Riverside Park

I've been going to this park for 12 years now and I really enjoy being here even as an adult because there is SO much more than just a play structure. Nice lush grass, picnic tables, a couple covered gazebos, parking and baseball field right next to a great spot on the river. Play ball with friends, fetch with your canine, have a picnic, relax and read along the river or just sit and think. I get a DB cinnamon spice tea in fall and find a nice log touching the water to sit on and just watch the water. KIDS: of course, kids love the new play structure and after going today it looks like they are almost finished with the new water park addition too (water squirts out of the ground and the kids run through type of water park). BEWARE: there are extremely questionable characters in the park at most hours. A woman was recently sitting next to this park asking little ones to come with her and that she was a family member (when she was absolutely not) so keep a very close eye on your kids. GEESE: there are a lot of geese here that will beg for food. Please do not feed them bread. It will actually cause a condition called "angel wing" in young geese that eat it often where the wing bones grow outward making it impossible for them to fly. Do research on things they would normally eat and bring that instead :) BATHROOMS: they do have bathrooms. Whether they are cleanish or not depends on your luck that day. BOATS: there is a boat ramp but watch how far you back up carefully because it usually barely if at all goes low enough to be in the water and then there is an abrupt 2 foot drop. Getting a truck out of that situation would be very difficult. Happy lounging. P.S. sometimes BINGO is hosted in the big gazebo! This is also the location for the famous Boatnik(sp?) carnival in Summer.