West Linn: StoryWalk(R) at Fields Bridge Park

We recently returned to Fields Bridge Park to check out the new StoryWalk(R).

The park has had the educational panels for the Willamette Meteorite for some time. New signs have been added posting a story that you can read as you walk the 1/4 trail.

The trail starts near the playground, so perhaps the short walk can be a way of winding down and switching into quiet time.

Posts are numbered, so counting skills can be combined with reading skills, as well as letting you know if you have missed something.

Missing something should not be an issue: the trail is short and well-marked. Mainly, it just seems like a good experience.

Books are periodically swapped out, allowing them to correlate with different events or seasons. The current book is In the Middle of Fall.

Other signs toward the end recommend other books and give information on other local programs, including QR codes.

One of signs informed us that the West Linn library has book drops at every school in the city, which seems like a good coordination between important community features.

Add to that this collaboration between the library and the park.

While the StoryWalk was developed in Montpelier, Vermont, and is a registered service mark of Anne Ferguson, this installation is sponsored by the Holly Grace Jones Endowment of the West Linn Library Foundation.

Accessability: The path actually seems improved since our last visit. Signs are easily readable and contain Spanish translations.

COVID: It is outdoors, and we found spacing out pretty easy, even on a sunny Saturday.

https://westlinnoregon.gov/library/storywalk%C2%AE-fields-bridge-park