PETER & RUTH DO PARKS

I know people do Christmas in July, but how about Halloween in May? 👻🎃 While investigating a new-to-us park to add to our Shady Parks...

When a troll offers you a high five, you just gotta go for it, amiright?! 😂🧌 Today’s post is about our visit to @enoriverfarm, which is...

We love parks that combine any kind of nature walk and a playground. Add some incredible, seasonal wildflowers to that mix, and you have...

The Summer Shade Tour continues, and today, we’re highlighting this Durham shady gem: Rockwood Park. As with so many parks for us, we...

And the Town of Cary parks updates roll on: welcome to the completely renovated and now reopened playground at Ed Yerha Park! Formerly...

But wait, there’s more! On Wednesday we brought you the wonders of the Children’s Wonder Garden at NC Botanical Garden, and today we’re...

Do you have any very hungry caterpillars looking to turn into beautiful butterflies? 😂🐛🦋 Well these dreams can come true on the...

Have you heard the hum around town?! 😂 Yes, the cicada mega brood is here! (Sorry that we’re not providing any park information in this...

The hot weather is coming for us, folks, and that means shifting from our winter parks to our summer parks. For us, summer parks = shade....

The Bookmobile is back at parks! And have we mentioned how much we LOVE the Bookmobile??? 🤩🤓📚 As part of Wake County Public Library's...

I know we’ve been talking a lot recently about all the brand new shiny playgrounds in the area, but don’t sleep on some of the older,...

Ropes, and hills, and slides, oh my! Welcome to another new addition to Town of Cary parks: Mills Playground, right next to Mills Park...

Fully fenced-in playgrounds: they’re few and far between, amiright? 🥴 But I’ve got a new one for you today that opened last June:...

In honor of Dune 2, we’re hard at work training to go to Arrakis and ride sandworms with the Fremen. 😁 Juuuuust kidding. (But seriously,...

One thing we absolutely love about living here: you think you’re just attending a new park’s ribbon cutting ceremony, but you’re also...

Who’s ready to run through these giant water misters at one of Cary’s newest parks this summer? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋 Can, I put two hands up for...

Lazy Daze Playground in Town of Cary's Bond Park has reopened! And wow, what a facelift. (See the last photo here for the...

550 miles may be a long way to travel to see this awesome garbage can - yes, it’s a frog that says, “Feed me! I love litter” - but hear...

We’re happy to report that the yetis are back at JC Raulston Arboretum for another year of scavenger hunts in the gardens! And similar to...

For those with wanderlust, let me present a park that holds a special place in my heart: Myakka River State Park in Florida. This is my...