May is half gone and the seasons seem to fly by. Summer is coming, the car trailers continue arriving, there's a flurry of dates to say good-bye to our snowbird friends and poof, the summer dinner specials start! Thankfully, most of us are doubly vaccinated and beginning to experience a bit more normalcy.

 

Read our article on Riverbend Park under Things to Do. For years we have wanted to go to there and earlier this month Laura enjoyed a lovely stroll through trails and then later returned for a bike ride with her grandson. It's an oasis of beauty located on the Loxahatchee River and heaven just around the corner. 

  

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Laura & Tana

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A kayak launching stand, outdoor public pavilion, parking lot and observation areas greet visitors at Riverbend/Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park - but that's not what has visitors excited. "Public toilets and drinking water. That's what people now have," said Steven Bergkamp, referring to the facilities that used to be missing in the 1-square-mile park on the south side of Indiantown Road about a mile west of Florida's Turnpike.

Riverbend is becoming a recreation hub and the current improvements now give kayakers, hikers, bicycle riders and equestrians an alternative to driving, Palm Beach County officials say. Riverbend connects to the Northeast Everglades Natural Area, Northeast Everglades Trail, Bluegill Trail and Ocean-To-Lake Trail systems. Five more miles of the Bluegill Trail have been opened. Pedestrians, hikers, cyclists and equestrians now have access from Riverbend south to Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach. Palm Beach County's Bluegill Trail follows the eastern side of the C-18 Canal between Riverbend Park in Jupiter and Karen T. Marcus Sandhill Crane Access Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

Riverbend/Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park features:

* A bicycle rental hut for exploring miles of trails.

* A launching.and rental area for kayaks and canoes.

* A food truck offering healthy, delicious food and drink..

* A Seminole Village and Farmstead to explore pioneer Florida.

* A site of two battles fought during the second Seminole War in 1838. .

* A building for county park officials with public restrooms, with an outdoor pavilion for meetings.

* A rental/concession stand at Picnic Island Riverbend Parkland.

* A 100-space paved lot east of the current parking lot.

* An observation area is on the berm located just west of the current parking lot with panels explaining the historic Seminole War battles.

*This representation is based on data supplied by the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches or its Multiple Listing Services thru 05/10/2021