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| - A picnic, barbeque and hike getaway with the family and good friends? Exploration Park is the answer.
I have gone up shoelace mountain with one of my close friends before and it was a pleasant hike, light enough to recommend my parents to join us the second time around.
We got to pick a nice little picnic area with a barbecue pit right by the parking area and horse shoe pit overlooking a lush grassland. There my parents prepped the charcoal while the rest of us arranged the necessary utensils then proceeded to exploring the rest of the park which undoubtedly had the capacity & the facilities to accomodate a wide variety of groups from families, to children, to joggers, to animals and people interested in volleyball or hiking, etc. I even got a chance to just walk around and spot some mockingbirds for the fun of it.
Bathrooms were clean and the concrete pavements were safe and great to walk/run on. After filling our tummies up, we stayed for talks then proceeded to Shoelace Mountain. It was my parents' first hiking experience and thanks to the wonderful weather and their enthusiasm, they breezed through it. We then found ourselves at the peak and gazed at the city in awe. People may need to go up here every once in a while to be reminded of how beautiful Vegas is, breathe in the fresh air and just exhale out the stresses of the week. Couldn't have been more refreshing than it was.
On our way back, we caught site of the playground and noticed all the fun stuff the kids were enjoying. Be sure to check that place out if you have kids. If not, perhaps bring a picnic blanket and enjoy some munchies on the grassland. This park has a lot to offer and fall is a great time to treasure the facilities even more.
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