Spring break started today, shutting down local schools and leaving children with some extra time on their hands. Here’s a rundown of some of the different places and events to check out this week:
Salmon Creek Regional Park/Klineline Pond:
It might be too cold and wet (outside the pond) to go swimming yet, but this park still offers plenty of fun recreational opportunities. It has picnic shelters and tables, playgrounds and a beach.
April 9, the pond hosts the Klineline Kids Fishing event. Up to 1,600 kids between the ages of 5 and 14 will fish in groups of 200 for 45 minutes at a time, with prizes from the Klineline Kids Fishing Group and the Salmon Creek Lions Club. The cost is $5 and includes a Zebco rod and t-shirt. Just click on the link to find out more information, and be sure to register as soon as possible – this event is very popular.
Salmon Creek Trail/Greenway:
In the heart of the Salmon Creek Neighborhood, there’s 368 acres of undeveloped parkland straddling the creek of the aforementioned name. The 3.1-mile trail runs right through it all on the south side of the creek, with entrances at Salmon Creek Park, Cougar Creek Trail and 36th Avenue at the Felida bridge.
Vancouver-Clark Parks & Recreation:
The parks and recreation department lists all west Vancouver parks and trails in the Vancouver metro area. It also helps residents organize safe, non-formal nature play groups in local wilderness areas. It’s not in Salmon Creek, but the disc golf course in Leverich Park is also a fun, inexpensive activity.
Salmon Creek Indoor Sports Arena:
Are you looking to work on your soccer skills?
The indoor sports arena provides open play times on Fridays: 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. for kids between 8 and 11 years old and 4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. for kids between 11 and 14 years old. It’s $5 per game. Kids must have one light shirt, one dark shirt and a current player card, which is available for purchase in the pro shop for $15. The teams are organized by arena staff, and all skills levels are welcome.
Three Creeks Library:
Rain’s expected in the forecast most of the week, so there’s no better time to visit the library.
the library holds story times for all ages of young reader: toddlers between 18 months and three years old at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, “pre-walkers” (up to 2 years old) at 9:30 a.m. Fridays, “waddlers” (up to 2 years old on the go) at 11:30 a.m. Fridays, all babies under 2 years old at 2 p.m. Fridays and preschoolers (3 to 6 years old) at 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday. It also has family story times open to all ages at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays.
Library staff brings out board, card, role-playing and trader card games from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays for kids in the fourth to twelfth grades. Participants can also bring their own games.
The library also hosts multiple book discussions, two of them during spring break: The Fires of Edgarville by Craig Joseph Danner 7 p.m. tomorrow; and Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Anne Shaffer 1 p.m. Thursday. The Fort Vancouver Regional Library bookmark competition will also honor participants in its district-wide bookmark competition at 1 p.m. Saturday.
