33° 55′ 43.2768” N – 117° 39′ 18.936” W
THE JOURNEY BEGINS…
Dog Park on Lunch Break
Panda knows that on Saturday he gets a walk during the morning. Usually… Today I had to work on a project for clearco.in – We are going live with a Solana ICO for an advertising application and the site has a project deadline next week. Panda must sense this urgency because all morning he wanted my attention.
For lunch I decided to take Panda down the road, for a quick 5 minute car ride and ended up in a park I don’t remember ever visiting–although I drive by it all the time: Prado Dog Park.
I met the Manager Elena at a house turned to office–up the dirt driveway–several hundred yards off the Euclid turnoff. It cost $15. No Tap. Just Card or Cash. I planned for 2 hours which was plenty of time–especially since it’s Saturday and busy. FYI they are closed on Mondays.
Quail?
Quail in Chino, CA? Another first! I don’t ever see quail around here, or anywhere else in the Inland Empire. Huh… Unfortunately I was in the Jeep and it was too fast to snap a pic. But they are in Prado Dog Park. Same with Egret. They are a rare site, but they seem to thrive in this park. I saw several of them.
There are picnic areas and well-pumped ponds all over. Prado Park cost $15 Per Person/$20 Per Couple. The facility has 585 acres of open ponds and fields for dog activities for: exercise, swimming, obedience training, hunting training, etc. They also provide a kennel boarding service, although those dogs looked miserable. They would much rather be playing in the open fields surrounding the kennel.
Crawdads!
You couldn’t hear them sing over the sound of gunshots form distant directions, but this was also another first. Crawdads in Chino, CA. At first I noticed claws, and then I noticed mud holes, and then I saw one hiding in plain sight:
There were also fish jumping from the ponds. Egret on the outskirts of the water, and plenty of dogs. Some dogs were friendlier than their owners. An intense woman pulled up next to my Jeep, let her dog out, and by the time Panda and I walked around the pond–back to the Jeep, she got all excited about Panda approaching her dog. She started yelling at me to get my dog away from hers. It kinda ruined the pleasant vide in the surrounding area. Why do people that hate being around strangers, camp and recreate right next to strangers? I’ve never understood that. I mean… It says first come, first serve and I pulled up and let me dog wander around when nobody else was around. I think she might have been drinking…
Plenty of roads to explore, even some that say to keep out!
Panda loves to explore new places just as much as I do!
Old walls or foundations from long ago. Now people just use the space as a parking lot and campsite. It’s amazing that all this is right in my back yard. I had no idea. Which was basically the reason for this site in the first place. To discover places on the road, whether you are traveling, or exploring something new close by.
Back Home
It was nice to step into such a different environment so close to home. Panda naps under the desk of my office as I type this. Tried from this two hour lunch break.
Prado Dog Park Info:
17505 Euclid Ave – Chino, CA 91710
Phone: (909) 597-6366
*I followed the link to their website and it looks like someone purchased the name when it expired (squatting) and now just displays ads redirecting elsewhere. It would be nice if Prado Dog Park hired me at HostMuch.com to build out a beautiful website for them, but this is not usually our ideal type of client, and it’s more than difficult to explain how a tech company can help increase annual revenue, just by building a website and doing some ongoing SEO.