SF BAY AREA DAY TRIP ADVENTURE

Day Trip Adventure: Panhandle walk and playtime at Children’s Playground

Walk the Panhandle, Play at Children's Playground, and ride the Carousel

Cody Tolmasoff
7 min readMay 14, 2020

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This is part of a series of family-oriented day trip outings around the San Francisco Bay Area I look forward to enjoying with my kids once social distancing and shelter in place isn’t the norm any longer.

Alvord Lake in Golden Gate Park by Cody Tolmasoff

Panhandle Walk and Playtime at Children’s Playground — A Bonus Adventure

This playground has been THE destination for kids living in the Bay Area for well over 100 years. Lucky for us we can still enjoy the Carousel, and bring our own kids here for their adventures.

It is said that Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park is one of the first public playgrounds in the nation (with previous examples in New York’s Central Park, and Chicago’s Lincoln Park). The Victorian playground (a project of William Hammond Hall’s) was dedicated on December…

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Cody Tolmasoff

Parent-adventurer, creating memories for my two daughters around the SF Bay Area. Author & publisher at @adventuringin & Chief Happiness Officer at @kiddiewalks