A few years back we were camping in the Ocala National Forest. We were about 45 minutes from a major town/city no matter what direction we headed. We would plan our “in town” trips accordingly. It was on one of these trips we noticed that our F350 tires were getting a bit on the lean side. Since we shopped in a town called Palatka a lot, we decided to research where we could get tires in that town. We found a place called Tire Kingdom and on one of our Walmart trips to Palatka we stopped in. The people were friendly and they wound up giving us a great deal on tires.
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Unfortunately, the ones I wanted had to be ordered as they were not in stock. We ordered them and set up an appointment for a later date to have them installed. It was when we went back on our appointment date to get them installed we found downtown Palatka. To this point we had only been to the Walmart in Palatka. Since now we had to kill some time while the shop mounted and balanced our tires, we figured we would walk downtown and get some steps in.
Riverfront Park
A little over a half a mile from Tire Kingdom we stumbled upon a waterfront park called Riverfront Park. The park itself looked like it had recently been redone and featured a quarter mile walk along the St Johns River, a playground with some cool wood carvings, a boat ramp, marina, and fishing pier. It also featured an awesome view of the St Johns River.
Just the scenery alone made it very easy to walk and get some steps in. It was a beautiful day, although we did get one random downpour. Luckily we were near the playground and were able to get under an overhang. Typical Florida, sun, then downpour, then the sun again. There was no rain after that so we headed over towards the bridge.
A Park At Each End
The bridge is 4020 feet long and has a public park at each end. Riverfront park (where we just came from) and on the other end was Veteran’s Memorial Park. There is a sidewalk on the bridge that you can walk across safely. We walked across and back. Talk about getting steps in with awesome views!!!. Alongside the bridge, actually under are also walkways you can go out on. So you see there are lots of scenic ways to get some steps in if you are in Palatka.
If you want to relax in between getting your steps in, there are plenty of benches and places to sit in the area. There is also free parking.
After all this walking we still had to walk back to Tire Kingdom. Good thing there was a Dairy Queen nearby!!!
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