41st Street Plaza ~Tulsa, OK

playground

I had been to this riverside park a while ago but did not get to spend much time checking it out.

We went back last month.

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It is a pretty park with some nice playground equipment but I felt like my boys were a little old for the park.

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The water features especially seemed geared more for little ones.

It worked out okay since not many of the kids wanted to play in the water that day but the boys would have been really bored if they were not allowed to splash due to small kids.

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I allowed it as long as no other kids were nearby.

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youngest

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Their vivid imaginations came in handy as well.

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They pretended to be alligators for a long time and that made it a fun place for them.

This would not have worked again if their were many kids around since they were taking up a whole water feature.

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They enjoyed it since it was something new and different but I am not sure we will make this a regular stop.

wet

alligators

If you have little ones that do not really like the big splashpads with lots of water going everywhere than I think this would be a great place for you to bring them!

I have read that the water stays on until October 1st, does anyone know if that is true?

All the other splashpads turn off after Labor Day.

This post makes me miss the carefree days of summer.

We are on our third week of school and still feeling the adjustment.

Only 170 more school days until summer…

Bixby Bike Path

bikeride

Over memorial day weekend we went for a bike ride on the bike paths in Bixby!

Nick is training for an upcoming race and we are too slow for him…

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He ran, we rode.

It was actually pretty nice.

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The trail starts in Bentley Park and continues to become the Bixby Fry Creek Trail for 2 miles.

In total you can get around 9 miles round trip if you go end to end.

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I did figure out that I am not used to sitting on a bike for that long.

Ouch…

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side

This really is a very pretty trail.

It is less crowded than the riverside trails as well.

I like that for the boys.

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I am always nervous they are going to run into someone on riverside.

Do you ride bikes as a family?

Do you have a favorite path in the Tulsa area?