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Turtle Park Splash Pad

Unlike Butterfly Park where there were no butterflies in sight, we actually found a turtle at the Turtle Park splash pad in Findlay Creek.

Unfortunately, there was no water for the turtle. (A dad later told us that he called the city. Apparently, this splash pad will be fixed on Friday, so we’ll have to come back.)

Turtle Park looks like it could be a nice splash pad.

  • There are two water fountains in the ground. One nozzle is in the middle of a flower which reminds me of the splash pad at Roy Duncan Park. The other nozzle is in the center of a painted turtle.
  • There is also a yellow pole which I imagine shoots water up into the air.
  • Finally, there is a green post with a button that is probably hard for little kids to push (just like the one at the Butterfly Park splash pad.)
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    Google’s found us, but we’re taking tomorrow off

    Things have been a little go-go-go lately, so we’re planning on having a quiet day tomorrow. Maybe play around in our own splash pad (read: sprinkler in the backyard) before heading out to a bunch of splash pads over the weekend.

    We went to an ultimate (frisbee) game the other night and our friends told us to check out the splash pad at Brewer. (Apparently, there’s a water slide!) It’s not listed on the city of Ottawa splash pad website yet, but it is included in their open data (kml map). Did a quick google search and Brewer park does look cool. Maybe we’ll head out tomorrow after all… read more

    Stanstead Park Splash Pad

    There’s more to the splash pad at Stanstead Park than meets the eye. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like anything special. There are two parts – a wooden post and a weirdly angled metal post.

    The wooden post is basically a tap for filling up buckets. Push the button and get some water. Fill up a bucket or soak your feet. Our little dinosaur chose to soak her shoes, but the dried river bed in the nearby sandy play structure makes me think that other kids choose the first option. read more

    Arnott Park

    We had a quiet picnic today at the splash pad at Arnott Park. Another family with two boys were playing at the picnic shelter so we set up our blankets under the trees. A pretty good park with lots of shade. We had a lot of fun playing on the play structure.

    The splash pad was pretty basic. A simple blue post that sprays water when you press a button. The nice thing was that you didn’t have to hold down the button for the splash pad to work. The second nice thing was that Rogers had LTE coverage in this area. That’s about it… read more

    Grab your backpack. Let’s go!

    So, there we were, sitting at a picnic table on the Western parkway and having a quick snack before starting a journey of epic proportion. Watermelon, mum-mums and apple juice. Mmmm. Good stuff.

    Did you know that Ottawa has over 90 splash pads scattered in parks across the city? We’re going to try to visit them all!

    C’mon, let’s get to it. I know that we can do it!