It is a matter of great personal triumph to tell you that we found all five pumpkins this year.
Last year we tried, but an icy wind chased us from the park before we could complete the hunt.
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We wanted to visit the park again well before the next scavenger hunt. We even made plans, but that day the park was closed due to flooding after a lot of rain.
One thing I saw more this year is how the scavenger hunt works well to get people more familiar with the park. The overall path of the pumpkins gives kind of a circle of the park, and covers different uses.
We did not even know there was a basketball court or an area for volleyball.
While there are several soccer and baseball fields, one set of them is
in use much more frequently, and we have avoided that side. Turns out
there is more than busy game fields over there.
We knew there was a dock, but we hadn't made it there. In fact, we had not quite understood where it was located within the park.
We knew we were getting closer when we so people carrying kayaks and inner tubes, but we also found some nice seating areas there, for those who just want to watch the water.
One thing we had not thought about is that only following foot paths would not get us there. There needed to be something more like a road. Even small water craft can be difficult to carry.
That being said, the paths were often wide enough that they could be hard to distinguish from the roads.
There was a pumpkin in the butterfly garden again, though one possible issue with only making it to Cook Park in October is that we have never seen any butterflies there. There have been plenty of bees.
One of the most interesting sites was a newly added accessible play structure, with some fun features that allow for trying different things.
Accessibility: This has seemed pretty good, even before the new play structure. Individual bathroom stalls did still seem like they might be difficult to navigate for some mobility aids, but I am not sure.
COVID-19: Everything is outside, so it was less of an issue, but I did see people observe masking and social distancing. That would probably be more important at the soccer, baseball, and softball games.
Pumpkins will still be out through the 31st, but I assume the prizes have all been claimed now. The prizes were for free admissions to Kids' Night Out, continuing with the theme of getting to see what Tigard Parks & Rec has to offer.
Those offerings are impressive.
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