Playground Games

Yesterday, we pulled into the newest RV Park, which we will be staying at for two more nights. Now, they have a playground here. Even though it is designed a little differently: it has two swing sets, two of the backyard playsets, a BIG tire to climb in and out of, a series of wooden poles painted red and white, two big "sewer" pipes, and a merry-go-round that is tilted on purpose.

There are also some kids here and they taught me and Anna some "new" games. One is called GROUNDERS and is played like this: To decide who is "it" everyone who is playing starts 10 feet away from the play ground and races to get on top of it (off the ground). The last person on something is "it." GROUNDERS is basically like tag but with a few twists: (1) the person who is "it" has to close his eyes when he is on the playground equipment but not when he is on the ground. (2) When both the "it" and another player are on the ground, the "it" can call "grounders" on the other player and make him "it."

The second game is played on the tilted merry-go-round. What happens is that the low part makes a person OUT til they are away from it. What you try to do is stay on the high part. You do this by jumping the bars and running away from the low part as fast as you can without falling off.

The game GROUNDERS is not a game that either Mom or Dad have heard of. But as mom said, we're in Canada now so maybe this is a game that is played in Canada but not in the US. (Now we can take it TO the USA and share it with friends there!)