Hutton Parks I and II

There are two parks on Hutton, both long and narrow, end to end with a road in between. I didn't know this park existed before, but it's a nice little park. The playground is very similar to the one at Edgewater park, although Edgewater has another section to it. Before I had even had time to look at the playground properly, Andrew announced to me "Hey look, it's another Edgewater park!" So as far as the playground goes, it's not my favorite, but it's still good. Slides, a pole to slide down, stairs, other things to climb up. Nothing that you can't find elsewhere. Not great for little kids. My kids still can't to monkey bars, and really struggle with the pole, but they have lots of fun on the slides.

 

 What I liked in particular about this park was the grassy area right near the playground. Lots of trees, nice shade, a picnic table, lots of grass in the shade so we can easily sit or play out of the sun. Other parks have shady areas like this, but not so close to the playground. This is the type of park that I would like to bring a book and lie on a blanket in the grass and read while my kids play. It was quiet, and just really nice. I don't particularly like that the playground is so near a road, but the whole park is just so narrow, that it was inevitable. It's not a busy road though, so it's not too bad.

  Hutton I is a nice park, I really like it, it just seemed peaceful to me... at least until Andrew decided to slide down the pole by himself and ended up whacking his head on the pole, and then while I was off helping him, Isaac fell over from his sitting position and started screaming, and at the same time Deano lost a penny he found in the wood chips, so I had all three boys screaming at once. That seemed like a good time to go walk over to Hutton Park II.

There isn't much to this park. It's really just an extension of the first park. There is a pavilion with picnic tables,

 a lot of grass, and a basketball court on the far end. There is enough grass at the first Hutton park on the other side of the playground that having more over here doesn't offer me and my family much, but I guess some people might find it useful. There is the basketball court, but my kids are far too small to be using that anytime soon, and the court is so far away from the playground at the other park, that leaving my kids at the playground while I go play basketball isn't really an option. For people without my kid problem though, I guess it would be a nice place to come play.

They did what they could in the space provided for them, and they did a pretty good job, even if having two parks like this is a little unconventional. It works, and it's nice.