Vickie Powers Park

The other day Sissy, Bubba and I went park hunting. This is one of my grandchildren's favorite activities. We just pick an area of the city and go exploring looking for fun parks. Some days the parks are not very exciting and we wind up going to one that we found earlier but on this day we were happy to find the community built Vickie Powers Park on the edge of Rapid City.

The park is a good size with lots of fun playground equipment to climb, hide and play on.

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SIMC: Rising to the Challenge

It has taken us a while to convince 10 year old Sissy that the only way to overcome a fear is to face it. She is so terrified of heights that until recently we had to carry when crossing bridges, climbing staircases other than the one at home and going in elevators. But look at what we got her to do last week!

7 year old Bubba coaxed her all the way up, pointing out where to grab on to the rock and where to place her feet, and on occasion touching her sleeve to make her feel more stable.

She was very excited that when she realized she had made it to the top. We of course were very happy she made it and didn't panic. It may not look very high in these first two photos, but check this next one out!

 If I had to guess I would say it was about 13 feet high give or take a foot.

As you can see Bubba is the fearless one when it comes to heights.

As I explore more of the hidden parks around Rapid City I am discovering most of them don't have much in the way of traditional playgrounds but they do all seem to have rock formations like this one that the children can climb.

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Week In Pictures

The week started out with what my grandson Bubba calls park hunting. The way it works is Bubba, Sissy and I set out on a search, they in search of a park where they can play and me in search of interesting sights or shots to fulfill photo prompts. On this particular day I was looking for interesting shots for the prompt circles. We wound up at Northside park on Tidewater Drive.

 At this playground there were all kinds of things to meet the challenge. Here is just two of the fun circle shots I captured. I also of course captured tons of photos of Bubba and Sissy having fun.

The next couple of days it rained off and on, so I stayed close to home.

A robin decided to build it's nest on the fence at the edge of the patio. Of course now when we sit on the patio the robin gets angry.

 

Everyday planes and helicopters fly overhead. Sometime they fly so low I know I could capture an awesome shot without having a zoom lens. Of course though they seem to know when I step out without the camera and keep well out of range.

 Max was very happy when the sun broke through and the rain stopped. He loves hanging out in the backyard. With the rain over we ended our week with the family heading to one of the three Norfolk beach parks to go swimming.

Overall it was a good week. Even though I found myself stuck indoors for a few days the week was very productive. I was even able to use some of that time to write this short story. 

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