Rocketship Park

Dan grew up a few blocks from Los Arboles Park. Everyone called it Rocketship Park. He went there all the time as a kid and we took our grown kids there many times as children when Grossie and Pop, and then just Grossie, still lived in Dan's childhood home.

I had been feeling a little under the weather during the week so we didn't do much on Saturday, but on Sunday we decided to show the girls where Dan grew up and Rocketship Park.

We had one of these rocketships at the park I grew up at too. This one here was actually removed, practically in the middle of the night, a few years ago. So many people complained that they renovated it and brought it back.

The school in the background is where Dan went to kindergarten.  After that, he went to a Catholic school.

We were here for two hours! I expected to be there for about 30 minutes because the girls are getting a bit bored of parks these days.  But I forgot about the trail going down the hill (no pic) and they played for a least an hour on that. Also, since there was some new play equipment there were a lot more kids here than when we used to bring the older kids. 

I didn't get a picture of the ocean view which almost always shows the fog rolling in and today was no exception.

Becky was in Long Beach working on their new house and decided to come over for a little bit to show the boys this little bit of Collins Family history. She was disappointed that the swings were taken out. The swings seemed to sail out over the hill and were quite fun.

A new sign with the local name of "Rocketship Park".