Progress(?) Comes to Custer Park

Tonight, Jr. V and I stopped by Custer Park for a little playground action after dinner. When we got to the top of the hill, I noticed that the merry-go-round was gone. There was a large sign next to where it used to be...

"Our Parks Levy Dollars In Action!" The sign went on to say that there were "improvements" coming to Custer Park. In the summer of 2005. OK, so maybe not so fast.

Turns out the merry-go-round, the see-saw and.. the swingset are being removed and replaced with something new. Now, I'm not that into see-saws, and the deathtrap merry-go-round's days have been numbered for a while. Although getting your leg stuck in the merry-go-round and getting drug around in the dirt has been a valuable rite of passage for generations of kids. It's the swingset that's the real loss.

Custer Park has got the geatest swings. Long, smooth chains and it's mounted on top of this huge hill overlooking the rest of the park, so when you swing you get this view that can't be beat.

Progress. Go take a swing at Custer while you still can. Don't forget... it's being improved in the "summer" of 2005!