The Oklahoma City Riverwalk 2014

My travels continue this week as I am currently in Maryland visiting family. However, I made a promise last week to share photos of my visit to the Oklahoma City Riverwalk.

While living in Oklahoma, I always enjoyed going to Bricktown’s restaurants for dinner or to the bars for the nightlife, but there were not many places open at that time. The Riverwalk did not exist. The summer that I left for graduate school in Pennsylvania, the ballpark opened, and I saw one game there. The Redhawks are a minor league team, but at that time there were no major league teams in Oklahoma in any sport, and I enjoyed the ballpark.

The following year the canal opened, and things began to pick up in the city. I am glad to see activity downtown, and it was nice to finally get down there myself. I visited briefly in 2008, but this was the first time I had several hours to explore. It has been a lot more built up since my first trip.

Here is your tour of the Oklahoma City Riverwalk as seen through my eyes on June 14, 2014. The waterfalls are man-made but pretty.

There are many bridges.

It was unexpected to me to see the wildlife along the canal. There were a lot of different birds. I was only able to photograph a few, and the pictures are not that good because I did not bring my good camera.

Can you spot the climber on the side of Rocktown, the grain elevator turned climbing gym?

I appreciated the sculptures along the Riverwalk.

The most impressive sculptures were those honoring the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. The details in the sculptures were impressive.

I hope you enjoyed your tour. Here are a few more random pictures.

Happy Travels!