Field Trip

Some of us are old enough to reminisce on those summer days of our youth when we would go to the playground with our classmates, friends or family and play on the metal slides, climb jungle gyms that were a grid of metal bars and swing on metal swings, all over dirt packed hard enough to be considered concrete in some parts of the world. I sometimes wonder how I made it without more injuries playing on what may be outlawed in some states in the US now.

Those are memories that Caden and I will share:

Friday was a field trip day planned by Caden's summer school. Already having a van-load, we met the rest of the children and teachers at the park. Unfortunately, the park was closed; the playgrounds/parks here will often have hours where they are closed, usually during the bulk of the day so they are open only at 4pm to 8pm. Of course as we are in India, we didn't let the fact that the park was closed stop us and we found a way through the gate and had all the children running about, swinging, climbing and sliding before you could say Rumpelstiltskin.

The playgrounds here are the ones I remember from when I was Caden's age. The equipment is all metal (remember sliding down the hot metal slides in summer?). The squeaking of the metal on metal also brings back memories.

And, of course, what field trip wouldn't be complete without a picnic?

Caden and his friend, Kay, enjoyed a spot they'd picked out for a snack: