Surprised, Intrigued, Disturbed

The Chasm seems extremely boring, based on my first day of field notes. I went to do my research on a Friday, which proved to be a bad day for said research. I figured for the first day, since I was a little pressed for time (and because my little brother was with me) I wouldn't venture into the chasm itself, but stay by the playground and open field areas. There weren't many people there at all, and there were no events going on. It was both surprising and not surprising to me, how it wasn't very populated. At first, I was obviously surprised. Thinking back now: older kids are at school and parents are usually at work at 3:00 pm on a Friday. The only people that might have inhabited the site at that point in time were adults with small children and the park rangers.

I did see a park ranger at one point in my studies. He walked into the office building by the playground, and that was all I saw of him. I wondered for a long time If I should get up and go interview him, but decided it was best for me to just sit and take in the scene. That's what intrigues me the most at this point: the park rangers. They will be the ones able to tell me whats been happening in the park areas and the chasm itself. They're the ones able to actually give me the most information here. It both excites and scares me to find out more about the park, mainly because I'm not sure whats there to find out. 

One event that disturbed me happened on the playground. A small child was running around playing; He couldn't have been over three years old. He was running after my brother, and fell up the stairs. Looking around, I couldn't find his mother anywhere. This obviously distracted me from note taking. I wasn't sure what to do...go help this child or find his mom? Surely, she came over after hearing his shrieks, and picked him up off the ground. Where was this lady before? This disturbed me the most because the presence of family outings is a main thing I'm hoping to find at Purgatory Chasm. I hope the involvement of family activities isn't changing as much as it seems to be in society.