Tuesday, December 4, 2007

JUST FOR KIDS?

I was at a (fairly) new park in Santa Monica yesterday, the SM airport park,
which has facilities such as:

  • 1 synthetic turf sports field with lights open for use by permit only

  • 0.83-acre off-leash dog area, with separate large dog & small dog areas

  • children's playground with swings and climbers

  • 17 picnic tables with 7 BBQ grills (available on first come, first serve basis)

  • 0.6-mile walking loop

  • 118 parking spaces plus bike racks

  • 1 restroom building

It's a great park. But that's not why I'm bringing it up. Why I'm bringing it up is, I was looking at the bulletin board with all the activities offered at this park and all of the SM parks, and they looked like so much fun! Gymnastics. Boxing. Crafts. But then I read the fine print: These activities are just for kids. No adults allowed! Now sure, I acknowledge that there are a lot of things in the world that kids aren't allowed to do, so you could say we're even, but I don't think so. Kids can't drive, kids can't vote, kids can't drink. What's so fun about those first two anyway? But I think it's kinda sad that we as adults stop doing all those recreational activities in the park. Yes, we might still do some extracurriculars, but they're not nearly as ubiquitous for us fully grown folks. I just think this world would be a better place, and a lot more fun, if we never had to stop being goofy, or stop eating cheez n' crackers (the kind with the red plastic blunt edged stick meant for use as a knife) and never had to start using kleenex instead of our sleeve (i personally still have trouble with that one.)
So anyway, I'm gonna try my best to avail myself of the next swing set I come across. Won't you join me?

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