W 122.55.976 and is point no. 142 on the map at the bottom of home page.
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