We made a goal for 2012 that we are going to visit every park in the city of Grapevine, and I decided I would try and blog about it. I read somewhere that there are 132 of them, but I can't find a complete list yet, so I may have to call the city. It's going to be a challenge, but it sounds kind of fun, so we thought we would give it a try!
Today we went to Glade Crossings Park, which is located at 512 Westbury. It's a smaller neighborhood park, but the playground equipment is new & it is well maintained and clean. Although it was a gorgeous day, we were the only people using the playground. There are picnic tables and benches and it is nice and shady. It backs up to a road that can be busy, but it is fenced on that side. A walking trail goes right through the park, so there were people jogging and walking dogs through the park, which can be good & bad. We were entertained by a man in a suit & tie walking his dogs with a woman in a skirt & heels; and the man was carrying what we could only think was a home made pooper-scooper. It was a loaf pan that he was carrying by a pair of pliers. That was possibly my favorite part of the afternoon. People are awesome.
The only downsides of this park was that there are no bathroom facility, which can be inconvenient with little ones; and there was an inexplicably dangerous piece of playground equipment. It was some sort of slide, but there were no sides on it. I was surprised that the fearless 2 year old boy in our group didn't have trouble with it, but the only person who biffed it was Kaiya & she didn't hurt herself. I have never seen a slide like this before, but really, I guess it could have been anything. I should have taken a picture.
Well, hopefully we will have fun working toward our goal, and if you are nearby, I will post on Facebook where we are going & we would love you to join us!
