Lindsay Bauer Wellness: Park #6

Tipton Trails (north) is located at 2201 Stone Mountain Blvd (right in front of Four Seasons II). It has a basketball court, baseball field, playground, picnic shelter (with nice, clean restrooms), sprayground, and a trail. It's a fairly new park so the trees there are small so there isn't a lot of shade unless you go under the pavillion. It is close enough so that you can watch your children play from underneath it but if you have a baby you can't really sit them on the concrete floor. I brought a blanket and sat Brody in the grassy areas around the sprayground...but again, no shade. The play ground was nice and big with plenty to do. There were a couple of smaller slides and then a couple of big ones. It had some fun bridges and tunnels to cross too. It didn't seem too dangerous but there were no signs posted on age appropriateness...there was a smaller play area that looked like a tractor but there really wasn't much to it...no little slide or anything. There were 4 big swings and 2 baby swings. The sprayground was an excellent added plus. Reece loves running through the water and figuring all the spray things out. And the ground is a soft rubbery material that babies can sit and crawl on. Mine however was not so fond of it, but I am sure it was the cold water. I'd give this park a 4 and 1/2 stars.

Reece did kind of a cute, but somewhat scary thing at the park...she noticed a couple of young boys and pointed and said "boys, boys". I said "yep, those are boys...but we don't like boys right now or for a really LONG time". She smirked and said "I like boys, boys!"...I said "no boys" and so she kept saying "boys, boys" and laughing. GREAT! All the jr high kids were laughing. Nothing else too exciting or embarrasing happened at the park which is good for me, but not so much entertainment for you guys. I was trying to think of another funny story I could share and all I could think of is how last week at Target Reece started screaming "Boobs, Boobs" next to the bra aisle. When I corrected her to say "bra" then she screamed "Bras, Bras" instead. It was pretty funny.

Entrance to the park complete with a John Deere tractor...

Sprayground...All those little things on the ground and all the poles have water that squirt out of them but you have to push little buttons to make them get going.