Bobby Morris Park Playground- 10/10
Bobby Morris Playfield is situated between Capital Hill and downtown. It's a lovely city playing field, with landscaping, fountains, playing courts, lots of grass and, a fantastic playground.
One of the interesting things about this playground is that the whole thing, including the separate swing sets, is set on a sprung spongy surface, like the spongy mats you've seen on this site, but all one large piece and bouncy. I LOVE this surface. It's definitely my new favourite surface and seeing as we live in a world that has moved a long way from the concrete and gravel surface that the playgrounds of my youth stood on, guilt free, I feel fantastic about my kids playing on flooring as cool as this.
The Bobby Morris Playground has two separate structures that stand in a specially designed, sculpted area that overlooks playing fields and is stroller and wheelchair accessible. The larger of the structures features lots of climbing options, wheels to turn, a curly slide, a double metal slide, lots of things to hang from and a wooden bridge. The smaller structure has a second curly slide, lots of climbing options and a really cool feature, a xylophone built into the bars.
There are six swings, two toddler, two big kid and two therapeutic swings. There is a very modern, aesthetically pleasing seesaw that promises excitement but does little else but bounce slightly. Being the US, there are also clear instructions for how to use the equipment correctly, which doubles as protection against potential parents suing after their firstborn scrapes a knee.
I didn't notice if there were washrooms, didn't notice if there was a drinking fountain and have no clue how easy it is to park there but this playground can do no wrong and I stand by my 10/10 score. If all big cities had lovely parks like this so near the city centre the world would be better place. And no, I haven't been drinking.
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