La Mona.

The ladder is for what? So you can climb around it?

La Mona. The female monkey. She loves the park at Centro Salud Clinica [Central Health Clinic]. The equipment is dated and dangerous, makes you cringe to watch her. But she doesn't care! Falls, cries, begs for a bandaid, gets back up and goes again.

Metal swing, sort of cage like, especially the ones with the fixed front  safety bar. Can't be too comfortable.

Three way concrete slide. Two of the slides have nice curves at the bottom transition, but the third one is a sharp angle that cracks butts.

Double ladder to the triple concrete slide. Note the original metal rungs embedded into the side of the concrete. Someone must have thought that this was too unsafe.

Another view of the swings. They don't use chains, but suspend the swings on metal rods. The top loop is pretty worn and only a matter of time before they break through. 

Truck tire and pvc riding animal. There are 3 or 4 of these around the playground. This one has sharp sheet metal ears or spines, to fuel the imagination and increase the safety hazard. After all, it is a clinic.

Wooden monkey bars with a slide. She has no fear going across these, dangling in the air. A mother's nightmare!

Teeter-totter or see-saw. What do the English or Spanish call it? She hasn't really experienced the full sensation yet because Josh and I both outweigh her by 6 or 7 hundred percent. She needs a partner closer to her weight.

One of the strangest oddities at this park. The bench is missing a slat, so this dog wedged himself in its place. Was he trained to do this as a safety measure? Are there other dogs that take different shifts? Ann, all of your dogs may have a place in this world!

La Mona.