Merry go ’round
The park sand play area was in the far corner of the field near the windbreak of pine trees. The baseball backstop formed the second enclosing barrier so that the swing sets and slides were hidden from views from the dead end gravel road or the parking lot. Only by walking through the picnic tables or driving around the outfield and past the pitchers bullpen could you drive right to the playground. In the center of the little amusements was a familiar contraption the spinning merry go-round. By running along side the kids could jump aboard and then pull them selves toward the center increasing the spin like an ice skater twirling and drawing in her legs and arms. Over and over they would spin and play taking turns flying out of the side into …