Adventure playgrounds break plastic-and-steel mold

Tuesday, July 8, 2003

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Barbara McAndrews stood back and watched her four children scramble across a rope bridge and jump onto planks floating in 2 1/2 feet of water. They used long poles to propel themselves, Huck Finn-style, across the manmade lake.

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