![]() If you haven’t checked it out yet, now is the time to explore the new and exciting natural playground in your park system! Adventure Play was created in the same theme as Nature Play (located at Penitentiary Glen Reservation) but is designed for kids ages 7 and older and has elements and obstacles that challenge balance and climbing ability. Adventure Play at Jordan Creek Park provides a fun venue to develop confidence with physical challenges in a social and interactive natural setting. *Read about your adventure at Discovery Park when Bergen was a baby.Ĭome join the conversation! We’d love to have you join us on all of our adventures by “liking” our facebook page and following us on twitter! You can also keep up to date with each and every post by subscribing to the blog via email.Learning in and through nature helps set the stage for a new generation of healthy, active children growing up both loving nature and understanding human dependence on healthy ecosystems.īeing able to run, climb and discover is at the very core of Lake Metroparks. We’d love to hear about one of your favorite city parks! Tell us about the natural gems of your area. What makes this playground special is the setting among towering trees with pine cones sprinkled all around making you feel like you are far away from the hustle and bustle of busy life. As playgrounds go, it’s nothing too fancy: slides, a bridge, steps to climb, a tire swing, and even a zip line. However, just mentioning that we might be able to check it out after our hike put a little pep in Bergen’s step, when he’s usually dragging, as we completed the last half mile. You might think that a playground would be unnecessary in such a spectacular park, and most of the time that’s probably true. The playground was another spot I’d heard others talk about, but had never visited myself. All this chit chat, in addition to the water views, trees, rocks, sticks and tunnel, kept him interested, and kept him moving. ![]() Friendly” and “Sir-Talks-A lot) just like in our last hike wanted to know the name of each dog that passed by, why this person was doing what they were doing, why that person chose that color to wear, why these people had (insert hiking add-on, such as poles, binoculars, or a backpack), and on and on. Reflecting back though, the busyness actually worked in our favor as Bergen (aka, “Mr. I should have known those stats would make it quite the popular Saturday morning activity. ![]() With it’s achievable distance and lack of elevation gain, it was the perfect hike to tackle with Bergen (along with Georgia in the ergo). I’d certainly traveled on the 2.8 mile Loop Trail during past visits, but before today, I’d never made the entire journey. The space is filled with books, puppets, and tons of other hands on materials for little ones to investigate before or after heading off on an outdoor adventure. The center proved to be a great spot to get our nature juices flowing. So to make sure we had a chance check it out, I made it our starting point. I’d heard that there was an indoor learning space here, but never visited myself. Even better, as you might expect my two little adventurers were also along for the ride, and for one of them (Georgia, 2 months) this was her very first visit. And because of that I have an even greater appreciation for the place. Still beautiful, but I always knew there was more.įor this visit, I switched it up and we saw several aspects of the park that I’ve never seen. Maybe its because we usually fall into the same routine: Parking in the same area, hiking down the same stairs toward the beach, walking along the same stretch of shore. ![]() The mystery and unknown give me reason to come back and explore. Places often remain wonderful in mind because I haven’t quite discovered all they have to offer.
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