Bellevue Park & Red Caboose Park: Great Fun But with Rules
~ Red Caboose Park vs Bellevue Park: What’s in a name? ~
Red Caboose Park got a face lift and a partial name change a year or so ago. Today the community park is called Bellevue Park and the children’s play area retains the name Red Caboose Park.
Although the Red Caboose has been out of commission all summer, it remains a beloved landmark at the park along with the restored log cabin.
What Does Bellevue Park Offer for Fun?
Bellevue Park has a stage, three covered picnic areas and restroom facilities near the cabin. Concerts and movies frequently take place, as well as the weekly Bellevue Farmer’s Market, arts and crafts fairs, and the annual Bellevue Picnic. And, of course, the kids playground is a popular attraction for the little ones.
Does Bellevue Park Have Rules?
Bellevue Park has basic Metro Parks rules posted a couple of places for everyone to see:
Does Bellevue Park Have a Walking Track?
Surrounding all of this is the walking track which circles the park. Five laps around the park makes a mile. Since a lot of elderly people, pregnant women, dog walkers and mothers with strollers use this walking track, it has its own special rules posted: no wheeled transport like bikes, scooters and skateboards are permitted to go careening around the walking area where they can endanger pedestrians
Tonight as I was walking my elderly dog on the track, a child flying down the hill on a scooter lost control of the scooter and it flew down the hill on its own, narrowly missing my elderly dog and me. We didn’t hear it coming and both of us would have been too slow to get out of its way. It landed three inches from my little dog.
So help keep Bellevue Park safe. Obey the posted rules and keep the walking trail safe for the walkers. Leave the wheeled vehicles and active transport at home
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