{"id":449,"date":"2010-08-14T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/fontenelle-splashground.html"},"modified":"2012-05-20T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T00:37:48","slug":"fontenelle-splashground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/fontenelle-splashground.html","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Discoveries 18: Fontenelle Splashground"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Shannon and I took our boys to this new “splashpark” that opened 2 weeks ago in North Omaha. \u00a0What a fun, FREE, way to spend a hot summer afternoon! School starts Monday!<\/p>\n

Since the original post this afternoon I’ve had a chance to add more commentary about this place. The City of Omaha has built several of these “Splashgrounds” around the city and they’re a great time for the boys. Papillion has one, but Bellevue has none<\/em> (hint hint!)<\/p>\n

Today the boys spent nearly 3 hours at the park — then the horseflies started attacking and the boys were happy to go. Shannon and I sat under a tree in the shade and had a good old fashioned chatfest.<\/p>\n

This particular one was intriguing: there’s this innocent looking post stationed near the entrance to the fenced area — you rub the top of the post (yes, I know what I’m saying here) and that activates the water for 5 minutes. \u00a0As long as a kid runs back to the post every 5 minutes or so, the water stays on. \u00a0A nice conservation tool. \u00a0You can see the post in the 3rd picture here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a>In the picture below, the young man behind Timmy (their friend Dean) is at the post that activates the water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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I took all these pictures with my iPhone — I’m impressed with the zoom quality in these next two pictures. \u00a0This is with maximum zoom, I was 20-25′ away from Jacob!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Today Shannon and I took our boys to this new “splashpark” that opened 2 weeks ago in North Omaha. \u00a0What a fun, FREE, way to spend a hot summer afternoon! School starts Monday! Since the original post this afternoon I’ve had a chance to add more commentary about this place. 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