When I entered the park this time I sensed a feeling of loneliness. It seemed that the park was not popular in February. This desolate wasteland was uninhabited and this time was not flooded. The park seems to have the qualities of a flood plain. I do not like criticizing a park, but i have seen so many better parks than this one. I hope it looks better in the upcoming months. It also just does not seem like it is the nicest of parks even when it is nice out. I do not believe that this park represents mother nature in a fair light. Parks are not meant to be surrounded by tenants. A park is supposed to be an oasis away from it all.
Keith, I am glad to see that I am not the only one who looks at this park with a critical eye. I recently moved here from Washington State, where the idea of a park is more about natural beauty.
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ReplyDeleteI love Washington. The Hoh rain forest is a particularly lovely spot and Bainbridge Island. All this talk of Vancouver has made me think of the northwest. I think the miracle in Rabbit Run is that the land--yes, perhaps because of flooding--somehow escaped being cut up into more suburban housing and it gives us an opportunity to look at something wiild in the middle of all that is not.
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