I Spy...

Find 7 things you may not find in a park around the Seattle area.

Castle Rock has some pretty cool parks! There has been  a lot of growth here, so new schools have been added and it seems that with a new elementary school, comes a great new park right next to it.  The park in the first 5 photos is called Bison Park.  Can you tell why? 

 There are two amazing rock climbing structures that are shaped like...you got it...Bison!

 This huge play structure is great! There are hanging 'seats' in the middle of it for kids to 'hang' out in and climb through, etc.

 This structure took a couple of minutes to figure out--for me. But with the help of another child, she showed me that you stand on the seats, sitting on the middle of the arc and hold on to a handle, right above it.  Then you work it like a skate board, moving left and right with your feet and body and holding on with your hands.


This play-town is fun for the younger kids, a climbing/wall scaling thing connects the two slide areas.

Wrangler park is two blocks from our home. The whole park has the western theme, with a 'cantina' and everything. 


Have you ever wanted to fit inside a wheel and roll down a hill?  The green and red circle structure in the middle of the photo gives you that sensation.  You sit in there with your knees bent, hang on to the wheels lip and your friend turns you over and over and over...  The red thing on the right spins you quite nicely, too, just around and around.  A modified version of the merri-go-rounds I went on a kid. 

 This slide is so fun!  Yes, I have been down it several times and I laugh every time!  Sean goes down it feet first, on his belly.  The black stuff under the slide is squishy-- old tires made into a mat.
The green stuff in the back ground is grass AND turf.  Yes, with all the water shortage around here, they water their grass in the summer...I have yet to see an occupied home without green grass outside!!!  And the turf is a genius idea.  No need to water, no standing puddles, no mowing, and it is fun to run on! 


This a Bull Snake.  This big guy has been seen in the shrubbery on several occasions at the park.  He is probably a good 3 feet long and although he looks similar to a rattler, which are found more out in the open spaces here, he is not a huge threat.  Give him distance and he goes on his slithery way.


So...have you found the 6 I spy things not found in parks around Seattle?  Some are obvious, some not.

Answers:  Bull Snake, turf, green watered lawns/grass, climbing rocks, wheel 'simulator', skating dude toy and last but not least...blue skies.
My kids think the MV parks are way to cautious when it comes to play structures!  These rock!