Today we headed into the city for the annual Fillmore Jazz Festival.
We enjoyed listening to some great live music, ate greasy festival food and walked up and down Fillmore Street taking in the sights and sounds (and walking off that greasy food!).
After a few hours of music, food and crowds the girls were ready to move onto something else. I'd spotted a hilly park down one of the side streets so we thought we'd go check it out. This turned out to be one of the best calls I've ever made while exploring the city and we ended up in a fantastic playground with amazing views over the city.
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Playground with a view |
The park we found ourselves in was
Alta Plaza Park. Perched high up on a lush green hill in Pacific Heights, Alta Plaza Park boasts one of the best playgrounds in the city and views to match.
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Look at that view over the bay - and that super steep street heading down to it! |
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Views from the playground |
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Views from the playground |
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Views from the playground |
While the views may be a delight for the parents, the playground at Alta Plaza Park is a wonderland for the kids with all sorts of fun play equipment for all age groups.
There are things to spin on...
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Spin, spin... |
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Ava's solo spin |
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Spinning together |
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This ones a little more "Lola friendly" |
There are things to bounce on...
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Always a favourite |
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Bouncing together |
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Come join us Mum! |
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See saw bounce |
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Stepping stones to bounce across |
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Action shot |
There are things to climb on...
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Hmm... climb across the top or swing underneath? |
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Plenty of stairs to climb |
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Best rope climbing structure ever |
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Just hanging around |
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Climbing down |
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Ready to drop down |
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Every playground needs a hammock! |
There are things to zip across...
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Ava swings across the flying fox |
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Zipping back across |
There are things to swing on...
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Lola likes swinging with her eyes closed |
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Swinging together |
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Lola can almost touch the ground |
There are things to slide down...
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Ava's turn |
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Lola's turn |
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Little slide |
There is sand to dig in...
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Lola plays with the sand table |
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Hard at work digging |
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Digging in the dirt |
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Lola enjoyed burying her feet - and to think that just a few months ago she had a major sand phobia! |
There's a train to drive...
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Choo choo |
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Just steering with my feet |
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Hmm... interesting graffiti |
There are beautiful mosaics to look at...
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Lola balances on the mosaic covered bench |
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Such a pretty thing to balance on |
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I love the mosaics throughout the playground |
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Pretty |
And of course there are hills to roll down, green grass to play in and plenty of stairs to climb up and down - or jump off!
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Heading back down the stairs on our way home |
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Jumping down the stairs |
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What a landing! |
I love it when we stumble across great places like this.
Such a fun (and unexpected) afternoon!
What an amazing playground! San Fran is so beautiful and is the perfect playground for big and little - from exploring love hearts to all the fantastic parks and activities!
ReplyDeleteWe can't wait to show you all our favourite places (and maybe a few new ones) when you visit :)
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