The Big Pause - Day 77 - May 27 - Down by the Crick

When I was younger I lived in a relatively new subdivision that was on the edge of town. This meant there were fairly extensive forested areas  and there were two ponds that were about a 10 minute walk from our house. Some friends and I would often go to the ponds and catch frogs and explore the streams and wetland areas. I've always felt it was a shame that my kids didn't have that same opportunity. We are living in the lower mainland of BC and there aren't a lot of unspoiled forested areas that aren't official parks.

Recently I've been riding my bike in random directions and I came across an area that I've never been to. It is an official park but it's also on a right of way and it's separated from the main park area so it's quite secluded. I knew that there was a creek running through the area and after a bit of investigation I managed to find some trails that took me down to it. You can tell that this has been a local destination for people for a while. It's very clean but there is also evidence of kids with trees partially chopped down. There are probably more unruly things happening but at least they cleaned up after themselves.

I had recently told Carter about this in a mysterious ways and today he wanted to go check it out. It's about 2.3k from our house so I biked and he took his scooter. We found the creek and he had great fun exploring the area. I suspect when he gets a bit older him and his friends will probably come down here. Being in the city we don't seem to let kids explore. Covid isn't helping that.