118. F.W. Howay Elementary School, New Westminster

One hot day, we were out and about after a swim at the relatively nearby Canada Games Pool when we happened by this elementary school playground.  It was a bit big for Charlotte, but she had a good time practicing her balancing.  Some big kids came along and they were busy playing "Hot Lava" and they didn't much care about Charlotte.  But they also didn't mind when she played with their soccer ball for a bit until they were ready to dash away on their next adventure.  It was quite nice to see them playing, making up their game and solving their own problems without an adult in sight!  Gives me hope after all...  We will have to come back soon as there is a geocache nearby that we haven't found yet - "In Loving Memory" - one of our closest unfound caches at the moment.  The playground is located at N 49.13.540 W 122.54.629 and is point no. 118 on the map at the bottom of home page.

87. Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park

What a beautiful sunny day for an afternoon at the playground!  Only it wasn't a whole afternoon at the playground - it was much too cold for that.  The playground at Foreshore Park is designed like a boat, in keeping with its location on the river.  As Charlotte played, she was continually stopping to watch the tugboats going this way and that up the river.  She told me that she loved this playground and it really was just right for her.  I was freezing, but I managed to convince her to leave without a meltdown - by promising her a trip to the swimming pool!  There are lots of geocaches along the shoreline; the FFT series runs by here, though Charlotte and I have already found the ones near here.  The playground is located at N 49.11.510 W 122.59.911 and is point number 87 on the map at the bottom of home page.