Icondigital & EscapeTurn, welcome to the forum & thanks for your comments!
And thank you too, LaFoto. This was actually not a park, it was more like a field in the mountains of Vermont with a little plaza, where we went antique shopping.
I used a clone brush in Photoshop to get rid of the pole. I'll try to eliminate the picnic table later, although it doesn't seem like such a big distraction.
Thanks again everybody!