Friday, August 5, 2011

Park Week- Day 9

Park Week- Day 9. Here's where we went:

Cherryhill Park (Orem).

Nice walking path. It actually went all the way around the playground. Often the walking paths will be on only one or two sides, so I can't always see the kids if I've got the stroller and they're on the other side of the playground. This one was nice. And the path went throughout the rest of the park as well. No stroller on the grass at this park.

Carterville Park (Provo).

This is not the easiest park to get to. If you don't know how to get there, you can't just find it by driving in the general direction. Believe me. We've tried. But thanks to planning and Google Maps, I figured out how to get there from three different directions, so we were ready this time. When you do get there, it's got a nice little playground, huge open field, lots of picnic tables, and 1/4 mile path.

Riverside Park (Provo).

Along the Provo River Parkway. The Parkway connects this park with the next park. Don't use the men's bathroom. We heard there was going to be flooding in Utah this Summer. We just didn't realize it would all be in the men's bathroom at Riverside Park.

Paul Ream Wilderness Park (Provo).

Wilderness. Playground. Duck pond.
Wilderness. Pavilions. Bridge from the parking lot to the park over the Provo River.

Little bridges over small streams in the back of the park. More wilderness. Picnic tables with BBQ grills in the wilderness.

It was a little wilderness, but still enough to explore. I ran off exploring while Jeremy stayed with the kids at the playground. The wilderness area is definitely not suitable for strollers (watch out for the mud), so next time we come, we'll bring the Snugli. And we ran out of time, so we'll definitely go back to give everyone a chance to explore.

It was a good family day.

2 comments:

  1. Duck ponds are fun but only if you have kids who don't want to, um . . . investigate. My son fell in once. It was gross.

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  2. Blech. That does sound gross. We haven't spent that much time around duck ponds yet and when we are around them, I'm always telling the kids to stay WAY back. The two oldest are old enough to listen, but we'll see what happens within the next year when the baby really starts running around.

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