For this installment of our Tzu Travelers series, I decided to actually stay in town. You see, Fresno is the gateway to three (3) National Parks. Yup!! Three! Yosemite, Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks. Because of this I wanted to highlight one of our city parks, Woodward Park.
Woodward Park is a bit large, 300 acres located along the San Joaquin River in Northeast Fresno between Highway 41 (Yosemite) and Friant Rd. The park has numerous trails for jogging with an exercise par course, biking and even horseback riding. If you are traveling with your pooch, there is a 1 acre fenced dog park with a small area for little dogs. There is a small $5 park entrance fee.
If you are not traveling with your pooch, be sure to visit the Shinzen Japanese Garden within the park. This beautiful garden including stone lanterns and an authentic tea house was created as a symbol of friendship and international brotherhood with Fresno’s sister city Kochi, Japan. Though the city owns the land, the garden is run by it’s own committee and there is a small $3 entrance fee which covers it’s development and upkeep.
When we visit the park, the Tzus are usually with us, so our favorite thing to do is take walks along the streams. The streams are usually very gentle, but sometime while walking within the streams you have to watch your step, as sometimes the streams can suddenly become deep!
For those of you that are visiting, this park has a lot more than a few streams, ponds, gardens and cool dog park. You can practice your mad mountain biking skills at the Mountain Bike Course. Or bring along your frisbee and have fun with your friends at the Disc Golf Course. And for those Shakespeare lovers, there is the Woodward Shakespeare Festival that features numerous plays through the summer in the evenings, Thursday thru Saturdays beginning at 8:00pm. Be sure to bring a blanket or chair for a wonderful evening under the stars. All plays are free or you can purchase premium seating prior to the shows. Katie loves the shows as she has attended with me & grandma.
Remember when you are visiting to be a responsible pet owner and keep your pet leashed. There are many species of birds that call this park home. So when you are on your way to one or all of the three wonderful National Parks, be sure to take some time and visit Woodward Park.
Thank you to 2BrownDawgs for hosting this hop!
Thank you for including the comment: be a responsible owner and keep your pet leashed outside the designated dog park area; this makes the park experience better for everyone, dog owners and non-owners alike.
I could not agree with you more!!
Looks beautiful! Having long hair dogs myself, I imagine there was a whole lot of grooming after Riley enjoyed her outing. My boys are always testing my grooming skills.
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I used to keep everyone’s hair long… now everyone has puppycuts!! But in the winter I let Riley grow her hair out a little longer 🙂
Loving these park travels! I have made notes and we hope to follow in your pawprints very soon.
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That would be so wonderful if you came through my area… Our next installments will include San Francisco and the Sacramento area… so excited for the upcoming trips!
PAWsome park for a nature walk. Yes it is important to be a responsible dog owner, leashed n #ScoopThatPoop. Lots of Golden woofs, Sugar
That looks like a nice park to visit 🙂
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It’s a lot of fun, there are also a ton of Canada Geese in the park too, but they can be a little mean if you run out of food 🙁
You are lucky like us to have lots of parks near you (gotta love California 😉 That park looks great with all that wildlife and WATER – lots of splashing around to be done. Looks like lots of fun.
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We love splashing around cuz after we splash we get an extreme case of the zoomies!!
Very nice pics and love the your tzus. Glad to see you had fun and blast while walking with streams.
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Thanks for stopping by!!The Tzus are a lot of fun! They always have a way of surprising me with their little antics.
Thanks so much for participating in TNT! That looks like a wonderful park. I love the picture with the ducks. We would love to visit if we are ever in the area.
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