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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Space-Age Playgrounds in Everett, Washington
By KaBOOM! @ 10:29 AM :: 638 Views :: 0 Comments :: General News About Play
EVOS 186.jpgWitness the awesome spectacle of the mile-high Spacenet! The X-Wave climber! The Super Nova!

Six playgrounds across Snohomish County boast new space-age equipment designed to prevent today's kids from becoming couch potatoes.

It's easy to see this isn't your parents' playground.

Dwarfed by the Spacenet - actually 24 feet tall - at Kayak Point Regional Park, Todd Cochrane said he was amazed by the engineering that goes into the new toys.

"When we were kids, all that was there (at parks) was a teeter-totter, a slide, swings and bunnies on a spring," said Cochrane of Seattle, who was camping at Kayak Point Park.
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