doggy dash: A MUDDY MESS IN LAND PARK!
- 06/05/11 05:43 AM
Yup...that's what I was...a muddy mess! However, I sure had fun gettin there! Yesterday was the annual Doggy Dash - a fundraiser for the local SPCA. Under normal circumstances, it would have been a sunny, beautiful June day. Unfortunately, our weather has been anything but normal, so despite the prayers of everyone involved, it rained...just as it has been doing all spring. Just as evidence of Sacramento's dedication to it's pets, the turnout was still impressive! Thousands of people and dogs sloshed through William Land Park's normally hardy grass, now a mushy, muddy quagmire. Vendors pressed themselves to the middle of their … (3 comments)
doggy dash: THOUSANDS OF DOGS IN LAND PARK!
- 05/30/09 08:46 AM
That is not a misprint...it really is thousands of dogs! Today I participated in the SPCA's fundraiser "Doggy Dash". Over 4,000 people gathered with their respective dogs to jog or walk a 3K or 5K path through William Land Park! There really isn't much more to say, since I wrote about it a couple of weeks ago in my blog Land Park Goes to the Dogs. So, without much more ado, enjoy the day:
This is my daughter and I with Harlie, Porsche, Shasta and Sierra waiting for Lisa...a co-worker and her dog Libby.
There were … (12 comments)
doggy dash: LAND PARK GOES TO THE DOGS!
- 05/13/09 05:21 AM
I look forward to this event every year...after all, where else can you see (and hear) every breed of dog known to mankind (and some confusing breeds)? On Saturday, May 30th, William Land Park will be the venue for the 16th Annual Doggy Dash and Bark at the Park Festival. The Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hosts this event each year to raise funds for animals sheltered at the Sacramento SPCA. People will start arriving bright and early at 7:30AM. At 9AM those who choose to walk the 2K or run the 5K kick off the event. … (2 comments)
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Yup...that's what I was...a muddy mess! However, I sure had fun gettin there!
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