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We were there. Almost every day. I would wash my hair but not dry it, didn't even think about the makeup, pack a lunch that usually consisted of a PB&J, string cheese, baby dill pickles, and Cheez-Its, and we would head out around 10:30am, before it became too crowded or too hot:
The kids would run, and run, and run some more, only stopping for a quick sip of juice before they were back on the watery pavement again. One of the signs reads "no squirt guns", but the word "squirt" is misspelled, so I would try not to look at it so my blood pressure would stay at a healthy level, and one could always, always find an old Band Aid.
Welcome to the LaFollette Splash Park.
Some said I had a decent tan this summer. I worked hard on it, standing on wet pavement in direct sunlight, keeping the bigger kids from running over my smaller kids (see also: mall play area...). And on the days they would be randomly closed for whatever sundry reason, we would create our own little at-home splash park in the only flat spot in our yard:
You may think this is a random way to spend a summer. Folks, it.is.FREE. And factor in plenty of slushies and great naptimes, I find this a perfect recipe for a small town summer.
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