Ernesto Gamez Cascade Park — Attraction in Brownsville

Very nice park. Good play areas for the kids, including a water-fountain style area. Grassy areas were green. Picnic tables were sturdy and clean, as were the grills. A goodly number of trash-cans.

The only negative, gloomy side is people-caused... By this I mean the lazy ones who can't be bothered to pick up their own trash. So sad.

BUT, as I sat in the shade, enjoying the cool breeze and the beautiful sound of youngsters playing, there was a bright point, to counter the gloomy side of humanity:

I noticed an elderly gentleman (white hair and beard, stooped, moving slowly) moving along the fence bordering the resaca. He had a plastic bag in his left hand, and was picking up every bit of trash, wadding it up and placing it in the bag. When the bag was full, he shuffled to the trash can and shoved the trash in. He turned back to the resaca, and his face clearly showed his thoughts: "Much better, now the view is lovely".

Come on, people, if a septuagenerian can pick up trash, SO CAN YOU!

When I left, I made SURE we left no mess behind.

"Take Nothing but Memories, Leave Nothing...

This is a very nice park. It recently opened, so everything is new and in good condition. I think the thing I like the most is the fact that the park is relatively large. Not as big as the sports park, but still big. There's still construction under way in certain areas, but it in now way stops you from enjoying the park. There's a trail that's good for walking, running or riding your bike. There's play areas for kids. Covered locations to sit. Barbecue pits at the ready. Hell, there's even several good fishing spots. But my favorite part of this park is how pet friendly it is. Brownsville definitely has a shortage of pet friendly places, and it's good to see the park kept our furry friends in mind. The location is the ONLY thing that's keeping this park from a 5 star ratting. It's located right across from a sewage facility. The smell carries every once in a while, and it's not pleasant. Not sure what the city was thinking of when they put that park there, I only hope they got that piece of land for...

Well, I came back, and it is a clean park. Yet I guess they either heard or finally got addressed about the cascade water being so green that they finally put clorine to clear all because it looked clean this evening. The xmas lights they put were just lights, no color, just white, so it was ok. Yrs before was different but maybe next yr will be different to. So idk, and that's fine.

It's a nice park away from cars hitting you. Kids can run freely, but they added a wall by the cascade, which makes it look tacky. Kinda like when you're at the zoo and no animals, just an abandoned green alge pool. Kinda like that. I'm like, seriously, brownsville gets wid it. The picnic area is clean, but I'm not sure they charge just so you can cook out. That is meh!. Anyways, it's an ok area just to walk or maybe jog. But that water, tho, with that wall, doesn't look attractive. I'm just saying. Most likely, someone fell in, that's why the wall. But idk you...