So this summer, Raleigh Parks has a Bucket List to complete and we are up for the challenge!
Just go to any Parks facility to pick up your bucket list, prizes for completion are ride tickets or a T-shirt. You can share your picks of summer bucket list fun with #parksbucketlist. You have until August 13th!!
Here are the items on the bucket list and our progress so far:
- Tour the City of Raleigh Museum and Fayetteville Street
- Check!! The next Storytime with Sammy the Squirrel is August 1st at 10:30. A perfect time to tick this off your list
- Pretend to be the conductor on the train ride around Pullen Park
- Not yet but we will be going back soon – our favorite park!
- Race horses with a friend at John Chavis Park -check!!
- Spend time reflecting at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens
- Find an aquatics center near you and go for a float with a friend
- Check!! Been doing this all summer at Buffaloe Road Aquatic Center and Millbrook splash pad!
- Ride the historic Raleigh Trolley from the Mordecai House
- Not yet! Children under six are free, $10 for adults. My little boy would love riding the trolley
- Using City of Raleigh Park Locator, find a picnic shelter near you and spend time with friends
- Check!! Used it to find Honeycutt park. As usual, there was a picnic involved 🙂
- Check out an art backpack at Sertoma Art Center or a nature explorers backpack at Annie Louise Wilkerson nature preserve
- Go to a summer outdoor concert at Dix park or Pullen Park
- Try stand up paddle boarding or rent a boat at Lake Johnson
- Play a round of disc golf at Kentwood or Cedar Hills Park
- Play a game of HORSE at a basketball court with a friendcket
- Paint or draw a picture of the scenic views at Horseshoe Farm Park
- Volunteer at a City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources event or program
- Visit a playground
- Um, Check!! This is what we do! For a list of playground reviews and maps to their locations, click here
- Create your own Raleigh Parks Bucket list adventure!