Spokane, WA

Yesterday my husband had a softball tournament at Holmberg and wanted my son and I to go. We had not seen dad play too many times this season because most of the games were in the evening right before bed and it is hard to entertain a 22 month old at a softball game. However, Holmberg Park located at 9615 N. Wall Street just a few blocks north of Wall and Country Holmes, has so much to do I decided to venture to the game.

We did well watching softball for about 30 minutes. After that we were off and running. It was a good thing there was a play structure, swimming pool, tennis courts, basketball courts and lots of open green grass. We first made a beeline for the toys, which were fun if mom played too. The toy structure is definitely geared for older kids, but with a little help from mom we were able to go down the slides and climb the ladders.

After the toy structure got boring (or mom got tired of sliding) we took the soccer ball and kicked the ball around on the grass. However, I was really looking forward to the swimming pool opening in the afternoon so we could swim during the next game.

Holmberg Park has a swimming pool that opens at 1 p.m. and costs $1 and kids 5 and under (up to 3 per paid adult) are free. You can also buy a 25 visit pass for $20.

We never did get to swim as we lost the game and had to move to Mead High School for the next game, but we had fun spending the morning at Holmberg Park and I definitely plan to go back this week to beat the heat at the pool.