*Memorial Day Weekend *BASH* @ Findlay, OHIO Bark Park ~ *SUNDAY* MAY 28, 2006 ~

[Cinder & Smoke]

Oh GUDDIE, the *link* still works.

OK - Here's how to get your MapQuest "Directions" with Turn-by-Turn Instructions ...

Use the Click-Link (below) to get to the From and To page for MapQuest.
**WAIT** till the page fully loads - or you'll goof up the pre-filled data!!

When the page finishes loading - you'll have TWO big data blocks -
the one on the LEFT asking for your STARTING Location;
the one on the RIGHT >> Already FILLED IN < with the Dog Park Address.

If you have it - do NOT use Microsoft's "AutoFill" - it will put your home address
in BOTH blocks - erasing the pre-filled Dog Park Address!

JUST fill in your Home or "Starting" address in the LEFT (STARTING Location) Blocks.

Here's the *Link* to MapQuest >>>

MapQuest Directions To: Findlay, OH ~ DOG PARK


NOTE!! for ROBIN and anyone else driving North from the Columbus, Ohio, vicinity!!! >>>

MapQuest tries to send you the "short way" using a bridge near the Reservoir
that has been closed for two years!!
It's being rebuilt as we speak - but not scheduled to re-open before Memorial Day.

CHECK your MapQuest "directions" - if you're routed over US-23 and OHIO-15 -
we need to "talk" before you drive - there are NO "Detour Signs" at the closed bridge!
I'll send you a "revised" MapQuest that gets you around the closed bridge.

Robin:
If you can't find last year's directions - let me know and I'll send you a new copy
of the "around the closed bridge" route.
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IF you want to use a GPS or another Mapping Service - here's the Dog Park Address:

16000 Township Road 208 -OR-
Township Road 207 AND Township Road 208
Findlay, OH 45840

The Dog Park is INside the Hancock Park District's "Riverbend Recreation Area";
about a mile south of Ohio Route 568;
and just north of the North-East Corner of the big Findlay Reservoir.
The Reservoir is on most maps - and stands out because it is drawn as a
Big SQUARE Blue Lake;
south-east of downtown Findlay.


If ANYONE has trouble with the Route to the Dog Park - PM "Cinder & Smoke"
with your E-mail and Home/Starting Address.

/s/ Phred

[lizbud]

Thanks for reposting the link Phred. I've prinited off directions.
It's good to know any local closed roads,detours, etc.

[Cinder & Smoke]

It's good to know any local closed roads, detours, etc.

There's not SUPPOSED to be any hang-ups other than the busted bridge
that carries Twp Road 207 over the Blanchard River EAST of the Reservoir.
That closure is only about 2 miles from the Dog Park. Robin and I are the
only ones I know are bothered by that detour (Staci comes via the back roads).

Folks routed either north or south on I-75; or on Ohio-12 or Ohio-224 should
have no "major" interruptions ...
I-75 will have construction all summer - but traffic should be flowing A-OK over
the Memorial Day Weekend - they won't be working.

But no matter how you come or what routes you follow - PAY Attention to the
highway signs you pass - remember the Mapping Sites (MapQuest, Yahooo, Google)
and your GPS do NOT know about and plan for road or bridge repair closures!
If the SIGN says the road or bridge is closed - Please FOLLOW the Detour!!

Any questions - or you think you're being sent the wrong way - PM me.

/s/ Phred

[cyber-sibes]

To anyone coming up Rt. 23 from Columbus - just stay on Rt. 23 and get off at the Carey exit.
Rt. 23 goes right through Carey. In the center of town, turn left onto 568 (at the gas station), & STAY on Rt. 568. It's about 10 miles or so, and the Riverbend Park will be on your left - you'll see the sign & that iron trestle bridge that crosses the creek into the park.
This is the easiest way from Columbus, no turns, no detours. Just Rt. 23 to Rt. 568.
If anyone would like my phone number, please pm me. I only live about 10 minutes from the dogpark. If you get lost locally, we'll get you there.

[Cincy'sMom]

Time to send the dog park application....we'll see you there!!!

[lv4dogs]

I am sending my application out this weekend! And anna, I'll be pm'ing you soon about the cake.
I can't wait, I've only been waiting, oh about 3 years for this, since it started. lol