New Favorite Dog Park

 Elk Meadow Off Lead Dog Exercise Area, Evergreen CO

Totally worth the hour or so drive it took us to get there.

I woke up wanting to just hike the mountains without the restriction of having to have the boys leashed, and that is just what I found.

 Tons of space.....107 acres to be exact.  And all of it just gorgeous!

Interestingly enough, we ran into several German Shepherds, and more then just a few Pitbulls....Nice to see them out in public.  I currently reside in a Breed Specific zone, and this park (and the amazing county it resides in) has shut down the notion that Pitbulls are bad dogs.

They have embraced that it is Responsible Ownership that makes all the difference; and it shows.  We met a lovely little red rocketship named Emma.  She must have had jet fuel for breakfast because in all that space, she looped us twice!

 The only concern I had was Ticks.  It has finally warmed up enough for the bugs to start searching for meals.

Our whole hike and the boys didn't get any on them (they start their yearly meds to avoid it this week) but I did! Gross!

It fell out of my hair in the kitchen hours later. *note to self; Put bug repellant on You too!

This is Rockey telling me how awesome he thought the place was.  Literally stood on that rock, looked around and started growling and singing and just warbling his happy all over the place.  Love this guy!

FAST!

The creek that runs through the bottom is clear and mostly mud on the bottom, so no worries about paws.  Mosquitoes aren't a real worry yet; and really aren't much of an issue here until August, or if you're trying to enjoy a drink on your patio.

The View!

"Seriously Mom, this place is the BEST!  Let's never Leave!"
(ok, I love this photo because it shows off his weird feet!!!)

Gerodi was having so much fun, he forgot to be scared! WIN!

                                                                       Thank You!