Riverside Park

I visit this park a lot, as there are nice large off leash areas for my dog to run. This park has its challenges because it does flood a few times a year, so it can be hit or miss with the...

Normally pretty decent place for fishing on the Sangamon River. Sort of suprised by the negative things I've heard about this place as we've never had any sort of issues here. Very peaceful &...

Kayaked there when water level was low. Sadly, every sandbar was littered with trash - even paddled past partly submerged upholstered furniture, and the corpse of a large dog, apparently dumped...

So we are exploring Springfield, attempting to find something fun to do, perhaps a nice park to relax in. We park our car and find a spot to sit along the river, next thing we know a truck pulls...