Good night’s sleep

A very comfy bed in a dog-friendly, clean room, which was all we needed. Know when we checked out. Friendly staff! Outside of the hotel doesn’t look like much, and the surrounding area isn’t scenic or anything. But it’s safe and comfy, and that’s all we needed!

Jul. 05, 2020

Beautiful!

We got to come here the week of Christmas last year. Met up with friends and their dog. What a beautiful walk! We went early morning but there were still a lot of folks out with dogs. Not everyone had their dogs on leash, so if your dog isn't good with meeting other excited beach pups, just watch out for that.

Jun. 30, 2021

Great experience for pups!

We brought our dog here for his first ever beach experience. He loved running and splashing with the other pups who were around and chasing the ball out into the water. This is definitely *not* a beach to take your family and set up shop, or to think you can avoid getting pelt, as it's a smaller area, especially at high tide, and one of the few beach places in the area that does allow dogs in the summer. You can swim with your pup if you want to, but bring water shoes -- lots of rocks, seaweed, etc. At low tide, the natural barriers are a lot farther away.

Jun. 30, 2021

Easy stay for the pup!

Dog treats at check-in and no pet fee. Room had plenty of space for our collapsible crate for our GSD. Easy load/unload with downstairs room. Nowhere to walk or potty though, really, with nearly a foot of snow, it we made the best of it. Four bones bc the humans said the bed wasn't very comfy

Dec. 19, 2020

What An Incredible Park!

This large place has well-mapped, wide trails for mixed use, including equestrian

Jul. 08, 2020

Love Burial!

Exceptional beer and amazing service, infallibly, with a great outdoor space that’s comfortable for dogs and humans (your pooch can be indoors, too). I’d
give it five bones except that on really crowded days, it’s not a lot of fun for humans or pets — lines can be long and seating can be hard to come by. We’ve found it easiest to take our pup on cloudy weekend days or on weekday evenings when it isn’t so busy. Bring a water bowl for your pup for sure — they do have a water tap inside for humans, so you can fill up there.

Jun. 25, 2020

We Love Burning Blush!

Whit and his sweet family are so welcoming to all visitors, and their own dog has been present at the brewery many of the times we’ve visited. There’s a dog bowl by the indoor fountain for pups’ water, a beautiful, grassy area outside where paws won’t get burned on hot concrete in the sunshine, and leashed pups can snooze by their humans’ tables (w/umbrelllas) in the soft grass or on the covered patio. And there’s always a food truck — and most of them that we’ve eaten from have a special dog entree or snack on their menus. Fantastic beers in a beautiful, unique space with friendly people and always lots of pups around — what more could you ask for?

Jun. 25, 2020

Great Place To Go For A Hike

We have enjoyed the trails here for years, and have even camped here on several occasions. The park has become more and more crowded over time, and with more disrespectful dog owners allowing their dogs to run off-leash. The rangers ask that this is reported when it’s seen, but it’s hard for them to enforce.

Recommendation: if crowded trails and inconsiderate dog owners bother you and your pup, go just when the park opens or at the very end of the day. You’re much less likely to have any issues at off-peak times. Also, there’s generally a good number of mountain bikers on the trails, but if you’re out to avoid them, go on a day when bikes aren’t allowed or go super early in the day.

Jun. 24, 2020

We Love Unleashed!

We aren’t out and about a lot right now, even though things have been reopening. Some cautious friends suggested that they’ve had good social distancing experiences at Unleashed, and we wanted to let our dogs play together, so we went — and LOVED it!

$5 per visit for your dog, or $20 for the year for a “membership,” and that’s a small contribution for the joy I’ve seen on my pup’s face on our three visits here (how much you spend on your joy here is up to you... haha). The humans on all of our visits have respectfully practiced social distancing and have wAtched carefully to clean up after their dogs immediately when needed. An Unleashed attendant wanders around to be sure everyone is behaving, and uses a water spray bottle if anyone acts out of line (I’m sure a human could get sprayed if they were being rude!).

The play yard, which is all mulch, has a ramp, some benches, and several water drinking spots, and a shade area in the back, as well as a giant trough for pup swimming — and there was even a small pool when we went two weeks ago. My pup has had a blast and worn himself out every time, and all of the dog friends we’ve met have been well-behaved and managed themselves better than most humans do in public these days.

The bartenders are incredibly sweet, welcoming, and efficient, and the beer selection is great! Thanks, Unleashed, for giving us a safe outdoors space for the pup to play with others— one that’s so much better than a generic dog park!

Jun. 24, 2020

Not Terrible, Not Great

Trails were overgrown/not recently maintained, which was sad since that was the main reason we came here. We have a GSD and typically avoid dog parks, but we needed to get out of the house for a bit, so it was nice that we ended up being the only ones in the dog park part of the park once we got over
there. Dog park has lots of space and some good shade to sit in, separate sections for small and large dogs, but it seems dirty, overall. People who go there don’t appear to pick up after their dogs or empty the water dishes they use, leaving bowls to collect bacteria and mosquitos. No other dogs to play with and only so much sniffing to do in the heat and humidity before the pup was ready to go back home.

Got back to the parking lot to see a lot of individuals in their cars, just hanging out (maybe on lunch breaks?). Kind of weird.

I’ll give props to Gvl Rec on generally keeping their parks clean and well-maintained, so I’m chalking how dirty this place was up (there was trash everywhere I looked) to the recent shutdown, and also to entitled jerks not cleaning up their own trash when they visit.

We’ll go back some other time to give it another chance, since it’s close to where we live.

Jun. 24, 2020