Centennial Park - Jasper, AB, Canada - 7.30.2023

 

Centennial Park holds two distinctions among other playgrounds I've photographed -- One, it's the only playground I've ever seen that had an Elk Fence. Two, it's my first Canadian playground. Do those two things have something to do with one another? I daresay they do!

Even the French-speaking elk know to Keep Out.

It might also be the first playground I've photographed that has its very own resident log cabin, but let us not forget the playground that looked like a log cabin.

Centennial Park is located at 520 Turret Street in Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

And please remember to close the gate.

Village Green Park - Happy Valley - 5.6.2023

 I'd passed this park several times and was intrigued by the colors, but there were always swarms of kids all over it. But one Saturday morning, I managed to get there early -- during what I call "playground magic hour" -- when it's light enough to get some good contrasts and shadows, but early enough that the kids are all still home in their pajamas.

Village Green Park is located next to the Happy Valley Library in Happy Valley, Oregon, just south of Portland.