text: starsnnThe Container Park was such an awesome place to visit and quite honestly one the highlights of my trip to Las Vegas nnThe area was still relatively new and we found it really quiet on an early Thursday afternoon So we took advantage of the ample lawn space and practiced our handstands and cartwheels hung off the ladders of the caboose visited the barber ate some jerky lazed on the swinging bench and watched some kids tag the brick wall with some chalk All while the sun loomed high with nary a cloud in the skynnThe centerpiece was a tempting treehouse that was off limits because the scorching heat had turned it into a huge vertical frying pan We entertained ourselves with the NEOS play system where we tuckered ourselves out with lighttagging challenges that sent us in cardio circles Running under unrelenting heat rays sent us panting to the shade where we constructed a giantsized Jenga set with the foam blocks A nearby curious child joined our game and with his fathers help he managed a few key plays Another friend fashioned herself a couch complete with a drink kozzie and sat back chanting JengaJengaJenga What goes up must come down and down the tower tumbled at eight levels high raining cushy blue rectangles to a chorus of mirth and merrimentnnIntrigued by tales of the past PM wonder hour I will surely return the next time I am in the hood