I have no idea how she deals with the noise of the park. Most dogs hate things that roll, but it's almost like she can't be bothered. She loves to hang out with people that come by and watch and sometimes takes over on peoples bags / sweatshirts that leave them on the benches.
When I first started bringing her along, I used to put her outside on the fence surrounding the park on tie down. There's an area of trees which is perfectly shaded in the summer. Unfortunately, there are a lot of sketchy fuckers that walk by... some with dogs and some without. Since she's pretty friendly to anyone, I'm worried about her going up to the wrong dog / person and getting hurt or stolen.
So after a while I just moved her inside the park without the tie down. She has a mat, a couple of bowls - one with water the other with some food or cookies, couple of toys... it's a pretty rad deal. I open the car door when we get there, she sniffs around, then runs directly to her little area and waits for my slow ass to get her shit all set-up.
This was her set-up last summer. I stopped bringing the crate once it got cooler.
By the way, how's Pesto? All better now?