langdoncook

The other day my four-year-old threw a flag on the Mt. Baker swings, and I have to agree. We just returned to Seattle after a year of living off the grid in southwest Oregon’s Rogue River Canyon, so maybe the general lack of bears running around the neighborhood or absence of cliff-jumping opportunites at Baker Beach somewhat colored my boy’s appreciation of this otherwise excellent city playground, but when it comes to swings even a four-year-old knows that higher is better. Until you get sick. Maybe I’ll call Parks & Rec and speak to the phone tree about this abomination.