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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Turtle Bay in Redding

As part of our recent trip, almost a whole day was spent at the Turtle Bay Exploration park in Redding.

We have driven past Redding many times without ever stopping to find out what this was all about! Thanks to Mitr, AnuP, and the rest of their gang, who visited this place the previous day, we got to spend a nice day with activities for the kids.

On our way to Mt. Shasta, Jr. empatically declared that "the trip was boring!". On further questioning she said "I only like trips with small driving and where there are structures!". What structures? was our question. The prompt answer as "Structures where kids can play!".

Well, this place had "structures" per her definition. It was nicely laid out. A little bird house where kids got to feed parakeets, a butterly garden, a beautiful kids play area with picnic tables where we had our lunch.





When you have four uncles in the party (namely periappa, chitappa, mama and uncle!) you get a chance to actually free up your hands from kids! It is always nice to have the extra "uncle" hands! Balaji, my brother, BIL and BIL's housemate are all a big hit with the kids!






Many a type of "butterchi's"!













And let us not forget the "bumble bee"!



You cross this and go to a museum, gift store and cafe. The museum had a display of the local fish and some history of Indian tribes that occupied the area. We never figured out why the place was called Turtle bay, but this museum did have a few turtles swimming in the display cases and a wall of little metal turtles with peoples names on it! The little one displayed her counting skills "one, two, four hundred, two fifty...."




Then you get to cross the Sundial bridge. It was neat and clean and had amazing views of the sacramento river This place is apparently more beautiful in the night when the bridge has lights on it, but we could not wait that late. The little one was so thrilled to run around the glass surface on the bridge and pet all the doggies that were on the bridge.








On the other side of the bridge is a international garden of sorts with little sections of plants from every major continent. There were also some interesting ponds, water fountains and bonzai displays.

The right caption for this picture would be "Cute - On Demand!"







It was long walk and on the other end of the garden was a kids play area with a beautiful water fountain and a "structure" made from willow branches which made Jr.'s day.







Pavan uncle watching the kids while they pose. They definitely did a better job of posing from the fountain top compared to the mountain top!





If your kid demands "structures" and you have no clue what "structures" are, they are there in the Turtle Bay Exploration area. Even if you dont spot them, your kids will!




Strongly recommended as a break for kids in between trails, hikes, snow, forests, lakes and mountains.


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5 Comments:

I am not responsible for comments posted by others... At 7:42 AM, Blogger Unknown wrote...

Amazing pics. Canon it will be !

Turtle bay with extra hands seems like extra source for xtra large fun...!

 
I am not responsible for comments posted by others... At 12:18 PM, Blogger mitr_bayarea wrote...

Sundar-

ur pics are definitely nicer than ours..we couldn't go into the turtle bay exploratorium and hence missed the colorful birds. I've updated my blog with our trip's pics. as well.

 
I am not responsible for comments posted by others... At 6:57 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote...

Third pic from top, is that balaji (bbthots) ?

 
I am not responsible for comments posted by others... At 10:54 PM, Blogger Unknown wrote...

Kavi, wishing you lots of fun with the new Canon!

Mitr, it was real fun feeding the birds. They have the same thing in Bonfante gardens also.. so you can always do this next time you go to Bonfante locally. Your pics are great too! Good idea to capture the signs!

anon, no. That is my brother..But he looks like bb.. you will see who is who in the next post..

 
I am not responsible for comments posted by others... At 11:48 AM, Anonymous Anonymous wrote...

amazing pictures, i really like them. checking your blog after so long, u ppl and attai specially seems to be having lots of fun. very jealous.

 

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