ok, well what about Portland, Oregon?

absolutely, my daughter's fav when she was toddler age (a few years ago) was this:

https://www.portland.gov/parks/westmoreland-park

lots of weird stuff to clamber around on and a very large sandy area with water features? great times, cool neighborhood

she also enjoyed the hike up to "witches castle"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_House_(Portland,_Oregon)

beautiful trail up a creek ripe for investigation, although this was mostly interesting for her I think because I tried to play it down (not really a castle, no witches) and then when we finally arrived there was a straight up coven of witches up there, all in long flowy dresses standing in a circle around candles and fancy bowls of who knows what

I cannot guarantee there will be actual witches if you visit

lol peak Portland

my fave store to dig for cheap used records in is Crossroads, over on the east side

I cannot guarantee there will be actual witches if you visit

― Florin Cuchares

can't rule it out, though... you never know what will happen in a public park. me and my primary went to a group hangout at a public park in pdx late this morning, lovely shady park, even though it was a hot day it was early enough that it hadn't gotten too hot yet, and the shade helped. it was fun. i, uh, don't know how you'd explain it to your toddler, etc, and no, i'm not going to go into more detail than that on a public board, but it was fun.

pdx folx, sorry i've been such a stranger lately... kind of been through some shit, i'm doing better now and am starting to sort of emerge from my shell... anybody who wants to hang out HMU in DM :)

Westmoreland Park looks great - cheers! Partner's v.familiar with the Stone House, apparently.

super cool! yeah, the stone house is pretty famous around here... i haven't been myself.

the city's changed a lot since the recently-passed daytime camping ban. still trying to wrap my head around it.