Jones Farm Park

Nice place to sit on a bench and feed the ducks.
Still a new park and has a weird atmosphere to it. Probably going to be great once the trees grow up a bit. For now, I wouldn’t go when it’s hot out.

My parents were showing us around the new neighborhood — new in two senses: new to them, and relatively newly built (it wasn’t there when I was a GHS student, but that was over a decade ago…). The park is essentially a nice series of paths connecting Four Mile Post to Carl T Jones with some retention ponds, benches, and pavilions to provide some «natural» space to counteract the sprawl of the shopping centers next door. (And if you doubt that this is sprawl, ask me about what this area looked like when I was growing up and Carl T Jones was new…). We parked in the small lot around 10am on a Saturday. My mom said that we were lucky to find a spot since the lot is often full in the morning and evenings, to the point that they’ve already expanded parking and it’s not enough.
We meandered along the paths, letting our toddler be amused by the gravel and flowers, while others fished in the ponds and walked with purpose.
We saw some great birds, including a red-​winged black bird. It’s close enough to the greenway to be a lovely addition to my runs whenever I visit my folks.