If you’ve ever visited Kids Together Park in Cary, you probably had no idea it was designed back in the mid-1990s as a handicap-accessible park. There are no signs touting the park’s handicap-accessible features, no special section with specially designed equipment. That, says one of the adults responsible for the park’s existence, is by design. “We [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Lately, I’ve had a gift for divining cool, off-the-radar municipal parks. First, there was the new White Deer Park in Garner (off the radar, perhaps, only because it only opened in November). A week later I rediscovered Cedarock Park in Alamance County. This past Saturday: Main Street Park in Rolesville. The latter was perhaps the most [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 25, 2010
“I oughta be doing that with you,” the moderately overweight mom who was watching her son yelled. “We’re starting a class in April,” Polly Eslinger yelled back. “You’re welcome to join us.” Eslinger’s response seemed to surprise the woman: We were on Cary’s Middle Creek Park Playground at the time, six grown-ups mixed among kids cavorting on [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
Saturday, Hana and I went looking for a bike ride. We found one — and a whole lot more. Here’s a peek at Garner’s new White Deer Park.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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