{"id":140058,"date":"2018-07-13T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/?p=140058"},"modified":"2024-09-28T14:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:43:28","slug":"the-marble-race-is-on-at-yohemas-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/the-marble-race-is-on-at-yohemas-park\/","title":{"rendered":"The (Marble) Race Is On at Yohemas Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mommy, there’s a park over there!”<\/span><\/p>\n

“No, honey, that’s just a construction zone. I think you’re seeing some of the construction workers’ equipment.”<\/p>\n

For weeks, we went through this every time our travels took us past a newly-developed area in Sherwood Park… until one day I took a closer look and realized that my then-2.5-year-old daughter was right – there WAS a park over there!<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

Ample opportunities to climb! Photo by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s easy to see why I mistook Yohemas Park for a construction zone. The grey, black and yellow colours of the equipment give it complete camouflage in a neighbourhood on the rise. Yohemas Park is located at 130 Tisbury Street, just metres south of Sherwood Park’s Wye Road. It’s tucked away from that main drag, on a lovely little patch of land, bordered by a large condo building, a treed walking path and the aforementioned Tisbury Street.<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

Going up? Photo by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

Yohemas is a space-aged, modern looking playground, largely made up of cool climbing structures; thick, black ropes; and twisted and curved bars. There a few of the traditional park features – a set of swing, (2 little, 2 big) a compact, springy teeter-totter, and a couple of slides. It has some unique, aesthetically-pleasing design features – I love the giant glass beads embedded in the strange, not-quite-a-climbing structure. But I think our favourite feature of this unusual little park is the tiny toddler playground.<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

Yohemas Park, photos by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

At first glance, Yohemas’ toddler park is just like any other. Shorter versions of all the favourites – slide, tunnel, climbing wall. It has some fun touches – more of the embedded glass beads; a tabletop with built-in funnel for sand play; a shape-sliding match game and a music zone with drums and bells. But arguably the best feature is a nondescript little strip of edging that runs around the structure’s perimeter.<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

One of the coolest toddler parks around. Photo by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

We didn’t even notice this little ledge until at least our third visit to Yohemas. I followed its downhill path with my eyes and said to my girls, “It’s a car track! We’ll have to bring some Hot Wheels the next time we come!”<\/p>\n

The sentence was barely out of my mouth when my daughter unearthed a tiny glass marble. We kept searching and found a total of four buried in the sand. We spent the next 20 or so minutes having marble races down the little black track.<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

A race track for cars or marbles! Photo by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

When it was time to go, we left the marbles behind in hopes the next group of fun-seekers will make the same exciting discovery we did. No guarantees they are still there, so if you are going to visit Yohemas Park, toss a few marbles and Hot Wheels in your bag before you go. And if you have a tiny tot still in the “I put EVERYTHING in my mouth” stage, you’ll want to keep an extra close eye when he or she is digging in the sand.<\/p>\n

\"Yohemas

The race is on! Photo by Jill Footz<\/p><\/div>\n

Yohemas also features a picnic table and covered bench area. At time of writing, it’s only about a year old, so the sand is new and sparkly and clean! (well, as clean as park sand can be!) There is no bathroom or porta-potty on-site, and there are no businesses within sprinting distance, so make a potty stop before you arrive!<\/p>\n

Yohemas Park:<\/h2>\n

Where:<\/strong> 130 Tisbury Street, Sherwood Park
\nMap:<\/strong>\u00a0www.salisburyvillage.ca<\/a>\u00a0 (on this map, the playground is referred to as Waybury Park. It was renamed Yohemas Park in early 2018.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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