kristined's Passport
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I'm the mother of a two high energy kids who were born ready for adventure. My oldest is a gifted athlete and my youngest is a charmer with special needs.
Our Family's Travel Personality
adventurous, curious, rowdy, disorganized, independent, energetic, spontaneous, easy_going, social_butterfly
We Just Got Back From
Malibu, CA
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
The Big Island, HI
A Place We'd Love To Visit
The Cook Islands, Australia, Jordan, Alaska, Israel ---oh, did you say PLACE as in singular? HA!!!
Favorite Vacation Memory
Riding a water bike on a Hawaiian lagoon with one of my kids on each pontoon!
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
Flying with my three month old baby just weeks after September 11 -- what a nerve wracking and tense experience that was!!
Websites I Like:
Silicon Valley Parks & Playgrounds
Places to play outside, say hi if you see us there!
Barbara Avenue & Montalto
Mountain View, California
reviewed on: August 19 2010
"A Nice Gathering Point"
A nice gathering point for members of the Bagels and Babies moms group who live in the area around Bubb Elementary School, the most immediate part of this park is best for the under 5 set. There is a play structure for those over 5 set back in the area closer to the school but, I find that it's a little too far away for a parent with kids in both categories. The other downside to this playground--- no potty! What's up with these places that appeal to little bladders and have no facilities to support them?! This fact alone tells me this park is primarily for the neighborhood, people who can simply run home if they need to go. Stil, I do appreciate that our city planners gave such thought to neighborhoods that they included places like Bubb for residents to get together.
615 Cuesta Drive
Mountain View, California
reviewed on: August 19 2010
"Things to Know About Cuesta Park"
Cuesta Park was one of the many things that attracted us to the neighborhood it sits in. We're lucky to live within walking distance of this lovely place. I have walked my babies through it in strollers, enjoyed the Music in the Park series, logged in many hours at the playground and my daughter has taken tennis lessons at the very well run tennis center. There are a few things that should be noted about Cuesta Park that visitors may not be aware of:
- Food is not allowed in the playground area. This rule is in place due to a series of squirrel attacks that began occuring after years of visitors feeding the critters. The squirrels become desensitized to humans and began crawling into diaper bags under strollers and even attacking kids carrying snacks around the playground. And no, I'm not kidding about this though I wish I was.
- The bowl next to the tennis center isn't really a dog park. Although I would have liked for it to be and tried to convinced the city council to fence it and put a dog park in there, it is not a dog park. Many people make this mistake because it is a posted off leash dog training area. Ball throwing doesn't count as off leash training. My husband narrowly escaped a leash violation here once.
3590 Laguna Avenue
Palo Alto, California
reviewed on: August 19 2010
"The Neighborhood Park Time Forgot"
This park was a happy accidental discovery. I found it while wheeling my way down the bike path that goes from Gunn High School to the corporate park ringing Hansen and Page Mill Road. Named for Dr. Cornelius Bol, a Stanford professor who invented the high-intensity mercury vapor lamp, this park is tucked inside a neighborhood that time seems to have forgotten. The residents have stables, large gardens and fields --- I imagine this is actually what most of Palo Alto looked like at one time. It was so cool to see horses, donkeys and other signs of rural life on the edges of Bol Park within a stone's throw of the corporate institutions like Hewlett-Packard! I do enjoy it when the famous neighborhood donkeys are walked around this area and allowed to graze on the grass in this park. You can always tell which kids have grown up with these magnificent creatures because they treat them as if they are another park fixture while those new to park and playground are transfixed on them. It's a great scene and one so rare in this area. The park is beautiful, nicely shaded and well kept. It includes a jogging path, a plush lawn area, wood benches, a large climbing structure, beautiful undeveloped meadows and of course, that one-mile bicycle path that led me here ---- you can pick it behind Gunn High School on Arastradero Road.
