Adventure Playground!

Culture shock pretty well sums up my visit to this park with my kids. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it! Coming from Orange County, this park is really astounding. Gone are the prefabricated, fully tested, ultra safe playground structures with that strange squishy ground beneath them. Here kids can collect dangerous objects like nails, pieces of wood and Mr. Dangerous pieces (a piece of wood with a nail sticking out of it) to earn the use of hammers, nails, saws and paint. From there the kids gather whatever
scrap wood they like from around the playground and build, paint or just explore and play.

It's brilliant! The staff help to build some of the forts and the good citizens of Berkeley help by donating their junk (old boats, shopping carts, tires, rope, wood, tools, etc.). Sum it all up and you have a seriously good time
regardless of your age.

The fun, creativity and limitless possibilities make it a joy to visit despite having to sign a liability release form to let your kids play here. We've been back several times (who could resist) and have yet to see anyone get hurt. Riley built a table all by himself which now resides in his room. Sean has become captain of his own pirate ship. They both love the zip line which hurls them across the playground on a rope and wood disk at record speeds straight into a pile of sand. We'll have to go back soon because I'm dying to try the zip line myself when nobody is looking.