Park 0: Crestview Heights Park

Posted by E-George on April 26, 2009

Matthew and I have committed to spending more time together and as a family. We’ve made the outrageous project to visit as many city parks as we can fit in over the coming spring, summer, and fall. We’re starting with those parks that are within walking distance of our house. First up, Crestview Heights Park. It’s west of Tramway, and most easily accessible by taking the pedestrian bridge over the busy street which dumps you directly at the park. Alternately, you could walk down Rover, cross Tramway, and weave through a cute little collection of townhouses to get there.

Crestview Park

Matthew carried Evelyn in the backpack carrier that Babka keeps at the house. Clearly, all of Babka’s hard work was paying off, because Evelyn enjoyed her walk in the backpack immensely.

The first thing was to assess what the park had in terms of both play and picnic amenities. For play, it had one of the city’s few sandbox play grounds, with two swings, a see-saw, and a fort that came complete with two slides.

For picnic there was a decent covered patio area with three bench-and-table rigs, but no grills. The grass was verdant and the dandelions were plentiful, yet there was a remarkable lack of dog poo laying about.

The park lies along the drainage easement better known as the Indian School ditch. On a bright sunny day like we had when we were present, there is usually a steady stream of idiots, morons, and other various boobs hurtling down the ditch in their saggy pants, skewed hats, ear-buds-n-ipod, riding on their skateboard. Occasionally (and by “occasional” I mean “hardly ever”) there will be a soul who will wear a helmet or *gasp* knee pads, but not often. The surrounding neighborhood is very nice and a classical example of Albuquerque middle class living.

As we walked back home, Evelyn succumbed to the rhythm of the motion and fell asleep.

I’m embarrassed to say that I did not calculate our time in the sun correctly and all of us got a touch of sunburn. Matthew on his neck, me on my shoulders, and poor Evelyn on her little arms. My next big purchase will be Water Babies sunblock lotion SPF 30×10^5.

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