thompson park

Amarillo is a world of plains and flatlands, and a canyon close by, but not rainforests, mountains and majestic waterfalls.

Amarillo has some really great parks.  They are the perfect places to go and hang out with your family. Unless you happened to be there at night.

Imagination and energy can now run free at Thompson Park

As we are making our way through October there are a lot of things going on. What a difference a year makes. I mean after a year of nothing we now, more than ever, need to make sure we keep a calendar of events. If we don't we might miss out on something we really wanted to go to.

Looking at the calendar we have just under a month left of summer. In the summer we have so many fun outdoor activities to take advantage of. It is easier to stay fit because we are moving around a lot more.

The wait is about to be over. The pool at Thompson park is about to be open again. This has been one heck of a ride. It really has. Back in 2018 the news came out that due to safety concerns the pool at Thompson Park was closing.

Which park is your favorite to take the kids to?

My daughter was in town over the weekend. Since it was Father's Day we got to talking about our Mother's Day versus Father's Day plans every year. That moved us on to Wonderland since we always knew we would spend Mother's Day at Wonderland Park.

We have had a rough past year or so. In life things have been maybe not the easiest. As we are now getting back to a bit of a normal life. We are getting to go out and do fun stuff again and that makes us happy.

The City of Amarillo has broken ground on the new Thompson Park Pool and has released renderings of the new facility.

When the Thompson Park pool closed at the end of the 2018 season, there was a lot of uncertainty in whether or not the north-side would see a new pool built.

Do you know what the strange, concrete circle is in Amarillo's Thompson Park?