Manchester Meadows

As you know, we are trying to watch our $$$ these days, so we came up with some free entertainment for Spencer today....

Today we made our first visit to Rock Hill’s newest financial investment – Manchester Meadows. This is a brand new soccer complex, but it goes way beyond that. The area also includes two covered picnic pavilions, a large playground, a beautiful pond with fountain, walking trails and several bridges. It really is a great family area, and a nice addition to our town.

We packed a picnic lunch, which we enjoyed in the shade of the picnic pavilion beside the playground. Spencer wasn’t totally thrilled with the playground at first (he is getting a bit older, ya know?), but the rock wall drew him in (one of his favorite things). After that, he did play for a while and was quite entertained. After he “mastered” the rock wall, he had me time him so he could get better every trip to the top (and he did!).

The three of us took a walk down some of the trails while we were there to see what exactly this place had to offer. This is when we found the pond, another picnic pavilion and a beautiful heron. Spencer continued his competitiveness (as always) and Matt timed him on various runs to certain locations.

This is the main area of the playground. The "mulch" is actual rubber so it's neat, low maintenance and doesn't hurt if you fall on it. There was another play area for younger kids and benches for the parents to sit and watch (very thoughtful). Spencer's on the rock wall, far left.













Here is a close up of Spencer on the rock wall. He LOVES these things. This one was pretty small but it was good enough for the moment.




















Here is Spencer coming down one of the many slides.



















This is the beautiful heron that was hanging out at the pond.