RiverWalk Pics

There is a new place in town to hang out. It's called RiverWalk and it just opened this year. It is not totally complete yet, but there are many restaurants and stores currently open. They are still building and fixing up more stores and restaurants as well as an 8-screen movie theater.

I like to walk to the RiverWalk from my apartment (about 2 miles). I walk south on the trail that goes along the east side of the Arkansas river, cross over the pedestrian bridge and then walk north a short distance on the trail on the west side of the river (in Jenks, OK).

The RiverWalk shops and restaurants are crowded on the weekend nights. They have free concerts every Friday night in the outdoor amphitheater so that brings some of the crowds. I've gone to several concerts this summer. A location station made a TV show out of it so each Friday night the host introduces the musicians and briefly interviews them throughout the concert. Then they show the highlights of the evening on TV on Saturday nights. Pretty cool.

The place is not crowded at all during the afternoons or weeknights...not yet anyway. It's actually a peaceful place to hang out at those times. You can stroll by the river trail, sit by the fountains or chill in the grassy areas or on a bench. They even have several stand alone outdoor fireplaces that will be nice to sit by in the fall and winter.

(I took all but the last 3 pictures today...it's not as nice when the water is low.)


Main entrance



You can walk through the rock tunnel behind the fountain and peek out from behind the fountain



Amphitheater seating



View from behind the amphitheater stage





Fireplace area



Fountains with Cityplex Towers in background (across the river)











Looking north from pedestrian bridge



Looking to south end (white pedestrian bridge in background)



Friday night concert (unknown artist so smaller audience)



Friday night crowds