Our«Coast to Coast Road Trip» has taken us to a number of play areas. This is one of the best, or at least most captivating, we’ve come across. Our two-and-a-half year old played for almost two hours on this magical wooden castle. The only things that keep it from a 5 star rating is the lack of a real bathroom and some of the wear and tear on equipment, particularly the leather ropes that have been worn down pretty significantly. It’s sort of off the beaten path, but well worth a visit if you’re in the area! MATERIALS: The support posts are all wood, but the flooring material is sturdy, composite all-weather stuff. Wear close-toed shoes, because it’s a wood chip ground cover. There’s grass on 3 sides outside of the play area. PLAYAREAS: — There’s a dedicated Tot Lot for ages 2 – 5, which has tamer play equipment, and toddler/harness type swings. Our 2 year old is normally cautious about slides, but he really enjoyed the one in the Tot Lot area. — One unique feature was a little xylophone that actually sounded nice. The other musical element(some kind of pipes) has been jammed up with wood chips. Gee, who’d have guessed kids would stick would chips in the holes? ;) — The other, larger play area has a set of 4 ‘big kid’ swings, a tire swing, at least 4 slides(both covered and open air), swinging rings, monkey bars, climbing and balancing ropes, and one of those fakey zipline things(just a rolling hand hold on a short track you hang from). There’s plenty of stuff to climb. Our son liked running across the bridge because it kind of bounced around as he ran. AMENITIES: — There are 2 covered picnic areas with tables. — NOBATHROOM! Just one run-down porta potty
