Car Stringh

Fun in High Park happens year round and it is much easier to get parking in the winter than it is in the other seasons. Besides the restaurant, cool wooden castles and playground, the ice skating and hiking you can still see the animals in the zoo. Many of the animals even come up to say hi - I think they are looking for food but you shouldn't feed them, besides most of them slobber on your fingers if you try to give them peanuts or anything.
Another must see place to visit in the park is the leash free dog zone. The large area on a hill has it's own doggie fire hydrant, poster stand and picnic tables where you can relax and watch the dogs sniff, run, play and  engage in other fun doggie entertainment. On the doggie hill you can also find a tree, strangely not a coniferous tree, that has been decked with various Christmas decorations.

There were gangs of youths having fun in one of Toronto's greatest areas - The St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood and Berczy Park. They were playing a weird game where two groups faced each other, took a couple of big steps, then pointed their fingers by their heads and then one side charged and the other side ran. I think it was a love story.

While this was going on someone, maybe HBO, was busy filming some kids skateboarding beside the backside of the Flatiron building along the large art installation of a side of a building.

No one was swimming in the famous fountain but that would have been a three for three day at the park.

I expected pandemonium in High Park on a Saturday with cherry blossoms providing an irresistible lure to Toronto residents on a spring weekend. The rain had poured down and when it finished the crowds had not yet gathered in force in the park. As a bonus raindrops remained on the cherry blossoms which was nice for photographers.



High Park has so many attractions that it is no wonder that it is a favourite for so many people - from families to bikers and joggers. Grenadier Pond, nature trails, leash free dog zone, the zoo, hungry wildlife and even a restaurant with a large patio.