Glad to be back in T-Town
The park conference in DC went off really well. It was the first time I'd been back to the city since I was in high school, and it was fun to be there. We had meetings with our legislators in congress (well, technically, their aides). We called on them in support of the US Paralympics committee, who runs a national program of providing adaptive recreation to wounded warriors in the communities around US military bases. Metro Parks's participation with them helps us to offer sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball and other activities, and it's a partnership that the Paralympics uses as Read more…
Happy National “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Day!
via retrogasm.tumblr.com A great Mr. Rogers/X Files mashup. (via Frinklin.)
In DC!
We had a 4 hour ride from New York into DC today. We're excited to be here, because both of us haven't been since we were in high school. The parks conference starts tomorrow morning so tomorrow will be a very full day. We were really glad to add a couple days in New York onto the front end of that. It turned out to be a wonderful trip. Be back in Tacoma on Thursday!
The Big Apple
Mary and I love New York, and it's been great to be here for the weekend. Mostly our activities have consisted of walking around and looking at buildings. After feeling sick for what feels like most of February, a couple days of walking sounded like the best thing in the world. I've visited two new parks while I've been here. Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, and the High Line, which opened in 2009. The High Line is unique: an abandoned elevated railway that was turned into a long promenade over the city. It's beautiful and calming. In a couple months, Section Read more…