Thursday, April 25, 2013

Benicia Community Park - aka Big Slide Park in Benicia



Back when we lived closer by, this was one of our very favorite parks. When we found ourselves in the Benicia area recently, we just had to go visit again. 

Things I like about this park as a mom
- there is plenty of easy parking, 
- there are public restrooms within sight of the playground, although not right next to it,
- shaded picnic tables
- toddler sized play structure as well as a bigger one for bigger kids
-the BIG slide!

What's funny to me is that if we go more than a month without playing here, the kids seem to forget how much they love the big slide. They act terrified of it all over again. After a lot of coaxing to get them to try it out (or going with them the first time usually does the trick) they will sometimes never play on any of the other playground equipment. Instead they just go down the slide over and over again. There are a lot of stairs to climb to tackle this slide, so they get some good exercise even if all they do is slide. Despite its size, it isn't a super fast slide, and even small kids can do well on it. Adults seem to love it too.



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