Johnson Park - Piscataway

Happy 4th of July! It was a beautiful weekend. Mia and I woke up early and took our venture to a new park, well, new to us. We drove to Johnson Park in Piscataway, across from Rutgers University. Though I have driven past it before, I never went in, so I figured a beautiful Saturday would be a great day to go. Wrong!!! It was 4th of July and everyone seemed to know that because they were all there! Though it was a great thing to see so many families celebrating together having barbeques, it was as Mia said "too many people".

What we did discover was a wonderful animal haven, which is really a mini zoo. But what made this one stand out was the selection of animals featured. I mean they had a big, porkbelly pig,

a miniture horse, and emus, but best of all were the goats you were able to feed through the fence. I mean these animals eat almost anything from what I saw other people's children feeding them. One kid gave it a stick and the darn goat just ate it! Of course I had to tell the parentless child to give it something healthier like a leaf.

Mia seemed to love the animal haven because she was not even interested in going to the playground. Once we did make our way to the park, you got the 4th of July vibe from all the barbeques going and the families just relaxing in any spot they could find around the playgrounds.

There are two separate play areas, but only one has swings which is where we of course ended up first. After a strong convincing, we got a "yet again" parentless child away from an available swing and Mia enjoyed herself. We were at the swing for a while as I watched the families around us, they were of every ethnicity which is really cool about Middlesex County. After a while we ventured to the second playground and Mia played for a while until our hour and a half trip took its toll on me. I'm currently 5 months pregnant and needed the bathroom badly. Note to self: Never use a public bathroom in a public park. The smell is still with me. Besides that, I really want to visit Johnson Park again, on a less crowded day. I'll make sure to bring appropriate goat food next time. Whatever that is!