Olds Spray Park Without a doubt one of the cutest spray parks we’ve encountered! The Olds Spray Park is absolutely adorable and a ton of fun too! So much of our province is represented in the spray features. There’s a tiny grain elevator, an oil derrick, and a water tower. A series of spraying animals …
Blackfalds Inclusive Playground Has this ever happened to you? As we approached Red Deer, driving north on Highway 2 in Central Alberta, we asked the girls if they needed to go to the bathroom. Of course, no one did… and of course, mere moments later, someone did – very badly! A quick search told us …
Robb’s Best Playground To call this Robb’s “Best Playground” is a little unfair, because I’m pretty sure it’s Robb’s ONLY playground – but it’s a great one, to be sure! Robb is a hamlet located about 50km southwest of Edson. We were taking a backcountry route home from Jasper when we stumbled upon it. And …
Wildwood’s Best Playground Traveling the Yellowhead between Edmonton and Jasper? If you’re like us, you look for pit stop playgrounds along the way. We were thrilled to find this hidden gem in the tiny community of Wildwood, Alberta! (located about a 1 hour 20 minutes west of Edmonton) Gunner Rehn Park is a baseball field …
Canmore’s Best Playground Visiting this mountain town? Canmore has a number of great little play spaces, and let’s be honest, the views can’t be beat – but we think this playground rises high above the rest! In our opinion, Centennial Park is Canmore’s Best Playground! Our girls have been playing here since they were very …
Banff’s Best Playground The playground at Banff Elementary School is so fun that we’ve visited the past two summers in a row! We think it’s an easy choice as Banff’s Best Playground! Equipment is divided into two distinct areas, set on either side of the school. On the north side of the school, you’ll file …
Prairie Winds Park One of Calgary’s destination playgrounds, Prairie Winds Park is as fun as it is unique! The playscape features a double cable-track zipline. It may be the longest zipline we’ve found to date! We love cable-track ziplines as they are bouncy as well as fast. There are two slides built into the hill …
St Patrick’s Island Park It may be smack in the middle of central Calgary, but it will feel like you’re in another world when you visit St. Patrick’s Island Park! The island, which is also home to a portion of the Calgary Zoo, includes trails through lush green spaces, an amphitheatre, a great sledding hill …
Flyover Park – Beauty in a Lost Space It may be the most popular Calgary playground post I’ve ever made! The story behind Flyover Park is truly an incredible one. Described as “finding beauty in a lost space”, this playground is a community initiative brought to life – turning a dingy underpass into something wonderful …
A Charmed Affair I distinctly remember the day I met Jenna. It was freezing. Not just cold, somewhere in the -20s, and we were at a winter festival in Edmonton. Jenna and her Ice Queen “sister” had just finished a meet and greet with young guests. They were heading indoors to warm up when we …
Millennium Place Edu-tainment Centre I distinctly remember the first time I took the girls to the Millennium Place Edu-tainment Centre. They were about 14 months old – mobile enough to climb stairs and walk around rather quickly, but completely oblivious to things like gaps in equipment fences. For me, it was a full-on cardio workout, …
Kerry Wood Nature Centre It’s a bit off the beaten path, but worth the trip to check out the amazing nature playground at Red Deer’s Kerry Wood Nature Centre! We were searching for a bathroom when we discovered this unique play area and ended up spending more than an hour playing! Officially called “Imagination Grove” …
Outdoor Classrooms It’s been said that ‘not all classrooms have four walls’ – a saying that is embraced wholeheartedly by Edmonton Catholic Schools. Edmonton Catholic Schools isn’t just bringing nature into its classrooms – it’s bringing its classrooms to nature. For the 2022/2023 school year, the division has unveiled 10 amazing outdoor classroom spaces – …
