- My parents brought me and my brothers sledding here one winter.
- Once I biked around the neighborhood along both sides of the lake.
- On mornings after the 4th of July, I would walk to the park with my brothers or friends to search for unused fire crackers.
- I remember one year sitting in the car waiting to see the fireworks.
- This park had an open drain I explored a few times with friends.
- In one exploration I cut my foot from glass.
- My friend John Shingler ripped his shirt off so I could use it wrap my foot.
- I needed stitches.
- Even today, there is a part of my toe I cannot feel.
- Some years later I returned with my brother and friend to explore the old drain in the park. The drain was gated.
- Salix sitchensis (Wikipedia)
Salix sitchensis is a species of willow known by the common name Sitka willow. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California to Montana. It is a common to abundant plant in many types of coastal and inland wetland habitat, such as marshes, riverbanks, swamps, coastal sand dunes, and mountain springs.
