Fitzeinreiter Riverside Park-Lake Charles, LA

This blog is going to be more pictures and video than anything else. I will only write a short paragraph discussing Fitzenreiter Riverside park here in Lake Charles, LA. The park is on the north side of the city along the Calcasieu River and the English Bayou and in the past it was just a boat launch, however recently some of the woods have been dredged out and a sidewalk has been added leading to a gazebo area and mediocre playground area. The sketches of the park look fantastic, however, the park is not quite there yet. Most of my family is rather disappointed with the park, however, I see that the park does have the potential to be a nice park. I love the fact that the park is still heavily wooded, thus retaining its status as a nature park, but at the same time, I would like to see more furniture out there for people to sit down b/c the sidewalk does go on for about ten minutes before getting to the actual park area. I would like to see a fountain for children to get wet in installed in the park somewhere in the area along with some shaded pavilions. Sure the park is wooded, but this is still southwest Louisiana and we are not too far from the Gulf of Mexico which is a rather hot body of water. In other words, while the woods provide us with much shade, it does not shield us from the humidity. At least I can say that there is a golf cart that takes individuals from one end to the other. The sketches show much decorated steps for fisherman, however I don't see any of that yet. The park supposedly has two phases in it's stage, and I'm hoping that when all is said and done that the park becomes a nice spot to enjoy the river, get some photo's and reflect. Why not sit back and enjoy these few videos and photos that I've put together? There is some beauty here that just cannot be denied, and I'm anxious to see it bought to it's fullest potential.