Water Playground Pictures!

I only have a minute before I need to head out to work at TCC...but I wanted to get these pics posted up from Sunday.

I'm sure that a lot of cities are going to these new "water playgrounds" or "splash parks", instead of running full-fledge swimming pools. They make sense, since they don't require lifeguards or chemical maintenance. I know that due to budget problems, Tulsa has only opened 4 of their pools this year, but they are running all of the water playgrounds that they installed at parks over the past few years. They consist of various "sculptures" (for lack of better word) that have sprayers and such imbedded in them. They don't all spray at once, rather they rotate around. As one sprayer slowly shuts down, another fires up, and everyone goes running over to the active part of the park. There are fountain nozzles in the concrete pad that squirt up occasionally. They have buckets that fill with water, then dump out as they get full, spray tunnels, and fixed water guns. Kids of all ages seem to be enjoying them, and I have to admit the spray felt pretty good as hot as it was on Sunday. The first few pics are from a playground train, as we tried to let Griffin heat up a bit, before he got blasted with cold water! He wasn't the least bit bothered by all the people around, as he contantly ran around the pad checking everything and everyone out. He fell a few times, but luckily the concrete was pretty smooth, and didn't hurt him. He just got back up and kept on going...shrieking with delight!

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Finally...new Photos!

Better late than never...I finally got off my butt and finished up a new photo gallery. Check it out HERE. I tried to change things a bit this time, using a different format that includes short captions. I hope you like it.

 
Hacked!!!

I've been hacked!! Heheh...serves me right for waiting nearly 2 months to update my blog. For the past 7-8 weeks, I've been working a full-time contract job with an architectural firm in downtown Tulsa. On top of that, I've continued to work at TCC, including teaching a "Home Network" class last week. Needless to say, by the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is sit down at my computer...I'm much more interested in spending a little time with Griffin and Amy.

My project ends tomorrow, though, and I'll have a couple of weeks before I (hopefully) start another one. I'll get off my butt and post up some new pictures, as well as filling in the details of what's been going.