Sunday In The Park

       MONDAY, MAY 25TH

      SUNDAY IN THE PARK!

  We hit the road again yesterday. After
a Birthday dinner with family and some
friends my wife and I took the Miata
on some back roads to see what we
could find.
   In reality we've been on most of those
back roads many times over the years.
But when you head out in a direction
you haven't taken for awhile there's
always surprises just around the bend.
  We found ours at Eurana Park!
  I've written about this place before.
A visit there is like going back in time
to an era when most small communities
had their own park where families would
gather for picnics or concerts.
   Eurana Park was given to the town by
Charles Schwab and his wife Eurana in
1913.
   There's a large swimming lake,
refreshment stand, large pavilion, shelter
sheds, a  band shell and a  large
playground.
     Since it's the Memorial Day weekend
we expected to see kids enjoying a dip
in the lake and, perhaps, crowds gathered
by the band shell to enjoy a concert.
     Instead, the park was practically
empty!
     The only large "crowd" to be found
was in the water where thousands of
Pollywogs were heralding the arrival
of summer. How they knew it was the
Holiday weekend I'll never know. We've
never seen so many at one time!
     We did find a few folks inside the
building holding the basketball court.
We wandered in to use the rest room
then learned we were actually
crashing a kid's birthday party. Since
my wife shares her birthday with the
kid I figured we were OK.
    We didn't stick around for snacks,
But, truth be told, we had the remainder
of her birthday cake in the car.
    Someone suggested the park might
be opening officially for the season
today.
    I hope so. It's way too nice a facility
to let to the Pollywogs! Besides, they're
lousy in concert!
    Hope you stop by some day and that
all your NEWS is good!