Stratford CT’s Longbrook Park and Our Toy Boat

Welcome back to day five of thirty thing to do this summer in thirty days in Stratford Connecticut.

Nestled in the homes in Stratford Connecticut’s Paradise Green is Longbrook Park. What separates Longbrook Park from most of the other parks in the area is the shallow pond that is just big enough to look humongous to our kids but small enough for a comfortable walk around for adults.

At the advent of spring this year my oldest son William had his seventh birthday. Among the many presents that he received was a remote controlled boat. The boat is about 18" long and just perfect and for child’s play. You can check out the boat here.
They are pretty cheap. The batteries over the lifetime of the boat will likely cost you more.

He was super excited to take the toy boat out for a test run. My thoughts immediately turned to Longbrook Park’s calm and shallow body of water. I knew we would be able to walk around the pond on the paved path and the boat would not be able to get far away enough for us to get out of range.

My son thought it was a great idea and he turned out to very right. The boat and the pond were perfect for one another. He was able to steer the boat around the pond with no trouble. We spent about an hour there at Longbrook Park sitting in the grass and driving the boat in large circle and walking a slow circle around the pond.

We have to do that again soon. Having a boat like this one
really gives us on opportunity to get out play play this summer.

I’ll be back again tomorrow with another idea of things to do with the kids this summer.

Update: I just completed the next installment. Check out free concerts on Paradise Green from the Town of Stratford’s summer concert series.