On a day of epic hot weather, we had been sitting in stop and go traffic on our way deeper into CT for longer than the entire trip normally takes, when we got off of 95N to try and find a bite to eat. I glanced out the window when passing near the campus of UConn Stamford, and saw park space. As we passed closer nearby, I spied an oasis in the distance - an arc of water reaching high into the sky, and tiny people running in between the towering jets! We had our 5yr old's swim suit and plenty of towels in the car, so we pulled over and found street parking. We live in NYC and are huge fans of "splash pads": park and playground spaces where the city has installed water features of various kinds to keep cool in the summer heat. Excited to find more of them outside the NYC as well!

Once out of the car she instantly needed a bathroom, and low and behold, adjacent to the simply giant splash pad were bathrooms: men, women, and one family. The bathroom was hot and stale enough inside to toast bread, but it was reasonably clean for a park bathroom and everything was there: hand soap, toilet paper, flushing worked, running water, clean enough floor to sit a waterproof bag of swimsuits and towels.

After the potty and outfit change, our 5yr old charged out into the towering jets of water and had a ridiculous amount of fun!! A wonderful mix of ethnicities and ages of kids and happy people greeted us. There were stone and wood benches along one side to sit, and Adirondack chairs also sprinkled around as well nearby grassy fields where one might picnic. The middle of the splash pad accommodated a number of parents like us who wanted to cool off without absolutely getting soaked. And the water there was about 4inches deep to cool off tired feet and exhausted kids who occasionally knelt, sat, or laid down in that middle section. I managed to get splashed just enough to feel cooled down. And we were so happy that, although the sun was beginning to slip low, we could still stay and let our daughter play more even though it was 7pm.

Overall we are so pleased with our discovery and will make use of this as a stop on our way East during the summer days when somehow we are an hour from home and still an hour to our destination during a trip that should only take a little over an hour total! My husband mentioned that the only thing missing were food trucks and ice cream to make the place perfect and maybe those are things that come later in July? We were there June 28th I think. Bring towels and snacks and leave happy with exhausted kids!