Kids really enjoyed the playstructure, and we had a nice picnic supper on clean, well built picnic tables overlooking the river and rapids at the nicely treed south side of the park.

Dissapointed the dock was already gone/gate put up where it was- making launching the kayaks into the assiniboine a muddier experience for myself and the kids than needed to be but was still manageable.

Some suggestions for next year to improve the park would be:

-Portable porta-potties near the playground. When little kids gotta go, they gotta go NOW! Not hike way up to the existing bathrooms.

-Perhaps a remodeling or more upkeep to the existing bathrooms as they were in a run down truck-stop condition but were operational nonetheless.

-Planting of a few shade trees near the playground, a few more picnic tables or benches near it would also be beneficial to parents, and give the elderly a place to sit.

-A few more garbage and recycling bins through the area to help prevent littering.

-Have a grader make a pass or two on the road at the park to fill in the huge potholes.

-Enjoyed the use of fire pits- bring your own wood as we could not find firewood there. (Was ok as we burnt lumber scraps from home).

-Large open greenspace great for sports, car-shows, kites, and kids to run.

-Overall it is a descent park welcoming people into Brandon from first street and with a little improvement, a little more investment it could easily become a great or even fantastic park for the area. Spring flooding in recent years may also factor into development or upkeep of the grounds.

-Still recommend this park for picnics, gatherings or a family evening away from the house- great way for kids to "unplug" -"Green-time" instead of "screen-time".