Growing up, I was never much impressed with parks, they just seemed a pale imitation of what I had out my front and back doors. After living in the city for many years that still hasn't changed, but I have come to appreciate how a pale imitation is better than nothing. Plus the opportunities for street photography were rather sparse in my woods.
Did you know that if you take tennis and strip out all the parts that make it fun, the result is pickleball? Earlier this year the city redid all the courts in the park but somebody fucked up majorly and half the tennis courts got made into pickleball courts. Boomers are to blame for this...
Louisville has Kentucky's only pro sports team, Racing Louisville, the women's soccer team. Despite that, basketball is still by far the most popular sport in the state.
We walk in the park nearly every day, and it's a rare occasion that the basketball court isn't full. The other courts see plenty of use as well but nothing like the basketball court.
It's also the only one without a fence, which makes it a lot easier to get clear shots of the action.
Do you scream for ice cream? Or is it because of the old kidnapper vans they sell it from? It's actually even creepier in person, alternating between blaring music to lure children and a high-pitched, disembodied voice saying "Hello!"
That's probably enough wandering in the park for one day but before I ride on out of here I had to include this last shot. As a kid, riding in the back of a truck was one of my favorite things but up here folks get a lot more excited about it. Got lucky and spotted this as they were leaving the park and I was doing the same.